Fresno Unified saw a 30% jump in its homeless student population this school year, according to the California Department of Education’s 2022-23 enrollment data.
The district reported 496 homeless students, up from 377 last year. This year’s count exceeds the pre-pandemic count of 425 homeless students in 2019 for a four-year high.
Clovis and Central Unified, the county’s second and third-largest districts behind FUSD, also saw growth in their population of homeless students. So did the county as a whole, where the overall count increased from 1,647 in 2021-22 to 1,984 in 2022-23.
