NEW YORK (PIX11) --- More than 146,000 New York City public school students were homeless during the school year last year, "record highs" largely driven by the migrant crisis, according to Advocates for Children of New York.
About 1 in 8 children were homeless in the 2023-24 school year, a 23% jump from the 2022-23 academic year, according to the AFC data released on Monday.
"While the numbers seen last year represent record highs—driven in part by the increase in the number of immigrant families and asylum seekers arriving in New York City—student homelessness is a longstanding challenge: 2023–24 was the ninth consecutive year in which more than 100,000 New York City public school students experienced homelessness," officials said.
Of the 146,000 students, about 41% (60,395) spent time living in shelters while 54% were temporarily living with someone else, according to the AFC. Nearly 7,000 students were living in hotels, motels, or unsheltered.
Around 5% of students, or 1 in 20, slept in shelters at some point during the 2023–24 school year, officials said.
The Bronx and Manhattan had the highest rate of student homelessness, while the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bushwick and Brownswille were close behind, according to the data.
"There are more students without a permanent place to call home than there are seats at Yankee Stadium and Citi Field combined," officials said.
Mira Wassef is a digital reporter who has covered news and sports in the NYC area for more than a decade. She has been with PIX11 News for two years. See more of her work here.
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