Public school student numbers down, home schooling up in NB - K100

Public school student numbers down, home schooling up in NB

September 2, 2016

Public school student numbers down, home schooling up in NB

Student numbers are going down in New Brunswick schools, but home schooling is going up.  The latter went up 12% between 2012-13 and 2015-16, with 707 home schooled students compared to 631 three years before.  Public school enrollment went down 3% during that period, with almost 98,000 students compared to over 101,000.