Survey numbers at the Greater Essex County District School Board show the majority of students aren't getting enough sleep.
The board conducts its school climate survey every two years and this time around only 27% of students reported they're getting the required amount of sleep needed each night.
Superintendent Sharon Pyke says there are a number of factors which could be to blame including 29% of students admitting they spend more than five hours a day on electronic devices and only 53% saying they're able to calm themselves when they're feeling stressed.
She says some students are spending even longer on their electronics.
"Our students are reporting that 11% are using over eight hours during the week day. Sometimes you don't really know how much time your kids are spending on their devices and that's something that we have to critically look to because if they are spending more time on their devices than they are sleeping, that's problematic."
Pyke says worrying was identified as a problem as well.
"How much do they worry? And we found that 44% of our kids note that they worry too much. So you've got the worry and then we've also asked a question about how you calm yourself and we're finding that only 53% of our kids have strategies to calm themselves."
She says parents and educators needs to be setting a better example.
"We have to work on the education piece really acknowledging how much time we are on our devices, how much time are you actually getting to sleep? Do we have bedtime routines? And just recognizing that and analyzing too our own sleep patterns and our own electronic use and it goes on and on and on because we're role modelling too for our kids."
Pyke says up to the age of 12 students should be sleeping between nine and 11 hours while 13 to 18-years-olds should be sleeping eight to 10 hours each night.
Some positive numbers that came from the survey show 90% of students feel welcome in their schools while 84% stated they like who they are.
The full results of the school climate survey can be found on the board's website.