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Table 204.75e. | Number and percentage of homeless students enrolled in public elementary and secondary schools in the 120 largest school districts, by primary nighttime residence and selected student characteristics: 2014-15 |
Name of district | State | Rank order, by total enroll-ment | Total enroll-ment | All homeless students | Number of homeless students with selected characteristics | ||||||||
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Total number of homeless students enrolled2 | Homeless students as a percent of total enroll-ment | Number, by primary nighttime residence1 | |||||||||||
Doubled-up or shared housing3 | Hotels or motels | Shelters, transitional housing, or awaiting foster care placement | Unsheltered4 | Unaccom-panied homeless youth5 | English language learners6 | Migrant stu-dents7 | Students with disabil-ities8 | ||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
New York City1 | New York | 1 | 995,192 | 100,254 | 10.1 | 51,828 | 94 | 42,995 | 4,120 | 6,423 | 21,545 | ‡ | 25,786 |
Los Angeles Unified | California | 2 | 646,683 | 5,048 | 0.8 | 2,901 | 572 | 789 | 786 | 34 | 1,444 | 4 | 704 |
City of Chicago (SD 299)1 | Illinois | 3 | 392,558 | 19,902 | 5.1 | 17,336 | 129 | 2,311 | 111 | 2,520 | 856 | 0 | 3,644 |
Dade | Florida | 4 | 356,964 | 3,972 | 1.1 | 2,554 | 212 | 1,044 | 162 | 252 | 640 | 7 | 518 |
Clark County | Nevada | 5 | 324,093 | 11,240 | 3.5 | 8,197 | 2,110 | 716 | 217 | 799 | 2,196 | 21 | 1,451 |
Broward | Florida | 6 | 266,265 | 2,264 | 0.9 | 1,422 | 267 | 517 | 58 | 411 | 169 | ‡ | 414 |
Houston ISD | Texas | 7 | 215,225 | 6,295 | 2.9 | 5,037 | 245 | 796 | 217 | 754 | 1,841 | 22 | 555 |
Hillsborough | Florida | 8 | 207,469 | 3,803 | 1.8 | 2,893 | 383 | 428 | 99 | 223 | 491 | 44 | 659 |
Orange | Florida | 9 | 191,648 | 6,786 | 3.5 | 4,733 | 1,541 | 448 | 64 | 290 | 1,006 | 15 | 1,086 |
Palm Beach | Florida | 10 | 186,605 | 3,750 | 2.0 | 2,492 | 275 | 870 | 113 | 458 | 671 | 107 | 732 |
Fairfax County | Virginia | 11 | 185,541 | 2,275 | 1.2 | 1,700 | 124 | 444 | 7 | 596 | 908 | 0 | 503 |
Hawaii Department of Education |
Hawaii | 12 | 182,384 | 3,526 | 1.9 | 2,204 | 14 | 1,021 | 287 | 18 | 573 | 36 | 560 |
Gwinnett County | Georgia | 13 | 173,246 | 2,497 | 1.4 | 954 | 1,320 | 208 | 15 | 75 | 124 | 8 | 467 |
Dallas ISD | Texas | 14 | 160,253 | 3,178 | 2.0 | 1,745 | 481 | 922 | 30 | 98 | 661 | 3 | 366 |
Wake County | North Carolina | 15 | 155,820 | 2,570 | 1.6 | 1,755 | 429 | 373 | 13 | 51 | 157 | 0 | 627 |
Montgomery County | Maryland | 16 | 154,434 | 1,050 | 0.7 | 656 | 227 | 161 | 6 | 33 | 194 | ‡ | 203 |
Charlotte-Mecklenburg | North Carolina | 17 | 145,636 | 4,410 | 3.0 | 2,991 | 914 | 496 | 9 | 173 | 117 | 0 | 560 |
Philadelphia City | Pennsylvania | 18 | 134,241 | 3,430 | 2.6 | 1,740 | 26 | 1,664 | 0 | 80 | 251 | 84 | 507 |
San Diego Unified | California | 19 | 129,779 | 6,761 | 5.2 | 5,241 | 218 | 1,165 | 137 | 90 | 2,226 | 8 | 1,012 |
Duval | Florida | 20 | 128,685 | 2,163 | 1.7 | 1,535 | 166 | 443 | 19 | 405 | 78 | 0 | 328 |
Prince George's County | Maryland | 21 | 127,576 | 2,579 | 2.0 | 2,163 | 158 | 239 | 19 | 408 | 341 | ‡ | 417 |
