Online Private Schools

Online private schools are not registered with the NC Division of Non-Public Education; we only register physical private schools located in North Carolina with face-to-face instruction. For families who opt to enroll their children in an online private school not registered with our division, it is highly recommended to complete a Notice of Intent to operate a home school.

North Carolina’s Compulsory Attendance Law requires children between the ages of 7 and 15 to be enrolled in either public or non-public schools. State law also defines a home school as a non-public school consisting of children of not more than two families or households, where the parents or legal guardians or members of either household determine the scope and sequence of the academic instruction, provide academic instruction, and determine additional sources of academic instruction. 

General Statute 115C-563(a) as amended allows parents to hire tutors, let their children participate in group settings where they receive instruction and be instructed by an expert that is not a part of the household in the established home school.