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| Table 2. Number and percentage of homeschooled students, ages 5 through 17 with a grade equivalent of kindergarten through 12th grade, by various characteristics: 1999 and 2003 | ||||||||||||
| 1999 | 2003 | |||||||||||
| Characteristic | Number of students 1 | Number home- schooled | Percent home- schooled | Number of students 1 | Number home- schooled | Percent home- schooled | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 50,188,000 | 850,000 | 1.7 | 50,707,000 | 1,096,000 | 2.2 | ||||||
| Grade equivalent 2 | ||||||||||||
| K– 5 | 24,428,000 | 428,000 | 1.8 | 24,269,000 | 472,000 | 1.9 | ||||||
| Kindergarten | 3,790,000 | 92,000 | 2.4 | 3,643,000 | 98,000 | 2.7 | ||||||
| Grades 1–3 | 12,692,000 | 199,000 | 1.6 | 12,098,000 | 214,000 | 1.8 | ||||||
| Grades 4–5 | 7,946,000 | 136,000 | 1.7 | 8,528,000 | 160,000 | 1.9 | ||||||
| Grades 6–8 | 11,788,000 | 186,000 | 1.6 | 12,472,000 | 302,000 | 2.4 | ||||||
| Grades 9–12 | 13,954,000 | 235,000 | 1.7 | 13,958,000 | 315,000 | 2.3 | ||||||
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 32,474,000 | 640,000 | 2.0 | 31,584,000 | 843,000 | 2.7 | ||||||
| Black, non-Hispanic | 8,047,000 | 84,000 | 1.0 | 7,985,000 | 103,000 | 1.3 | ||||||
| Hispanic | 7,043,000 | 77,000 | 1.1 | 8,075,000 | 59,000 | 0.7 | ||||||
| Other | 2,623,000 | 49,000 | 1.9 | 3,063,000 | 91,000 | 3.0 | ||||||
| Sex | ||||||||||||
| Female | 24,673,000 | 434,000 | 1.8 | 24,888,000 | 527,000 | 2.1 | ||||||
| Male | 25,515,000 | 417,000 | 1.6 | 25,819,000 | 569,000 | 2.2 | ||||||
| Number of children in the household | ||||||||||||
| One child | 8,226,000 | 120,000 | 1.5 | 8,033,000 | 110,000 | 1.4 | ||||||
| Two children | 19,883,000 | 207,000 | 1.0 | 20,530,000 | 306,000 | 1.5 | ||||||
| Three or more children | 22,078,000 | 523,000 | 2.4 | 22,144,000 | 679,000 | 3.1 | ||||||
| Number of parents in the household | ||||||||||||
| Two parents | 33,007,000 | 683,000 | 2.1 | 35,936,000 | 886,000 | 2.5 | ||||||
| One parent | 15,454,000 | 142,000 | 0.9 | 13,260,000 | 196,000 | 1.5 | ||||||
| Nonparental guardians | 1,727,000 | 25,000 | 1.4 | 1,511,000 | 14,000 | 0.9 | ||||||
| Parents' participation in the labor force | ||||||||||||
| Two parents–both in labor force | 22,880,000 | 237,000 | 1.0 | 25,108,000 | 274,000 | 1.1 | ||||||
| Two parents–one in labor force | 9,628,000 | 444,000 | 4.6 | 10,545,000 | 594,000 | 5.6 | ||||||
| One parent in labor force | 13,907,000 | 98,000 | 0.7 | 12,045,000 | 174,000 | 1.4 | ||||||
| No parent in labor force | 3,773,000 | 71,000 | 1.9 | 3,008,000 | 54,000 | 1.8 | ||||||
| Household Income | ||||||||||||
| $25,000 or less | 16,776,000 | 262,000 | 1.6 | 12,375,000 | 283,000 | 2.3 | ||||||
| 25,001–50,000 | 15,220,000 | 278,000 | 1.8 | 13,220,000 | 311,000 | 2.4 | ||||||
| 50,001–75,000 | 8,576,000 | 162,000 | 1.9 | 10,961,000 | 264,000 | 2.4 | ||||||
| 75,001 or more | 9,615,000 | 148,000 | 1.5 | 14,150,000 | 238,000 | 1.7 | ||||||
| Parents' highest educational attainment | ||||||||||||
| High school diploma or less | 18,334,000 | 160,000 | 0.9 | 16,106,000 | 269,000 | 1.7 | ||||||
| Voc/tech degree or some college | 15,177,000 | 287,000 | 1.9 | 16,068,000 | 338,000 | 2.1 | ||||||
| Bachelor's degree | 8,269,000 | 213,000 | 2.6 | 9,798,000 | 274,000 | 2.8 | ||||||
| Graduate/professional school | 8,407,000 | 190,000 | 2.3 | 8,734,000 | 215,000 | 2.5 | ||||||
| Urbanicity 3 | ||||||||||||
| Urban | 37,415,000 | 575,000 | 1.5 | 40,180,000 | 794,000 | 2.0 | ||||||
| Rural | 12,773,000 | 275,000 | 2.2 | 10,527,000 | 302,000 | 2.9 | ||||||
| Region | ||||||||||||
| Northeast | 10,220,000 | 114,000 | 1.1 | 9,220,000 | 168,000 | 1.8 | ||||||
| South | 17,366,000 | 355,000 | 2.0 | 17,232,000 | 445,000 | 2.6 | ||||||
| Midwest | 12,040,000 | 166,000 | 1.4 | 11,949,000 | 238,000 | 2.0 | ||||||
| West | 10,560,000 | 215,000 | 2.0 | 12,305,000 | 245,000 | 2.0 | ||||||
| 1 Number of students 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 percent of students with an "ungraded" grade equivalent was 0.02 percent in 2003 and 0.03 percent in 1999. | ||||||||||||
| 3 Urbanicity is based on a U.S. Census classification of places. Urban is a place with at least 50,000 people. Rural is a place not classifed as urban. | ||||||||||||
| NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Number and percent of homeschoolers excludes students who were enrolled in school for more than 25 hours a week and students who were homeschooled due to a temporary illness. | ||||||||||||
| 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. | ||||||||||||
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