Homeschooling in Mississippi? Mississippi keeps homeschooling light-touch: file one enrollment form each year, teach in good faith, and there’s no testing to worry about. The real challenge is carrying every subject yourself, and that’s what Get Classically Educated was built to solve. Live, expert-led classical classes carry the teaching load, so your child gets a rigorous education and your family keeps its time — on just four hours a week.
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Is Homeschooling Legal in Mississippi?
Yes. Mississippi requires every school-age child to be enrolled in some form of education — public, private, or home school. Here’s what homeschooling asks of you:
- File a Certificate of Enrollment. Submit a home school enrollment form to your local School Attendance Officer, due by September 15 each year. You file it annually.
- Teach in good faith. The law simply requires that your home instruction not be used to avoid or circumvent compulsory attendance.
- No standardized testing. Mississippi does not mandate testing for homeschoolers.
No teaching certificate is required.
What Mississippi Requires You to Teach
Mississippi doesn’t hand you a mandated subject list — the law simply asks for genuine, good-faith instruction. That freedom is where Get Classically Educated shines. Our program delivers a full classical education — great books, writing, logic, rhetoric, history, and civics — plus science, research, and hands-on experiments. The one subject we intentionally leave to you is mathematics, so you can pair GCE with whatever math curriculum fits your child. Because our program runs only about four hours of live class a week, you’ll have plenty of room to add math. Your child gets a classical education most schools can’t touch.
How to Start Homeschooling in Mississippi
- If your child is in public school, withdraw them before you begin.
- File your Certificate of Enrollment with your local School Attendance Officer by September 15 (and each year after).
- Choose your curriculum and begin teaching.
We take the heaviest part — the actual teaching — off your plate.
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Mississippi gives you the freedom to homeschool. We give you a way to do it well without losing your life to it. That promise has a name: 4 Hours to Freedom. Your child attends about four hours of live, expert-led class each week and does no more than four hours of independent work a day — leaving real time for family, faith, activities, and rest.
What sets the program apart:
- Live, expert-led classes. Real teachers, real discussion — not videos your child watches alone.
- A true classical education. The trivium — grammar, logic, and rhetoric — taught through great books, writing, and Socratic discussion, so your child learns to think, not just memorize.
- Science, research, and experiments built in. The base program trades rote math drills for hands-on science and real research skills.
- Grades 3 through 12, one continuous journey. A coherent, rigorous path from the elementary years to graduation.
- One flat tuition. $1,200 per year for the full-year base program — no per-course surprises.
Mississippi Homeschool FAQ
Do I have to notify the state of Mississippi to homeschool?
Yes — file a Certificate of Enrollment with your local School Attendance Officer by September 15 each year.
Does my child have to take standardized tests?
No — Mississippi does not require standardized testing for homeschoolers.
Mississippi expects genuine instruction, and math is part of a full curriculum — does GCE include math?
The GCE base program does not include math; it focuses on classical subjects plus science and research. You pair it with any math curriculum you like. With only about four hours of class a week, you’ll have time to add it easily.
Do I need a college degree to homeschool in Mississippi?
No — no teaching certificate is required.
What grades do you serve?
Grades 3 through 12 — one continuous classical education from the elementary years through high school graduation.
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