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Demographics - Numbers and Growth SHARE This is a work in progress. As I encounter statistics about the numbers of homeschoolers in various states and provinces, I will link them to the left with a 2-digit year code for the year being reported. This will usually be the start of the school year: 07 means the school year 2007-2008, for example. Please help build this page by reporting URLs of pages that report homeschool demographics to me. Sponsored Links USA - 07 - 1.3M Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas - 04 - 13,973 California Colorado Connecticut Delaware - 08 - 2,558 Florida - 07 - 55,822 Georgia - 02 - 31,732 Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana - 05 - 23,455 Iowa Kansas Kentucky - 07 - 11,055 Louisiana Maine Maryland - 05 - 24,329 Massachusetts Michigan -- 00 - 1,914 Minnesota - 06 - 17,621 Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada - 03 - 4,136 New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York N Carolina - 07 - 71,566 N Dakota - 03 - 1,331 Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania - 05 - 22,412 Puerto Rico Rhode Island S Carolina - 00 - 8,494 S Dakota - 01 - 2,700 Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont - 03 - 2,000 Virginia - 10 - 24,682 Washington Washington DC West Virginia - 03 - 5,091 Wisconsin - 04 - 20,659 Wyoming   Canada - 01 - 80,000 Alberta British Columbia Ontario Pan-Canadian Saskatchewan - 00 - 2,400 Western Canada World Homeschooling Is Growing Worldwide Karl M. Bunday reports on how the homeschooling movement has been growing rapidly all around the world in recent years. Canada BC Home-schooling Statistics Numbers of registered home-schooled students since the 1989/90 school year to the present, including grants issued to registering schools. Student Participation and Achievement by Type of Educational Delivery System 1996 to 2000 The overall percentage of students enrolled in home education programs has remained relatively stable, ranging between 1.2% and 1.6% of all students. USA in General 1.5 Million Homeschooled Students in the United States in 2007 This Issue Brief provides estimates of the number and percentage of homeschooled students in the United States in 2007 and compares these estimates to those from 1999 and 2003. Numbers of Homeschoolers in USA AN A TO Z ARTICLE I generated these numbers from the Kids Count 2000 data and reports of the numbers of homeschoolers registered in some states and exterpolated the numbers to all states in 2008. An A for Home Schooling Today, the full array of American families-from religiously orthodox Catholics and Jews to thoroughgoing secularists-are joining the fundamentalists and the Age-of-Aquarius types in home schooling their kids. By Brian C. Anderson, City Journal, Summer 2000. Characteristics of Homeschooled and Nonhomeschooled Students Another way to examine how student, family, and household characteristics are related to homeschooling is to compare the characteristics of homeschooled students to different populations of students. Homeschooling in the United States: 1999 The Parent Survey of the National Household Education Surveys Program, 1999 (Parent-NHES:1999) provides a comprehensive set of information that may be used to estimate the number and characteristics of homeschoolers in the United States. Home Schooling in the United States: Trends and Characteristics 2001 According to widely-repeated estimates, as many as two million American children are schooled at home, with the number growing at 15 to 20 percent per year. U S Census report, September 13, 2001. Home Schooling in the United States: Trends and Characteristics 2002 This report by Kurt J. Bauman of the US Census Bureau uses the 1994 October CPS, and the National Household Education Survey of 1996 and 1999 to examine popular characterizations of the home school population. May 16, 2002. Homeschoolers: Estimating Numbers and Growth National Institute on Student Achievement, Curriculum, and Assessment; Office of Educational Research and Improvement; U.S. Department of Education; Web Edition, Spring 1999; by Patricia M. Lines. Issues Related to Estimating the Home-School Population in the United States With National Household Survey Data Acrobat document from the US Department of Education. 110 pages long. Issued September 2000. Refers to studies done in 1994 and 1996. For a summary, skip ahead to Bookmark 7: Conclusion. Census Data Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) You can estimate the number of homeschoolers by doing a search here on a state and age groups. Kids Count Census Data Online Using the Profiles for education for your state, you can see how many children are in or not in school, giving you a rough estimate of legal and illegal homeschoolers. Numbers of Homeschoolers in USA AN A TO Z RESOURCE I generated these numbers from the Kids Count 2000 data and reports of the numbers of homeschoolers registered in some states and exterpolated the numbers to all states in 2003. California Fact Book 2003 An example of why researchers can't find homeschoolers in this state, as they are most likely in the "5 and under" private schools that the counties do not have to report to the state counters. Michigan Number of Homeschools and Students in Michigan Those home meeting reporting requirements and the total number of students being homeschooled year by year statistics going back to 1989. Nevada Nevada Kids Count Data Book 2003 Based on the 15 school districts that provided data, 5,233 students were homeschooled in Nevada during 2000-2001. North Carolina North Carolina Home School Enrollment From the NC Department of Education. Virginia Department of Education, Home-Schooled Students and Religious Exemptions, 2010 - 2011 Chart shows numbers in each division. Total: 24,682. Department of Education, Home-Schooled Students and Religious Exemptions, 2009 - 2010 Chart shows numbers in each division. Total: 23,290. Department of Education, Home-Schooled Students and Religious Exemptions, 2008 - 2009 Chart shows numbers in each division. Total: 22,621. Department of Education, Home-Schooled Students and Religious Exemptions, 2007 - 2008 Chart shows numbers in each division. Total: 20,694. Department of Education, Home-Schooled Students and Religious Exemptions, 2006 - 2007 Chart shows numbers in each division. Total: 20,240. Department of Education, Home-Schooled Students and Religious Exemptions, 2005 - 2006 Chart shows numbers in each division. Total: 18,693. Department of Education, Home-Schooled Students and Religious Exemptions, 2004 - 2005 Chart shows numbers in each division. Total: 17,448. Department of Education, Home-Schooled Students and Religious Exemptions, 2003 - 2004 Chart shows numbers in each division. Total: 18,102. Department of Education, Home-Schooled Students and Religious Exemptions, 2002 - 2003 Chart shows numbers in each division. Total: 18,102. Wisconsin Home-Based Private Educational Program Enrollment Statistics From the Wisconsin DPI. Available by CESA, GRADE LEVEL, and by PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Data is available in Excel and Portable Document Format (PDF). Other Countries Homeschooling Statistics in New Zealand How many students are being homeschooled in New Zealand? From the Ministry of Education. See also News from the Homeschooling Front

Kingdom of Children: Culture and Controversy in the Homeschooling Movement by Mitchell L. Stevens Moving from why parents opt for home-schooling to the long-term effects on their children, he draws on interviews with a mix of parents from fundamentalist Christians to pagans and educational radicals and persuasively contextualizes the movement within the "organizational strategies of the progressive left and the religious right" in their attempt to preserve their core set of values: "the sanctity of childhood and the primacy of family in the face of an increasingly competitive and bureaucratized society." 15 pages of excerpts available. The Schools Our Children Deserve Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and "Tougher Standards" by Alfie Kohn A powerful argument against the Òback to basicsÓ philosophy of teaching and simplistic demands to "raise the bar." kindle edition

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