Children living in poverty are less likely to participate in clubs, sports, and lessons. Those in families with income at 200 percent and above the poverty level are twice as likely as those in families with income less than the poverty level to participate in school and enrichment activities. Children are less likely to participate in clubs, sports, and lessons when parents have a low opinion of their neighborhood. Children with parents who rent their homes are more likely to have ever changed schools than children with parents who own their homes. Children from the South are most likely to have ever repeated a grade, compared to children from the North, East, and West.
Children living in suburban areas are least likely to have repeated a grade.