Table 22. | Average grade that the public would give the public schools in their community and in the nation at large: 1974 to 2002 |
____________________________________________________________________________________________________ |All adults |No children in school |Public school parents |Private school parents |______________________|______________________|_______________________|_______________________ Year | |Local | Local | |Local | Local | |Local | Local | | Local | Local |Nation|commu- |neigh- |Nation|commu- |neigh- |Nation |commu- |neigh- |Nation |commu- |neigh- | | nity |borhood| | nity |borhood| | nity |borhood| | nity |borhood ______|______|_______|_______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 ______|______|_______|_______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______ 1974 .| --- | 2.63 | --- | --- | 2.57 | --- | --- | 2.80 | --- | --- | 2.15 | --- 1975 .| --- | 2.38 | --- | --- | 2.31 | --- | --- | 2.49 | --- | --- | 1.81 | --- 1976 .| --- | 2.38 | --- | --- | 2.34 | --- | --- | 2.48 | --- | --- | 2.22 | --- 1977 .| --- | 2.33 | --- | --- | 2.25 | --- | --- | 2.59 | --- | --- | 2.05 | --- 1978 .| --- | 2.21 | --- | --- | 2.11 | --- | --- | 2.47 | --- | --- | 1.69 | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | 1979 .| --- | 2.21 | --- | --- | 2.15 | --- | --- | 2.38 | --- | --- | 1.88 | --- 1980 .| --- | 2.26 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- 1981 .|1.94 | 2.20 | --- | --- | 2.12 | --- | --- | 2.36 | --- | --- | 1.88 | --- 1982 .|2.01 | 2.24 | --- |2.04 | 2.18 | --- | 2.01 | 2.35 | --- | 2.02 | 2.20 | --- 1983 .|1.91 | 2.12 | --- |1.92 | 2.10 | --- | 1.92 | 2.31 | --- | 1.82 | 1.89 | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | 1984 .|2.09 | 2.36 | --- |2.11 | 2.30 | --- | 2.11 | 2.49 | --- | 2.04 | 2.17 | --- 1985 .|2.14 | 2.39 | --- |2.16 | 2.36 | --- | 2.20 | 2.44 | --- | 1.93 | 2.00 | --- 1986 .|2.13 | 2.36 | --- | --- | 2.29 | --- | --- | 2.55 | --- | --- | 2.14 | --- 1987 .|2.18 | 2.44 | --- |2.20 | 2.38 | --- | 2.22 | 2.61 | --- | 2.03 | 2.01 | --- 1988 .|2.08 | 2.35 | --- |2.02 | 2.32 | --- | 2.13 | 2.48 | --- | 2.00 | 2.13 | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | 1989 .|2.01 | 2.35 | --- |1.99 | 2.27 | --- | 2.06 | 2.56 | --- | 1.93 | 2.12 | --- 1990 .|1.99 | 2.29 | --- |1.98 | 2.27 | --- | 2.03 | 2.44 | --- | 1.85 | 2.09 | --- 1991 .|2.00 | 2.36 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- 1992 .|1.93 | 2.30 | --- |1.92 | --- | --- | 1.94 | 2.73 | --- | 1.85 | --- | --- 1993 .|1.95 | 2.41 | --- |1.97 | 2.40 | --- | 1.97 | 2.48 | --- | 1.80 | 2.11 | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | 1994 .|1.95 | 2.26 | 2.43 |1.95 | 2.16 | 2.34 | 1.90 | 2.55 | 2.64 | 1.86 | 1.90 | 2.23 1995 .|1.97 | 2.28 | 2.47 |1.98 | 2.25 | 2.43 | 1.93 | 2.41 | 2.56 | 1.81 | 1.85 | 2.09 1996 .|1.93 | 2.30 | --- |1.91 | 2.22 | --- | 2.00 | 2.56 | --- | 1.80 | 1.86 | --- 1997 .|1.97 | 2.35 | --- |1.99 | 2.27 | --- | 2.01 | 2.56 | --- | 1.99 | 1.87 | --- 1998 .|1.93 | 2.41 | --- |1.92 | 2.36 | --- | 1.96 | 2.51 | --- | 1.81 | 2.20 | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | 1999 .|2.02 | 2.44 | --- |2.03 | 2.42 | --- | 1.97 | 2.56 | --- | --- | --- | --- 2000 .|1.98 | 2.47 | --- |1.94 | 2.44 | --- | 2.05 | 2.59 | --- | --- | --- | --- 2001 .|2.01 | 2.47 | --- |2.00 | 2.42 | --- | 2.04 | 2.66 | --- | --- | --- | --- 2002 .|2.08 | 2.44 | --- |2.08 | 2.40 | --- | 2.06 | 2.61 | --- | --- | --- | --- ______|______|_______|_______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______ |
---Not available. NOTE: Average based on a scale where A=4, B=3, C=2, D=1, and F=0. SOURCE: Phi Delta Kappa, Phi Delta Kappan "The Annual Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools," various years. (This table was prepared August 2002.) |