Characteristic

Number of students
in kindergarten through
grade 12 (thousands)
52,211

Total
School type4
Public, assigned
Public, chosen
Private, religious
Private, nonreligious
School size5
Under 300
300
599
600
999
1,000 or more
Locale of student's household6
City
Suburban
Town
Rural
Student's sex
Male
Female
Student's race/ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic
Black, non-Hispanic
Hispanic
Asian or Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic
Other, non-Hispanic7
Student's grade level8
Kindergarten
2nd grade
3rd
5th grade
6th
8th grade
9th
12th grade
Parents' highest education level

Student does homework

outside of school

Place in home is
set aside for homework

96

86

40,097
7,448
3,271
788

97
94
97
85

86
88
85
83

5,878
17,361
15,655
13,068

93
96
97
97

84
87
87
84

15,413
19,718
4,875
12,206

96
97
97
95

87
87
82
84

26,964
25,247

95
97

87
85

26,938
7,466
12,110
2,871
2,827

95
96
97
98
96

85
89
84
91
87

13,610
12,243
11,717
14,642

94
98
97
95

87
89
86
82

Less than high school

High school graduate or equivalent
Vocational/technical or some college
Bachelor's degree
Graduate or professional school
Parents' language at home9
Both/only parent(s) speak(s) English
One of two parents speaks English
No parent speaks English
Poverty status10
Poor
Nonpoor

6,335
10,571
15,810
11,839
7,656

94
95
96
97
97

83
86
87
85
86

44,525
1,856
5,830

96
95
97

86
87
82

10,333
41,878

94
96

84
86

Adult in household always

checks that homework is done
67
67
69
65
64
73
79
71
43
68
65
72
67
68
66
65
71
69
65
70
94
85
58
34

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65
69
67
66
67
70
66
72
66