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| Table 43. | Average daily attendance (ADA) as a percentage of total enrollment, school day length, and school year length in public schools, by school level and state: 2003-04 and 2007-08 |
| State | 2003-04 | 2007-08 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| ADA as percent of enrollment | Average hours in school day | Total elementary, secondary, and combined elementary/secondary schools | Elementary schools | Secondary schools | ||||||||||||||||
| ADA as percent of enrollment | Average hours in school day | Average days in school year | Average hours in school year | ADA as percent of enrollment | Average hours in school day | ADA as percent of enrollment | Average hours in school day | |||||||||||||
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| United States | 92.2 | (0.25) | 6.6 | (0.01) | 93.1 | (0.22) | 6.6 | (0.02) | 180 | (0.1) | 1,193 | (3.1) | 94.0 | (0.27) | 6.7 | (0.02) | 91.1 | (0.43) | 6.6 | (0.04) |
| Alabama | 90.9 | (1.51) | 7.0 | (0.05) | 93.8 | (1.24) | 7.0 | (0.07) | 180 | (0.8) | 1,267 | (12.3) | 93.8 | (1.84) | 7.0 | (0.08) | 94.6 | (0.38) | 7.1 | (0.17) |
| Alaska | 89.4 | (1.25) | 6.4 | (0.05) | 89.9 | (1.22) | 6.5 | (0.05) | 180 | (3.4) | 1,163 | (22.9) | 91.3 | (1.56) | 6.5 | (0.05) | 93.2 | (1.57) | 6.2 | (0.15) |
| Arizona | 82.6 | (2.25) | 6.4 | (0.05) | 89.0 | (2.95) | 6.4 | (0.09) | 181 | (1.7) | 1,159 | (14.4) | 88.9 | (3.91) | 6.4 | (0.10) | 89.0 | (3.22) | 6.4 | (0.25) |
| Arkansas | 93.8 | (0.25) | 6.9 | (0.04) | 91.8 | (1.35) | 6.9 | (0.06) | 179 | (0.2) | 1,229 | (10.7) | 92.1 | (2.09) | 6.9 | (0.08) | 90.8 | (2.23) | 6.8 | (0.10) |
| California | 90.0 | (1.72) | 6.2 | (0.08) | 93.2 | (0.71) | 6.2 | (0.07) | 181 | (0.4) | 1,129 | (12.5) | 94.9 | (0.75) | 6.3 | (0.05) | 89.4 | (1.45) | 6.1 | (0.20) |
| Colorado | 89.9 | (2.25) | 6.8 | (0.06) | 93.9 | (0.44) | 7.0 | (0.05) | 171 | (1.0) | 1,199 | (9.9) | 94.5 | (0.45) | 7.0 | (0.07) | 91.2 | (1.28) | 7.0 | (0.11) |
| Connecticut | 84.9 | (2.39) | 6.5 | (0.09) | 87.9 | (2.98) | 6.5 | (0.09) | 181 | (0.1) | 1,173 | (15.9) | 87.4 | (3.98) | 6.5 | (0.11) | 93.7 | (0.68) | 6.5 | (0.09) |
| Delaware | 94.7 | (0.29) | 6.7 | (0.03) | 89.8 | (1.75) | 6.7 | (0.09) | 181 | (0.8) | 1,208 | (18.7) | 89.4 | (2.50) | 6.8 | (0.06) | ‡ | (†) | 6.5 | (0.23) |
| District of Columbia | 93.0 | (0.86) | 6.7 | (0.10) | 91.2 | (1.27) | 6.9 | (0.21) | 181 | (0.4) | 1,256 | (42.3) | 93.9 | (0.38) | 6.9 | (0.10) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Florida | 89.1 | (1.52) | 6.3 | (0.06) | 92.7 | (0.74) | 6.4 | (0.08) | 184 | (1.2) | 1,184 | (18.8) | 94.0 | (0.94) | 6.5 | (0.05) | 89.9 | (1.43) | 6.3 | (0.38) |
