PRiME In the News: Collin Hitt on Homeschooling in Missouri

In November 2024, PRiME’s Dr. Amy Shelton and Executive Director, Dr. Collin Hitt authored a report: Taking Attendance: Estimating Homeschooling Populations in States without Official Homeschool Data – a Pilot Analysis in Missouri.

This report, focused on homeschooling in Missouri, found through estimations that of the over one million school-aged children in Missouri, 61,000 (6% of all school-age children) are homeschooled.

In December 2024, this report was featured at least 146 times on TV stations in more than 69 markets across America. Additionally, Dr. Collin Hitt spoke about their findings in several news outlets including articles featured in The Missouri Independent, The Springfield News-Leader, The Center Square as well as several other radio/podcast shows like Colombia Today, St. Louis Public Radio, and the Show-Me Institute, among others.

Links to Media Mentions:

Springfield News-Leader: How many Missouri kids are homeschooled? What a university study found (2/3/25)

Colombia Today: Collin Hitt, St. Louis University PRiME Center (12/4/24)

WRFH/Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM Collin Hitt: PRiME Center Study on Missouri Homeschooling (12/4/24)

STLPR: Homeschooling has doubled in Missouri, and that could help explain lower school enrollment (12/4/24)

Kerry McDonald LiberatED podcast interview done on 12/4/24

Missouri Independent: Homeschooling in Missouri: A quiet but seismic shift (11/27/24)

Radio interview on KWTO with Elijah Haahr on Nov. 26, 2024 on homeschool report (11/26/24)

The Steve Gruber Show: Collin Hitt, 1 in 16 Missouri students are homeschooled (11/22/24)

Show-Me Institute: Homeschooling Trends in Missouri with Collin Hitt (11/22/24)

Center Square: Over 6% of Missouri students now homeschooled, report says (11/20/24)

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