1 in 4 school aged children has a vision problem significant enough to impact learning.

In economically challenged communities in Central Virginia, 1 in 3 school aged children has a vision problem.

80% of what a child learns in a normal classroom setting is through vision.

74% of illiterate adults cannot pass a portion of their vision screening.

70% of juvenile delinquents have an uncorrected vision problem.

Only 15% of children will visit an eye care professional before entering school.

Children with uncorrected visual acuity of less than 20/20 are three times more likely to fail a grade in school.

Virginia mandates school based vision screenings for all new students as well as those in Kindergarten, 2nd or 3rd, 7th, and 10th grades; accounting for nearly 360,000 screenings every school year.

Our VisioCheck program screened more than 108,000 students in the 2024-2025 school year.

Since its inception, our VisioCheck program has screened more than 627,800 students.

49% of those students receiving referrals to the Conexus Mobile Vision Clinic through VisioCheck will be new to glasses and an additional 17% needed a replacement for a lost or broken pair.

Our Mobile Vision Clinic was able to provide 7,460 exams, prescribe 6,298 pairs of glasses, and refer 508 children for additional eye care during the 2024-2025 school year.

In its inaugural school year in 2018-2019, the Mobile Vision Clinic provided 551 exams. Since it’s inception, the Mobile Vision Clinic has provided 29,053 exams and prescribed 22,940 pairs of glasses.