Homelessness among students in California is up by 10% over the last several years, according to a new study from UCLA.
The UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools found that homelessness has increased by that mark since the 2018-2019 school year, peaking at nearly 300,000 students in the 2024-2025 school year.
Driving the news: The report, tilted “State of Crisis 2026: A Deepening Crisis of Students Experiencing Homelessness Across California,” used data from the California Department of Education to study homelessness from the 2017-2018 through 2024-2025 school years.
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