EdNC: New research on public school choice this National School Choice Week

Since 2011, National School Choice Week has been held the last week of January to “raise equal awareness of traditional public, public charter, public magnet, private, online, home, and nontraditional learning environments,” according to the website. In 2026, it will take place Jan. 25-31.

Across North Carolina, in 2024-25 (the most recent year with comparable data), there were:

• 2,467 local public schools,

• 208 public charter schools,

• 1 public regional school,

• 7 public lab schools,

• 101,880 homeschools (an estimate), and

• 930 private schools.