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There is also the opportunity cost of homeschooling. By homeschooling, the parent is reducing their ability to work full-time or part-time so they are losing money. So the true cost for the parent would be something like $20/hour * 5 hours a day * 200 days a year ~= $20k. (Adjust the numbers as you see fit)

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Are you saying that this opportunity cost somehow offsets the difference between the $500 and $9,963 It really does not make up much of a difference. An average homeschooling parent does is homeschooling two kids. Average class size it 24. Divide your $20k by 12 = 1,600. There is still a large deficit difference.

If you want more of a comparison of how wasteful (non efficient) and ineffective public schools are - just compare them to equivalent private schools. They turn out better test scores and spend around 25% that of public schools per student.

> [Private schools] turn out better test scores and spend around 25% that of public schools per student.

I don't believe you. Proof?

compare them to equivalent private schools

Which ones do you consider "equivalent"? Private schools that are the default choice of school for their area and aren't allowed to be selective about what students they admit/retain?

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