The typical homeless elementary school student missed 88 days of school, according to the report, which is almost half of a school year. The report found that the typical homeless child transferred schools midyear at least two times during elementary school. And homeless students graduated at a rate of just 55 percent, while students with stable housing graduated at a rate of 74 percent. She cited bus services for students in kindergarten through sixth grade who live in shelters, and said the city has hired more social workers in schools with large numbers of homeless students. Another crucial point in the report is how homeless students are distributed among the city’s schools, with some schools and districts seeing intense concentrations, while others bear a relatively light burden.

Source: New York Times August 15, 2017 18:14 UTC