Blog In One State, More Children Homeschool Than Attend Private Schools. Why That Shouldn’t Shock You. Share This Post Education In One State, More Children Homeschool Than Attend Private Schools. Why That Shouldn’t Shock You. By redkudzu_admin on May 17th 2016 No Comments / 151 views In North Carolina, the number of homeschoolers has now surpassed the number of students attending private schools. That statistic may seem shocking if you’ve been a stranger to the growth of the homeschooling movement, which has rapidly increased in recent decades. In 1973, there were approximately 13,000 children, ages 5 to 17, being homeschooled in the United States. But according to the National Center for Education Statistics, as of the 2011-2012 school year, that number has grown to almost 1.8 million or approximately 3.4 percent of the school age population. Other sources report numbers well over 2 million. In the Tar Heel state alone, homeschooling has increased by 27 percent over the past two years. read Leave a Reply Cancel ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment. Login with: Continue with Facebook Continue with Google Continue with Twitter Education Share This Post redkudzu_admin The goal of this site is to give information. Whether from national sites or locally in Georgia. Related Articles ‘The Life of Hitler’: A Documentary Chronicling the Life of a Mustachioed Monster February 7th 2021 Meeting federal guidelines for student performance September 19th 2017 Religious schools, homeschoolers to get a boost in GOP tax plan, thanks to Ted Cruz and Mike Pence December 19th 2017