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The present study used a large sample of mostly non-resident fathers (74%) to determine whether father-school involvement (e.g. attending parent-teacher conferences) predicted better academic and social emotional skills after controlling for the influence of mother-school involvement, the quality of children's home learning environment, and demographics. A total of 3570 children participated in the study (47% European American, 35% African-American, and 18% Hispanic). Although mothers in this study engaged in more frequent involvement in their children's schools, father-school involvement was positively associated with children's reading, math, and teacher-rated approaches to learning scores in elementary school. Furthermore, father-school involvement predicted better reading and math scores after controlling for the influence of mother-school involvement, the quality of children's home learning environment, and demographics.