School age bedtime · ages 6–13 years

What time should school age go to bed?

School age need 9–11h of total sleep including no daytime naps for most. 8:30–9:30 PM, earlier on school nights.

7:00 AM

Based on natural 90-minute sleep cycles + 15-min fall-asleep buffer

School age bedtime by wake-up time

Showing recommended bedtimes for 11h, 10h, and 9h of total sleep.

Wake-up 11h sleep 10h sleep 9h sleep
6:00 AM 7:00 PM8:00 PM9:00 PM
6:30 AM 7:30 PM8:30 PM9:30 PM
7:00 AM 8:00 PM9:00 PM10:00 PM
7:30 AM 8:30 PM9:30 PM10:30 PM
8:00 AM 9:00 PM10:00 PM11:00 PM