Delaware home schools register with the state DOE as a nonpublic school and report enrollment in the fall and total attendance days at year end — both online. No testing, portfolio, or curriculum approval.
Yes — homeschooling is legal in every U.S. state. Delaware is a low-regulation state, meaning you file a one-time notice or declaration, with no ongoing testing or reporting. Children roughly ages 5–16 must be enrolled in school or a legal homeschool.
In Delaware, you register through DDOE Home School Enrollment & Attendance Reporting System. File both the fall enrollment and the year-end attendance report online through the DDOE Home School system. Primer generates a prefill sheet with your school name, enrollment, and attendance-day counts to copy into the portal, plus a printable attendance log for your records.
Official filing resource: DDOE Home School Enrollment & Attendance Reporting System
Specific deadlines and details can change year to year and vary by district — always confirm the current rules with your district or state.
Keep your own attendance and coursework records; Delaware does not collect a portfolio but you should retain evidence of instruction.
Primer tracks every Delaware deadline for you, helps generate the paperwork (notice of intent, attendance and hours logs, and more), and gives your whole family one shared weekly planner — on Mac, iPhone, iPad, and the web.
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