The table provides information on the percentage of students (Kindergarten through Grade 8) who were homeschooled in a particular country between 1999 and 2004.
Overall, the percentage of homeschooled students increased across all grade levels during the six-year period. The smallest increase was observed in Kindergarten, while the most significant rise occurred in Grades 5–6.
The percentage of children homeschooled in Kindergarten increased steadily throughout the period, remaining constant at 2.7% between 2002 and 2003, before rising slightly to 2.9% in 2004. Kindergarten consistently had the highest proportion of homeschooled students across all years. Grades 3–4 followed a similar upward trend, increasing gradually from 1.6% in 1999 to 2.2% in 2004. For Grades 7–8, the homeschooling rate remained stable at 1.6% for the first three years, followed by a sharp increase to 2.2% in 2002 and a steady rise to 2.5% by the end of the period.
The percentage of students homeschooled in Grades 1–2 declined slightly from 1.5% in 1999 to 1.2% in 2000, but then rose gradually each year to reach 2.1% in 2004. This group consistently had the lowest homeschooling rate by the end of the period. In contrast, the percentage for Grades 5–6 also dropped slightly from 1.5% to 1.3% between 1999 and 2000 and remained unchanged in 2001. However, it increased significantly from 2002 onward, rising sharply to 2.6% in 2004 — the largest overall growth among all categories.