Homeschooling High School in New York

Required hours

900 hrs/year, 990 in grades 7-12

School days

180 days/year

Required subjects

9 subjects

Notice

Required each year

Testing / evaluation

Parent's choice (testing, portfolio, or evaluation)

Recordkeeping

Required

Jump to the full New York requirements for plain-English detail on each of these.

Graduation requirements in New York

New York does not issue homeschool diplomas, so as the parent-administrator you set the graduation requirements and award the diploma yourself. A common college-prep plan covers 4 years of English, 3–4 of math, 3 of science, 3 of social studies, 2 of a foreign language, plus electives, which lands around 24 credits total. Check any New York-specific expectations for your situation, and align with the admissions requirements of the colleges your student is targeting.

Credits and GPA

A standard high-school credit (a Carnegie unit) represents roughly 120–180 hours of instruction in a subject over the year, or about a full-year course. Half-credit courses are common for semester-long electives. Track grades per course and compute a weighted or unweighted GPA on a 4.0 scale. Our free GPA calculator can do the math, and Homeschool Fox tracks credits and grades for you as you log coursework.

Testing and assessment

New York requires an annual assessment with the fourth-quarter report. Options are a commercially published standardized test (composite at or above the 33rd percentile or a year of growth) or, in grades 1–3 and every other year in 4–8, a written narrative by a certified teacher, peer-review panel, or superintendent-approved evaluator who interviews the child and reviews a portfolio.

Building a college-ready transcript

Selective colleges expect a clean, professional transcript listing courses, credits, grades, and GPA, often alongside a school profile and course descriptions. You can build one in New York yourself. A standard transcript is included with Homeschool Fox, and the $29 official transcript add-on generates AI-drafted course descriptions and a school profile that admissions readers expect.

Keeping records through high school

Keep coursework, reading lists, grades, and work samples organized from 9th grade on. Reconstructing four years at application time is painful. New York also has assessment or portfolio expectations to plan around, so consistent records do double duty for both college applications and state compliance.

What Homeschool Fox tracks for New York

The records New York asks you to keep, plus the rest of your year, in one place. No spreadsheets, no lost notebooks.

• Hours toward your 900-hour goal
• Required subjects
• Days attended
• The records New York asks you to keep
• Parent's choice (testing, portfolio, or evaluation)
• Daily activity logs
• Printable PDF reports
• Progress tracking

More New York guides

• New York Homeschool Requirements Hours, notice, assessment, and subjects at a glance.
• How to Start Homeschooling in New York A step-by-step guide from withdrawal to your first logged day.
• Record Keeping in New York What to document, how to organize it, and staying compliant.
• How to Withdraw From School in New York The steps, the letter, and timing to avoid truancy issues.
• Moving to New York What to file when you arrive and whether your records transfer.
• Public School Sports in New York Whether homeschoolers can play, what it takes, and who to ask.
• Homeschool Hours Required in New York The number, what counts toward it, and the pace to hit it.
• Required Subjects in New York The list, how much time each needs, and proving you taught them.
• New York Letter of Intent Who to file with, when it's due, and a free generator.
• New York Quarterly Reports What goes in it, when it's due, and who reviews it.
• Homeschool Testing in New York What the state asks for, when, and low-score rules.
• Homeschool Field Trips in New York City Places to go, how long a visit takes, and what it counts toward.