Education in States and Nations: 1991
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Average Average Days of Average
minutes of hours of instruction hours of
instruction instruction per year instruction
Country per school day per day per year
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Alabama 360 6.0 177 1,062
Alaska 330 5.5 181 996
Arizona 330 5.5 176 968
Arkansas 348 5.8 179 1,038
California 312 5.2 181 941
Colorado 336 5.6 177 991
Connecticut 324 5.4 182 983
Delaware 342 5.7 180 1,026
District of Columbia 312 5.2 182 946
Florida 342 5.7 181 1,032
Georgia 348 5.8 180 1,044
Hawaii 318 5.3 178 943
Idaho 312 5.2 180 936
Illinois 324 5.4 181 977
Indiana 342 5.7 181 1,032
Iowa 354 5.9 180 1,062
Kansas 342 5.7 179 1,020
Kentucky 342 5.7 180 1,026
Louisiana 342 5.7 180 1,026
Maine 324 5.4 176 950
Maryland 330 5.5 181 996
Massachusetts 312 5.2 180 936
Michigan 318 5.3 182 965
Minnesota 336 5.6 175 980
Mississippi 360 6.0 182 1,092
Missouri 342 5.7 177 1,009
Montana 330 5.5 181 996
Nebraska 342 5.7 178 1,015
Nevada 318 5.3 180 954
New Hampshire 330 5.5 180 990
New Jersey 318 5.3 181 959
New Mexico 336 5.6 181 1,014
New York 330 5.5 183 1,007
North Carolina 336 5.6 181 1,014
North Dakota 330 5.5 179 985
Ohio 330 5.5 180 990
Oklahoma 330 5.5 177 974
Oregon 330 5.5 177 974
Pennsylvania 336 5.6 181 1,014
Rhode Island 318 5.3 180 954
South Carolina 348 5.8 181 1,050
South Dakota 336 5.6 176 986
Tennessee 348 5.8 181 1,050
Texas 372 6.2 176 1,091
Utah 330 5.5 179 985
Vermont 330 5.5 176 968
Virginia 330 5.5 181 996
Washington 324 5.4 180 972
West Virginia 348 5.8 181 1,050
Wisconsin 354 5.9 181 1,068
Wyoming 330 5.5 176 968
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NOTE: The average hours per day measure has been adjusted to remove time for lunch and other non-instructional breaks. See supplemental note to Indicator 20 for a discussion of the calculation of instructional hours per day for the U.S. states.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey, 1990-91 (based on Table 49-3 in The Condition of Education, 1993).
Indicator 21
