How many children are homeschooled in the United States?

The estimated number of homeschooled children (grades K-12) for the 2001-2002 school year was between 1.725 million and 2.185 million. *

*Home education has constantly grown over the last two decades. The growth rate is 7% to 15% per year. According to Dr. Brian Ray, president of the National Home Education Research Institute, there were approximately 1.5 to 1.9 million children (grades K-12) home educated in the United States during the 2000-2001 school year. If you take this range and multiply it by 15% growth you will get the estimated number for the 2001-2002 school year.

What about socialization?

Data on homeschool students' activities and community involvement reveal that, on average, these children are engaged in 5.2 activities outside the home, with 98% involved in two or more.

Scholastic Achievement and Demographic Characteristics
of Home School Students in 1998. Read the report on-line http://www.hslda.org/docs/study/rudner1999/FullText.asp

Homeschooling From The Extreme to the Mainstream
By Patrick Basham, Cato Institute
http://www.fraserinstitute.ca/admin/books/files/homeschool.pdf

Homeschool Achievements
http://www.hslda.org/docs/study/comp2001/HomeSchoolAchievement.pdf