Today Advocates for Children of New York released new data, obtained from the New York State Education Department (NYSED), showing that more than 138,000 New York City public school students — about one in every eight — experienced homelessness during the 2025–26 school year. Of these students, more than 50,700 (37%) spent time in shelter and 81,100 (58%) were “doubled up,” or temporarily sharing the housing of others because of a loss of housing or economic hardship.