AMNY | More than 154,000 NYC public school students were homeless last year, according to a تقرير published on Monday by the Advocates for Children of New York (AFC). That number is nearly one in every seven students enrolled in the nation’s largest public school system.

The shocking statistic made the 2024-2025 school year the 10th consecutive year in which more than 100,000 students did not have a permanent place to call home. It was also the first academic year in which the total number of kids in temporary housing exceeded 150,000.

“Based on data for the 2023-2024 school year and educational outcome, one in eight students in shelter dropped out of high school,” Jennifer Pringle, who directs AFC’s work with students in temporary housing, said. “This is three times the drop-out rate of their permanently housed peers.”