Posted on June 13, 2016 by Lauren Camera in U.S. News & World Report U.S. News & World Report, By Lauren Camera Homeless students are one of the fastest-growing subgroups of students in the U.S. And while they are much more likely to fall off track and eventually drop out of school, they are also notoriously difficult to identify and subsequently help. More than 1.3 million students were homeless during the 2013-14 school year, according to a new report released by America’s Promise Alliance. That represents a 7 percent increase from the previous year and more than double the number of homeless students estimated in 2006-2007.