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  • Table 22. Average grade that the public would give the schools in their community and in the nation at large: 1974 to 2001

    ____________________________________________________________________________________________________
          |     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 |   --- |   --- |   --- |   ---
    ______|______|_______|_______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______

    ---Not available.

    NOTE: Average based on a scale where A=4, B=3, C=2, D=1, and F=0.

    SOURCE: Phi Delta Kappa, "The Annual Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools," various years. (This table was prepared January 2002.)

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