John’s Hopkins Education School:
In the 2024-2025 school year, homeschooling continued to grow across the United States, increasing at an average rate of 5.4%. This is nearly three times the pre-pandemic homeschooling growth rate of around 2%. Notably, 36% of reporting states recorded their highest homeschool enrollment numbers ever — exceeding even the peaks reached during the pandemic.
During the pandemic, homeschooling experienced dramatic growth followed by a slight decline immediately after traditional schools reopened. However, in the 2023-2024 school year, homeschooling participation rebounded. These new data for 2024-2025 indicate that this upward trend has continued in the most recent round of reporting.
Of additional interest, several states are reporting growth rates in the double digits, with one state exceeding 20%. Other notable trends include continued growth in some states, rebounding growth in states that had been in decline, and highest-ever homeschooling rates in multiple states. These national trends vary across when we look at cities, with some showing growth and others declining.