Number of students being homeschooled in Colorado more than doubleshttps://kdvr.com/news/problem-solvers/number-of-students-being-homeschooled-in-colorado-more-than-doubles/DENVER (KDVR) — New data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows the number of families opting to homeschool their children is on the rise.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the rate of households homeschooling reached 11% by September 2020. Six months prior, only 5.4% of families were registered for homeschooling.
In our state, the latest data from the Colorado Department of Education shows the number of students homeschooling more than doubled last year to 15,773. In 2019, only 7,880 students were being homeschooled.
I expect that when the teacher's union allows CO schools to return to something normalish that that 15.77K students being homeschooled will decrease some. Homeschooling becomes families' lifestyles, in multiple ways. But I would not be surprised if that number stayed above 10K homeschooled students.
