Nearly Half of US K-12 Students Back to 5-Day-a-Week, In-Person Schooling: Tracker

Socially distanced and with protective partitions, students work on an art project during class at the Sinaloa Middle School in Novato, Calif., on March 2, 2021. Haven Daley/AP

Almost half of all K-12 students in the United States are at schools that have resumed five-day-a-week, in-person instruction, according to updated figures from a tracking organization.

Up from about 47 percent a week earlier, roughly 49 percent of U.S. primary and secondary students are attending so-called traditional schools, Burbio said on March 14.