Does every child in america have to attend school up to a certain age,what is that age?

Question

for children who live hundres of miles from schools how do they get there education.thanks

Answer 1

YES THEY DO. HOW LONG TILL IT IS OVER OR THEY ARE 21 IF THEY WANT TO DRIVE BEFORE 21.

Answer 2

They all have to attend at least until 17 and for the ones who live to far they have home schooling.

Answer 3

Generally to age 16

There is home school for distant students.

Most rural areas, however, have central schools.

If the area is really small, like 5,000 people, it's a one building school for K-12

Answer 4

of course they do. there is no such thing as living a hundreds of miles from a school. all depends how bad of a student they are as to how old they are when they graduate.

Answer 5

it's 16, homeschooling, send in mail, internet

Answer 6

I don't think I've ever heard of a school district that is more than a 50-60 mile radius. Most of the time people live within 20 miles from school, and there are school busing systems to get there and back.

Anyways, most of the time kids go to school around 5 or 6 years old and stay in school until they're 18, unless they drop out with a parent's consent. But typically it's 13 years of schooling, so if you go to school at 6 you could be 19 when you graduate.

Answer 7

homeschooling.........The age is about 16-17 I belive then you can be on your own I guess but It won't be a smart thing to drop out

Answer 8

No, every child in America does *not* have to attend school up to a certain age; that's a myth. Children have to be 'in education' and 'education' does not necessarily equate with 'being in school'.

Minimum leaving ages are set by individual states and thus vary from one state to another.

Oh and, as one of those kids who do live hundreds of miles from schools albeit in Australia rather than America, we have cyber-schools, correspondence courses, home-education, boarding school, govies, home tutors, school hostels, "second home" allowance.....  

Personally, my siblings and I are home-educated. Our mates and our neighbours' kids are either home-educated or they're away at boarding schools.

Answer 9

#1-- laws regarding age of starting school and age of finishing (or dropping out of) school depend on the state.

#2-- There are very, very few places in America where a child can live hundreds of miles from a school-- there are few places in America you can live hundreds of miles away from anything. There is a very, very small minority of kids in America who don't attend school because they can't get to one.

#3-- There is also the options of private schools, homeschools, and internet schools.

Answer 10

They are homeschooled, distance learning (by computer), or else they are driven to school by a parent.  You must attend until you are 16, then you can legally drop out.

Answer 11

It is required that all children attend school. Up to what age is determined by state or local government. In some cases, they can drop out at 16 without parental consent, but that varies. If they don't attend an actual school, there must be proof of home schooling. It is mandatory to educate all children.

Answer 12

Each state sets the minimum. I've never heard of a state's age requirement being less than 16 (unless the student has graduated high school). I have heard of states requiring 17 or even 18 (or diploma). The US is a BIG place, so each state decides what the minimum age requirement is.

ADDED: I will clarify that children don't have to attend school; they simply have to be educated, which can take place at home following the state laws on homeschooling.

Answer 13

16.

Homeschooling.

Answer 14

you must attend until you are 16

Answer 15

16- i think

Answer 16

It depends on which state they live in.  Most states have compulsory education to age 16, some have to 17 or 18, and I think a couple might be to 15.

It is not required that they attend a school, per se, but they must either attend a public or private school or be homeschooled.  There are some "in-between" situations, such as virtual charter schools (online or correspondence) and independent study or homebound (where a student is still a public school student, but for health or other reasons they work from home).

There are very few places in America where a student would live more than 20-30 miles from a school; I can't think of any that would be more than 50-60 miles.  However, there are many educational choices available to Americans.

Answer 17

16!

Answer 18

At the age of 17 you can legally sign yourself out of school. But, if you live too far from a public school you would be homeschooled depending on your states laws.

Answer 19

16

Answer 20

#1. It is no age limit...u can stay in school 4 the rest of u'r life;

#2. if school is 2 far nowdays through the internet or corespondance.....or sending their parents 2 school......

Answer 21

"there is no such thing as living a hundreds of miles from a school"

Baloney! I have in laws in Montana that homeschool because there are no towns near them. Where there are no towns, you can forget about schools! There is still alot of wilderness in the states and a few people like living right in the middle of it.

Answer 22

16 yrs!!!!!

Compulsory education laws in AMERICA require attendance to age sixteen