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The Central Coast leads California in homeless students

August 29, 2025

By KAREN VELIE

The California Central Coast leads in percentages of homeless students.

With 16% of its students unhoused, Monterey County is ranked number one followed by Santa Barbara County with 12.1% of homeless students. At 9.1%, San Luis Obispo is ranked fifth for its large number of homeless students.

Statewide, California saw a 9% increase in homeless students during the 2024-2025 school year, according to EdSource.

For three years, from fiscal year 2019-2020 through fiscal year 2021-2022, homeless student numbers in California declined approximately 6% per year.

Then in fiscal year 2022-2023, the number of homeless student began increasing:

  • Fiscal year 2022-2023 – a 9.08% increase
  • Fiscal year 2023-2024 – a 12.61% increase
  • Fiscal year 2024-2025 – a 9.26% increase

Throughout California, higher costs of living lead to a larger number of homeless students

 


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“Throughout California, higher costs of living lead to a larger number of homeless students”

Welcome to California, the MOST PROGRESSIVE state in the nation. Which has resulted in:

The highest cost of living.

The highest cost of groceries and food.

The highest cost of energy.

The highest cost of gasoline.

The highest cost of housing.

The highest taxes.

The highest number of homeless.

The highest number of mentally ill.


The list just goes on and on and on.

And Gavin Newsom wants to be President and bring all this to the entire country.


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This article is poorly written, which homeless students does the writer refer to? Are we speaking of elementary/middle/high school students?


Or is it more likely homeless college students are being described?


I find it difficult to believe that 9.1% of grade school or high school students are homeless in San Luis Obispo County.


Student housing has always and probably will always be an issue for Cal Poly and similar, probably by design. Not everyone gets a medal…


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