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Table 38. | Number and percentage of homeschooled students ages 5 through 17 with a grade equivalent of kindergarten through 12th grade, by selected child, parent, and household characteristics: 1999, 2003, and 2007 |
Selected characteristic | 1999 | 2003 | 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Number of students1 (in thousands) | Number home-schooled (in thousands) | Percent home-schooled |
Number of students1 (in thousands) | Number home-schooled (in thousands) | Percent home-schooled |
Number of students1 (in thousands) | Number home-schooled (in thousands) | Percent home-schooled | |||||||||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
Total | 50,188 | (72.7) | 850 | (71.1) | 1.7 | (0.14) | 50,707 | (89.3) | 1,096 | (92.3) | 2.2 | (0.18) | 51,135 | (155.3) | 1,508 | (117.9) | 2.9 | (0.23) | |||||||
Sex of child | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Male | 25,515 | (233.9) | 417 | (43.9) | 1.6 | (0.17) | 25,819 | (286.8) | 569 | (61.9) | 2.2 | (0.24) | 26,286 | (355.6) | 633 | (75.2) | 2.4 | (0.28) | |||||||
Female | 24,673 | (238.7) | 434 | (46.1) | 1.8 | (0.19) | 24,888 | (277.7) | 527 | (58.2) | 2.1 | (0.23) | 24,849 | (386.9) | 875 | (97.7) | 3.5 | (0.39) | |||||||
Race/ethnicity of child | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
White | 32,474 | (168.2) | 640 | (62.3) | 2.0 | (0.19) | 31,584 | (187.2) | 843 | (77.5) | 2.7 | (0.25) | 29,815 | (197.9) | 1159 | (101.6) | 3.9 | (0.34) | |||||||
Black | 8,047 | (102.3) | 84 | (24.8) | 1.0 | (0.31) | 7,985 | (45.7) | 103 | ! | (33.9) | 1.3 | ! | (0.42) | 7,523 | (114.0) | 61 | ! | (21.2) | 0.8 | ! | (0.28) | |||
Hispanic | 7,043 | (85.5) | 77 | (17.7) | 1.1 | (0.25) | 8,075 | (35.1) | 59 | ! | (21.1) | 0.7 | ! | (0.26) | 9,589 | (84.8) | 147 | (27.5) | 1.5 | (0.29) | |||||
Other | 2,623 | (114.2) | 49 | ! | (17.2) | 1.9 | ! | (0.65) | 3,063 | (161.1) | 91 | ! | (31.5) | 3.0 | ! | (1.02) | 4,208 | (170.6) | 141 | (36.1) | 3.3 | (0.86) | |||
Grade equivalent2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kindergarten through 5th grade | 24,428 | (20.5) | 428 | (48.1) | 1.8 | (0.20) | 24,269 | (24.7) | 472 | (55.3) | 1.9 | (0.23) | 23,529 | (68.1) | 717 | (83.8) | 3.0 | (0.36) | |||||||
Kindergarten | 3,790 | (20.0) | 92 | (19.7) | 2.4 | (0.52) | 3,643 | (24.7) | 98 | (23.5) | 2.7 | (0.64) | 3,669 | (67.9) | 114 | ! | (35.4) | 3.1 | ! | (0.96) | |||||
Grades 1 through 3 | 12,692 | (6.2) | 199 | (36.7) | 1.6 | (0.29) | 12,098 | (#) | 214 | (33.3) | 1.8 | (0.28) | 11,965 | (2.4) | 406 | (64.5) | 3.4 | (0.54) | |||||||
Grades 4 through 5 | 7,946 | (1.3) | 136 | (22.5) | 1.7 | (0.28) | 8,528 | (#) | 160 | (30.1) | 1.9 | (0.35) | 7,895 | (2.1) | 197 | (41.4) | 2.5 | (0.52) | |||||||
Grades 6 through 8 | 11,788 | (3.4) | 186 | (28.0) | 1.6 | (0.24) | 12,472 | (6.5) | 302 | (44.9) | 2.4 | (0.36) | 12,435 | (0.7) | 359 | (64.9) | 2.9 | (0.52) | |||||||
Grades 9 through 12 | 13,954 | (70.5) | 235 | (33.2) | 1.7 | (0.24) | 13,958 | (81.8) | 315 | (47.0) | 2.3 | (0.33) | 15,161 | (129.3) | 422 | (58.2) | 2.8 | (0.38) | |||||||
Number of children in the household | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
One child | 8,226 | (153.8) | 120 | (20.3) | 1.5 | (0.24) | 8,033 | (218.1) | 110 | (22.3) | 1.4 | (0.27) | 8,463 | (227.1) | 187 | (31.4) | 2.2 | (0.37) | |||||||
Two children | 19,883 | (211.4) | 207 | (27.1) | 1.0 | (0.14) | 20,530 | (319.4) | 306 | (45.1) | 1.5 | (0.22) | 20,694 | (295.3) | 412 | (67.3) | 2.0 | (0.33) | |||||||
Three or more children | 22,078 | (241.2) | 523 | (65.2) | 2.4 | (0.30) | 22,144 | (362.8) | 679 | (80.2) | 3.1 | (0.36) | 21,979 | (331.0) | 909 | (102.4) | 4.1 | (0.46) | |||||||
Number of parents in the household | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Two parents | 33,007 | (203.8) | 683 | (68.3) | 2.1 | (0.21) | 35,936 | (315.1) | 886 | (82.7) | 2.5 | (0.23) | 37,262 | (302.1) | 1348 | (111.5) | 3.6 | (0.30) | |||||||
One parent | 15,454 | (209.4) | 142 | (25.0) | 0.9 | (0.16) | 13,260 | (319.2) | 196 | (42.6) | 1.5 | (0.32) | 11,734 | (299.2) | 115 | (28.4) | 1.0 | (0.24) | |||||||
Nonparental guardians | 1,727 | (86.0) | 25 | ! | (14.4) | 1.4 | ! | (0.82) | 1,511 | (100.1) | 14 | ! | (11.1) | 0.9 | ! | (0.74) | 2,139 | (203.2) | 45 | ! | (17.3) | 2.1 | ! | (0.81) | |
