After-School Activities That Are Not Part of an After-School Program and Sponsorship of those Activities

Parents of sampled students in kindergarten through eighth grade were asked to report the types of activities that students engaged in after school that were not part of an after-school program or other care arrangement. Parents were also asked to identify whether those activities were sponsored by the student's school.

• Students in kindergarten through eighth grade were more likely to participate in sports after school than in any other after-school activity (table 13). Specifically, 73 percent of students participated in sports, compared to 46 percent in religious activities, 42 percent in arts, 22 percent in scouts⁵, 19 percent in volunteering, 16 percent in academic activities, and 13 percent in clubs.⁶
• For students who were in kindergarten through eighth grade and participating in at least one weekly after-school activity, clubs were more likely to be sponsored by the school (87 percent) than any other after-school activity (table 14), including arts (27 percent), sports (32 percent), academic activities (68 percent), volunteering (33 percent), and religious activities (5 percent).

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⁵ This estimate is based on responses to the following question, "Since the beginning of the school year, has (child) participated in any of the following kinds of after-school activities? How about scouts?"

⁶ This estimate is based on responses to the following question, "Since the beginning of the school year, has (child) participated in any of the following kinds of after-school activities? How about Clubs, like yearbook, debate, or a book club?"