2015 North Carolina HOME SCHOOL Statistical Summary Information from the 2014–2015 school term Published August, 2015 The home school statistical year begins each July 1 and concludes the following June 30.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION Division of Non-Public Education 1309 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1309 Telephone: (919) 733-4276 www.ncdnpe.org
North Carolina Home Schools
Number of Schools by County School Year: 14 –15 Alamance Ashe Bladen Cabarrus Caswell Chowan Craven Davidson Edgecombe Gates Guilford Henderson Iredell Lee Madison Mitchell New Hanover Pamlico Person Richmond Rutherford Stokes Tyrrell Warren Wilkes
983 288 214 1,641 182 90 716 1,380 236 99 2,513 1,186 1,381 337 335 136 1,131 88 317 196 513 483 28 112 729
Alexander Avery Brunswick Caldwell Catawba Clay Cumberland Davie Forsyth Graham Halifax Hertford Jackson Lenoir Martin Montgomery Northampton Pasquotank Pitt Robeson Sampson Surry Union Washington Wilson
337 159 808 603 1,032 75 1,855 354 2,149 126 256 73 260 263 133 188 90 380 831 734 283 667 2,403 90 441
Alleghany Beaufort Buncombe Camden Chatham Cleveland Currituck Duplin Franklin Granville Harnett Hoke Johnston Lincoln McDowell Moore Onslow Pender Polk Rockingham Scotland Swain Vance Watauga Yadkin
64 295 2,499 72 444 770 223 226 692 461 1,222 445 1,575 558 475 665 1,271 477 216 723 130 128 311 363 284
Anson Bertie Burke Carteret Cherokee Columbus Dare Durham Gaston Greene Haywood Hyde Jones Macon Mecklenburg Nash Orange Perquimans Randolph Rowan Stanly Transylvania Wake Wayne Yancey
Total: 67,804
Number of Home Schools by Type School Year: 14 -15 Independent Religious Grand Total
26,282 41,522 67,804
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38.8% 61.2% 100.0%
134 84 674 620 249 341 251 1,098 1,427 85 608 48 98 414 5,101 659 611 93 1,309 1,242 520 402 6,359 664 220
North Carolina Home School
Estimated Enrollment by Counties School Year: 14–15
Alamance Alexander Alleghany Anson Ashe Avery Beaufort Bertie Bladen Brunswick Buncombe Burke Cabarrus Caldwell Camden Carteret Caswell Catawba Chatham Cherokee Chowan Clay Cleveland Columbus Craven Cumberland Currituck Dare Davidson Davie Duplin Durham Edgecombe Forsyth
1,609 594 103 227 427 216 457 125 349 1,179 3,790 1,043 2,690 916 105 836 297 1,667 754 378 132 131 1,259 521 1,123 2,912 328 375 2,252 590 328 1,769 357 3,506
Franklin Gaston Gates Graham Granville Greene Guilford Halifax Harnett Haywood Henderson Hertford Hoke Hyde Iredell Jackson Johnston Jones Lee Lenoir Lincoln Macon Madison Martin McDowell Mecklenburg Mitchell Montgomery Moore Nash New Hanover Northampton Onslow Orange
1,285 2,169 188 197 768 125 3,917 364 1,988 827 1,780 104 729 89 2,202 420 2,552 186 538 398 967 615 519 193 709 7,741 207 295 1,135 1,047 1,748 162 2,090 941
Pamlico Pasquotank Pender Perquimans Person Pitt Polk Randolph Richmond Robeson Rockingham Rowan Rutherford Sampson Scotland Stanly Stokes Surry Swain Transylvania Tyrrell Union Vance Wake Warren Washington Watauga Wayne Wilkes Wilson Yadkin Yancey
123 565 724 148 515 1,338 341 2,048 263 1,034 1,073 1,926 838 422 196 821 756 983 178 590 41 3,940 489 10,407 157 137 603 1,071 1,073 702 467 344
Grand Total 106,853
Note: All estimates are based on random 14–15 home school enrollment sampling and the actual number of home schools operating during that school term.
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North Carolina Home School
ESTIMATED STATEWIDE ENROLLMENT BY AGE School Year: 14–15
Age 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Total
14–15 Estimated Enrollment 7,863 10,164 8,884 9,156 9,183 9,396 9,595 9,686 8,919 9,180 7,949 6,878 106,853
Note: All estimates are based on random 14–15 home school enrollment sampling and the actual number of home schools operating during that school term.
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