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10/20/2026

Schools counted 1.55 million homeless students in the United States

Public schools identified 1,548,191 homeless students in the 2023-24 school year, up 28.4% in two years, according to federal data. In New York, 7.4% of students were identified as homeless, more than triple the 2.2% rate in Texas, which enrolls more than twice as many students.

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Kate Carter

8/24/2026

An Ohio principal took in a homeless student. He says it cost him his job

Rob Burnside let a homeless student keep attending Lakota East High School after the district said he had to withdraw, then took him into his home. It ended a 31-year career. It also points at a federal law most families have never heard of.

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Mary Johnson