Average weekly hours for teachers: Percentage of K–12 school teachers who are regular full-time teachers and average number of hours per week that regular full-time teachers spent on selected activities during a typical full week, by school type and selected school characteristics: 2020–21

		Average hours during typical full week
School type and selected school characteristic	Percent of teachers who are regular full-time teachers	Required by contract to work	Of contracted hours, total hours spent delivering instruction to students¹	Total hours spent on all teaching and other school-related activities²
All teachers	92.8	38.5	25.1	52.0

All public school teachers	94.0	38.4	25.2	52.0

School classification
Traditional public	94.0	38.3	25.2	51.9
Charter school	93.6	39.8	24.9	53.2

Community type
City	94.0	38.3	25.1	52.4
Suburban	93.9	38.1	24.9	51.8
Town	94.1	38.7	25.4	51.7
Rural	94.0	38.8	25.8	52.2

School level³
Elementary	92.1	38.4	25.5	52.1
Middle	95.8	38.5	25.0	52.0
Secondary/high	95.9	38.5	25.0	52.3
Combined/other	93.7	37.8	24.6	50.9

Student enrollment
Less than 100	90.2	38.7	26.1	49.8
100–199	91.1	38.8	25.9	52.0
200–499	92.5	38.3	25.4	51.7
500–749	93.5	38.4	25.3	52.1
750–999	95.8	38.4	25.1	52.5
1,000 or more	96.4	38.4	24.8	52.4

Percent of K–12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches
0–34	93.1	38.3	24.9	51.8
35–49	93.7	38.4	25.3	52.1
50–74	94.7	38.4	25.3	52.2
75 or more	94.4	38.4	25.5	52.0

Reported effect of COVID–19 on instruction⁴
Only teaching with distance-learning instruction	94.0	37.8	24.2	52.0
Teaching with a hybrid of in-person and distance-learning instruction	93.9	38.4	25.4	52.2
Teaching oly in-person instruction or no effect on delvery of instruction	94.1	38.7	25.7	51.5

All private schools	83.0	39.3	24.0	51.8

School classification
Catholic	86.0	39.4	25.1	53.0
Other religious	79.6	39.1	24.1	51.1
Nonsectarian	84.3	39.4	22.7	51.4

Community type
City	84.1	39.2	23.7	51.7
Suburban	82.5	39.4	23.9	51.9
Town	79.6	39.6	26.0	51.8
Rural	82.8	39.1	24.2	52.0

School level³
Elementary/middle	79.2	38.9	25.2	50.1
Secondary/high	80.0	39.2	22.2	52.2
Combined/other	84.2	39.4	24.2	52.0

Student enrollment
Less than 100	75.5	38.5	25.3	49.8
100–199	80.8	39.2	24.8	51.1
200–499	85.1	39.5	23.9	52.5
500–749	87.0	39.5	23.1	52.7
750 or more	89.8	39.8	22.0	53.1

Reported effect of COVID–19 on instruction⁴
Only teaching with distance-learning instruction	76.3	38.6	21.3	50.8
Teaching with a hybrid of in-person and distance-learning instruction	85.7	39.5	23.5	52.4
Teaching oly in-person instruction or no effect on delvery of instruction	80.7	39.1	25.1	51.1

¹Excludes time spent on planning, lunch, break/recess, arrival/dismissal of students, and otherwise not delivering instruction.

²Includes hours spent during the school day, before and after school, and on weekends.

³Elementary schools offer at least one grade of K to 4, and the number of elementary grades is higher than the number of middle grades. Middle schools offer at least one of grades 5 to 8, and the number of middle grades is greater than the number of elementary or secondary grades. Secondary/high schools are defined as schools that enroll students in more of grades 9 through 12 than in lower grades. Combined/other schools include all other combinations of grades, including K–12 schools. School level categories in the 2020–21 NTPS differ from those in previous survey administrations; caution should be exercised when comparing estimates by level over time.

⁴Teachers were asked to report the current effect of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) on their teaching at the school at the time they completed the survey. Thus, this was the reported effect on instruction at the time the survey was completed, not a summary of the school year.

NOTE: Data are weighted estimates of the population. A regular full-time teacher is any teacher whose primary position in a school is not an itinerant teacher, a long-term substitute, a short-term substitute, a student teacher, a teacher aide, an administrator, a library media specialist or librarian, another type of professional staff (e.g., counselor, curriculum coordinator, social worker) or support staff (e.g., secretary), or part-time teacher.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), “Public School Teacher and Private School Teacher Data Files,” 2020–21.