Where child well-being stands in California

• It does attach certain assumptions to the indicators — a higher percentage of children in single-parent families is considered a negative, for example, since single parents typically have less access to economic resources and time.

By the numbers: In California, 77% of eighth graders were not proficient in math last year, higher than the national average of 74%.

• From 2017 to 2021, 54% of children ages 3 and 4 were not in school, up from 51% between 2012 and 2016.
• California also had the highest rate of children in families who spent more than 30% of their income on housing in 2021 — 40%.
• The percentage of children living in high-poverty areas dropped from 15% from 2012 to 2016 to 6% from 2017 to 2021.

The big picture: Minors make up 21.8% of California's population and 13.6% of San Francisco's population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

• Last year, Mayor London Breed released a citywide strategy — which included increasing salaries for early educators to improve recruitment — aimed at helping children and youth recover from the impacts of the pandemic, which caused disruptions in schooling, social development and mental health.

Of note: California recently ranked 29th on WalletHub's list of best and worst school systems, which used metrics including test scores, dropout rate, number of school shootings and more.

• 2021 state data compiled by Kidsdata.org shows that 36.2% of students in San Francisco County did not complete high school, compared to 9.4% in California overall.