GuidesSee the homeschool planner

Free printable homeschool attendance sheet

Type in your children's names, when your school year starts and ends, and the days you school. You get a page for every month with a row for each child and a box for every day, weekends and federal holidays already shaded, and a year summary that counts toward your goal. Free, no account.

Your children
Homeschool name (optional)
School year starts
Last month
Days you school
Goal (school days)

180 is common. Use your state's number or your own.

Paper

Get it by email, plus 10% off a planner

We'll email you the PDF so it's there when you need a fresh copy, and a code for 10% off your first Days Marked planner or calendar.

How it works

  1. Add your kids

    Up to six names, one row each on every month's page. Add the name of your homeschool if you like; it goes at the top.

  2. Set your school year

    Pick the first and last month, the days of the week you school and your goal: 180 days, or the number your state or your own plan asks for.

  3. Print and check off

    Download the PDF, print it at 100% (actual size), landscape, and check a box for each child every day you school. Add up the days at the end of each month.

What's in the PDF

  • A landscape page for every month of your school year, with a row per child and a box for every day
  • Weekends and US federal holidays shaded, so the school days stand out (you can still check a shaded day)
  • How many school days are on the calendar each month, and the running total toward your goal
  • Columns for the days each child was present this month and so far this year
  • A year summary for each child: month by month, a line to sign, and a numbered circle for every day up to your goal to color in
  • Lines for notes: field trips, co-op days, sick days and hours
  • US Letter (8.5 × 11 in) or A4
September 2027 page of the free homeschool attendance sheet, with rows for Emma, Leo and Maya, weekends and Labor Day shaded, and the count toward 180 days
September from the PDF, with the sample names. Yours prints with your own.

Do you have to keep homeschool attendance?

It depends on your state, and on which homeschool option you use there. According to HSLDA's state-by-state summaries, a few states have families report attendance or show it at the end of the year (Delaware, New York, Rhode Island and Tennessee), about ten ask you to keep an attendance record or log (California, Missouri, Pennsylvania and South Carolina among them), five ask for a portfolio or activity log instead, and many have no attendance rule at all.

This sheet is a record-keeping tool, not legal advice, and printing it doesn't make you compliant with any law on its own. Check what your state asks for on HSLDA's legal pages or with your state's department of education, then set your goal to match.

Days or hours?

Most families count days, and 180 is the most common goal because it matches many public school years. Some states count hours instead: Missouri asks for 1,000 hours and Wisconsin for 875, according to HSLDA. If that's you, check the boxes for the days and write the hours on the notes lines, or keep an hours log alongside.

How to keep it up all year

Keep the sheet where you school, on a clipboard or at the front of a binder, and check the boxes at the end of each school day. It takes seconds, and it's much easier than piecing the year together in June. At the end of each month, write the checked boxes into the Days column and the year so far into the Total column, then copy both onto each child's year summary.

Questions

Is the homeschool attendance sheet free?
Yes. Make and download it as often as you like, without an account or an email address. The email signup is optional.
How many days is a homeschool year?
Where a state sets a number it's often 180 days; some ask for 172 to 175, and some count hours instead, like Missouri's 1,000. Many states set no number at all. Type in your own goal and the sheet counts toward it.
Does this sheet meet my state's requirements?
We can't promise that. Requirements differ from state to state and between homeschool options, and they change. The sheet gives you a clear daily record with your children's names on it; check what your state asks for on HSLDA's legal pages (hslda.org/legal) or with your state's department of education.
Can my school year start in July or January?
Yes. Pick any start month and how long your year runs, from one month to twelve. Year-round homeschoolers can print twelve months from any start.
Which days are shaded?
The days of the week you don't school (Saturday and Sunday, unless you change them) and the US federal holidays, like Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Martin Luther King Jr. Day. They're shaded, not blocked: check the box if you school that day.
Is it US Letter or A4?
Either, in landscape. Print at 100% or “actual size” so the boxes and margins come out right.

More free homeschool printables