Students Enrolled in Late-Start-Time Districts Report Higher Academic Achievement and Sleeping More

• In Event: Organizational Effects Examining Academic Achievement and Student Support

Abstract

Later or delayed school start times have been widely investigated in the past few decades given their promising physical and mental health outcomes. However, robust research investigations regarding later school start times and their associations with academic outcomes are minimal in number. In this study, the association between school start times and academic outcomes as well as whether students obtained the recommended hours of sleep were examined. Multiple regression results from a sample of students from grades 5, 8, 9, and 11 (n = 38,019) from the Minnesota Student Survey 2016 and 2019 administrations show that later school start times are positively associated with higher grade point averages and higher proportions of students getting the recommended amount of hours of sleep.

Authors

• Julio Caesar, Bloomington Public Schools

• Rik Lamm, Bloomington Public Schools

• Michael C. Rodriguez, University of Minnesota

• David J. Heistad, Bloomington Public Schools