Parent participation in the labor force | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Two parents—both in labor force | 22,880 | (241.5) | 237 | (39.8) | 1.0 | (0.17) | 25,108 | (373.1) | 274 | (44.1) | 1.1 | (0.18) | 26,075 | (318.9) | 509 | (76.8) | 2.0 | (0.30) | |||||||
Two parents—one in labor force | 9,628 | (194.4) | 444 | (53.8) | 4.6 | (0.55) | 10,545 | (297.2) | 594 | (73.7) | 5.6 | (0.67) | 10,776 | (284.8) | 808 | (94.3) | 7.5 | (0.82) | |||||||
One parent—in labor force | 13,907 | (220.0) | 98 | (21.8) | 0.7 | (0.16) | 12,045 | (267.9) | 174 | (39.8) | 1.4 | (0.33) | 9,989 | (277.2) | 127 | (29.5) | 1.3 | (0.30) | |||||||
No parent participation in labor force | 3,773 | (162.3) | 71 | (18.8) | 1.9 | (0.48) | 3,008 | (171.4) | 54 | ! | (23.7) | 1.8 | ! | (0.78) | 4,296 | (228.0) | 64 | ! | (20.6) | 1.5 | ! | (0.48) | |||
Highest education level of parents | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
High school diploma or less | 18,334 | (217.3) | 160 | (26.5) | 0.9 | (0.15) | 16,106 | (272.3) | 269 | (51.6) | 1.7 | (0.32) | 14,303 | (292.6) | 206 | (35.6) | 1.4 | (0.24) | |||||||
Vocational/technical or some college | 15,177 | (215.2) | 287 | (37.3) | 1.9 | (0.24) | 16,068 | (323.4) | 338 | (57.7) | 2.1 | (0.36) | 14,584 | (326.3) | 549 | (77.3) | 3.8 | (0.52) | |||||||
Bachelor's degree/some graduate school | 9,412 | (179.0) | 230 | (36.3) | 2.4 | (0.37) | 10,849 | (275.0) | 309 | (48.5) | 2.8 | (0.45) | 12,321 | (281.6) | 502 | (70.1) | 4.1 | (0.57) | |||||||
Graduate/professional degree | 7,264 | (179.9) | 173 | (39.9) | 2.4 | (0.54) | 7,683 | (239.5) | 180 | (41.6) | 2.3 | (0.55) | 9,927 | (242.9) | 251 | (41.0) | 2.5 | (0.41) | |||||||
Household income | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
$25,000 or less | 16,776 | (116.9) | 262 | (45.0) | 1.6 | (0.27) | 12,375 | (53.6) | 283 | (56.0) | 2.3 | (0.45) | 11,544 | (123.8) | 239 | (49.9) | 2.1 | (0.43) | |||||||
$25,001 to $50,000 | 15,220 | (232.7) | 278 | (36.7) | 1.8 | (0.24) | 13,220 | (270.2) | 311 | (49.9) | 2.4 | (0.37) | 10,592 | (236.4) | 364 | (56.9) | 3.4 | (0.52) | |||||||
$50,001 to $75,000 | 8,576 | (189.3) | 162 | (25.5) | 1.9 | (0.30) | 10,961 | (282.2) | 264 | (51.1) | 2.4 | (0.46) | 10,289 | (232.9) | 405 | (57.9) | 3.9 | (0.56) | |||||||
Over $75,000 | 9,615 | (211.2) | 148 | (26.5) | 1.5 | (0.28) | 14,150 | (261.7) | 238 | (45.8) | 1.7 | (0.33) | 18,710 | (232.6) | 501 | (74.9) | 2.7 | (0.40) | |||||||
Urbanicity3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Urban | 37,415 | (129.2) | 575 | (57.3) | 1.5 | (0.15) | 40,180 | (82.3) | 794 | (87.2) | 2.0 | (0.22) | 40,560 | (151.9) | 995 | (94.5) | 2.5 | (0.23) | |||||||
Rural | 12,773 | (112.6) | 275 | (39.8) | 2.2 | (0.31) | 10,527 | (56.3) | 302 | (58.0) | 2.9 | (0.55) | 10,576 | (110.9) | 513 | (75.5) | 4.9 | (0.71) |
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1 Refers to all students in public and private schools and homeschooled students. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 Students whose grade-equivalent was "ungraded" were excluded from the grade analysis. The percentage of students with an "ungraded" grade equivalent was 0.03 percent in 1999 and 0.02 percent in 2003 and 2007. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 Urbanicity is based on a U.S. Census Bureau classification of places. Urban is a place with at least 50,000 people. Rural is a place not classified as urban. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NOTE: The number and percentage of homeschoolers exclude students who were enrolled in school for more than 25 hours a week; also excluded in 1999 and 2003 are students who were homeschooled only due to a temporary illness and, in 2007, students who were homeschooled primarily due to a temporary illness. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Standard errors appear in parentheses. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Homeschooling in the United States: 2003; and Parent Survey (Parent:1999) and Parent and Family Involvement in Education Survey (PFI:2003 and PFI:2007) of the National Household Education Surveys Program. (This table was prepared August 2009.) |