The table illustrates the percentages of 5 student groups who were home-educated between 1999 and 2004.
Overall, it is obvious that children in kindergarten were homeschooled the most throughout the 5 years, compared to first and second graders, who were homeschooled the least.
Kindergarten students had the highest figure in 2004 (2.9%), whereas 5 years ago only 2.4% of preschool children were home-educated. The figure for this group was increasing every year in percentage terms. Compared to students in grades 1- 2, who had the lowest figure in 2004 (2.1%), their figure in 1999 was 1.5%, and the percentage of primary school children in first and second grade experienced a drop in 2000 (1.2%), which then increased every year over 4 years.
Schoolers from the third grade to the eighth grade experienced roughly equal figures between 1999 and 2004. In 1999, home-educated children from the three groups had nearly the same percentages (1.6%, 1.5%, 1.6%). Also, the same groups experienced an increase in 2004 (2.2%, 2.6%, 2.5%), respectively. In the years 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003, homeschooled children shared almost the same figures.