Getting started homeschooling in Mississippi
Not legal advice. This is a reading aid for the official source. It is not a law firm, and it is not a complete statement of the law. Last checked 2026-10-17.
Open the official source first: Mississippi Department of Education. The steps below repeat only the notes already recorded for Mississippi. Where a note says the requirement was not stated, or that it is unknown, check official source. Do not fill the gap from a blog, a curriculum company, or another state.
How to use the recorded notes
CurriculumQuiz checked the linked government or statute page on 2026-10-17. The six notes are notice, subjects, days or hours, assessment, teacher qualifications, and records. A curriculum website can help you choose books. It is not the statute. When this page and a blog disagree, the linked official page wins. If that page is silent, the answer here stays unknown.
Rules change. A summary can be wrong, incomplete, or out of date. Confirm the linked page, and contact that agency or a qualified attorney about your own facts. Save a copy of the page or the form it names, with the date you read it.
1. Open the official source
The recorded source for Mississippi is Mississippi Department of Education. Mississippi Department of Education. Read it yourself before you buy a curriculum or file a form.
2. Notice or registration
Every family homeschooling a compulsory-school-age child must complete an enrollment form with the local school attendance officer for every year the child homeschools, under section 37-13-91. The page says enrollment must be completed by August 15, and that you wait until the current school year has ended before enrolling for the next one. The form can be emailed to homeschool@mdek12.org.
If that note does not name a form, a deadline, or an office, the source we read did not give us one. Check official source before you mail or upload anything.
3. Subjects
The page recommends reviewing the Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards. It does not say those standards are required for a homeschool.
A curriculum that lists those words is not, by itself, proof that a legal duty is met. Match your plan to the sentence above. Ask the agency when the sentence says the list was not stated.
4. Days and hours
Not stated on official source
Do not borrow a day count from another state. If this note does not state a number, we do not invent one.
5. Assessment
The recommended portfolio includes results of any national assessments. A required test was not stated in the requirements list. The page separates “requirements” from “recommendations.”
A test that comes with a curriculum is not the same thing as a test an agency requires. Use the sentence above.
6. Teacher qualifications
Not stated on official source
A college degree, a teaching certificate, and a high-school diploma are different things. Record only what this sentence names. If it names nothing, check official source.
7. Records
The requirement list is the enrollment form, and the page says parents should keep a copy. A portfolio of activities, assignments, projects, assessments, and a log of books is listed under recommendations, not under the requirement heading.
Online schools in this directory often keep a grade file. Print curricula usually leave the file with the parent. That describes the product. It is not a ruling that either one satisfies Mississippi. Keep what the sentence names.
Withdrawing from public school
The text recorded from the official source does not describe withdrawing from public school. This page does not add a withdrawal rule. Ask the school the child attends, and check official source.
If you are leaving a public school, ask that school what it needs in order to drop the student from its roll. A district can have a local form that the state page does not quote. This page will not supply one.
After the official page, then a curriculum
The quiz ranks programs from grade, style, time, budget, faith, accreditation, and pace. It does not read the Mississippi statute, and the state does not change the match percentage. It adds a link back to the state page. The quiz runs in the browser. Quiz answers are never stored or sent. The site uses Google Analytics, which sets cookies, for anonymous usage stats. It does not ask for a child's name.
Style guides on this site list programs by tags and grade spans that are already in the directory. They are not legal checklists: Charlotte Mason, classical, secular, free, and kindergarten.
Come back to the official URL when the school year turns over. If the agency page changed, write to hello-curriculumquiz@agentmail.to and we will re-check the source before we change this summary. You can also embed the short fact box from the state page.
Frequently asked questions
What notice does the Mississippi source we read describe?
Every family homeschooling a compulsory-school-age child must complete an enrollment form with the local school attendance officer for every year the child homeschools, under section 37-13-91. The page says enrollment must be completed by August 15, and that you wait until the current school year has ended before enrolling for the next one. The form can be emailed to homeschool@mdek12.org. Not legal advice. Last checked 2026-10-17.
What subjects does the Mississippi source we read name?
The page recommends reviewing the Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards. It does not say those standards are required for a homeschool. If that sentence does not name subjects, check official source.
Does the recorded Mississippi source describe withdrawing from public school?
The text recorded from the official source does not describe withdrawing from public school. This page does not add a withdrawal rule. Ask the school the child attends, and check official source.