We realized that we needed to find out if this was truly a problem in our high school. This was when we thought of creating a survey. Here we have the data from nearly 336 students that have taken our survey and the number continues to rise. We have gotten responses from all grades, including about a 125 freshman, 90 sophomores, 70 juniors and around 50 seniors. This survey as you can see, not only asks if students feel sleep deprived, but depicts how healthy their sleep patterns are.
As the surveys show, nearly 80% of the students that participated in this survey feel sleep deprived. Nearly 80% of our student body feel that they need more sleep than they get and of the remaining 20% of students, 12% of those students report that only sometimes do they meet their sleep goals. It is intolerable that 90% of students do not consistently get enough sleep and the solution is moving back school start times. Not only do 90% of students feel sleep deprived, 87% of students report that they would support schools start times being moved back to 8:30.
The recommended amount of nightly sleep is about 8 hours, yet only 12.8% of Radnor students report getting 8 or more hours of sleep on school nights. This means that 87% of students fail to meet basic sleep requirements. 87%! That means that if you ask ten students in the hall how much sleep they got last night, only one will say eight or more hours.
Many people hear facts about Teens sleep deprivation and say, “but that doesn’t happen in Radnor.” Well the polls are in and 90% of students would disagree.
Another common part of not getting enough sleep during the week includes trying to “catch up” on sleep over the weekend. While this idea seems sane, it actually is very unhealthy for the body to go from not enough sleep to too much sleep. And while it is understandable to be very tired and decide to sleep in and get 9 hours of sleep a night, most students end up binge sleeping on the weekends. 48% of students get 10 or more hours of sleep each night on the weekend while only .9% have reported getting 10 or more hours of sleep on a school night. There is an unhealthy spike of almost 50% of binge sleeping students, a practice that leads to consequences including obesity.
As the surveys show, nearly 80% of the students that participated in this survey feel sleep deprived. Nearly 80% of our student body feel that they need more sleep than they get and of the remaining 20% of students, 12% of those students report that only sometimes do they meet their sleep goals. It is intolerable that 90% of students do not consistently get enough sleep and the solution is moving back school start times. Not only do 90% of students feel sleep deprived, 87% of students report that they would support schools start times being moved back to 8:30.
The recommended amount of nightly sleep is about 8 hours, yet only 12.8% of Radnor students report getting 8 or more hours of sleep on school nights. This means that 87% of students fail to meet basic sleep requirements. 87%! That means that if you ask ten students in the hall how much sleep they got last night, only one will say eight or more hours.
Many people hear facts about Teens sleep deprivation and say, “but that doesn’t happen in Radnor.” Well the polls are in and 90% of students would disagree.
Another common part of not getting enough sleep during the week includes trying to “catch up” on sleep over the weekend. While this idea seems sane, it actually is very unhealthy for the body to go from not enough sleep to too much sleep. And while it is understandable to be very tired and decide to sleep in and get 9 hours of sleep a night, most students end up binge sleeping on the weekends. 48% of students get 10 or more hours of sleep each night on the weekend while only .9% have reported getting 10 or more hours of sleep on a school night. There is an unhealthy spike of almost 50% of binge sleeping students, a practice that leads to consequences including obesity.
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Radnor Sleep on Weekends
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If school start times were pushed back...
"I would be less tired, less stressed, more focused, more motivated" - 11th grader
"It would allow me to get an extra hour of sleep in before school starts after a long night of studying and sports." - 10th grader
"It would allow me to get an extra hour of sleep in before school starts after a long night of studying and sports." - 10th grader
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"(It would help ) Lots. It would be very helpful and I feel that more students would be on time for school and come to school." - 11th grader "Juggling sports with homework and living would become (easier) because i could work as late as i need to and still get enough sleep" 12th grader |
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"I would be able to get more sleep or finish assignments in the morning, which would mean I wouldn't have to stay until 2 in the morning working on homework. " - 11th grader
"I would feel much more well-rested and alert during school." - 11th grader
