Statistics and Support

This page is intended to provide statistical reports and research on homeschooling.

Core research hubs (lots of stats)

1. National Home Education Research Institute (NHERI)

Main site: https://nheri.org
“Research Facts on Homeschooling” overview: https://nheri.org/research-facts-on-homeschooling/
NHERI publishes fact sheets, summaries, and links to over 1,800 research references covering academic achievement, socialization, demographics, adult outcomes, and more—basically a one‑stop shop for homeschool stats.

2. National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) – Homeschooling

NCES homeschooling portal: https://nces.ed.gov/nhes/homeschooling.asp
Fast Facts: https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=91
NCES provides official federal data, including how many children are homeschooled, reasons parents give, curriculum sources, and trends over time through the Parent and Family Involvement (PFI) survey and related reports.

3. Comprehensive research survey (Kunzman & Gaither, etc.)

PDF “Homeschooling: An Updated Comprehensive Survey of the Research”: https://crhe.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/hel1Kunzman_Gaither_9_1_2533336_2020-1.pdf
This academic survey synthesizes research on demographics, outcomes, and policy and relies heavily on NHES/NCES data, giving you context plus statistics pulled from multiple studies in one place.

4. Homeschool Den – Homeschool Statistics posts

Archive: https://homeschoolden.com/tag/homeschool-statistics/
Homeschool Den has posts with graphs and summaries on questions like “How many homeschoolers are there in the US?” and other parent‑friendly breakdowns of official data.

5. Hechinger Report – Homeschool data pieces

Example article: “Losing homeschool data”: https://hechingerreport.org/proof-points-homeschool-data/
This education‑journalism outlet summarizes federal homeschool numbers, growth, and data gaps using NCES and census sources, often quoting specific percentages and time trends.

6. Harvard / academic policy papers on homeschooling

Example: “Who Homeschools and What Does ‘Success’ Mean to Them…” (PDF): https://www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/Taubman/PEPG/research/PEPG25_10.pdf
These papers analyze demographics, motivations, and outcomes using recent survey data (including post‑pandemic info), giving you fresh statistics on who is homeschooling now and why.