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New Research: How Many Homeschool Students are there in the United States during the 2024-2025 School Year?
The general public, scholars, policymakers, and the media have long awaited these findings. Researchers Brian D. Ray, Braden Hoelzle, and Douglas Pietersma, of the National
Home Education Research Institute, probe the data and reveal new and fascinating statistics.
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to estimate the number of homeschool students in the United States during the 2024-2025 academic school year. The estimate is derived by establishing the size of the nationwide school-age population, ascertaining the percentage of all students that were homeschooled, and assuming a level
of underrepresentation of homeschooling in the data that represent the portions of all students who were homeschooled. Homeschool registration and enrollment data from 23 diverse states and data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Pulse Survey are used. The conclusion is that there were an estimated 3.408 million school-age (K-12) homeschool students in the United States during the 2024-2025 school year (range: 3.067–3.749 million). This figure reflects a notable post-pandemic increase, roughly double
Catholic school enrollment (1.684 million) and nearing public charter school levels (3.784 million) during 2024-2025.
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