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Eighth grade subject minutes: Among public schools with students enrolled in eighth grade, average minutes eighth grade students spend on different activities per week, by state: 2017–18
| State | English, reading, language arts | Arithmetic or mathematics | Social studies or history | Science | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 350 | 300 | 250 | 260 | ||||
| Alabama | 330 | 300 | 290 | 290 | ||||
| Alaska | 330 | 290 | 270 | 270 | ||||
| Arizona | 390 | 360 | 260 | 270 | ||||
| Arkansas | 270 | 280 | 260 | 260 | ||||
| California | 360 | 310 | 250 | 250 | ||||
| Colorado | 330 | 290 | 260 | 270 | ||||
| Connecticut | 360 | 310 | 250 | 250 | ||||
| Delaware | 320 | 300 | 250 | 250 | ||||
| District of Columbia | 390 | 360 | 300 | 280 | ||||
| Florida | 340 | 290 | 280 | 280 | ||||
| Georgia | 380 | 340 | 300 | 300 | ||||
| Hawaii | 270 | 260 | 220 | 220 | ||||
| Idaho | 330 | 300 | 290 | 280 | ||||
| Illinois | 410 | 310 | 240 | 260 | ||||
| Indiana | 310 | 270 | 240 | 240 | ||||
| Iowa | 340 | 240 | 230 | 230 | ||||
| Kansas | 290 | 260 | 240 | 240 | ||||
| Kentucky | 440 | 340 | 290 | 290 | ||||
| Louisiana | 460 | 380 | 270 | 270 | ||||
| Maine | 380 | 290 | 260 | 250 | ||||
| Maryland | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ||||
| Massachusetts | 310 | 300 | 250 | 260 | ||||
| Michigan | 350 | 330 | 270 | 270 | ||||
| Minnesota | 290 | 260 | 240 | 240 | ||||
| Mississippi | 380 | 320 | 280 | 280 | ||||
| Missouri | 330 | 280 | 250 | 260 | ||||
| Montana | 320 | 280 | 230 | 230 | ||||
| Nebraska | 320 | 250 | 240 | 240 | ||||
| Nevada | 290 | 250 | 230 | 240 | ||||
| New Hampshire | 330 | 260 | 260 | 280 | ||||
| New Jersey | 380 | 300 | 220 | 230 | ||||
| New Mexico | 330 | 310 | 250 | 250 | ||||
| New York | 300 | 280 | 220 | 230 | ||||
| North Carolina | 370 | 330 | 280 | 310 | ||||
| North Dakota | 270 | 240 | 240 | 230 | ||||
| Ohio | 370 | 310 | 240 | 240 | ||||
| Oklahoma | 310 | 250 | 250 | 250 | ||||
| Oregon | 330 | 260 | 240 | 260 | ||||
| Pennsylvania | 390 | 310 | 240 | 250 | ||||
| Rhode Island | 280 | 260 | 250 | 250 | ||||
| South Carolina | 340 | 320 | 280 | 280 | ||||
| South Dakota | 350 | 310 | 240 | 230 | ||||
| Tennessee | 420 | 360 | 280 | 290 | ||||
| Texas | 310 | 290 | 260 | 260 | ||||
| Utah | 350 | 270 | 200 | 210 | ||||
| Vermont | 300 | 290 | 260 | 250 | ||||
| Virginia | 360 | 330 | 260 | 270 | ||||
| Washington | 290 | 280 | 260 | 310 | ||||
| West Virginia | 420 | 310 | 230 | 230 | ||||
| Wisconsin | 320 | 270 | 230 | 230 | ||||
| Wyoming | 360 | 280 | 240 | 240 | ||||
| ‡ Reporting standards not met. The response rate is below 50 percent. | ||||||||
| 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%, and science 0.6%. | ||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), "Public School Data File," 2017–18. | ||||||||
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