Eighth grade subject minutes: Among schools with students enrolled in eighth grade, average minutes eighth grade students spend on different activities per week, by school type and selected school characteristics: 2017–18

School type and selected school characteristics	English, reading, language arts		Arithmetic or mathematics		Social studies or history		Science
All schools	340		290		240		240
All public schools	350		300		250		260
School classification
Traditional public	340		300		250		260
Charter school	370		320		260		270
Community type
City	360		320		260		270
Suburban	330		290		250		260
Town	340		290		250		250
Rural	350		300		250		250
School level
Primary	410		350		260		260
Middle	330		290		250		260
High	340		280		250		250
Combined	330		290		250		260
Student enrollment
Less than 100	370		310		240		240
100–199	350		300		250		260
200–499	350		300		260		260
500–749	340		300		260		260
750–999	340		300		250		260
1,000 or more	320		280		260		260
Percent of K–12 students who were approved for free or reduced‑price lunches
0–34	330		290		250		250
35–49	330		280		250		250
50–74	330		290		250		260
75 or more	380		330		260		270
All private schools	320		270		220		220
School classification
Catholic	370		260		230		230
Other religious	300		270		220		220
Nonsectarian	310		260		230		220
Community type
City	320		260		220		230
Suburban	330		250		220		220
Town	330		260		240		240
Rural	310		290		210		210
School level
Elementary	340		280		220		220
Secondary	260		230		230		220
Combined	300		250		230		230
Student enrollment
Less than 100	310		280		210		210
100–199	340		260		230		230
200–499	330		260		230		240
500–749	300		240		230		230
750 or more	290		240		230		220
NOTE: Schools that reported 0 minutes per week for a subject were excluded from the calculations of average minutes per week. The percentage of public schools excluded from each subject are as follows: English, reading, language arts 0.6%, arithmetic or mathematics 0.2%, social studies or history 1.0%, science 0.6%. The percentage of private schools excluded from each subject are as follows: English, reading, language arts 0.3%, arithmetic or mathematics 0.2%, social studies or history 0.4%, and science 0.2%.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), "Public School and Private School Data Files," 2017–18.

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