Homelessness Among NYC Schoolkids Surges as Population Tops 100,000

A New York Daily News Exclusive

By Ben Chapman

Nearly one in 10 city schoolkids was homeless during the school year that ended in June, representing a whopping 22% jump in homelessness over the year before, the Daily News has learned.

A staggering 105,445 homeless students attended city schools in the 2015-16 year, up from 86,694 in the 2014-15 school year, according to data posted online Monday by the New York State Technical and Education Assistance Center for Homeless Students (NYS-TEACHS), a project of the nonprofit Advocates for Children of New York.

That number includes charter schools and is more than double the city’s pre-recession homeless student population of 50,926 for the 2007-08 school year. Roughly 1.1 million students are enrolled in the city schools. 

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Source: The New York Daily News (via The Empire Report)