Data and Statistics on Homelessness

Template End-of-Year Letter

NYS-TEACHS

Districts may use this template to check in with families at the end of each school year to determine whether their housing situation has changed.

DATA

Data on Student Homelessness in NYS

New York State Education Department

These spreadsheets contain data collected by NYSED on the number of students who experienced homelessness in NYS at any point in the indicated school year.

GUIDES & FACT SHEETS

Data Entry in the Student Information Repository System (SIRS) for Students Experiencing Homelessness

NYS-TEACHS

Districts must indicate in their student management systems students who experience homelessness at any point during the year. This guide specifies which codes relate to students identified under the McKinney-Vento Act.

WEBSITES

Kids Count Data Center

Kids Count provides data in an easy-to-use online database format. It allows you to generate custom graphs, maps, ranked lists, and state-by-state profiles on a variety of indicators of child well-being.

WEBSITES

ED Data Express

ED Data Express includes data from EDFacts, Consolidated State Performance Reports (CSPR), State Accountability Workbooks, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP), the College Board, and the Department’s Budget Service office.

WEBSITES

National Center for Education Statistics

The National Center for Education Statisics (NCES) is the primary federal entity responsible for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the United States.

DATA

Local Poverty Rates & Student Homelessness

Poverty data can be a useful tool for districts in estimating the approximate number of students who may experience homelessness. This spreadsheet includes data broken down for each NYS school district, with data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the State Education Department.

DATA

BEDS Data on Student Homelessness

Data on students experiencing homelessness were collected in the Basic Educational Data System (BEDS) prior to 2009-10. This spreadsheet contains BEDS data on students who experienced homelessness.

GUIDES & FACT SHEETS

Students in Temporary Housing: ATS Guide for NYC DOE School Staff

A guide to entering data and running reports on students in temporary housing in ATS (NYC Department of Education’s data system).

RESEARCH & REPORTS

SIRS Data on Student Homelessness - 3 Year Summary

This spreadsheet contains data on the number of students who experienced homelessness at any point in the school years 2015-16, 2016-17, and 2017-18.

FORMS & TEMPLATES

Data Tracking Form for Students in Temporary Housing

School districts must track data on students experiencing homelessness. This optional form may help the district to collect the required data.

DATA AND STATISTICS ON HOMELESSNESS

Topic Resources

Template End-of-Year Letter

NYS-TEACHS

Data on Student Homelessness in NYS

New York State Education Department

Data Entry in the Student Information Repository System (SIRS) for Students Experiencing Homelessness

NYS-TEACHS

Kids Count Data Center

ED Data Express

National Center for Education Statistics

Local Poverty Rates & Student Homelessness

BEDS Data on Student Homelessness

Students in Temporary Housing: ATS Guide for NYC DOE School Staff

SIRS Data on Student Homelessness - 3 Year Summary

Data Tracking Form for Students in Temporary Housing