Shelby County | Tennessee | 22 | 115,810 | 648 | 0.6 | 473 | 94 | 74 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 0 | 69 |
Cypress-Fairbanks ISD | Texas | 23 | 113,023 | 1,801 | 1.6 | 1,513 | 203 | 68 | 17 | 275 | 272 | ‡ | 211 |
Cobb County | Georgia | 24 | 111,751 | 1,609 | 1.4 | 852 | 614 | 130 | 13 | 48 | 58 | 0 | 296 |
Baltimore County | Maryland | 25 | 109,830 | 2,689 | 2.4 | 2,214 | 229 | 232 | 14 | 358 | 118 | ‡ | 469 |
Pinellas | Florida | 26 | 103,774 | 3,756 | 3.6 | 2,541 | 481 | 689 | 45 | 500 | 276 | 0 | 715 |
Northside ISD | Texas | 27 | 103,606 | 1,432 | 1.4 | 1,022 | 148 | 257 | 5 | 158 | 103 | 7 | 229 |
DeKalb County | Georgia | 28 | 101,103 | 1,975 | 2.0 | 1,109 | 615 | 160 | 91 | 80 | 40 | 0 | 298 |
Jefferson County1 | Kentucky | 29 | 100,602 | 6,475 | 6.4 | 4,210 | 359 | 1,793 | 42 | 71 | 1,374 | 0 | 987 |
Polk | Florida | 30 | 99,723 | 3,515 | 3.5 | 2,570 | 409 | 357 | 179 | 475 | 323 | 53 | 527 |
Fulton County | Georgia | 31 | 95,460 | 1,621 | 1.7 | 916 | 497 | 194 | 14 | 103 | 42 | 0 | 234 |
Albuquerque | New Mexico | 32 | 93,001 | 3,400 | 3.7 | 2,310 | 191 | 259 | 640 | 741 | 848 | 0 | 850 |
Lee | Florida | 33 | 89,364 | 1,248 | 1.4 | 740 | 183 | 292 | 33 | 302 | 139 | 85 | 250 |
Denver | Colorado | 34 | 88,839 | 3,175 | 3.6 | 1,661 | 525 | 937 | 52 | 179 | 123 | 6 | 479 |
Prince William County | Virginia | 35 | 86,641 | 521 | 0.6 | 267 | 118 | 126 | 10 | 29 | 70 | 0 | 105 |
Jefferson County, No. R1 | Colorado | 36 | 86,581 | 2,756 | 3.2 | 2,079 | 327 | 272 | 78 | 246 | 339 | 17 | 412 |
Fort Worth ISD | Texas | 37 | 85,975 | 2,206 | 2.6 | 1,412 | 133 | 600 | 61 | 355 | 371 | 5 | 210 |
Baltimore City | Maryland | 38 | 84,976 | 2,068 | 2.4 | 1,889 | ‡ | 179 | ‡ | 86 | 24 | ‡ | 374 |
Austin ISD | Texas | 39 | 84,564 | 2,608 | 3.1 | 2,058 | 264 | 243 | 43 | 262 | 536 | ‡ | 478 |
Davidson County | Tennessee | 40 | 84,069 | 3,080 | 3.7 | 2,341 | 437 | 287 | 15 | 104 | 165 | 0 | 462 |
Long Beach Unified | California | 41 | 79,709 | 5,118 | 6.4 | 4,485 | 233 | 364 | 36 | 13 | 1,200 | 7 | 550 |
Anne Arundel County | Maryland | 42 | 79,518 | 1,323 | 1.7 | 1,043 | 155 | 119 | 6 | 353 | 130 | ‡ | 229 |
Milwaukee | Wisconsin | 43 | 77,316 | 3,654 | 4.7 | 2,826 | 161 | 626 | 41 | 591 | 173 | ‡ | 912 |
Greenville, 01 | South Carolina | 44 | 75,508 | 987 | 1.3 | 536 | 213 | 230 | 8 | 26 | 73 | 0 | 229 |
Alpine | Utah | 45 | 75,161 | 63 | 0.1 | 57 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 7 |
Fresno Unified | California | 46 | 73,543 | 2,245 | 3.1 | 1,875 | 158 | 175 | 37 | 797 | 252 | 13 | 308 |
Loudoun County | Virginia | 47 | 73,418 | 1,325 | 1.8 | 1,175 | 67 | 73 | 10 | 320 | 586 | 0 | 196 |
Guilford County | North Carolina | 48 | 73,416 | 2,801 | 3.8 | 2,465 | 139 | 180 | 17 | 93 | 182 | 7 | 443 |
Brevard | Florida | 49 | 72,285 | 1,842 | 2.5 | 1,424 | 225 | 150 | 43 | 122 | 73 | 0 | 397 |
Fort Bend ISD | Texas | 50 | 72,152 | 760 | 1.1 | 567 | 44 | 145 | 4 | 191 | 39 | ‡ | 118 |
Davis | Utah | 51 | 70,857 | 1,299 | 1.8 | 1,128 | 45 | 60 | 66 | 43 | 130 | 0 | 294 |
Katy ISD | Texas | 52 | 70,330 | 656 | 0.9 | 555 | 71 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 97 | ‡ | 110 |
