I live in mobile. I, my wife, and both our kids graduated from private school. Both the wife and I attended public school first. If private school was not available here we probably would have homeschooled ours. BUT, I will say that the home school families I know don't do it well. They did not prepare the kids for the rigors of college. The parents did not keep the kids on a schedule. It was more like school was done in the spare time. But I know that may not be typical