Definition

Homeless Students are defined as children/youth who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence.
They include:

Students who are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a
similar reason; are living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to the lack of
alternative adequate accommodations; are living in emergency or transitional shelters; are abandoned
in hospitals;

• Students who have a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or
  ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings;

• Students who are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or
  train stations, or similar settings;

• Migratory students who qualify as being homeless for the purposes of this subtitle because they are
  living in circumstances described above.

See here for further information.

Data Source

Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) Report Card summaries and data sets, available at the Data Library and Interactive Report Card.

Notes

Number of Students.

Last Updated

2025-12