Data about homeschooled children are currently collected in the NHES Parent and Family Involvement in Education (PFI) Survey. The PFI survey collects data about students who are enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12 or are homeschooled for equivalent grades. For homeschooled students, the survey asks questions related to students’ homeschooling experiences, the sources of the curriculum, and the reasons for homeschooling. Parents are the respondents.
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This report provides 2018–19 rates for grade K–12 student participation in homeschooling, full-time virtual education, and both combined (“instruction at home”) from the 2019 Parent and Family Involvement in Education Survey of the National Household Education Surveys Program.
These web tables present findings on homeschooling in the United States, including the percentage of students homeschooled; reasons for homeschooling; providers of homeschool instruction (including virtual instruction and schools); teaching style and curriculum source; subjects taught; and homeschool activities.