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Statistics on the average school start time per state in the U.S.

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What time does school start for your children? Many students (and parents and teachers!) would agree that school start times are not ideal. In America, the average school start times are notoriously early - the average school start time in the United States is 8:03 a.m. In 42 U.S. states, 75% to 100% of public schools start before 8:30 a.m., which is the CDC-recommended start time.

What State Has the Earliest School Start Times?

For both middle school start times and high school start times, Louisiana is the earliest state, at 7:37 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. respectively. The earliest elementary school start time is in Mississippi, at 7:40 a.m.!

The team at AAA State of Play has conducted an analysis of school start times in the United States to shed light on where students are rising the earliest and latest. Check it out:
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Here are the top five states with the earliest elementary school start times:

Here are the top five states with the earliest middle school start times:

Here are the top five states with the earliest high school start times:

Why do American schools start so early? And why does school start at 7 a.m.? These are common questions surrounding the extreme school start times in the United States. The main contributor to early school start times is busing. Many school districts use the same fleet of buses to pick up and drop off students across all grades, which creates the need to stagger the school schedules, often pushing average high school start times to early hours.

Absolutely. More than 2 out of 3 high school-aged adolescents do not get enough sleep, and the problem is escalating.

What Percentages of Students Are Sleep-Deprived Overall?

A study by the National Sleep Foundation found that 87% of high school students and 59% of middle school students get less than the recommended amount of sleep daily on school nights.

There are many advocates for later school starting times, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which points out that better health is one of the biggest benefits of later school start times. According to the CDC, a lack of sleep is associated with several health risks, including weight gain, drinking alcohol, smoking, using drugs, and poor academic performance.

Furthermore, the American Academy of Pediatrics has issued a recommendation that middle and high school students should start school at 8:30 a.m. at the earliest to give them enough time for rest. This opinion states that insufficient sleep is a significant public health issue that can severely impact the health, safety, and academic success of students. Optimal levels of sleep can protect physical health and mental health (such as by lowering rates of depression), reduce unsafe behaviors (drowsy driving), boost academic performance, and improve overall quality of life.

Another neuroscience study has concluded that a 10 a.m. school start time improved the overall health and performance of students aged 13-16, leading to higher student attendance, better test scores, and improved sleep quality and duration.

What about the benefits of early school start times? One of the biggest concerns about shifting school start times is conflict with parent work schedules. If school were to start around 9 a.m., many parents and caregivers would struggle to balance preparing their child for school and getting them there with getting themselves to work on time. Transportation logistics is another issue: Many school districts use the same buses for all grades, creating a need for staggering the pick-up and drop-off schedules. Extracurricular activities may also suffer from later school start times - if school ends later, extracurricular activities such as sports and clubs would end later, too, cutting into time that could be spent studying, doing homework, and socializing.

Here is some additional reading about early school start times' pros and cons:

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As schools across the country continue to struggle with the academic and mental wellness fallout of the pandemic, many educators and district administrators are rethinking some of the mainstays that have defined public schools for decades, including homework, technology, and the length of the school day and week.

One potential change that generated momentum even before the pandemic is later school start times. According to the most recent federal data (2017-18), U.S. public high schools began their day at 8:00 a.m., on average. Forty-two percent of schools started earlier, including 10 percent-predominantly suburban schools-before 7:30 a.m.

These start times are too early, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Middle and high schools should start at 8:30 a.m. or later to give students the opportunity to get the sleep they need.

Over the past decade, a consensus formed among researchers that later school times would benefit student sleep patterns, which would enable them to walk into class more alert and more prepared for learning. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommends teenagers, ages 13 to 18, should regularly sleep 8 to 10 hours per night for good health. Students without enough sleep are more likely to suffer from symptoms of depression, perform poorly in school, and not engage in daily physical activity.

Proponents believe the post-COVID school climate makes a shift to later school start times even more urgent. With stress and mental health challenges on the rise, later start times are seen as a relatively pain-free step in making schools healthier and happier places for students.

Still, later school start times can have ripple effects in school districts and the impact will not be felt equally by all students, families, and educators. Addressing these potential drawbacks and listening to all stakeholders is critical, experts say, before districts take this step.

What the Research Says

The existing research makes a compelling case that changing school start times can encourage healthier sleep. A 2018 study that looked at two public schools in Seattle found that students' sleep increased an average of 34 minutes each night after start times were moved nearly an hour later.

Students' academic performance, at least in the biology course that was the focus of the study, also improved. Among students whose start times were delayed, final grades were 4.5 percent higher, compared with students who took the class when school started earlier.

