Homeless Students by School District (Map)

By , InvestigateWest
October 19, 2010

This map shows the number of homeless students in each school district in the state. Click on the district to see its statistics. Optionally, view the larger map to see a list of districts.

Districts have been required to identify and report the number of homeless students in their districts under the federal McKinney-Vento Act since 2002. (Because the numbers are sometimes low, the annual increases and increases can be large, and many variables can affect the count.)

(Map By Brian Chin for InvestigateWest)

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Check out the full list of news outlets publishing the story, and visit KCTS.org to watch Prescription for Abuse, a KCTS 9/InvestigateWest documentary and roundtable with prescription drug experts.

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