Homework is one of the most frustrating parts of school for many people. The rise of essay writing services and homework help sites can attest to this. Although homework is pretty much a constant in every state, that doesn’t mean it’s exactly the same in every state. In fact, it’s very common for people to have less homework solely based on the state in which they live. Which states have the most homework? Here’s a bit of information about how your homework may change based on your state. (Xanax)
Elementary and Middle School
Most elementary and middle schoolers don’t have a lot of homework to do. However, some elementary and middle schoolers do end up with quite a hefty amount of homework: nearly an hour per night in these high-homework states.
- California: 56 minutes
- Maine: 55.7 minutes
- Louisiana: 54 minutes
- New Mexico: 54 minutes
- Washington: 53.1 minutes
All the way at the bottom, on the other hand, many elementary and middle schoolers actually end up with around half that number. These five low-homework states showcase that discrepancy well.
- Rhode Island: 30 minutes
- Kansas: 30 minutes
- Nevada: 30 minutes
- Oregon: 33 minutes
- Arkansas: 34.3 minutes
High School
High school is when homework tends to be the most brutal. That’s because high schoolers are still going to class every day, developing extracurricular interests, trying to maintain a social life, and still receiving a lot of homework. That’s especially difficult for students in these high-homework states.
- Vermont: 110 minutes
- Maine: 107.2 minutes
- West Virginia: 102 minutes
- Louisiana: 102 minutes
- Connecticut: 93 minutes
Even on the low end, high schoolers still have at least an hour of homework every night on average. These five states are the lowest in the nation on average, but still assign quite a bit of homework.
- Kansas: 60 minutes
- Rhode Island: 60 minutes
- Utah: 60 minutes
- Iowa: 62.3 minutes
- Oklahoma: 63.8 minutes
College
In college, most courses have less classwork and more homework. After all, college students are starting to develop their independence and create a life map for the future — it makes sense that professors would try to nurture that with more self-driven homework. These high-homework colleges peak at over two hours daily.
- Idaho: 141.3 minutes
- Oregon: 140 minutes
- Nebraska: 135 minutes
- Wisconsin: 135 minutes
- Kentucky: 134.3 minutes
On the other hand, it’s clear that not all states require this much homework out of their students. On the low end of the spectrum, these low-homework colleges don’t even peak at 100 minutes per night.
- Delaware: 85 minutes
- Hawaii: 88 minutes
- New York: 90 minutes
- Rhode Island: 90 minutes
- Indiana: 94 minutes
Time-Tested Ways to Better Your Grades
With all of this, it would seem like homework is clearly the best way to make your grades better. After all, why would schools and colleges assign so much of it if it didn’t do anything?
That’s an enduring question, and it’s one that test scores don’t answer. On a state-to-state basis, higher amounts of homework don’t seem to correlate with GPA or SAT scores, implying that maybe homework doesn’t play as big of a part as teachers and parents may think.
So, what’s the best way to actually make your grades higher? One of the most effective and actually useful ways is through tutoring or online resources. Tutoring may help up to 24% of people improve their grades by at least one letter, and over 90% of OneClass users improved their grades by the same amount. Efficient and personalized learning, it turns out, seems to be the answer.
