I think this is the case in most countries. We’re the minority wherever we are and most people believe school is necessary and the one and only way but just this week I had a chat with our local butcher and his assistant. While paying the butcher his assistant asked me ‘where are your daughter? In school?’ (Because the usually accompany me)
I said: No, they don’t go to school.
We had a 10min conversation in which I explained many reasons why schools are a bad choice when it comes to learning. They simply couldn’t argue against what I had to say. They kept agreeing with me and in the end the assistant even said: schools are like jails.
I had the same experience with many people here in Madeira and Germany.