Share of Americans with various views on what school type has the best education 2024

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Veera Korhonen,
Dec 5, 2024

As of 2024, 33.1 percent of Americans said that they would send their child to a private school to obtain the best education if they were able to choose any type of school, a significant decrease from 44.8 percent who shared this belief in 2023. In comparison, the share of Americans who said that they would choose to send their child to a regular public school within their school district to obtain the best education rose to 32.3 percent from 27.8 percent in the previous year.

Share of Americans who say that if they could select any school, they would choose to send their children to a specific type of school to obtain the best education in the United States in 2023 and 2024

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August 2024

Region

United States

Survey time period

2023 and 2024

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online interview

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