On school nights high school students get an average of 7.2 hours of sleep. The recommended number of hours is 8.5 to 9.5 hours.
Over a two-week period, 14% of high schoolers say they were late or missed a day of school completely because they overslept. During the same period, 28% admitted to falling asleep in school.
See more poll results at: http://www.sleepfoundation.org/hottopics/index.php?secid=16&id=392.
2006 Sleep in America Poll by the National Sleep Foundation
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