| Georgia | 94.4 | (0.47) | 6.8 | (0.05) | 93.3 | (1.28) | 6.8 | (0.06) | 181 | (1.0) | 1,229 | (12.4) | 93.9 | (1.60) | 6.8 | (0.06) | 93.1 | (1.23) | 6.9 | (0.09) |
| Hawaii | 91.0 | (1.44) | 6.0 | (0.07) | 90.7 | (4.58) | 6.3 | (0.10) | 179 | (1.6) | 1,118 | (12.7) | 90.8 | (2.63) | 6.2 | (0.05) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Idaho | 94.1 | (0.35) | 6.4 | (0.04) | 92.4 | (2.27) | 6.6 | (0.09) | 173 | (2.6) | 1,143 | (13.0) | 92.0 | (3.70) | 6.6 | (0.13) | 92.5 | (1.54) | 6.7 | (0.11) |
| Illinois | 92.1 | (1.29) | 6.3 | (0.07) | 94.0 | (0.71) | 6.5 | (0.05) | 177 | (0.3) | 1,147 | (9.6) | 95.3 | (0.50) | 6.5 | (0.06) | 90.0 | (2.45) | 6.5 | (0.13) |
| Indiana | 93.5 | (1.53) | 6.5 | (0.10) | 95.7 | (0.51) | 6.8 | (0.06) | 180 | (0.3) | 1,222 | (11.4) | 95.9 | (0.61) | 6.7 | (0.07) | 95.0 | (0.74) | 7.0 | (0.09) |
| Iowa | 93.9 | (0.87) | 6.8 | (0.04) | 94.8 | (0.65) | 6.9 | (0.09) | 180 | (0.2) | 1,232 | (16.3) | 96.3 | (0.46) | 6.9 | (0.07) | 90.4 | (2.33) | 6.6 | (0.30) |
| Kansas | 94.7 | (0.77) | 6.8 | (0.03) | 95.4 | (0.52) | 7.0 | (0.07) | 178 | (0.6) | 1,240 | (14.7) | 95.9 | (0.53) | 7.0 | (0.09) | 94.6 | (0.35) | 7.0 | (0.07) |
| Kentucky | 94.3 | (0.53) | 6.6 | (0.05) | 93.1 | (1.89) | 6.7 | (0.06) | 180 | (1.1) | 1,202 | (11.8) | 94.0 | (2.56) | 6.7 | (0.08) | 91.5 | (2.88) | 6.7 | (0.09) |
| Louisiana | 90.8 | (1.33) | 6.9 | (0.04) | 90.3 | (2.31) | 7.1 | (0.08) | 178 | (1.0) | 1,263 | (14.9) | 91.5 | (3.19) | 7.0 | (0.10) | 88.0 | (1.82) | 7.3 | (0.12) |
| Maine | 88.7 | (2.31) | 6.4 | (0.04) | 90.3 | (2.41) | 6.5 | (0.06) | 176 | (0.2) | 1,139 | (11.2) | 90.3 | (3.18) | 6.5 | (0.08) | 89.5 | (1.58) | 6.2 | (0.14) |
| Maryland | 94.2 | (0.27) | 6.4 | (0.06) | 94.1 | (0.44) | 6.6 | (0.07) | 180 | (0.4) | 1,188 | (13.8) | 95.3 | (0.37) | 6.7 | (0.06) | 90.2 | (1.20) | 6.4 | (0.32) |
| Massachusetts | 93.0 | (1.38) | 6.3 | (0.02) | 94.6 | (0.58) | 6.5 | (0.05) | 180 | (0.1) | 1,163 | (9.3) | 95.9 | (0.28) | 6.4 | (0.06) | 89.6 | (2.66) | 6.6 | (0.10) |
| Michigan | 90.9 | (1.21) | 6.6 | (0.04) | 93.0 | (1.01) | 6.6 | (0.08) | 178 | (0.9) | 1,168 | (13.2) | 94.5 | (1.12) | 6.7 | (0.07) | 88.8 | (2.06) | 6.2 | (0.20) |
| Minnesota | 91.6 | (1.03) | 6.5 | (0.04) | 93.1 | (0.91) | 6.3 | (0.12) | 176 | (1.4) | 1,102 | (19.8) | 94.8 | (1.22) | 6.5 | (0.06) | 93.2 | (0.82) | 6.3 | (0.13) |
