| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #6543 |
| 1 | If you were grading the public schools where you live, and you could give the public schools either a passing grade ... or a failing grade ... how would you grade the public schools where you live? |
| 600 Adults | All | Gender | Age | Race | Party Affiliation | Ideology | Education | Region | ||||||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.1% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Not Sure | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Not Sure | Grad Sch | College | Some Col | No Colle | Northern | Southern | |
| Pass | 54% | 54% | 54% | 56% | 53% | 54% | 55% | 51% | ** | ** | 61% | 50% | 49% | ** | 61% | 52% | 36% | 43% | 61% | 51% | 52% | 54% | 55% | 53% |
| Fail | 39% | 39% | 39% | 39% | 41% | 36% | 39% | 38% | ** | ** | 33% | 40% | 48% | ** | 33% | 42% | 60% | 39% | 37% | 41% | 40% | 38% | 38% | 40% |
| Not Sure | 7% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 6% | 10% | 6% | 11% | ** | ** | 6% | 10% | 3% | ** | 6% | 6% | 5% | 18% | 2% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 7% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 47% | 53% | 32% | 39% | 30% | 73% | 24% | 2% | 2% | 42% | 32% | 25% | 1% | 50% | 32% | 11% | 7% | 17% | 15% | 25% | 44% | 60% | 40% |