The Homeschool Community Continues to Grow in Diversity

In a recent report, the United States Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey (published in April 2021), cited these statistics as being representative of the diversity of U.S. homeschoolers.

• Hispanic: 12.1% of households are homeschooling
• White: 9.7% of households are homeschooling
• Black: 16.1% of households are homeschooling
• Asian: 8.8% of households are homeschooling

Homeschooling is quickly growing in popularity among minorities. About 41% of homeschool families are non- white/non-Hispanic (i.e., not white/Anglo).

Homeschooling rates have increased most dramatically among Black students, with the proportion of Black home- schoolers increasing from 3.3% in late spring to 16.1% in the fall of 2020.

African American parents most frequently cite the following motivations for their decision to homeschool: (1) to protect their children, especially sons, from institutional racism and stereotyping and (2) to give their children a sense of their historic cultural roots.

Graph above provided courtesy of U.S. Census Bureau;
census.gov/library/stories/2021/03/homeschooling-on-the-rise-during-covid-19-pandemic.html.

View the full 2021 Homeschool Demographic Report.