"School start time has serious implications for how students learn and perform in their education....To ask a teen to be up and alert at 7:30 a.m. is like asking an adult to be active and alert at 5:30 a.m.," said Horacio de la Iglesia, who co-authored the study. "Adolescents are on one schedule. The question is: What schedule will their schools be on?"

Another recent study painted a more modest picture of the academic benefits. In 2021, researchers at the University of Minnesota looked at 18,000 students in grades 5 through 11 after four school districts postponed the start of their school day by 20 to 65 minutes. Students' grade point averages increased by a modest 0.1 points, on average. While the researchers categorized the sleep benefits as "large," the academic improvements were considered "small."

But what do we know about the effect of later start times on educators? In 2022, researchers found that middle and high school teachers at a suburban school district in Colorado felt less stressed and more rested three years after the high schools started 70 minutes later and the middle school began 40-60 minutes later.

"Later secondary school start times is a significant policy shift that not only improves the health and well-being of adolescents, but can also equalize healthy sleep duration for all K-12 teachers," the researchers concluded.

Early Starts Show No Impact on Elementary Students

Like the Colorado district evaluated by this study, districts may need to move elementary school start times earlier to accommodate later times among middle and especially high schools. Staggering these start times can alleviate the potential logistical complications of this transition-particularly in areas where the number of school buses is limited.

Later start time initiatives focus on middle and high school students because that is the age group more susceptible to the ill effects of inadequate sleep. A study released in October by the American Educational Research Association found that early school start times do not have a discernible negative impact on elementary school students.

"We found earlier start times for elementary schoolers do not have the same negative effects as they do for middle and high schoolers," said study co-author Sarah Crittenden Fuller, an associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "Moving elementary schools to earlier start times is unlikely to harm the educational outcomes of these younger students." (Similarly, the study in Colorado on teacher impact reported no ill effects on elementary educators after their schools implemented an earlier start time.)

Fuller and her colleagues also noted that school start times have the largest impact on traditionally disadvantaged groups and that those groups are most likely to be affected by the disruption of a later start time.

"To the extent that districts can change start times to bring middle and high school start times in line with the science on adolescent sleep, this may help close achievement gaps," said Fuller. "In addition, traditionally disadvantaged groups may benefit most from supports that schools and districts can provide to address disruptions in childcare and transportation created by a change in start times."

Not for Every Student and Family

Those potential disruptions will be monitored in California, where in 2019 lawmakers passed a law mandating districts not begin public high school any earlier than 8:30 a.m. and middle school earlier than 8 a.m. The law went into effect in September, affecting roughly 3 million students.

Later start time advocates praised the law as a huge step forward for students and predicted it would motivate other states to follow suit.

Indeed, other large states have proposals that duplicate, even exceed, the reach of the California law, including Massachusetts, New York, and New Jersey. New York's bill, for example, would mandate that no school can start earlier than 8:30 am.

Despite the widespread popularity of the idea of later school start times, the California law is controversial.

Many educators, district leaders, and parents believe the shift will present significant operational and logistical challenges, complicate the scheduling of after-school extra-curricular activities, and disrupt the schedules of working parents. Both the California Teachers Association (CTA) and the California Schools Board Association opposed the measure on these grounds, also citing the erosion of local control and a failure to respect parental decisions and community input.

When the bill was being debated in 2019, CTA called attention to the challenges facing low-income families with less workplace flexibility. "We know from experience that many of these parents will drop their children off at school at the same time they do now, regardless of whether there is supervision, and there is not enough funding from the state for before school programs to ensure the safety of students who will be dropped off early," CTA spokeswoman Claudia Briggs told the Los Angeles Times.

"Traditionally disadvantaged groups may benefit most from supports that schools and districts can provide to address disruptions in childcare and transportation created by a change in start times."

Sarah Crittenden Fuller, University of North Carolina

Adriana Aguilar, a parent of two and a resource teacher in the San Ysidro school district near San Diego, has had to adjust her morning and afternoon schedule but, thanks to the support of her husband and family, is managing. She worries that many other parents may not have the same flexibility.

"This new time may benefit teenagers, but it does not accommodate the lifestyles of single-parent families, families with multiple children who attend different schools, and families where both parents work," she told the San Diego Tribune in August. At her school, Aguilar says the later dismissal times also affects students who participate in sports and other after-school activities.

Overall, she says the move to later start times is well-intentioned but, in her experience, student schedules/activities, and lack of proper nutrition play just a big a role in inadequate sleep.

"Until these topics are addressed, teens will continue to be unfocused and fatigued regardless of school start time."

