SALISBURY — Home school enrollment numbers in Rowan County have dipped slighty, but the number of home schools in the area have increased.
Private schools in Rowan County saw the opposite trend. Enrollment numbers climbed, despite the closing of the Salisbury Seventh-day Adventist School.
There were nearly 90 fewer home school students in 2010-11 than the previous year, with enrollment dropping from 1,550 to 1,461, according to data released by the Department of Non-Public Education, which regulates home and private schools.
The number of home schools in the area jumped from 766 to 809 this year.
Enrollment figures at private schools increased by more than 30 students in 2010-11 from 917 to 949 students, despite the number of schools falling from 11 to 10.
Find out what’s driving these numbers in Tuesday’s Post.