Which States are Seeing the Biggest Interest in Homeschooling Amongst Parents?

by Scott Winstead, MyELearningWorld.com, Jan 26, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken up the face of education and caused many parents to reassess their choice of schooling for their children.

Whether parents are experiencing safety concerns of exposure to the coronavirus, dissatisfaction with the quality of education kids are receiving, or even philosophical differences with school leadership, the outcome is the same — interest in homeschool has soared since the start of the pandemic.

One study found 72.2% of families who started homeschooling their kids during the pandemic wouldn’t be returning to public schools. Another study prior to the start of the 2021-2022 school year revealed that 9% of parents who weren’t previously homeschooling their kids were planning to give it a shot this year.

Additionally, many homeschooling coalitions have been reporting a massive increase in calls and emails from parents who want to learn more about potentially homeschooling their children.

And with no end in sight to this pandemic and more school closures potentially on the horizon due to the Omicron variant, many parents are still considering the switch to homeschooling as we head into 2022.

But is this growing interest in homeschooling something that’s consistent all across the United States? Or is it more prevalent in some regions of the country than others?

We partnered with Mindnet Analytics, a data science consulting firm, to compare interest in homeschooling across all 50 states, combining search trends with publicly available demographic data.

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State Rankings of Homeschooling Interest