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The school schedule has long been a bone of contention for just about everyone involved in education - from teachers to parents to administrators. Do kids have to get up too early? Are there enough academic hours to cover all the material kids need to learn in a school year? And are school hours really designed to support families?

Currently, school schedules vary wildly from state to state and district to district. Kids don't even attend the same number of school days a year. Oregon kids, for example, spend 172 days in school and average 6.57 hours in school per day, according to National Center for Education Statistics data. On the high end - day-wise at least - Georgia students spend 181 days in school, averaging 6.79 hours per day while Florida students spend an average of 184 days in school. And of course, there are the schools offering year-round school schedules and four-day school weeks.

Put it all together, and it's ... a lot. So when the pandemic threw a monkey wrench into it all, we decided to sit down and take a look at what school hours actually look like around the world to see - is there something we can learn from the school schedules in other countries?

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School Hours Around the World

Finland School Hours

Finland's education is ranked among the best in the world at number three, so starting with Finland's school schedule is a no-brainer. Typically, the Finnish school day starts anywhere from 9 to 9:45 a.m., and students typically spend only about five hours a day in the classroom. What's more, Finnish students typically have little to no homework. As for teachers? Finland's educators spend significantly less time in the school building than their American counterparts, and they're required to obtain a master's degree, with tuition covered by the government.

Australia School Hours

With a school year that runs from late January to December - after all, the continent experiences winter and summer at opposite times of the year from the United States - Australian children have a markedly different school schedule from American kids. School days in Australia typically run Monday to Friday, and they usually from 8:30. to 9 a.m. until 3 to 3:30 p.m., but the land down under has been debating a change in the school hours for a while now.

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Brazil School Hours

Brazilian students are required to spend 200 days at school, according to information from the National Education Bases and Guidelines Law of Brazilian Education, with July off and typically some time out of school for Carnival and the government-mandated school holiday, Recesso Escolar, which happens at the end of the year. And yet many children only attend school for four hours per day, attending either a morning or afternoon shift. Teachers in those areas often take on double jobs to receive a full-time paycheck. School is only required for kids from age 7 to 14.

Italy School Hours

Compulsory education in Italy starts at age 6 and lasts till age 16, where school typically lasts from around 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., including five hours of academics and a lunch break. The school days may be shorter, but Italian children typically attend a full day of school on Saturdays!

China School Hours

China is well known for its rigorous education system, but like many large countries, its school schedule varies depending on where students live. In large cities like Shanghai, for example, Chinese students spend 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at school with an hour and a half for lunch, but in other areas, kids get to head home for nap time at lunch! The school day tends to be extended for secondary students, and many spend additional hours in academic-related pursuits outside of school, such as math Olympiad or English classes.

Russia School Hours

Russian kids spend about half the amount of time in school than American kids do with the Pew Research Center estimating Russian primary school students spend 470 hours in the classroom during the school year, compared to the 990 hours required in 35 American states. Russian school schedules extend from Monday to Friday in most places, with kids typically attending from about 8 a.m. to 1 or 2 p.m.

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Chile School Hours

The honor for "most time spent in school for elementary students" belongs to Chile, where data compiled by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development shows young kids spend 1,007 hours in school every year. With a school year that typically kicks off in March and extends to December, Chilean school schedules often run from 8 a.m.to 2 p.m or 4 p.m., depending on the area and grade levels. Like Australia, this southern hemisphere country offers its winter break in what American kids consider summer.

Kenya School Hours

Ranked among the top of African countries in terms of education, Kenya typically educates its kids between the hours of 8 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. with an extra hour and 15 minutes afterward for games and clubs. Primary education became free in the nation in 2003, boosting attendance by a whopping 40 percent! Secondary schooling is also free.

France School Hours

Love Paris in the springtime or the fall? There are plenty of reasons for French kids to love it - many French kids get half a day on Wednesdays off for a nice break in their school schedule. Then again, French kids are required to attend school from age 3 to 16 with attendance at French preschools or écoles maternelles free and mandatory. French schools also tend to have large class sizes, with a norm of just one teacher in a classroom of 30 kids, and some schools may swap in a Saturday school day.

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School Hours Around the World: Who Has the Longest or Shortest Day?

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Many attempts have been made to switch school start times to later hours. High schools in the U.S. generally start at 8 a.m. if not earlier. Considering commute and morning preparations, students are rising long before dawn to spend six to eight hours of dealing with academic and other school activities. The National Sleep Foundation recommends at least nine hours of sleep for teens, but they get much less than that because they are required to wake up early on school days.

