More data about student homelessness

They live in motels and shelters or bunk with friends or relatives. And some live on the streets. About 27,390 students were identified in Washington as being homeless during the 2011-12 school year. That's a startling jump of 46 percent since 2007-08. Thousands of those students live in Snohomish County. The Everett School District had the highest number of students identified as homeless, with 824. We first reported on this problem last Sunday. Today we revisit homelessness among the young with a closer look at the data.

Student homelessness during 2011-12 school year

School district	Enrolled	Homeless	Preschool, elementary	Middle and high school	In shelters, motels, hospitals	With relatives or friends	In cars or on streets
Arlington	5,402	126	54	79	55	65	5
Coupeville	1,000	52	24	28	3	49	0
Darrington	451	12	8	4	3	9	0
Edmonds	20,627	364	166	198	147	214	3
Everett	18,633	824	404	420	300	453	71
Granite Falls	2,199	136	29	107	7	127	2
Index	32	11	10	1	0	11	0
Lake Stevens	8,115	137	74	63	42	95	0
Lakewood	2,408	90	49	41	13	75	2
Marysville	11,472	242	78	164	22	220	0
Monroe	7,130	107	29	78	28	71	8
Mukilteo	14,884	107	61	46	53	52	2
Northshore	19,961	151	82	69	44	82	25
Oak Harbor	5,685	189	94	95	53	128	8
Snohomish	10,038	85	31	54	14	71	0
South Whidbey	1,580	56	37	29	3	41	12
Stanwood-Camano	4,873	126	58	68	19	92	15
Sultan	2,148	21	3	18	8	13	0
Area total	136,638	2,836	1,291	1,562	814	1,868	153

 

Student homelessness from 2007-08 to 2011-12

District	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	Change since 2007-08
Arlington	30	65	65	99	126	320.0%
Index	4	0	0	6	11	175.0%
Darrington	5	3	16	12	12	140.0%
Stanwood-Camano	58	60	74	94	126	117.2%
Lakewood	46	71	71	84	90	95.7%
Lake Stevens	73	70	84	131	137	87.7%
Everett	458	510	630	835	824	79.9%
Marysville	140	202	55	180	242	72.9%
Monroe	68	65	55	54	107	57.4%
Granite Falls	88	107	121	143	136	54.5%
Edmonds	281	304	289	331	364	29.5%
Northshore	149	81	162	156	151	1.3%
Oak Harbor	187	154	147	236	189	1.1%
Snohomish	88	90	101	105	85	-3.4%
South Whidbey	59	45	61	52	56	-5.1%
Sultan	26	30	15	13	21	-19.2%
Coupeville	79	69	62	75	52	-34.2%
Mukilteo	163	167	178	198	107	-34.4%
Statewide	18,670	20,780	21,826	26,049	27,390	46.7%
Snohomish, Island counties	2,002	2,093	2,186	2,804	2,836	41.7%