Child Sleep Quality

The Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living is developing a series of reports, Healthy Children, Healthy State, to raise awareness of child health risk factors in order to develop new programs and actions, and to build on current initiatives in Texas. The Child Sleep in Texas report showcases the current state of sleep for children in Texas.

This report was last updated on August 4, 2025 and utilizes the 2021-2023 Texas SPAN data. 

Highlights

• 43% of Texas children and adolescents sleep less than 8 hours per night.
• Students NOT meeting sleep recommendations increases with grade level: 32% in 2^nd graders, 54% in 4^th graders, 57% in 8^th graders, and 75% in 11^th graders.
• Within a 24-hour period, children ages 6–12 are recommended to obtain 9–12 hours of sleep, and adolescents ages 13–18 should obtain 8–10 hours.

Past Reports

• 2019-2020 SPAN data