According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s experimental Household Pulse Survey, homeschooling in states across the nation increased amid the pandemic.
By October 2020, data shows that 9.3% of households in Atlanta, Sandy Springs and Alpharetta were homeschooling.
Homeschooling enrollments also increased across all racial groups and ethnicities. Possible driving factors of homeschooling rates include COVID infection rates and school districts’ ongoing response to the pandemic.
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