Since 1980, the statistics that compare homeschooled students with public school students tell a remarkable story.

There is widespread dissatisfaction with American state (public) schools. We are seeing an increasing number of parents opting for homeschool for many reasons, but the majority cite “dissatisfaction with public schools” as a reason for homeschooling their children.

There are many advantages in homeschooling, one being the one-on-one teaching and learning that easily takes place in the home environment. The strengths of the learning the homeschool way are shown in statistics. Just take a look at the following homeschool statistics:

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Homeschoolers are outscoring their public school peers by over 30 percentile points! ( over the 84th percentile for homeschooled students versus the 50th percentile for public educated students).

  • It doesn’t matter if the parents that homeschool are certified to teach or not, the homeschoolers still out score their public school peers.
  • The family income doesn’t matter, the homeschoolers still out score their public school peers.
  • The money spent on homeschool education doesn’t matter, the homeschoolers still out score their public school peers.
  • When they get to college, homeschool students keep on succeeding, doing better than their public school peers.

This is encouraging to those who homeschool. Homeschooling has MANY advantages, not least of these is greater achievement.

For children that don’t fit well  in the traditional school model, for those who learn differently, homeschool has an even greater advantage. My dyslexic son was able to overcome his learning disability with a fine tuned homeschool program and homeschool curricula like All About Reading that covers the basics of spelling, phonics  and reading that are so essential for children with a language learning disability. We were able to completely individualize his education so that he was prepared for college and was able to succeed. He is now a successful engineer at SemiSouth Laboratories in Mississippi.