Student does homework outside of school1

Characteristic
Total

Number of students in
kindergarten through grade 12
(thousands)

Student does
homework outside of
school

Place in home is set

aside for homework2

Adult in household always

checks that homework is
done3

52,211

96

86

67

School type4
Public, assigned

40,097

97

86

67

Public, chosen

7,448

94

88

69

Private, religious

3,271

97

85

65

788

85

83

64

Under 300

5,878

93

84

73

300599

17,361

96

87

79

600999

15,655

97

87

71

1,000 or more

13,068

97

84

43

City

15,413

96

87

68

Suburban

Private, nonreligious
School size5

Locale of student's
household6
19,718

97

87

65

Town

4,875

97

82

72

Rural

12,206

95

84

67

Male

26,964

95

87

68

Female

25,247

97

85

66

White, non-Hispanic

26,938

95

85

65

Black, non-Hispanic

7,466

96

89

71

12,110

97

84

69

Asian or Pacific Islander,

non-Hispanic

2,871

98

91

65

Other, non-Hispanic7

2,827

96

87

70

Kindergarten2nd grade

13,610

94

87

94

3rd5th grade

12,243

98

89

85

6th8th grade

11,717

97

86

58

9th12th grade

14,642

95

82

34

Student's sex

Student's race/ethnicity

Hispanic

Student's grade level8

Parents' highest education

level
Less than high school

6,335

94

83

67

High school graduate or

equivalent

10,571

95

86

65

Vocational/technical or
some college

15,810

96

87

69

Bachelor's degree

11,839

97

85

67

7,656

97

86

66

Graduate or professional
school
Parents' language at home9
Both/only parent(s)
speak(s) English

44,525

96

86

67

One of two parents speaks

English

1,856

95

87

70

No parent speaks English

5,830

97

82

66

Poor

10,333

94

84

72

Nonpoor

41,878

96

86

Poverty status10
66