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Home Schooled Students by District and School Age Population by Sector | Unnamed: 1 | Unnamed: 2 | Unnamed: 3 | Unnamed: 4 | Unnamed: 5 | Unnamed: 6 | Unnamed: 7 | Unnamed: 8 | Unnamed: 9 | Unnamed: 10 | Unnamed: 11 | Unnamed: 12 | Unnamed: 13 | Unnamed: 14 | Unnamed: 15 | Unnamed: 16
 | 2002-03 |  |  | per | 2003-04 |  |  | per
 | Home |  | Fall 2002 | 1000 | Home |  | Fall 2003 | 1000
 | Schooled |  | Enrolled in | Public | Schooled |  | Enrolled in | Public
 | Count | Share | Public School | Students | Count | Share | Public School | Students
Alpine | 1148 | 0.1631377007247407 | 49159 | 23.35279399499583 | 927 | 0.1333812949640288 | 51118 | 18.13451230486326 |  | Where do the home school counts come from?
Beaver | 11 | 0.001563166121926957 | 1469 | 7.488087134104833 | 22 | 0.003165467625899281 | 1472 | 14.94565217391304 |  | School districts were asked by the USOE to respond to the following question as part of their official
[NAME] | 205 | 0.02913173227227512 | 10660 | 19.23076923076923 | 177 | 0.02546762589928057 | 10529 | 16.81071326811663 |  | year-end (S-3) report: "How many students were issued certificates exempting them from public school
Cache | 150 | 0.02131590166264033 | 13081 | 11.46701322528859 | 147 | 0.02115107913669065 | 13315 | 11.04018024784078 |  | attendance for home schooling in accordance with Utah Code 53A-11-102 for the school year just ended?"
Carbon | 0 | 0 | 3827 | 0 | 35 | 0.005035971223021582 | 3622 | 9.66316951960243
Daggett | 2 | 0.0002842120221685377 | 130 | 15.38461538461539 | 2 | 0.0002877697841726619 | 132 | 15.15151515151515 |  | What about charter schools?
[NAME] | 852 | 0.1210743214437971 | 59536 | 14.31066917495297 | 896 | 0.1289208633093525 | 60025 | 14.92711370262391 |  | Charter schools have no geographic jurisdiction over which they are expected to enforce compulsory
Duchesne | 44 | 0.00625266448770783 | 3993 | 11.01928374655648 | 45 | 0.006474820143884892 | 3900 | 11.53846153846154 |  | school attendance laws; therefore, they have no authority to exempt a student from public schooling
Emery | 62 | 0.00881057268722467 | 2442 | 25.38902538902539 | 55 | 0.007913669064748202 | 2434 | 22.59654889071487 |  | for any reason.
[NAME] | 0 | 0 | 1040 | 0 | 3 | 0.0004316546762589928 | 969 | 3.095975232198143
Grand | 33 | 0.004689498365780873 | 1455 | 22.68041237113402 | 34 | 0.004892086330935252 | 1474 | 23.06648575305292 |  | Why is the total so much lower than what has been reported in the newspaper?
Granite | 517 | 0.073468807730567 | 69600 | 7.42816091954023 | 571 | 0.08215827338129496 | 69072 | 8.266736159369932 |  | Advocates have been cited as claiming that as many as 50,000 children are home schooled
Iron | 159 | 0.02259485576239875 | 7240 | 21.96132596685083 | 215 | 0.03093525179856115 | 7443 | 28.88620180034932 |  | in Utah (e.g., Deseret News, April 12, 2003). However, no method or evidence is given to support
Jordan | 1030 | 0.1463691914167969 | 73808 | 13.95512681552135 | 1071 | 0.1541007194244604 | 74761 | 14.32565107475823 |  | the claim. More recently (February 3, 2005), the Deseret News reported that "It's estimated that,
[NAME] | 72 | 0.01023163279806736 | 1872 | 38.46153846153847 | 77 | 0.01107913669064748 | 1939 | 39.71119133574008 |  | after filling out an exemption, request form through any of Utah's 40 school districts there are
[NAME] | 7 | 0.000994742077589882 | 1235 | 5.668016194331984 | 15 | 0.002158273381294964 | 1200 | 12.5 |  | around 30,000 children receiving an education at home." Again, no source is cited. In fact,
