The average homeschooler student scored 89%; language, 84%; mathematics, 84%; science, 86%; and social studies, 84%. In the core studies of reading, language arts, and math, the average homeschooled student scored in the 88th percentile. The average public school student who took standardized tests scored 50% in each subject area. In results, homeschool students were slightly better at reading than most academics, and average test scores were 30% higher than public school students