Advantages of Later Start Times

1. Teenagers need at least 8.5 to 9.25 hours of sleep based on their biological clocks.

Sleep deprivation affects physical and mental performance because the body's peak ability depends on its circadian rhythm. Several studies show that high school students are among the most sleep-deprived groups due to a combination of academic workload, sports, extra-curricular activities and starting their day too early. A study conducted jointly by Harvard and Oxford found recommended that school districts adjust schedules to match the biological wake-up times of each age group. At 16, this is around 10 a.m.; at 18, 11 a.m. is the optimum wake-up time.

2. Schools with later start times showed significant improvements in school performance.

School districts that experimented with later start times found that students coped with academic workloads much better. A study that included 9,000 high school students conducted by the University of Minnesota found that grades, test scores and overall performance in core subjects advanced significantly when school start times were switched to later hours.

3. Later start times reduced tardiness, truancy and dropout rates.

The same study cited above also found that starting the school day at a later time improved school attendance. When students slept adequately, they were less sluggish in the morning and more enthusiastic about going to school.

4. Later start times enhanced all-day focus, improved mood and boosted sports performance.

Getting adequate sleep and adjusting school schedules to coincide with the natural sleep patterns of teens improved mood and attitude. Students were less likely to report depressive conditions. Physical performance in sports was boosted when students had enough sleep and sleep schedules coincided with biological sleep patterns.

5. Starting school later gave students time to eat a healthy breakfast.

Given reasonable bell times, students can have the time to sit down for breakfast. This means having healthier breakfast choices than prepackaged foods developed for on- the-go eating.

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Disadvantages of Starting Late

1. School districts will face administrative and operational pressures.

School scheduling is a delicate balance of resource allocation. Administrators deploy staggered school start times to allocate limited resources and to operate efficiently within their budgets. Adjusting bell times for high school students means that buses can't be rotated for different pick-up schedules. Overcrowded schools cannot stagger bell times to accommodate more classes to meet class size limits.

2. It becomes difficult to schedule sports practice and extra-curricular activities.

It is difficult to squeeze academic schedules, sports events and extra-curricular activities into available daytime hours if schools started later .

3. A late start time will disrupt parents' schedules.

In households where adults work traditional hours, adjusting the first bell schedule to the recommended 10 a.m. start time will disrupt the household's schedule. Students who have no bus service may have problems getting to and from school.

4. Starting later in the day will affect time available for after-school tutoring.
Students who receive extra services such as one-on-one tutoring and other after-school support may find limited resources as tutors and volunteers may not have the ability to adjust their schedules.

5. Students and their families are already conditioned for early bell.

After several years of being in the school system, family schedules have been set up to revolve around school schedules. Making a major switch to later start times may pose a challenge for working parents who would have to deal with additional costs of before and after-school care and transportation.

Adjusting school schedules is a controversial issue because there are various considerations, all legitimate, that come into play. School districts that have experimented with adjusted schedules have found beneficial effects for students. However, making a massive change may be challenging in the face of limited school budgets and resources.

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When schools alter bell schedules, they don't just change when students arrive at school, switch classes, eat lunch and head home for the day. Instead, changing bell times affect students, parents and guardians, teachers, and transportation providers in a variety of ways.

In this article, we'll examine the impact that changing bell times are having on school transportation operations. We'll also highlight some best practices and solutions that can help to mitigate some of the downsides of modified school schedules.

Understanding the basics of changing bell schedules

Bell schedules don't just affect students. Communities and cities - and entire economies - are built around students attending school at certain times. Workdays for many parents and guardians, for instance, begin after the school day commences.

But that's only the beginning of the ongoing balancing act between school districts, businesses, parents/guardians and other organizations involved in supporting the needs of students, including social service agencies and nonprofit organizations.

If schools for different age groups were to start at the same time, it would be nearly impossible to get all children to school on time. On the other hand, staggered school start times present a whole other set of complications.

Adjustments to school start times also affect students' abilities to get to extracurricular activities and appointments, including those outlined by individualized education programs (IEPs).

Why are school districts changing bell times?

School bell schedules are changing for a variety of reasons. Pressure from the community, legislation and the ongoing bus driver shortage are all contributing factors.

Many school districts are staggering bus schedules in an effort to get more children to school using the too-few school bus drivers they have on staff. The hope? That by tinkering with bell schedules, they can get the same number of students to the same number of schools without reducing routes.

When it comes to changing school schedules, however, too-early start times are considered problematic. Studies show that when students start school earlier, they miss out on the sleep they need. This is especially relevant for high school students. In fact, The American Academy of Pediatrics has deemed insufficient sleep in adolescents to be a public health issue , and has recommended that middle and high schools start the school day no earlier than 8:30 a.m.

