Report: Nearly 300,000 California students are homeless

(The Center Square) – K-12 student homelessness has increased by 10% since 2020 in California, raising concerns among education analysts about whether the millions of dollars allocated to address homelessness are fixing the issue.

The homelessness crisis also continues to raise concerns for California residents. Nationwide homelessness has risen almost 30% since 2020. A new report by three University of California, Los Angeles professors, titled State of Crisis 2026: A Deepening Crisis of Students Experiencing Homelessness Across California, found that nearly 300,000 K-12 students in California are experiencing homelessness.

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