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Percentage distribution of homeschooled students ages 5 through 17 with a grade equivalent of kindergarten through grade 12 and homeschooling rate, by grade level: 2012

Characteristic Statistically Adjusted Unadjusted
Percentage distribution Homeschooling rate Percentage distribution Homeschooling rate
Percent SE Rate SE Percent SE Rate SE
Total 100 3.4 0.23 100 2.1 0.17
                 
Student's Grade Equivalent                
Kindergarten - 2nd grade 24 2.9 3.1 0.47 18 3.4 1.4 0.31
3rd - 5th grade 23 2.7 3.3 0.45 22 3.3 1.9 0.34
6th - 7th grade 15 2.3 3.3 0.51 18 3.3 2.4 0.44
8th - 12th grade 38 2.7 3.8 0.35 43 3.8 2.6 0.28
† Not applicable.
NOTE: Homeschooled students are school-age children who receive instruction at home instead of at a public or private school either all or most of the time. Excludes students who were enrolled in public or private school more than 25 hours per week and students who were homeschooled primarily because of temporary illness. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. For more information about the adjusted rate, see Redford, J., Battle, D., and Bielick, S. (2016). Homeschooling in the United States: 2012 (NCES 2016-096). National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC. SE is the abbreviation for Standard Error.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Parent and Family Involvement in Education Survey of the 2012 National Household Education Surveys Program (PFI-NHES:2012).