| Mississippi | 92.5 | (1.29) | 7.1 | (0.04) | 92.1 | (2.00) | 7.0 | (0.12) | 181 | (0.2) | 1,265 | (22.5) | 95.1 | (0.33) | 7.1 | (0.07) | 92.9 | (0.76) | 6.8 | (0.37) |
| Missouri | 93.3 | (0.90) | 6.7 | (0.04) | 94.8 | (0.26) | 6.7 | (0.05) | 177 | (1.0) | 1,184 | (11.3) | 95.6 | (0.32) | 6.8 | (0.08) | 92.8 | (0.54) | 6.5 | (0.11) |
| Montana | 91.2 | (1.18) | 6.5 | (0.04) | 91.3 | (1.39) | 6.8 | (0.05) | 179 | (0.3) | 1,218 | (10.3) | 92.1 | (1.86) | 6.7 | (0.08) | 95.3 | (0.66) | 6.8 | (0.09) |
| Nebraska | 93.5 | (1.18) | 6.9 | (0.04) | 94.9 | (1.21) | 6.9 | (0.08) | 178 | (0.7) | 1,229 | (14.2) | 95.5 | (1.96) | 6.9 | (0.08) | 95.2 | (0.37) | 6.7 | (0.44) |
| Nevada | 92.5 | (1.38) | 6.2 | (0.05) | 93.5 | (1.27) | 6.3 | (0.06) | 180 | (0.2) | 1,135 | (10.1) | 93.2 | (1.72) | 6.3 | (0.06) | 94.8 | (0.74) | 6.3 | (0.14) |
| New Hampshire | 91.4 | (1.77) | 6.4 | (0.05) | 92.2 | (1.75) | 6.5 | (0.06) | 180 | (0.0) | 1,178 | (11.2) | 92.5 | (2.12) | 6.5 | (0.04) | 90.4 | (3.28) | 6.8 | (0.11) |
| New Jersey | 93.5 | (1.12) | 6.4 | (0.04) | 94.6 | (0.59) | 6.4 | (0.05) | 181 | (0.4) | 1,167 | (8.9) | 95.5 | (0.47) | 6.4 | (0.06) | 91.7 | (1.74) | 6.5 | (0.09) |
| New Mexico | 92.8 | (1.10) | 6.7 | (0.06) | 91.9 | (1.76) | 6.8 | (0.08) | 177 | (1.4) | 1,209 | (13.3) | 92.3 | (2.39) | 6.7 | (0.09) | 90.1 | (2.12) | 7.1 | (0.12) |
| New York | 94.3 | (0.23) | 6.6 | (0.04) | 92.7 | (1.30) | 6.6 | (0.09) | 182 | (0.4) | 1,202 | (16.2) | 94.4 | (0.61) | 6.5 | (0.12) | 90.8 | (3.15) | 6.9 | (0.06) |
| North Carolina | 91.3 | (1.87) | 6.7 | (0.04) | 92.6 | (1.73) | 6.7 | (0.06) | 180 | (0.1) | 1,216 | (10.7) | 93.3 | (2.33) | 6.7 | (0.07) | 90.8 | (1.78) | 6.8 | (0.09) |
| North Dakota | 94.3 | (0.87) | 6.5 | (0.03) | 95.9 | (0.59) | 6.6 | (0.04) | 176 | (0.4) | 1,161 | (7.4) | 96.5 | (0.31) | 6.5 | (0.04) | 92.9 | (2.51) | 6.8 | (0.07) |
| Ohio | 94.5 | (0.40) | 6.6 | (0.04) | 91.8 | (2.01) | 6.6 | (0.10) | 180 | (0.3) | 1,191 | (18.5) | 91.7 | (2.77) | 6.6 | (0.11) | 92.8 | (1.62) | 6.6 | (0.21) |
| Oklahoma | 93.6 | (0.42) | 6.5 | (0.04) | 92.1 | (2.24) | 6.6 | (0.06) | 176 | (0.2) | 1,166 | (10.4) | 90.8 | (3.48) | 6.7 | (0.05) | 93.7 | (0.66) | 6.5 | (0.20) |
| Oregon | 91.6 | (1.29) | 6.5 | (0.06) | 94.4 | (0.59) | 6.6 | (0.06) | 172 | (1.5) | 1,130 | (10.6) | 95.0 | (0.24) | 6.5 | (0.05) | 92.9 | (1.37) | 6.6 | (0.14) |
| Pennsylvania | 94.0 | (0.31) | 6.6 | (0.04) | 94.9 | (0.39) | 6.4 | (0.12) | 181 | (0.3) | 1,163 | (22.2) | 95.4 | (0.46) | 6.5 | (0.09) | 94.1 | (0.88) | 6.4 | (0.40) |
