Homeschool Statistics

Maryland homeschool families are required to register their intent to homeschool with their local school board. In addition, families must affirm their intent to continue to homeschoool, whether their reviews are conducted under an umbrella organization or through their county liaison.

Each year, Maryland's 23 counties and Baltimore City report the number of homeschoolers registered in their jurisdiction to the Maryland State Department of Education. The following chart is based upon statistics released by MSDE, by way of a public information request.

County	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
Allegany	188	199	220	233	223	220	207	208	211	246	270	263	271	276
Anne Arundel	2,100	2,140	1,975	1,826	1,817	1,846	1,800	1,863	1,790	1,910	2,236	2,450	2,266	2,550
Baltimore City	1,506	1,238	1,790	1,661	1,364	1,006	1,087	1,005	1,017	1,036	1,150	1,150	1,202	1,355
Baltimore County	2,686	2,979	2,968	2,914	2,594	2,596	2,508	2,488	2,305	2,385	2,547	2,631	2,663	2,750
Calvert	423	459	554	539	609	442	397	389	364	408	426	458	473	518
Caroline	114	135	147	166	174	145	169	163	160	165	190	200	203	221
Carroll	1,248	1,329	1,539	1,586	1,291	1,327	1,291	1,277	1,181	1,193	1,211	1,202	1,425	1,218
Cecil	975	1,157	1,145	1,245	1,259	1,397	1,535	1,097	1,172	1,124	1,217	1,094	1,213	1,263
Charles	774	749	809	823	886	1,052	1,186	1,363	1,533	1,388	1,191	1,008	784	881
Dorchester	93	86	79	86	85	84	77	85	77	80	92	103	95	137
Frederick	1,565	1,568	1,691	1,711	1,750	1,841	1,969	2,305	2,303	3,018	3,413	3,778	4,186	4,633
Garrett	248	277	307	291	268	291	319	342	318	315	336	293	304	306
Harford	1,351	1,700	1,529	1,593	1,665	1,480	1,446	1,401	1,580	1,698	1,738	1,745	1,774	1.860
Howard	1,325	1,224	1,447	1,694	1,694	1,006	1,226	1,188	1,180	1,004	1,027	995	962	1,279
Kent	50	76	80	68	68	67	72	61	66	62	65	77	70	91
Montgomery	2,201	2,268	2,461	2,242	2,783	3,010	2,734	2,418	2,550	2,570	2,665	2,613	2,854	2,379
Prince George's	3,335	3,904	3,372	3,759	3,500	4,548	2,991	2,147	2,913	3,332	3,877	4,051	3,966	2,899
Queen Anne's	255	257	291	283	292	274	266	267	240	239	255	270	282	285
St. Mary's	656	673	367	365	360	665	647	668	699	687	737	856	818	907
Somerset	61	56	57	74	66	62	72	49	61	52	89	93	114	98
Talbot	150	130	134	117	128	65	66	77	103	119	114	113	133	146
Washington	688	740	840	518	765	758	774	754	797	916	965	927	948	1,018
Wicomico	358	425	418	397	340	369	350	380	341	392	443	449	573	568
Worcester	71	107	109	86	93	83	98	115	108	118	180	156	163	190
TOTAL	*22,421*	*23,876*	*24,329*	*24,277*	*24,074*	*24,634*	*23,287*	22,110	23,069	24,302	26,434	26,975	27,742	27,828
County	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17