Virginia Beach City | Virginia | 53 | 70,121 | 815 | 1.2 | 466 | 198 | 137 | 14 | 118 | 3 | 0 | 144 |
Granite | Utah | 54 | 69,994 | 1,101 | 1.6 | 850 | 92 | 128 | 31 | 143 | 223 | 0 | 168 |
Aldine ISD | Texas | 55 | 69,716 | 513 | 0.7 | 321 | 121 | 50 | 21 | 21 | 47 | 4 | 62 |
Pasco | Florida | 56 | 69,295 | 2,174 | 3.1 | 1,574 | 208 | 333 | 59 | 409 | 132 | 16 | 480 |
North East ISD | Texas | 57 | 67,971 | 1,322 | 1.9 | 1,030 | 174 | 103 | 15 | 36 | 63 | ‡ | 193 |
Douglas County, No. RE1 | Colorado | 58 | 66,702 | 910 | 1.4 | 751 | 68 | 76 | 15 | 108 | 105 | 0 | 111 |
Seminole | Florida | 59 | 66,134 | 1,994 | 3.0 | 1,417 | 401 | 147 | 29 | 150 | 116 | 0 | 405 |
Washoe County | Nevada | 60 | 65,682 | 3,449 | 5.3 | 2,200 | 335 | 702 | 212 | 161 | 700 | 0 | 707 |
Arlington ISD | Texas | 61 | 63,882 | 2,176 | 3.4 | 1,670 | 291 | 172 | 43 | 245 | 287 | ‡ | 210 |
Mesa Unified1 | Arizona | 62 | 63,849 | 1,909 | 3.0 | 1,279 | 209 | 379 | 32 | 382 | 166 | 5 | 397 |
Elk Grove Unified | California | 63 | 62,888 | 472 | 0.8 | 308 | 94 | 59 | 11 | 52 | 50 | 3 | 100 |
Volusia | Florida | 64 | 61,777 | 2,315 | 3.7 | 1,784 | 304 | 189 | 38 | 213 | 149 | 9 | 496 |
El Paso ISD | Texas | 65 | 60,852 | 1,249 | 2.1 | 751 | 46 | 426 | 26 | 206 | 538 | 13 | 158 |
Knox County | Tennessee | 66 | 59,733 | 414 | 0.7 | 235 | 86 | 86 | 7 | 77 | ‡ | 0 | 86 |
Chesterfield County | Virginia | 67 | 59,725 | 609 | 1.0 | 497 | 97 | 11 | 4 | 64 | 34 | ‡ | 102 |
Osceola | Florida | 68 | 59,320 | 4,665 | 7.9 | 3,409 | 1,026 | 113 | 117 | 115 | 1,242 | 14 | 653 |
San Francisco Unified | California | 69 | 58,414 | 2,436 | 4.2 | 1,434 | 342 | 623 | 37 | 0 | 831 | 42 | 382 |
Mobile County | Alabama | 70 | 57,910 | 5,713 | 9.9 | 5,107 | 170 | 390 | 46 | 334 | 94 | 35 | 536 |
Garland ISD | Texas | 71 | 57,436 | 1,144 | 2.0 | 1,046 | 56 | 36 | 6 | ‡ | 580 | ‡ | 86 |
Santa Ana Unified | California | 72 | 56,815 | 6,015 | 10.6 | 5,804 | 122 | 69 | 20 | 446 | 2,375 | 118 | 792 |
Conroe ISD | Texas | 73 | 56,363 | 596 | 1.1 | 442 | 42 | 112 | 0 | ‡ | 84 | ‡ | 73 |
Pasadena ISD | Texas | 74 | 55,577 | 1,758 | 3.2 | 1,487 | 113 | 133 | 25 | 295 | 377 | 41 | 217 |
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County | North Carolina | 75 | 54,762 | 515 | 0.9 | 251 | 91 | 168 | 5 | ‡ | 22 | ‡ | 93 |
Plano ISD | Texas | 76 | 54,689 | 457 | 0.8 | 204 | 118 | 125 | 10 | 3 | 41 | ‡ | 76 |
Cherry Creek, No. 5 | Colorado | 77 | 54,535 | 131 | 0.2 | 63 | 34 | 24 | 10 | ‡ | 4 | 0 | 22 |
Boston | Massachusetts | 78 | 54,312 | 2,855 | 5.3 | 819 | 675 | 1,288 | 73 | 34 | 1,029 | 0 | 636 |
Capistrano Unified | California | 79 | 54,036 | 2,489 | 4.6 | 2,365 | 26 | 77 | 21 | 23 | 1,219 | 8 | 375 |
San Antonio ISD | Texas | 80 | 53,750 | 3,173 | 5.9 | 1,930 | 120 | 514 | 609 | 643 | 326 | 33 | 412 |
Corona-Norco Unified | California | 81 | 53,739 | 2,449 | 4.6 | 2,349 | 48 | 29 | 23 | 11 | 636 | 0 | 380 |
Howard County | Maryland | 82 | 53,685 | 454 | 0.8 | 315 | 85 | 47 | 7 | 37 | 20 | ‡ | 70 |
Clayton County | Georgia | 83 | 53,367 | 1,923 | 3.6 | 1,331 | 361 | 205 | 26 | 12 | 27 | 0 | 209 |
San Bernardino City Unified | California | 84 | 53,365 | 4,187 | 7.8 | 3,877 | 151 | 109 | 50 | 45 | 980 | 0 | 521 |
