The Abc’s of Educating Children Experiencing Homelessness in Orange County County of Orange Grand Jury 2022-2023 The

Additional Recommendations 3

These recommendations are not explicitly linked to specific findings.

• R6
  By October 1, 2023, a joint task force should be formed by the OCDE comprised of a district-level administrator from each Orange County school district and leadership from non-profit organizations who serve homeless families, to address absenteeism, low test scores and low graduation rates of children experiencing homelessness. (F.11, F.12,
• R10
  The Orange County Superintendent of Schools should provide information from the School Accountability Report (SARC) to the Board of Supervisors identifying the number and describing the performance of children experiencing homelessness in Orange County public schools. This data should include the aggerate of students in each district who are experiencing homelessness, their chronic absenteeism rates, and the high school graduation rate and the percent who meet or exceed state standards in English and Math, starting October 31, 2023, and yearly thereafter. (F11, F12, F13,
• R25-99
  6.8% 7.8% 13.8% >100 7.6% 8.3% 9.2% Middle Schools % Students Who Met or Exceeded State Standards Socioeconomically Disadvantaged # of Homeless All Students Students Homeless Students Students Enrolled ELA MATH ELA MATH ELA MATH < 25 64.5% 54.5% 52.7% 38.6% 43.6% 27.0% 25 - 99 53.5% 44.0% 45.1% 33.8% 36.4% 22.8% > 100 33.5% 21.2% 31.9% 19.1% 28.6% 17.6% High Schools - Chronic Absenteeism Rates Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Homeless All Students Students Students < 25 6.8% 14.9% 44.2% 25 - 49 6.4% 9.4% 25.6% 50 - 99 9.9% 12.5% 28.4% 100 - 199 14.0% 17.6% 28.0% 200 - 299 9.4% 11.8% 15.7% > 300 11.3% 11.6% 14.8% High Schools % Students Who Met or Exceeded State Standards Socioeconomically Disadvantaged # of Homeless All Students Students Homeless Students Students Enrolled ELA MATH ELA MATH ELA MATH < 25 78.9% 72.2% 58.1% 49.3% 25.0% 12.5% 25 - 49 72.5% 53.9% 63.4% 40.1% 42.1% 26.8% 50 - 99 64.2% 43.8% 46.9% 25.8% 34.3% 16.7% 100 - 199 64.4% 36.1% 49.0% 23.6% 41.0% 20.8% 200 - 299 59.2% 35.9% 49.5% 25.6% 44.2% 25.0% > 300 31.9% 16.0% 32.2% 16.0% 30.9% 16.8% High Schools Graduation Rates # of Homeless Socioeconomically Students Disadvantaged Homeless Enrolled All Students Students Students < 25 94.0% 91.5% 89.3% 25 - 49 93.7% 91.4% 82.3% 50 - 99 91.5% 87.9% 82.4% 100 - 199 90.7% 88.1% 83.4% 200 - 299 95.6% 95.4% 94.3% > 300 90.8% 91.5% 90.9% High Schools Graduation Rates Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Homeless All Students Students Students 93.9% 90.7% 86.8% Combined Elementary, Middle, and High Schools Chronic Absenteeism Rates Socioeconomically Disadvantaged All Students Students Homeless Students Elementary School 10.7% 14.3% 22.4% Middle School 7.4% 8.0% 11.8% High School 8.8% 12.9% 22.4% Combined Elementary, Middle, and High Schools Chronic Absenteeism Rates Socioeconomically Disadvantaged All Students Students Homeless Students 9.4% 12.7% 20.5% % Combined Elementary, Middle, and High Schools Students Who Met or Exceeded State Standards Socioeconomically Disadvantaged All Students Students Homeless Students ELA MATH ELA MATH ELA MATH 55.7% 46.3% 42.6% 32.5% 31.7% 22.3% % Combined Elementary, Middle, and High Schools Students Who Met or Exceeded State Standards Socioeconomically Disadvantaged All Students Students Homeless Students ELA MATH ELA MATH ELA MATH Elementary School 51.7% 45.2% 39.9% 33.5% 28.9% 24.2% Middle School 53.7% 43.2% 42.9% 30.3% 31.7% 19.8% High School 72.5% 53.4% 52.6% 32.4% 39.2% 21.1%