Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for August 22, 2022

Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day

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By Scott Rasmussen

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August 22, 2022: Thirty-two percent (32%) of voters say that public schools provide the best education for elementary school students. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that 37% say public schools provide the worst education for elementary school students. The numbers are virtually identical for high schools.

The survey also found pluralities of Democrats believe that public schools are best in elementary (48%) and high school (46%), while pluralities of Republicans say religious private schools are best for elementary (29%) and high school (30%).

Methodology

The survey of 1,200 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on August 9-11, 2022. Fieldwork for the survey was conducted by RMG Research, Inc. Certain quotas were applied, and the sample was lightly weighted by geography, gender, age, race, education, internet usage, and political party to reasonably reflect the nation’s population of registered voters. Other variables were reviewed to ensure that the final sample is representative of that population.

The margin of sampling error for the full sample is +/- 2.8 percentage points.

Note: Neither Scott Rasmussen, ScottRasmussen.com, nor RMG Research, Inc. have any affiliation with Rasmussen Reports. While Scott Rasmussen founded that firm, he left nearly a decade ago and has had no involvement since that time.

Survey Questions

On a different topic, which of the following provides the best education for elementary school students?

• 32%-Public schools
• 18%-Private schools with a religious affiliation
• 11%-Secular private schools
• 11%-Homeschool
• 8%-Charter schools
• 19%-Not sure

Okay, which provides the best education for high school students?

• 31%-Public schools
• 18%-Private schools with a religious affiliation
• 15%-Secular private schools
• 10%-Homeschool
• 8%-Charter schools
• 18%-Not sure

Which of the following provides the worst education for elementary school students?

• 37%-Public schools
• 13%-Private schools with a religious affiliation
• 4%-Secular private schools
• 18%-Homeschool
• 6%-Charter schools
• 22%-Not sure

Okay, which provides the worst education for high school students?

• 36%-Public schools
• 11%-Private schools with a religious affiliation
• 5%-Secular private schools
• 21%-Homeschool
• 5%-Charter schools
• 21%-Not sure

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