It is almost exclusively a middle class activity. Also not that expensive if one parent is home. I knew many homeschooled kids who were just given a math textbook and worked through it. You only go to math class in public school for about 182 hours a year, so a diligent kid can do a year of math in a few months no problem.

How familiar are you with the experiences and outcomes of poor kids in public schools?

The rich hire tutors or send their kids to $25k-$75k/yr private school. Or both.

Rich families already do this by sending their kids to private schools. Have you seen how expensive and competitive these schools are, even starting as early as Kindergarten?

From personal experience, the average homeschooled family seems to be blue collar

There are plenty of people doing low paid jobs like phone support from home.

Just like high earners like LeBron James are not allowed to WFH and have long commutes.

It just depends on the nature of the work.

Oh, there's definitely poor people doing it as well. Not necessarily as well.

We've looking into this, as deeply as we can as "outsiders". We homeschool, but are firmly "middle class" from a national perspective and easily in the top 1% income in our county.

Regardless of income, the key factor seems to be the rationale. If parents want to homeschool because they're involved with their kids' lives and want them to succeed, they'll do well relative to the available public school options.

Always nice to see a silly Elon quote