In California, school districts started the 2022-2023 school year with mandated later school start times thanks to Senate Bill No. 328, which was passed in 2019 (and which districts had three years to implement). Districts and students are already well aware of the challenges these changes present. In an article published by EdSource , older students report that later school start times have made it impossible for them to arrive on time for and maintain part-time, after-school jobs.

But that's not the only concern. When schools push start times later, parents and guardians who previously transported their children to school may no longer be able to do so. If bell schedules no longer align with workdays, families who weren't doing so before may now have to rely on the already overwhelmed school bus system to get their kids to and from school.

Most school districts cannot accommodate an increased demand for school buses. Districts are already doing everything they can to alleviate the bus driver shortage. But with the most populous school districts needing to get so many students to school, these districts may ask bus drivers to drive more than one route each morning - even to the same school.

The results of changing bell times

Though the intentions behind the newly implemented bill in California were undoubtedly good, the results thus far have been mixed. The opportunity to start the school day later is greatly appreciated by some students; others, however, indicate that later school start times have caused conflicts with their extracurricular activities and transportation .

Some detractors believe that pushing school start times back will lead to students settling down to do their homework later each day, which could mean that the promise of "more sleep" won't materialize.

Though the school day may be starting later, the length of it isn't likely to diminish, which means students are still likely to be stretched thin - and short on sleep.

Changing bell schedules affect vulnerable students the most

Unfortunately, the fallout of shifting school schedules will likely affect vulnerable students the most. That's because changing bell schedules directly impact the accessibility and availability of school transportation. And school transportation challenges almost always disproportionately impact students who are already experiencing educational inequities.

All students deserve a safe, reliable way to get to and from school. Study after study confirms that when students get to school quickly and without unnecessary stress , they're more likely to stay enrolled at their school of origin and graduate. By adding additional logistical challenges to an already overburdened transportation system, changing bell times are likely to negatively impact the students who require the most assistance.

Without parents who have flexible work schedules, access to resources like carpooling, or the ability to walk or bike to school safely, these students may struggle to get to school regularly. Studies show that chronic absenteeism - which is already a top concern for students in vulnerable groups - leads to learning loss that can be difficult to reverse.

This doesn't mean that changing bell schedules are inherently bad. Most communities, legislators and school districts that implement them have done so thoughtfully - and with awareness of the complications that are sure to accompany these changes.

Still, school districts must create actionable, realistic plans to ensure their most at-risk students do not incur yet another roadblock to educational equity.

Changing bell times: best practices

Make sure all students have access to reliable transportation

There is no one solution that will solve every issue that arises, or is amplified by, changing school start times. But there is one main thing school districts can and should do when altering school schedules: Verify that every student has a way to get to and from school safely, and on time, every day.

Consider partnering with alternative school transportation providers

Innovative school transportation solutions like HopSkipDrive - which supplements the traditional yellow bus model - can be a cost-effective, safe and efficient option for school districts looking to solve a variety of transportation challenges .

Keep a close eye on chronically absent students

When making transportation arrangements for students that are impacted by changing bell times, school districts can also keep an eye out not only for students who are missing too many school days but also for those who may be at risk of becoming chronically absent. Remember: The best way to prevent chronic absenteeism is to anticipate it.

Take advantage of all available resources

There are also, of course, resources - including federal funding - earmarked for certain students, including those experiencing homelessness . School districts should ensure they know how to access these funds and arrange the transportation these students need swiftly. Early intervention can help get students to school every day and keep them where they belong: in the classroom.

No matter when the school bell rings, one thing's for sure: Every student deserves equitable access to education. Reliable transportation is one way to help ensure that all students are able to show up and take advantage of the education and extracurricular activities that are available to them in their community.

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Many medical professionals and parents believe that starting school so early in the day has negative consequences for children and families, while others maintain that the school day is fine the way it is. The Onion examines the pros and cons of delaying school start time.

PRO

7:30 a.m. is early as fuck.

Give those sniveling overachievers anxiety that they should be doing extracurricular activities in morning.

Extra time to get high before class.

Full night's sleep can help teens better concentrate on the utter hell that is being a young adult.

CON

Need to come up with new excuses for still being late.

Would be unfair to past generations if current students didn't suffer.

Parents forced to realize that poor sleep isn't the reason their kid sucks at school.

Well-rested, clear-minded kids could easily organize and turn against us.

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Pros And Cons Of Delaying School Start Time

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Many medical professionals and parents believe that starting school so early in the day has negative consequences for children and families, while others maintain that the school day is fine the way it is. The Onion examines the pros and cons of delaying school start time.