More Quebec families turn to homeschooling as children return to class The surge has been confirmed by the U.S. Census Bureau, which reported in March that the rate of households homeschooling their children rose to 11 per cent by September 2020, more than doubling from 5.4 per cent just six months earlier.Black households saw the largest jump; their homeschooling rate rose from 3.3 per cent in the spring of 2020 to 16.1 per cent in the fall.The parents in one of those households, Arlena and Robert Brown of Austin, Texas, had three children in elementary school when the pandemic took hold.