DESPITE a growth in the number of home-schooled students across the state, Warwick has no registered students learning from home this year.

Figures from the Education Department's home education unit show there were five registered home-schooled students in Warwick last year but this year there are none.

The number of distance education students has increased by one student; from 31 last year to 32 this year.

Dennis Lockhart is a teacher with the Faith Christian School of Distance Education and travels to homes in the Toowoomba area to assist distance education students.

He said the drop in home-schooled students in the Warwick area could be attributed to people moving from the region, or that the parents had not registered.

"The demographic is continually changing with people coming and going," he said.

Students enrolled in private distance education schools, including Mr Lockhart's school, were not counted in the statistics, so there could be more distance education students in the region.

Christian Education Ministries' Schools Department general manager, Dr Terry Harding, said it was difficult to determine exactly how many students were home-schooled because many families did not register with the Queensland Government.

"I'd say there would be more people than those registered with the government group," he said.

Dr Harding said choosing home education was not just about isolation or remoteness anymore.

His research shows 90-95% of distance education students are in metropolitan areas.

"It's different … it's no longer about location, it's more about parent choice, and that's the critical point," he said.

However, when choosing to teach children from home, Dr Harding said it was not a decision parents took lightly.

For one parent, it is a full-time job which means the family will have a single income for the time children are home-schooled.

HOME EDUCATION:

Last year:

5 home-schooled students

31 in distance education

This year:

0 home-schooled

32 in distance education