SACRAMENTO – (INT) - Recent cumulative enrollment data shows that at least 4-percent of California’s students experienced homelessness at some point last school year. That factors out to nearly a quarter-of-a-million kids.

The California Department of Education noted that after falling to less than 3-point-7% during the depths of the pandemic, it is now back to 4.1%.

Student homelessness is also higher than the share reported via Census Day enrollment (3.2%)—measured on a single day October. It suggests that more students experience housing instability over the course of a school year than can be measured at just one point in time.

Story Date: April 1, 2024