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Among private schools with students enrolled in third grade, average minutes third grade students spend on different activities per week, by affiliation: 2017–18

Affiliation English, reading,
language arts		   Arithmetic or
mathematics		   Social studies
or history		   Science   Foreign
language1		   Physical
education		   Music   Art   Recess2  
All private schools 400   280   170   170   90   100   60   60   170  
                                     
Catholic, Parochial 480   280   160   170   70   80   60   50   140  
Catholic, Diocesan 490   280   160   170   70   90   60   50   130  
Catholic, Private 440   270   160   170   140   90   70   80   150  
Baptist 400   250   150   150   70   100   50   50   150  
Jewish ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
                                     
Lutheran 410   270   150   150   80   90   90   60   180  
Seventh-Day Adventist 520   270   160   190   70   100   60   50   120  
All Other Religious 360   290   170   160   80   100   60   60   190  
Non-sectarian, Regular ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Non-sectarian, Special Emphasis 320   280   210   200   130   120   90   100   200  
Non-sectarian, Special Education 390   260   180   170   140   140   70   80   130  
‡ Reporting standards not met. 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 private schools excluded from each subject are as follows: English, reading, language arts 0.2 percent, arithmetic or mathematics 0.2 percent, social studies or history 0.4 percent, science 0.3 percent, foreign language 48.3 percent, physical education 10.4 percent, music 17.0 percent, art 7.6 percent, and recess 3.5 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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