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Characteristic | Number of students in kindergarten through grade 12 (thousands) | Frequency with which student does homework outside of school | Mean hours per week spent doing homework1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Less than once a week | 1-2 days per week | 3-4 days per week | 5 or more days per week | Never | Child does not have homework | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Number (thousands) | Percent | Number (thousands) | Percent | Number (thousands) | Percent | Number (thousands) | Percent | Number (thousands) | Percent | Number (thousands) | Percent | ||||||||||||||||
Total | 51,162 | 3,003 | 5.9 | 7,503 | 14.7 | 20,333 | 39.7 | 17,225 | 33.7 | 1,619 | 3.2 | 1,479 | 2.9 | 5.1 | |||||||||||||
Student’s grade level | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kindergarten | 5,070 | 367 | 7.2 | 916 | 18.1 | 1,897 | 37.4 | 1,350 | 26.6 | 74 | ! | 1.5 | ! | 467 | 9.2 | 3.3 | |||||||||||
First Grade | 4,094 | 166 | 4.1 | 443 | 10.8 | 2,068 | 50.5 | 1,240 | 30.3 | 62 | ! | 1.5 | ! | 115 | 2.8 | 4.0 | |||||||||||
Second Grade | 3,926 | 75 | 1.9 | 341 | 8.7 | 2,053 | 52.3 | 1,310 | 33.4 | ‡ | ‡ | 40 | ! | 1.0 | ! | 4.0 | |||||||||||
Third Grade | 3,992 | 80 | 2.0 | 321 | 8.0 | 2,033 | 50.9 | 1,452 | 36.4 | 64 | ! | 1.6 | ! | 43 | ! | 1.1 | ! | 4.4 | |||||||||
Fourth Grade | 3,994 | 249 | 6.2 | 518 | 13.0 | 1,892 | 47.4 | 1,227 | 30.7 | 42 | ! | 1.1 | ! | 67 | ! | 1.7 | ! | 4.5 | |||||||||
Fifth Grade | 4,053 | 119 | 2.9 | 407 | 10.0 | 1,800 | 44.4 | 1,552 | 38.3 | 89 | ! | 2.2 | ! | 87 | 2.2 | 4.9 | |||||||||||
Sixth Grade | 3,816 | 182 | 4.8 | 612 | 16.0 | 1,556 | 40.8 | 1,304 | 34.2 | 102 | ! | 2.7 | ! | 60 | ! | 1.6 | ! | 4.9 | |||||||||
Seventh Grade | 3,728 | 204 | 5.5 | 684 | 18.3 | 1,387 | 37.2 | 1,264 | 33.9 | 146 | 3.9 | 44 | 1.2 | 5.0 | |||||||||||||
Eighth Grade | 4,058 | 423 | 10.4 | 785 | 19.3 | 1,241 | 30.6 | 1,368 | 33.7 | 173 | 4.3 | 68 | 1.7 | 5.1 | |||||||||||||
Ninth Grade | 3,884 | 347 | 8.9 | 761 | 19.6 | 1,056 | 27.2 | 1,396 | 35.9 | 189 | 4.9 | 135 | 3.5 | 6.1 | |||||||||||||
Tenth Grade | 3,918 | 313 | 8.0 | 594 | 15.2 | 1,286 | 32.8 | 1,421 | 36.3 | 208 | 5.3 | 96 | 2.4 | 6.6 | |||||||||||||
Eleventh Grade | 3,429 | 206 | 6.0 | 586 | 17.1 | 973 | 28.4 | 1,392 | 40.6 | 155 | 4.5 | 117 | 3.4 | 8.0 | |||||||||||||
Twelfth Grade | 3,200 | 274 | 8.6 | 535 | 16.7 | 1,092 | 34.1 | 951 | 29.7 | 207 | 6.5 | 140 | ! | 4.4 | ! | 6.5 |
‡ Reporting standards not met. There were too few cases for a reliable estimate. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
! Interpret data with caution; coefficient of variation is between 30 and 50 percent. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 Students whose parent reports that they "never" do homework or "do not have homework" are coded as zero on the number of hours spent doing homework per week. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NOTE: Students who were homeschooled were excluded from the table. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Parent and Family Involvement in Education Survey of the National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES), 2016. |