High schools with the most to least hw/ after school life balance

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agreed. A lot of students who claim to be saddled with hours of homework per night likely didn't manage their time optimally during the school day.

Not all schools have free periods every day where you can just sit around and or work, in between classes, like Maret does.

[Anonymous]

It's going to depend on their courses.

My sons both are Honors/AP kids. Tracked from 9th.

It is much more work and time than their friends on their athletic teams that have mostly 'regular' level courses.

[Anonymous]

Block schedule for my DD has made a huge difference. Depending on her extracurricular schedule, one night she might do only 2 hours, but to make up for it, she might have done 4 hours the night before to get ahead. It helps to have each course every two days rather than every day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When we asked our school they said that there is so much flexibility in the afternoons with advisory and study hall that most students only end up with around 1hr of homework each night. Our student guide also confirmed the same.

At least at our school, the culture seemed to be that the students spend breaks/free periods completing work in study groups so that evenings are free for service and community related commitments

Homework done in advisory or study hall is still homework.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP here.

We're considering looking at the Field School for 9th grade in the 2025-26 academic year. How is the homework load there?

60 to 90 minutes seems pretty typical. Sometimes more and sometimes less. My kid can often complete work in class that might otherwise have been home at another school. Exhaustive homework assignments aren’t the key to getting into college, and it seems that The Field School understands that. Their website shows where last year’s graduating class went to college and it’s pretty impressive. 6 Ivies. 3 to Georgetown. 1 to Michigan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agreed. A lot of students who claim to be saddled with hours of homework per night likely didn't manage their time optimally during the school day.

Not all schools have free periods every day where you can just sit around and or work, in between classes, like Maret does.

Most schools I know have block schedules or study hall time built into a student's week.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ask the school what the expected homework load is; ours states it in the handbook. 10-15 hours per week for underclassmen and 15-20+ hours if you are an upperclassmen. (Expectation being that if you are in APs it will be 20+) Non big 3

APs get crazy. My daughter is taking 3 APs at NCS and easily has 4 hours of homework per evening. Many nights it is 5 hours.

I though they could only take 2 APs per semester?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:2-3 is normal for any high school.

the high school where you have less than 2 hours of work per night isn't a good school.

But those kids are getting into top colleges still. Look at their Instagram pages. It is quite surprising.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:2-3 is normal for any high school.

the high school where you have less than 2 hours of work per night isn't a good school.

But those kids are getting into top colleges still. Look at their Instagram pages. It is quite surprising.

Look at their instagram? Haaaahhhhahahahahaahaahaahahahaa!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:2-3 is normal for any high school.

the high school where you have less than 2 hours of work per night isn't a good school.

But those kids are getting into top colleges still. Look at their Instagram pages. It is quite surprising.

Look at their instagram? Haaaahhhhahahahahaahaahaahahahaa!

For their schools. Huh there is an entire thread listing all of the schools look at them they’re all going to the same schools as your kid that’s doing 4 to 5 hours of homework at night so the jokes actually on you and your poor kid. That’s the problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:2-3 is normal for any high school.

the high school where you have less than 2 hours of work per night isn't a good school.

But those kids are getting into top colleges still. Look at their Instagram pages. It is quite surprising.

What schools are giving less than 2 hours a night in honors/AP classes. I'll wait.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:2-3 is normal for any high school.

the high school where you have less than 2 hours of work per night isn't a good school.

But those kids are getting into top colleges still. Look at their Instagram pages. It is quite surprising.

Look at their instagram? Haaaahhhhahahahahaahaahaahahahaa!

For their schools. Huh there is an entire thread listing all of the schools look at them they’re all going to the same schools as your kid that’s doing 4 to 5 hours of homework at night so the jokes actually on you and your poor kid. That’s the problem.

Stop embarrassing yourself. Please.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:2-3 is normal for any high school.

the high school where you have less than 2 hours of work per night isn't a good school.

But those kids are getting into top colleges still. Look at their Instagram pages. It is quite surprising.

Look at their instagram? Haaaahhhhahahahahaahaahaahahahaa!

For their schools. Huh there is an entire thread listing all of the schools look at them they’re all going to the same schools as your kid that’s doing 4 to 5 hours of homework at night so the jokes actually on you and your poor kid. That’s the problem.

Well, I better tell all the top colleges that you have instagram proof.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:2-3 is normal for any high school.

the high school where you have less than 2 hours of work per night isn't a good school.

But those kids are getting into top colleges still. Look at their Instagram pages. It is quite surprising.

What schools are giving less than 2 hours a night in honors/AP classes. I'll wait.

That makes zero sense. No one is doing 2 hours per night per class plus their other classes. If they do sports that means they would be up until 1am.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP here.

We're considering looking at the Field School for 9th grade in the 2025-26 academic year. How is the homework load there?

60 to 90 minutes seems pretty typical. Sometimes more and sometimes less. My kid can often complete work in class that might otherwise have been home at another school. Exhaustive homework assignments aren’t the key to getting into college, and it seems that The Field School understands that. Their website shows where last year’s graduating class went to college and it’s pretty impressive. 6 Ivies. 3 to Georgetown. 1 to Michigan.

How large is the graduating class?