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Some Smart Facts About Who Is Home-Schooling In the number of homeschooled students was 2007 about 1.5 million, an increase from 850,000 in 1999 and 1.1 million in 2003. 37% of Homeschooling Parents Report that they chose to home-school because of a desire to provide religious or moral instruction. Black & Latino Students Are Homeschooled Less Than White Students & Students of Other Race/Ethnic Groups White students (3.9 percent) had a higher homeschooling rate than Blacks (0.8 percent) and Hispanics (1.5 percent), but were not measurably different from students from other racial/ethnicgroups (3.4 percent). 89% Of homeschooled kids Are in two-parent households Homeschooling families Typically earn between $25,000 - $75, 000 a year SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. (2009). The Condition of Education 2009 (NCES 2009-081) Some Smart Facts About Who Is Home-Schooling In the number of homeschooled students was 2007 about 1.5 million, an increase from 850,000 in 1999 and 1.1 million in 2003. 37% of Homeschooling Parents Report that they chose to home-school because of a desire to provide religious or moral instruction. Black & Latino Students Are Homeschooled Less Than White Students & Students of Other Race/Ethnic Groups White students (3.9 percent) had a higher homeschooling rate than Blacks (0.8 percent) and Hispanics (1.5 percent), but were not measurably different from students from other racial/ethnicgroups (3.4 percent). 89% Of homeschooled kids Are in two-parent households Homeschooling families Typically earn between $25,000 - $75, 000 a year SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. (2009). The Condition of Education 2009 (NCES 2009-081)