Homeschool Data · 11th Grade
Across 61,653 eleventh-grade social-studies courses on homeschool transcripts, US History leads (18%), and Government and Economics rise sharply, together forming the college-expected American-studies core.
| Course | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| US History | 18% | |
| US Government | 11% | |
| Economics | 7% | |
| World History | 7% | |
| Geography | 4% | |
| Psychology | 3% | |
| Other social studies courses | ~50% |
US History is the standard junior course (18%), and it pairs with the most common junior English course, American Literature, for a coherent American-studies year.
Government and Economics climb in junior year (together about 18%), the civics core. Many families begin the government and economics credits here and finish them as seniors.
Completing the US History, Government, and Economics cluster is the opportunity. It is exactly the American-studies core most selective colleges look for; a student who covers all three, ideally with a full government and a full economics credit, has met the expectation that many applicants only partially fill.
Most commonly US History, often alongside or followed by US Government and Economics.
Many expect a semester or year of US Government and Economics as part of the social-studies requirement; junior and senior year are when most homeschoolers take them.
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