In the 2024-2025 academic school year, there were approximately 41,970 enrolled students in the Anaheim Elementary School District (14,74023) and the Anaheim Union High School District (27,195) combined. Of the 41,970 combined student population, in 2025, 73.4% at Anaheim Elementary School District and 81.9% are considered economically disadvantaged, meaning they were eligible for free or reduced lunch, or their parents did not graduate high school. Additionally, in the 2024-2025 academic year, 1,868 Anaheim Elementary School District students, 12.6%, were identified as homeless.24 The Anaheim Union High School District had 2,022, 7.4%, enrolled students identified as homeless in the 2024-2025 academic year.25 Evictions and displacement impose an especially high burden on school-aged children and their families, including increased absences from school and other educational disruptions that can have long-lasting effects, such as impacts on mental and physical health, as well as school and social hardships for the children and their families.26
24 California Department of Education (Data Quest), 2024-25 Anaheim Elementary School District: Homeless Student Enrollment by Dwelling Type ARCHIVE
25 California Department of Education (Data Quest), 2024-25 Anaheim Union High School District: Homeless Student Enrollment by Dwelling Type ARCHIVE
26 Desmond, Matthew & Kimbro, Rachel. (2015). Eviction’s Fallout: Housing, Hardship, and Health. Social Forces. 94. ARCHIVE