Characteristic

Number of students in kindergarten through grade 12 (thousands) 52,211 40,097 7,448 3,271 788

Student does homework outside of school

Place in home is set aside for homework

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

96
60000 50000 40000 30000

86 86 88 85 83

97 94 97 85

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

20000 10000 0

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

Student's grade level8 Kindergarten 2nd grade 3rd 5th grade 6th 8th grade 9th 12th grade Parents' highest education level 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

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

94 98 97 95

87 89 86 82

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 Adult in household always checks that homework is 65 64 done

Place in home is set aside for homework

73 Place in home is set aside 79 71 for homework 43

Place in home is set aside for homework

68 65 72 67

68 66

65 71 69 65 70

94 85 58 34

67 65 69 67 66

67 70 66

72 66