|
State |
SEA Data for 1995-96 |
Filing Rate from Survey |
Estimate of all homeschoolers |
Total Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Arkansas |
5,755 |
92.3% |
6,235 |
477,000 |
|
Georgia |
15,356 |
87.5% |
17,550 |
1,372,000 |
|
Maine |
3,400 |
100.0% |
3,400 |
230,000 |
|
Maryland |
9,529 |
83.3% |
11,435 |
904,000 |
|
Minnesota |
10,519 |
80.6% |
13,044 |
925,000 |
|
Montana |
3,159 |
82.6% |
3,824 |
179,000 |
|
Nebraska |
4,137 |
81.5% |
5,077 |
329,000 |
|
New Hampshire |
3,025 |
85.7% |
3,529 |
219,000 |
|
North Carolina |
13,801 |
84.2% |
16,389 |
1,285,000 |
|
South Dakota |
2,724 |
83.3% |
3,269 |
154,000 |
|
Wisconsin |
15,632 |
100.0% |
15,632 |
1,009,000 |
|
Wyoming |
1,544 |
91.9% |
1,680 |
104,000 |
|
12-state totals |
88,581 |
|
101,063 |
7,188,000 |
|
homeschoolers, percentage of 12-state population |
|
|
1.41% |
|
|
National Population, 1995, age 5 to 17 |
|
|
49,149,000 |
|
|
Estimated number homeschooling nationally (1.41 % x nat'l population) |
|
|
691,023 |
Source: Homeschooling data are from appendices A and B, and from unpublished data from Brian Ray, National Home Education Research Institute (NHERI), Salem, Oregon. National data are from NCES, Digest of Education Statistics, table 16 (1996). The data were estimated by NCES for July of 1995. The newer 1997 Digest re-estimates the July 1995 data at 48,974,000. Use of this lower number would make the estimated homeschool percentages increase slightly (but less than .2 percent in the aggregate). But more importantly, the July date comes early in the year. Given national trends, this number would be expected to grow by the time of the data collection on homeschoolers for the 1995-96 school year. Therefore, the 1996 estimates were retained.
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