Is Homeschooling Right for Your Louisiana Child? 6 Questions to Ask

In Louisiana, as it is across the entire United States, more and more parents have elected to pull their children from traditional public or private educational systems and take on the task of educating their children themselves.

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In the most recent findings from the 2024–2025 school year, the number of registered homeschool students K-12 in Louisiana climbed to a whopping total of 26,000, continuing a steady upward trend in the state.

In that same data from the National Home Education Research Institute, 3.31 percent of Louisiana's total student population K-12 was homeschooled.

How To Know If Homeschooling Might Be Right For Your Child?

In a video from Nicholeen Peck, a former homeschooler, several things should be given careful consideration when deciding if homeschooling might be right for you and your child(ren)

Little House Learning Company shines a little more light onto this discussion with their article "How to Know if Homeschooling is Right for You: 6 Questions to Ask Yourself" and is definitely worth a read should you seek more guidance in this area.

READ MORE: See Pics Of The 5 Louisiana Children Missing So Far In 2026

Another great resource is the Homeschool How To Podcast which answers many questions that even the most hesitant homeschooler might have.

What Are The Biggest Pros and Cons of Homeschooling?

The edadvocate.org listed some profound advantages of a homeschooled education for a child including:

• Scheduling flexibility
• Freedom for the entire teaching and learning experience
• Personalized education
• Building stronger relationships with your children
• Minimum restrictions due to illness

And the disadvantages listed include:

• Too much work for a parent
• Excessive interaction. Too much time with your kids can make them feel confined
• Might cause inability for a parent to earn outside income from a job
• Bias and judgment from others against the idea
• Kids don't have as much opportunity for social interaction with others

While my personal days of child-rearing are long gone, I would have to consider the biggest advantage of a homeschooled education to be that of "freedom" from education from those with idealism totally out of line with my own.  I would also have to consider the biggest disadvantage to be that of lack of social interaction.

So, if this is something your family is now contemplating, I would think that if your financial position would allow for homeschooling and you feel the benefit of controlling "what" is being taught to your child outweighs the possible lack of social interaction that your homeschooled child "might" incur, then you'd have your answer.