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Percentage distribution of public middle school start times | |||||||||||||||
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State | Total number of public middle schools | Average start time for public middle schools (AM)1 | Before 7:30 AM | 7:30 AM to 7:59 AM | 8:00 AM to 8:29 AM | 8:30 AM to 8:59 AM | 9:00 AM or later | ||||||||
United States | 13,990 | 8:04 | 4.8 | 35.9 | 40.4 | 13.3 | 5.7 | ||||||||
Alabama | 220 | 7:49 | ‡ | 67.3 | 29.5 | # | # | ||||||||
Alaska | 20 | 8:15 | # | 50.4 | 12.5 | ! | 24.1 | ! | ‡ | ||||||
Arizona | 190 | 8:11 | ‡ | 28.3 | ! | 33.5 | 21.8 | ! | ‡ | ||||||
Arkansas | 130 | 7:58 | ‡ | 34.7 | 57.9 | 4.8 | ! | # | |||||||
California | 1,340 | 8:11 | # | 28.8 | 46.7 | 18.8 | ‡ | ||||||||
Colorado | 270 | 8:03 | 12.7 | ! | 25.0 | ! | 38.8 | 23.4 | # | ||||||
Connecticut | 160 | 7:55 | ‡ | 50.9 | 43.1 | ‡ | ‡ | ||||||||
Delaware | 40 | 7:40 | 32.5 | 49.2 | 18.3 | # | # | ||||||||
District of Columbia | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ||||||||
Florida | 630 | 8:50 | # | 16.7 | ! | ‡ | 21.2 | ! | 53.1 | ||||||
Georgia | 450 | 8:14 | # | 34.8 | 28.5 | 24.9 | 11.8 | ||||||||
Hawaii | ‡ | 7:56 | # | 86.8 | ! | ‡ | # | # | |||||||
Idaho | 90 | ! | 8:06 | # | 26.0 | ! | 60.5 | 13.4 | ! | # | |||||
Illinois | 630 | 8:14 | # | 24.6 | 45.1 | 24.4 | ‡ | ||||||||
Indiana | 290 | 7:58 | ‡ | 48.8 | 35.0 | 7.6 | ! | ‡ | |||||||
Iowa | 190 | 8:11 | # | 13.6 | ! | 75.9 | 10.5 | ! | # | ||||||
Kansas | 200 | 8:01 | # | 37.0 | 61.2 | ‡ | # | ||||||||
Kentucky | 220 | 8:07 | ‡ | 36.5 | 42.3 | 14.6 | ! | 4.4 | ! | ||||||
Louisiana | 230 | 7:37 | 35.5 | 53.3 | 5.9 | ! | ‡ | # | |||||||
Maine | 90 | 7:46 | 14.3 | 60.6 | 19.9 | ‡ | # | ||||||||
Maryland | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ||||||||
Massachusetts | 280 | 7:52 | ‡ | 59.9 | 33.2 | 4.7 | ! | # | |||||||
Michigan | 510 | 7:56 | ‡ | 47.4 | 42.4 | ‡ | # | ||||||||
Minnesota | 200 | 8:11 | ‡ | 34.4 | 45.3 | ‡ | ‡ | ||||||||
Mississippi | 180 | 7:44 | 22 | ! | 54.6 | 23.4 | # | # | |||||||
Missouri | 290 | 7:50 | ‡ | 53.1 | 35.6 | ‡ | # | ||||||||
Montana | 50 | 8:15 | # | ‡ | 79.9 | ‡ | # | ||||||||
Nebraska | 80 | 8:05 | # | 12.6 | 84.8 | ‡ | # | ||||||||
Nevada | 90 | 8:05 | ‡ | 37.6 | ! | 25.6 | ! | ‡ | 19.4 | ! | |||||
New Hampshire | 70 | 7:56 | ‡ | 52.3 | 30.7 | ! | ‡ | # | |||||||
New Jersey | 370 | 8:05 | ‡ | 24.5 | 62.5 | ‡ | # | ||||||||
New Mexico | 120 | 8:13 | # | 26.1 | 48.8 | 12.2 | ! | 12.9 | ! | ||||||
New York | 750 | 8:00 | ‡ | 36.4 | 41.9 | 12.7 | ! | ‡ | |||||||
North Carolina | 480 | 7:58 | ‡ | 43.2 | 38.9 | 7.8 | ! | ‡ | |||||||
North Dakota | 20 | 8:30 | # | ‡ | ‡ | 78.9 | # | ||||||||
Ohio | 630 | 7:50 | 13.8 | 50.1 | 20.1 | 13.3 | ! | ‡ | |||||||
Oklahoma | 200 | 8:11 | # | 20.0 | ! | 69.4 | 10.6 | ! | # | ||||||
Oregon | 180 | 8:17 | # | 25.1 | ! | 38.6 | 17.2 | ! | 19.1 | ||||||
Pennsylvania | 480 | 7:51 | 13.2 | ! | 45.1 | 40.1 | ‡ | # | |||||||
Rhode Island | 50 | 7:52 | 15.5 | ! | 35.4 | ! | 43.9 | ‡ | # | ||||||
South Carolina | 240 | 7:59 | # | 47.0 | 48.0 | ‡ | # | ||||||||
South Dakota | 40 | 8:16 | # | ‡ | 72.7 | ‡ | 12.0 | ! | |||||||
Tennessee | 300 | 7:56 | 15.2 | ! | 33.4 | 37.8 | 13.5 | ! | # | ||||||
Texas | 1,570 | 8:05 | ‡ | 28.6 | 48.7 | 16.6 | 3.3 | ! | |||||||
Utah | 50 | 8:01 | # | 45.9 | 43.7 | ‡ | ‡ | ||||||||
Vermont | 20 | 8:05 | # | 33.8 | ! | 49.3 | 16.9 | ! | # | ||||||
Virginia | 340 | 8:11 | ‡ | 19.6 | ! | 48.0 | 24.3 | ‡ | |||||||
Washington | 310 | 8:12 | # | 20.7 | 50.4 | 23.9 | ‡ | ||||||||
West Virginia | 120 | 7:58 | 7.2 | 40.8 | 41.5 | 10.5 | # | ||||||||
Wisconsin | 310 | 7:49 | ‡ | 72.6 | 24.4 | ‡ | # | ||||||||
Wyoming | 40 | 8:02 | # | 31.5 | 68.5 | # | # | ||||||||
# Round 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 In 2011–12, all public middle schools reported AM start times. | |||||||||||||||
NOTE: Middle schools include any schools that have no grade lower than 5 and no grade higher than 8. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding and because some data not shown. | |||||||||||||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Data File," 2011–12. |
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