Data on Homelessness in New York State

REVISED FILE - POSTED 2/19/13 Updated Three-Year Summary: Enrollment of Students Experiencing Homelessness

This spreadsheet contains the total number of homeless students enrolled in New York State School Districts and Charter Schools during the 2011-2012, 2010-2011, and 2009-2010 school years. The data was collected by New York State Education Department in the Student Information Repository System (SIRS).

REVISED FILE - POSTED 2/19/13 Updated 2011-2012 Poverty Data

Poverty data can be a useful tool for districts in estimating the approximate number of students who may experience homelessness. According to the Urban Institute (2001, available here), approximately ten percent of children living in poverty will experience homelessness in a given year.

This spreadsheet includes data broken down for each NYS school district with the following information:

• Estimated number of children ages 5-17 (school-age children) living in poverty
• 10% of children ages 5-17 living in poverty
• Total number of students identified as homeless by the district
• Number of students possibly under-identified as homeless

The poverty data come from the U.S. Census Bureau (see here for more information). The homeless data come from the State Education Department. The number of students possibly under-identified was calculated by subtracting the homeless data from the 10% of children living in poverty data.

Please note that there are many factors outside of poverty that contribute to homelessness (for example, natural disasters, house fires, domestic violence) that may affect the reported number of homeless students. These data should not be viewed as quotas but as rough guidelines to assist school staff and service providers in thinking about the possible prevalence of homelessness in a community.

2010-2011 Data on Homelessness

This spreadsheet contains 2010-2011 data on homelessness for New York State School Districts and Charter Schools. The data was collected by the New York State Education Department in the Student Information Repository System (SIRS).

2009-2010 Data on Homelessness

This spreadsheet contains 2009-2010 data on homelessness for New York State School Districts and Charter Schools. The data was collected by the New York State Education Department in the Student Information Repository System (SIRS).

2008-2009 Data on Homelessness

This spreadsheet contains 2008-2009 data on homelessness for New York State School Districts and Charter Schools. The data was collected by the New York State Education Department in the Basic Educational Data System (BEDS).

2007-2008 Data on Homelessness

This spreadsheet contains 2007-2008 data on homelessness for New York State School Districts and Charter Schools. The data was collected by the New York State Education Department in the Basic Educational Data System (BEDS).

2007-2010 Poverty Data