Homeschooling Statistics

The latest study

New homeschooling statistics are finally available! Until now, the latest research on homeschool academic achievement was completed in 1998 by Dr. Lawrence Rudner of the ERIC Clearinghouse. Because of his research, you will find that few will deny that homeschoolers excel in academics.

The newest research, conducted by Dr. Brian Ray of NHERI, uses data from the 2007-2008 academic year.

This study included nearly 12,000 homeschool students for all 50 states who took one of three nationally normed tests, the CAT, ITBS, or SAT.

Dr. Ray's findings are consistent wil that of Dr. Rudner from over a decade ago. Homeschoolers, on average, consistently perform above average academically.

National Average Percentile Scores

Subtest	Homeschool	Public School
Reading	89	50
Language	84	50
Math	84	50
Science	86	50
Social Studies	84	50

There are well documented achievement gaps in public school between boys and girls, higher and lower income levels, and higher and lower education levels of parents. These are not as extreme in the homeschool community.

Core (Reading, Language, and Math) Percentile Scores of Homeschoolers

Boys	87
Girls	88

Household Income

$34,999 or less	85
$35,000 - $49,999	86
$50,000 - $69,999	86
$70,000 and up	89

Parent Education Level

Neither parent with college degree	83
One parent with college degree	86
Both parents with college degrees	90

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