| Rhode Island | 93.7 | (1.19) | 6.1 | (0.02) | 93.7 | (1.27) | 6.3 | (0.03) | 180 | (0.1) | 1,131 | (5.6) | 94.2 | (1.63) | 6.2 | (0.04) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| South Carolina | 92.4 | (1.83) | 6.9 | (0.07) | 94.9 | (0.71) | 6.9 | (0.07) | 181 | (0.4) | 1,252 | (12.7) | 95.8 | (0.73) | 7.0 | (0.05) | 91.9 | (1.90) | 6.8 | (0.25) |
| South Dakota | 90.7 | (2.21) | 6.6 | (0.08) | 93.6 | (2.53) | 6.8 | (0.08) | 173 | (0.9) | 1,180 | (10.1) | 93.2 | (3.78) | 6.8 | (0.10) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Tennessee | 93.8 | (0.76) | 6.9 | (0.03) | 94.9 | (0.23) | 7.0 | (0.05) | 180 | (0.3) | 1,265 | (9.8) | 95.6 | (0.25) | 7.0 | (0.07) | 93.5 | (0.79) | 7.0 | (0.03) |
| Texas | 95.0 | (0.36) | 7.1 | (0.05) | 94.1 | (1.34) | 7.2 | (0.11) | 180 | (0.8) | 1,289 | (18.8) | 95.7 | (1.61) | 7.2 | (0.10) | 89.7 | (3.43) | 7.1 | (0.16) |
| Utah | 85.8 | (2.17) | 6.5 | (0.06) | 91.4 | (1.56) | 6.3 | (0.29) | 182 | (6.2) | 1,142 | (33.4) | 93.8 | (1.79) | 6.5 | (0.09) | 87.1 | (3.42) | 5.9 | (0.55) |
| Vermont | 92.3 | (1.50) | 6.6 | (0.04) | 92.7 | (3.39) | 6.7 | (0.07) | 177 | (0.5) | 1,179 | (13.6) | 93.1 | (4.50) | 6.7 | (0.09) | 90.8 | (4.08) | 6.4 | (0.18) |
| Virginia | 93.6 | (1.08) | 6.4 | (0.07) | 94.7 | (0.46) | 6.6 | (0.05) | 181 | (0.2) | 1,197 | (9.1) | 95.6 | (0.35) | 6.6 | (0.03) | 93.9 | (0.58) | 6.7 | (0.19) |
| Washington | 90.2 | (1.59) | 6.1 | (0.11) | 82.9 | (3.06) | 6.2 | (0.08) | 179 | (0.2) | 1,117 | (14.5) | 81.0 | (4.42) | 6.4 | (0.05) | 85.8 | (2.75) | 5.9 | (0.27) |
| West Virginia | 93.9 | (0.56) | 6.8 | (0.08) | 94.0 | (0.99) | 6.9 | (0.07) | 182 | (0.5) | 1,251 | (13.7) | 94.4 | (1.32) | 6.9 | (0.09) | 92.8 | (0.41) | 6.8 | (0.14) |
| Wisconsin | 92.7 | (0.97) | 6.8 | (0.08) | 95.0 | (0.57) | 6.9 | (0.04) | 180 | (0.7) | 1,246 | (8.6) | 95.4 | (0.41) | 6.9 | (0.05) | 93.0 | (1.91) | 7.0 | (0.14) |
| Wyoming | 92.6 | (0.68) | 6.8 | (0.06) | 92.4 | (1.15) | 6.9 | (0.05) | 175 | (1.3) | 1,201 | (8.3) | 92.2 | (1.65) | 6.9 | (0.05) | 92.4 | (0.75) | 7.0 | (0.07) |
| †Not applicable. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡Reporting standards not met (too few cases). | ||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Averages reflect data reported by schools rather than state requirements. School-reported length of day may exceed state requirements, and there is a range of statistical error in reported estimates. Standard errors appear in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Questionnaire," 2003-04 and 2007-08. (This table was prepared June 2011.) |