Logan | 94 | 0.01335796504192127 | 5858 | 16.04643222942984 | 98 | 0.01410071942446043 | 5872 | 16.68937329700272 |  | it's very unlikely to be the case, as the following table shows the extraordinarily close fit between
Millard | 44 | 0.00625266448770783 | 3142 | 14.00381922342457 | 54 | 0.00776978417266187 | 3083 | 17.5154070710347 |  | population estimates by the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget (GOPB) and USOE
Morgan | 7 | 0.000994742077589882 | 1984 | 3.528225806451613 | 14 | 0.002014388489208633 | 1955 | 7.161125319693095 |  | enrollment data collection programs, which operate independently of each other:
[NAME] | 49 | 0.006963194543129174 | 6336 | 7.733585858585859 | 44 | 0.006330935251798561 | 6482 | 6.788028386300525
Nebo | 437 | 0.06210032684382549 | 23078 | 18.93578299679348 | 420 | 0.06043165467625899 | 23900 | 17.57322175732218 |  | School Age Population by Sector
[NAME] | 64 | 0.009094784709393207 | 2443 | 26.19729840360213 | 78 | 0.01122302158273381 | 2370 | 32.9113924050633
North Summit | 6 | 0.0008526360665056132 | 968 | 6.198347107438017 | 4 | 0.0005755395683453237 | 969 | 4.127966976264189 |  | Agency | Data Element |  | Source | Date | Count | Estimate
Ogden | 198 | 0.02813699019468523 | 13141 | 15.06734647287117 | 169 | 0.02431654676258993 | 12963 | 13.03710560826969 |  | GOPB | School age population |  | Estimated with UPED model | July 2002 |  | 507992
Park City | 72 | 0.01023163279806736 | 3957 | 18.19560272934041 | 77 | 0.01107913669064748 | 4059 | 18.97018970189702 |  | USOE | Public school enrollment |  | Reported by auditors | Oct 2002 | 481143
Piute | 0 | 0 | 312 | 0 | 4 | 0.0005755395683453237 | 307 | 13.02931596091205 |  | USOE | Private school enrollment |  | Reported by private schools | Oct 2002 | 13959
Provo | 222 | 0.03154753446070769 | 13177 | 16.84753737573044 | 239 | 0.03438848920863309 | 13103 | 18.24009768755247 |  | USOE | Home schooled population |  | Certified by districts | Jul 2002-Jun 2003 | 7037
Rich | 4 | 0.0005684240443370755 | 473 | 8.456659619450317 | 4 | 0.0005755395683453237 | 454 | 8.81057268722467 |  | USOE | Dropouts |  | Reported by auditors | Oct 2001-Sep 2002 | 6159
[NAME] | 172 | 0.02444223390649424 | 24382 | 7.05438438192109 | 82 | 0.01179856115107914 | 23966 | 3.421513811232579 |  |  | TOTAL |  |  |  |  | 508298
San Juan | 35 | 0.004973710387949411 | 2978 | 11.75285426460712 | 26 | 0.003741007194244605 | 2979 | 8.72776099362202 |  | School age population unaccounted for in (approximately) Fall 2002 |  |  |  |  |  | -306
Sevier | 54 | 0.007673724598550519 | 4370 | 12.35697940503433 | 63 | 0.00906474820143885 | 4316 | 14.59684893419833
South Sanpete | 0 | 0 | 2792 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2772 | 0
South Summit | 20 | 0.002842120221685377 | 1320 | 15.15151515151515 | 18 | 0.002589928057553957 | 1312 | 13.71951219512195
Tintic | 0 | 0 | 275 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 250 | 0
Tooele | 253 | 0.03595282080432002 | 10034 | 25.21427147697827 | 277 | 0.03985611510791367 | 10508 | 26.36086791016368
Uintah | 214 | 0.03041068637203354 | 5682 | 37.6627947905667 | 204 | 0.02935251798561151 | 5607 | 36.38309256286784
Wasatch | 56 | 0.007957936620719057 | 3916 | 14.3003064351379 | 56 | 0.008057553956834532 | 4022 | 13.9234211834908
Washington | 319 | 0.04533181753588177 | 19617 | 16.26140592343376 | 342 | 0.04920863309352518 | 20317 | 16.83319387704878
Wayne | 6 | 0.0008526360665056132 | 520 | 11.53846153846154 | 4 | 0.0005755395683453237 | 518 | 7.722007722007723
Weber | 419 | 0.05954241864430865 | 28315 | 14.79781034787215 | 381 | 0.05482014388489208 | 28196 | 13.5125549723365
TOTAL | 7037 | 1 | 479617 | 14.67212379878111 | 6950 | 1 | 483685 | 14.36885576356513