Students in California experiencing homelessness increased 10% since the 2018-19 school year to a record 298,254 in 2024-25, UCLA researchers reported Wednesday.
Southern California is home to seven of the 10 school districts with the highest numbers of students experiencing homelessness, according to a report titled “State of Crisis 2026: A Deepening Crisis of Students Experiencing Homelessness Across California” by researchers from the UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools.
The report analyzed data from the California Department of Education for the 2017-18 through 2024-25 school years. Researchers looked at homeless student enrollment along with suspension, chronic absenteeism, academic achievement, graduation and college-going data.
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