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It reports stark disparities: homeless students face the lowest four-year graduation rate (55%) and the highest dropout rate (20%). 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Under federal education law, all children and youth who “lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence” are homeless.†1 While representing a small proportion of the entire student body (3%‡), these students were disproportionately likely to face negative educational outcomes and accounted for almost 7% of all students who dropped out of high school.  \nIn compliance with new regulations under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)2, the State of Michigan recently released graduation, dropout and attendance rate data for homeless students for school years 2012-13 through 2016-17. This policy brief examines the state’s newly available public education graduation and dropout data and finds dramatic disparities between homeless students and their lowincome and non-low income peers. Across every available comparison group homeless high school students had worse educational outcomes. Given recent data that has shown student homelessness tobe a statewide issue affecting rural, suburban and urban communities alike,3 this finding highlights the need for greater focus on a previously invisible but highly vulnerable group of students. Data for this brief are for public school students, including charters, and come from the Michigan Department of Education and the Center for Educational Performance and Information.4  \nKey Findings  \n• Homeless students have the lowest four-year graduation rate of any group in Michigan for which data was available. Just over half (55%) of homeless high school students in Michigan graduated in four years. This rate was significantly lower than both the rate for economically disadvantaged students§ (68%) and the average graduation rate for the state as a whole (80%) .  \n• Homeless students have the highest high school dropout rate of any group in Michigan. One in five homeless students dropped out of high school (20%), a rate six percentage points higher than that of economically disadvantaged students (14%) and 11 percentage points higher than the statewide average of 9% .  \n• Dropout rates for homeless students in Michigan are increasing despite downward trends among other groups. While dropout rates for both economically disadvantaged student and all students progressively declined by two percentage points from school year 2012-13 to 2016-17, the dropout rate for homeless students increased by roughly one and a half percentage points over the sametime period.  \n• The newly released Michigan education data for graduation and dropout rates reveal homeless high school students to be a uniquely vulnerable group that has previously gone unrecognized. The educational outcomes of homeless high school students are distinct from their economically disadvantaged peers who are not homeless. Identifying the unique needs of these students is critical to improving their high school outcomes.  \n* Defined as the 4-year 2017 graduation cohort.  \n† The McKinney-Vento Act defines homeless children as those that “lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence” this includes children and youths who due to loss of housing or economic hardship are living in hotels, motels, trailer parks, camping grounds, another person’s housing, emergency or transitional shelters or any place not meant for human habitation (such as cars, public spaces, or abandoned buildings) .  \n‡ For the purposes of this report all percentages have been rounded.  \n§Economically Disadvantaged Students are those eligible for free-or reduced-price meals under the Nati","cbCaieiJiNzR0aGa","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaieiJiNzR0aGa","pdf",270502,"English","# Overview\n## Key Findings\n## At Risk for Not Graduating\n## Four-Year Graduation Rate","[{\"question\":\"How many Michigan high school students in the class of 2017 were homeless, and what share of the student body did they represent?\",\"answer\":\"More than 3,500 students in the class of 2017 were homeless in Michigan, representing about 3% of the student body. They accounted for almost 7% of all high school dropouts.\"},{\"question\":\"What are the reported graduation and dropout rates for homeless high school students in Michigan?\",\"answer\":\"The four-year graduation rate for homeless students is 55%. The high school dropout rate is 20%.\"},{\"question\":\"How did dropout and graduation trends for homeless students compare with other student groups from 2012-13 to 2016-17?\",\"answer\":\"Dropout rates for economically disadvantaged students and all students declined, but the dropout rate for homeless students increased by about one and a half percentage points. Graduation rates for homeless students stayed flat over the five-year period, while other groups increased.\"}]","Falling Through the Cracks - Graduation and Dropout Rates among Michigan’s Homeless High School Students | PDF",1792058037,13]