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Average start time for public middle schools and percentage distribution of start times in public middle schools, by state: 2011–12

 
            Percentage distribution of public middle school start times  
State   Total number of public middle schools   Average start time for public middle schools (AM)1   Before 7:30 AM   7:30 AM to 7:59 AM   8:00 AM to 8:29 AM   8:30 AM to 8:59 AM   9:00 AM or later  
United States   13,990 8:04 4.8 35.9 40.4 13.3 5.7
Alabama   220 7:49 ‡ 67.3 29.5 # #
Alaska   20 8:15 # 50.4 12.5 ! 24.1 ! ‡
Arizona   190 8:11 ‡ 28.3 ! 33.5 21.8 ! ‡
Arkansas   130 7:58 ‡ 34.7 57.9 4.8 ! #
California   1,340 8:11 # 28.8 46.7 18.8 ‡
Colorado   270 8:03 12.7 ! 25.0 ! 38.8 23.4 #
Connecticut   160 7:55 ‡ 50.9 43.1 ‡ ‡
Delaware  40 7:40 32.5 49.2 18.3 # #
District of Columbia   ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡
Florida   630 8:50 # 16.7 ! ‡ 21.2 ! 53.1
Georgia   450 8:14 # 34.8 28.5 24.9 11.8
Hawaii   ‡ 7:56 # 86.8 ! ‡ # #
Idaho   90 ! 8:06 # 26.0 ! 60.5 13.4 ! #
Illinois   630 8:14 # 24.6 45.1 24.4 ‡
Indiana   290 7:58 ‡ 48.8 35.0 7.6 ! ‡
Iowa   190 8:11 # 13.6 ! 75.9 10.5 ! #
Kansas   200 8:01 # 37.0 61.2 ‡ #
Kentucky   220 8:07 ‡ 36.5 42.3 14.6 ! 4.4 !
Louisiana   230 7:37 35.5 53.3 5.9 ! ‡ #
Maine   90 7:46 14.3 60.6 19.9 ‡ #
Maryland   ‡   ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡
Massachusetts   280 7:52 ‡ 59.9 33.2 4.7 ! #
Michigan   510 7:56 ‡ 47.4 42.4 ‡ #
Minnesota   200 8:11 ‡ 34.4 45.3 ‡ ‡
Mississippi   180 7:44 22 ! 54.6 23.4 # #
Missouri   290 7:50 ‡ 53.1 35.6 ‡ #
Montana   50 8:15 # ‡ 79.9 ‡ #
Nebraska   80 8:05 # 12.6 84.8 ‡ #
Nevada   90 8:05 ‡ 37.6 ! 25.6 ! ‡ 19.4 !
New Hampshire   70 7:56 ‡ 52.3 30.7 ! ‡ #
New Jersey   370 8:05 ‡ 24.5 62.5 ‡ #
New Mexico   120 8:13 # 26.1 48.8 12.2 ! 12.9 !
New York   750 8:00 ‡ 36.4 41.9 12.7 ! ‡
North Carolina   480 7:58 ‡ 43.2 38.9 7.8 ! ‡
North Dakota   20 8:30 # ‡ ‡ 78.9 #
Ohio   630 7:50 13.8 50.1 20.1 13.3 ! ‡
Oklahoma   200 8:11 # 20.0 ! 69.4 10.6 ! #
Oregon   180 8:17 # 25.1 ! 38.6 17.2 ! 19.1
Pennsylvania   480 7:51 13.2 ! 45.1 40.1 ‡ #
Rhode Island   50 7:52 15.5 ! 35.4 ! 43.9 ‡ #
South Carolina   240 7:59 # 47.0 48.0 ‡ #
South Dakota   40 8:16 # ‡ 72.7 ‡ 12.0 !
Tennessee   300 7:56 15.2 ! 33.4 37.8 13.5 ! #
Texas   1,570 8:05 ‡ 28.6 48.7 16.6 3.3 !
Utah   50 8:01 # 45.9 43.7 ‡ ‡
Vermont   20 8:05 # 33.8 ! 49.3 16.9 ! #
Virginia   340 8:11 ‡ 19.6 ! 48.0 24.3 ‡
Washington   310 8:12 # 20.7 50.4 23.9 ‡
West Virginia   120 7:58 7.2 40.8 41.5 10.5 #
Wisconsin   310 7:49 ‡ 72.6 24.4 ‡ #
Wyoming   40 8:02 # 31.5 68.5 # #
# Round to zero.
! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 percent and 50 percent (i.e., the standard error is at least 30 percent and less than 50 percent of the estimate).
‡ Reporting standards not met. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 50 percent or greater (i.e., the standard error is 50 percent or more of the estimate) or the response rate is below 50 percent.
1 In 2011–12, all public middle schools reported AM start times.
NOTE: Middle schools include any schools that have no grade lower than 5 and no grade higher than 8. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding and because some data not shown.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Data File," 2011–12.

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