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Among public schools with students enrolled in third grade, average minutes third 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   Foreign
language1		   Physical
education		   Music   Art   Recess2  
United States 540   370   160   170   120   110   70   60   130  
                                     
Alabama 560   400   180   210   ‡   190   40   40   90 !
Alaska 440   340   160   160   170   120   100   100   160  
Arizona 560   400   170   170   90   90   70   60   120  
Arkansas 540   380   170   200   ‡   80   60   60   140  
California 530   350   150   150   140   120   60   50   160  
                                     
Colorado 580   390   160   160   180   90   70   70   150  
Connecticut 600   340   130   140   70   70   60   50   130  
Delaware 520   390   140   150   270 ! 60   50   50   140  
District of Columbia 530   450   190   170   100   90   70   70   150 !
Florida 570   340   170   210   140   150   60   60   120  
                                     
Georgia 540   390   190   190   90   120   70   60   100  
Hawaii 440   380   150   130   ‡   70   60   50   120 !
Idaho 500   380   150   140   60 ! 70   60   50   180  
Illinois 570   370   150   160   130   130   60   70   120 !
Indiana 550   360   120   130   ‡   70   70   60   150  
                                     
Iowa 550   360   150   150   300 ! 90   80   60   180  
Kansas 530   380   140   140   50   100   100   70   130  
Kentucky 550   460   170   160   40 ! 80   70   60   90 !
Louisiana 650   430   210   210   180   130   90   90   100  
Maine 450   340   140   130   60   60   50   60   150  
                                     
Maryland ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Massachusetts 530   360   130   140   120 ! 80   60   50   130  
Michigan 480   360   190   190   100   90   70   70   130 !
Minnesota 480   350   140   140   80   120   80   60   120  
Mississippi 550   440   210   220   #   150   80   60   110 !
                                     
Missouri 470   320   170   180   90 ! 90   70   70   140 !
Montana 510   370   160   160   170 ! 90   70   60   200  
Nebraska 570   320   150   160   20   90   80   50   160  
Nevada 590   370   160   170   90   100   60   70   120 !
New Hampshire 490   350   150   150   50   60   50   50   150  
                                     
New Jersey 520   340   170   180   60   90   60   50   130  
New Mexico 480   410   180   180   260   110   80   70   120 !
New York 510   360   160   150   120   130   70   70   120 !
North Carolina 560   410   170   190   90   80   60   60   140 !
North Dakota 460   290   150   160   110 ! 100   100   50   150  
                                     
Ohio 540   390   190   180   70   70   60   60   120  
Oklahoma 520   360   170   170   50 ! 130   90   70   130  
Oregon 550   350   120   120   90   90   80   50   170  
Pennsylvania 580   390   140   170   80   60   50   50   120  
Rhode Island 530   390   160   190   150 ! 90   50   50   130 !
                                     
South Carolina 550   360   190   210   90   80   60   60   110  
South Dakota 450   340   140   150   200   80   70   50   180 !
Tennessee 550   430   190   180   230   90   60   60   120 !
Texas 550   420   200   220   210   170   90   80   120  
Utah 590   360   130   140   220   60   50   50   150 !
                                     
Vermont 450   340   160   170   40   80   50   50   150  
Virginia 540   360   170   160   80   90   60   50   100 !
Washington 500   360   140   140   30   90   80   60   190 !
West Virginia 530   400   160   160   ‡   130   90   70   150  
Wisconsin 590   350   130   120   80   90   70   70   170 !
Wyoming 540   360   120   120   70   80   70   60   170 !
# Rounds to zero.
! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 percent and 50 percent (i.e., the standard error is at least 30 percent and less than 50 percent of the estimate).
‡ Reporting standards not met. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 50 percent or greater (i.e., the standard error is 50 percent or more of the estimate) or the response rate is below 50 percent.
1 Foreign language does not include English as a Second Language (ESL).
2 Recess does not include time allocated for lunch.
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: Arithmetic or mathematics 0.1 percent, social studies or history 2.0 percent, science 0.7 percent, foreign language 85.4 percent, physical education 1.0 percent, music 11.5 percent, art 15.7 percent, and recess 4.8 percent.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), "Preliminary Public School Principal Restricted-Use Data File," 2017–18.

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