![]() ![]() Homeschooling, where the numbers were consistently around 7,500 pre-pandemic, continues to boom. That data showed that private and parochial school attendance, which had been declining for years pre-pandemic, increased slightly this year to 69,300 students in 2021-2022, compared to 67,900 last year, and 70,100 at the start of the last normal pre-pandemic year. Only this month did DESE release updated data on the numbers of homeschoolers and students in private and parochial schools. CommonWealth reported in November 2021 that students did not return this past year, with public school enrollment remaining flat. Many were pre-kindergarten or kindergarten students who stayed home, but older children tended to leave for homeschooling or private options. ![]() The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education reported there were 37,000 fewer students in public schools in October 2021. ![]()
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