Table 1: Number and percentage distribution of homeschooled students, ages 5 through 17 with a grade equivalent of kindergarten through 12th grade, by school enrollment status: 1999 and 2003

School enrollment status	Homeschooled students
Table 1. Number and percentage distribution of homeschooled students, ages 5 through 17 with a grade equivalent of kindergarten through 12th grade, by school enrollment status: 1999 and 2003
	1999		2003
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	850,000	100.0	1,096,000	100.0
Homeschooled only	697,000	82.0	898,000	82.0
Enrolled in school part-time	153,000	18.0	198,000	18.0
Enrolled in school for less than 9 hours a week	107,000	12.6	137,000	12.5
Enrolled in school for 9 to 25 hours a week	46,000	5.4	61,000	5.6
NOTE: Excludes students who were enrolled in school for more than 25 hours a week and students who were homeschooled only because of temporary illness. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Parent Survey of the 1999 National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES); Parent and Family Involvement in Education Survey of the 2003 NHES.