| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #6570 |
| 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% | 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 | W/Centra | Boston A | SE MA an | |
| Pass | 62% | 64% | 61% | 52% | 65% | 69% | 64% | ** | 42% | 67% | 68% | 59% | 63% | ** | 59% | 66% | 61% | ** | 74% | 60% | 60% | 59% | 59% | 64% | 62% |
| Fail | 29% | 29% | 30% | 37% | 28% | 23% | 28% | ** | 56% | 25% | 25% | 30% | 31% | ** | 36% | 25% | 29% | ** | 21% | 28% | 36% | 32% | 37% | 26% | 29% |
| Not Sure | 8% | 7% | 9% | 11% | 7% | 8% | 8% | ** | 1% | 8% | 7% | 11% | 7% | ** | 6% | 8% | 10% | ** | 5% | 13% | 4% | 10% | 5% | 10% | 9% |
| 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% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 47% | 53% | 31% | 40% | 29% | 84% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 15% | 32% | 52% | 1% | 27% | 46% | 22% | 4% | 21% | 27% | 22% | 30% | 24% | 57% | 19% |