Lewisville ISD | Texas | 85 | 53,356 | 684 | 1.3 | 402 | 252 | 16 | 14 | ‡ | 131 | ‡ | 117 |
Seattle | Washington | 86 | 52,834 | 2,944 | 5.6 | 1,603 | 128 | 1,147 | 66 | 422 | 567 | 20 | 595 |
Jordan | Utah | 87 | 52,274 | 1,940 | 3.7 | 1,887 | 9 | 25 | 19 | 169 | 292 | 0 | 360 |
Omaha | Nebraska | 88 | 51,928 | 813 | 1.6 | 300 | 46 | 448 | 19 | 52 | 56 | 4 | 184 |
Cumberland County | North Carolina | 89 | 51,604 | 793 | 1.5 | 509 | 151 | 123 | 10 | 119 | 35 | ‡ | 139 |
Atlanta | Georgia | 90 | 51,145 | 2,853 | 5.6 | 1,882 | 204 | 746 | 21 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 314 |
Henrico County | Virginia | 91 | 50,971 | 865 | 1.7 | 605 | 208 | 45 | 7 | 96 | 25 | 0 | 126 |
Wichita | Kansas | 92 | 50,947 | 2,097 | 4.1 | 1,697 | 107 | 287 | 6 | 116 | 439 | 25 | 310 |
Columbus City | Ohio | 93 | 50,407 | 2,427 | 4.8 | 1,304 | 143 | 975 | 5 | 168 | 52 | ‡ | 482 |
Frisco ISD | Texas | 94 | 49,644 | 207 | 0.4 | 171 | 25 | 11 | 0 | ‡ | 13 | ‡ | 38 |
Klein ISD | Texas | 95 | 49,402 | 218 | 0.4 | 163 | 34 | 13 | 8 | ‡ | 19 | ‡ | 34 |
San Juan Unified | California | 96 | 49,114 | 2,900 | 5.9 | 2,656 | 113 | 101 | 30 | 146 | 370 | 0 | 497 |
Tucson Unified1 | Arizona | 97 | 48,455 | 2,457 | 5.1 | 1,623 | 43 | 780 | 4 | 0 | 226 | 0 | 534 |
Brownsville ISD | Texas | 98 | 48,355 | 1,491 | 3.1 | 1,085 | 88 | 71 | 247 | 446 | 662 | 98 | 249 |
Anchorage | Alaska | 99 | 48,089 | 2,213 | 4.6 | 1,347 | 224 | 551 | 91 | 458 | 439 | 259 | 590 |
Oakland Unified | California | 100 | 48,077 | 756 | 1.6 | 601 | 47 | 89 | 19 | 0 | 70 | 0 | 121 |
Manatee | Florida | 101 | 47,883 | 1,861 | 3.9 | 1,490 | 203 | 131 | 37 | 186 | 334 | 138 | 381 |
Jefferson Parish | Louisiana | 102 | 47,817 | 888 | 1.9 | 869 | 7 | 12 | 0 | ‡ | 3 | 108 | 25 |
Portland, SD1J | Oregon | 103 | 47,806 | 1,676 | 3.5 | 1,234 | 99 | 238 | 105 | 194 | 208 | 73 | 327 |
Detroit City | Michigan | 104 | 47,277 | 674 | 1.4 | 431 | 43 | 178 | 22 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 163 |
Round Rock ISD | Texas | 105 | 47,251 | 886 | 1.9 | 664 | 121 | 101 | 0 | 150 | 96 | ‡ | 122 |
Alief ISD | Texas | 106 | 47,202 | 1,650 | 3.5 | 1,501 | 96 | 46 | 7 | 47 | 393 | ‡ | 149 |
Sacramento City Unified | California | 107 | 46,868 | 1,423 | 3.0 | 1,196 | 83 | 133 | 11 | 4 | 117 | 0 | 171 |
Charleston, 01 | South Carolina | 108 | 46,790 | 791 | 1.7 | 347 | 219 | 113 | 112 | 11 | 34 | 5 | 123 |
Garden Grove Unified | California | 109 | 46,177 | 990 | 2.1 | 826 | 72 | 78 | 14 | 0 | 406 | 0 | 167 |
District of Columbia9 | District of Columbia | 110 | 46,155 | 1,667 | 3.6 | 462 | 158 | 1,018 | 29 | 69 | 40 | — | 350 |
Collier | Florida | 111 | 45,228 | 778 | 1.7 | 550 | 56 | 165 | 7 | 265 | 157 | 97 | 138 |
Socorro ISD | Texas | 112 | 44,561 | 613 | 1.4 | 530 | 9 | 67 | 7 | 43 | 117 | 7 | 67 |
Hamilton County | Tennessee | 113 | 43,797 | 477 | 1.1 | 340 | 74 | 60 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 103 |
United ISD | Texas | 114 | 43,421 | 356 | 0.8 | 127 | 10 | 98 | 121 | ‡ | 216 | 21 | 43 |
Killeen ISD | Texas | 115 | 42,638 | 1,561 | 3.7 | 1,341 | 34 | 176 | 10 | 372 | 99 | ‡ | 193 |
Marion | Florida | 116 | 42,517 | 2,685 | 6.3 | 2,112 | 274 | 261 | 38 | 359 | 182 | 3 | 570 |
