FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Arkansas is ranked high on the percentage of students being home-schooled, according to a recent study by LendingTree.
Home-schooling rates continue to be higher than they were pre-pandemic with some families adopting the remote learning option for good, LendingTree says. In 2019, 2.8% of families home-schooled their children. The following school year, 6.8% of families reported some home-schooling.
Arkansas finds itself at number 7 on the list with 7.6% of families that home school, according to the study.
The states with the highest percentage of families home-schooling include:
- Alaska – 15.4%
- Idaho – 8.9%
- Tennessee – 8.5%
- Oklahoma – 8.3%
- West Virginia – 8.2%
- Alabama – 7.9%
- Arkansas – 7.6%
- Virginia – 7.4%
- North Dakota – 7.3%
- Missouri – 7.3%
Schools with the lowest rates were Massachusetts (1.1%), Connecticut (1.3%) and New Jersey (1.5%).
