[thackney]

For North Carolina

1,467,297 students enrolled in public schools, not counting charters

http://apps.schools.nc.gov/pls/apex/f?p=1:11:397063758494201::NO::

50,519 students enrolled in charter schools

http://apps.schools.nc.gov/pls/apex/f?p=1:11:397063758494201::NO::

1,926,640 NC population between 5 to 19 years old.

http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=bkmk

[bigdaddy45]

Thanks.

So clearly not even close to half of all kids in NC are home schooled, as this doesn’t include private school kids, AND most 19 year olds are done with high school, and some 5 year olds haven’t started school yet. And you’ve got your various dropouts, prison inmates, etc.