Chalkbeat | More than 150,000 New York City students experienced homelessness last year, setting yet another record high according to new data obtained by the nonprofit Advocates for Children.

The staggering total, which includes students who lived in shelters along with those doubled up with family or friends, is larger than the entire Dallas school system. During the 2023-2024 school year, roughly 146,000 city students were homeless.

“Every year for the past decade, more than 100,000 students in our public schools have been homeless,” said Jennifer Pringle, Director of Advocates for Children’s Learners in Temporary Housing Project.

“This year alone, we’ve worked with families whose children already missed an entire month of school because of the lack of coordination between the shelter and school systems,” she added.