Homeless Children and Youth Data

Consistent with programmatic requirements and practice, beginning in the 2025−26 academic year, local educational agencies were required to close California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS) homeless program records for all students at the end of the school year. Additionally, any homeless program records from previous academic years, were required to be closed as of the end of the 2024–25 academic year. Moving forward, local educational agencies (LEAs) are now required to upload new CALPADS homeless program records based on the annual Housing Questionnaire administered for the current academic year. This process will help ensure that the homeless program data in CALPADS reflects the most current information obtained from the annual Housing Questionnaire administered by LEAs. Given this change in data collection practice, the decrease in the 2025–26 homeless student enrollment counts may be associated with improved data accuracy resulting from requiring LEAs to annually close out homeless program records for students who are no longer homeless and annually verifying the homeless status for students who are newly homeless or continue to remain homeless. For more information about this change, please see CALPADS Update Flash #325.

Data Reports

• Homeless Student Enrollment by Dwelling Type
  The latest statewide DataQuest report for Homeless Student Enrollment by Dwelling Type data disaggregated by race/ethnicity, gender, student group, and grade level. The report includes a report description, a report glossary, and several report options and filters. Reports are also available at the county, district, and school levels from within the expandable (+) "Report Options and Filters" section.
  
  
• Homeless Student Enrollment by Dwelling Type (with County Data)
  The latest statewide DataQuest report for Homeless Student Enrollment by Dwelling Type data disaggregated by county of enrollment. The report includes a report description, a report glossary, and several report options and filters. Reports are also available at the district, and school levels from within the expandable (+) "Report Options and Filters" section.
  

Downloadable Data Files

• Homeless Enrollment Downloadable Data Files
  These downloadable data files include state-, county-, district-, and school-level data about Homeless Student Enrollment by Dwelling Type disaggregated by race/ethnicity, gender, student group, grade level, and academic year. Information about the data elements included in these files and how the data are structured is included in the Homeless Student Enrollment File Structure web page.

Resources

• Information about the Homeless Student Enrollment Report
  Overview of the Homeless Enrollment by Dwelling Type data, including data sources, DataQuest reports, downloadable files, definitions, and other information helpful to understanding the data, reports, and downloadable files.
  
  
• Homeless Youth in California Schools
  This web page provides resources, data, and information on educational outcomes for homeless children and youth in California.