Ysleta ISD | Texas | 117 | 42,488 | 646 | 1.5 | 498 | 16 | 126 | 6 | 99 | 191 | 8 | 95 |
Forsyth County | Georgia | 118 | 42,435 | 603 | 1.4 | 408 | 46 | 123 | 26 | 30 | 124 | 3 | 137 |
Riverside Unified | California | 119 | 42,339 | 3,718 | 8.8 | 3,481 | 77 | 131 | 29 | 68 | 811 | 0 | 470 |
Chandler Unified District #801 | Arizona | 120 | 42,252 | 639 | 1.5 | 413 | 29 | 114 | 81 | 0 | 64 | 22 | 128 |
—Not available. | |||||||||||||
‡Reporting standards not met (too few cases). | |||||||||||||
1 For the six districts indicated, the counts by primary nighttime residence do not sum to the total number of homeless students because of missing data on primary nighttime residence. (For each affected district, these data are missing for about 1 percent or less of homeless students.) | |||||||||||||
2 Represents the sum of counts by grade. | |||||||||||||
3 Refers to temporarily sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or other reasons (such as domestic violence). | |||||||||||||
4 Includes living in cars, parks, campgrounds, temporary trailers--including Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) trailers--or abandoned buildings. | |||||||||||||
5 Youth who are not in the physical custody of a parent or guardian. Includes youth living on their own and youth living with a caregiver who is not their legal guardian. | |||||||||||||
6 Students who met the definition of limited English proficient students as outlined in the EDFacts workbook. For more information, see http://www2.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/edfacts/eden-workbook.html. | |||||||||||||
7 Students who met the definition of eligible migrant children as outlined in the EDFacts workbook. Such students are either migratory workers or the children or spouses of migratory workers and have moved within the preceding 36 months in order to obtain, or to accompany parents or spouses who moved in order to obtain, temporary or seasonal employment in agricultural or fishing work. For more information, see http://www2.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/edfacts/eden-workbook.html. | |||||||||||||
8 Includes only students with disabilities who were served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). | |||||||||||||
9 The District of Columbia did not operate a migrant education program during the 2014-15 school year and therefore had no data to provide on migrant homeless students. | |||||||||||||
NOTE: Homeless students are defined as children/youth who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence. For more information, see "C118 - Homeless Students Enrolled" at https://www2.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/edfacts/sy-14-15-nonxml.html. Data include all homeless students enrolled at any time during the school year. ISD = independent school district. | |||||||||||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Homeless Students Enrolled (C118), 2014-15, retrieved November 25, 2016, from https://www2.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/edfacts/data-files/school-status-data.html; and National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2014-15. (This table was prepared March 2017.) |