Table 206.50.

Percentage of students enrolled in grades 3 through 12 whose parents were satisfied or dissatisfied with various aspects of their children's schools, by school type: Selected years, 2003 through 2016

[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Parent satisfaction	2003												2007												2016
	Public school									Private school			Public school									Private school			Public school									Private school
	Total			Assigned			Chosen						Total1			Assigned1			Chosen1						Total1			Assigned1			Chosen1
1	2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9			10			11			12			13
Very satisfied
School	55.4		(0.75)	53.7		(0.79)	64.2		(1.72)	75.7		(1.73)	54.0		(0.93)	52.1		(0.96)	62.1		(2.34)	78.6		(1.76)	55.4		(0.76)	54.2		(0.84)	59.9		(1.66)	77.2		(1.77)
Teachers	57.8		(0.73)	56.4		(0.74)	64.5		(1.62)	71.8		(1.55)	57.9		(0.80)	56.6		(0.88)	63.5		(2.32)	75.8		(1.69)	54.3		(0.70)	54.2		(0.86)	54.7		(1.63)	72.3		(1.52)
Academic standards	56.1		(0.73)	54.5		(0.78)	63.8		(1.75)	78.9		(1.62)	58.2		(0.80)	56.3		(0.84)	65.9		(2.09)	81.3		(1.59)	54.6		(0.80)	53.2		(0.86)	59.9		(1.85)	77.5		(1.71)
Order and discipline	57.4		(0.73)	55.9		(0.78)	64.8		(1.81)	80.9		(1.47)	56.2		(0.89)	55.0		(0.97)	60.9		(2.21)	82.2		(1.55)	54.1		(0.66)	53.3		(0.77)	57.2		(1.59)	79.1		(1.70)
Staff interaction
with parents	—		(†)	—		(†)	—		(†)	—		(†)	49.5		(0.93)	47.7		(1.00)	56.7		(2.24)	74.9		(1.77)	48.0		(0.67)	47.2		(0.79)	51.0		(1.74)	70.2		(1.77)
Somewhat satisfied
School	34.0		(0.66)	35.3		(0.74)	27.6		(1.40)	19.7		(1.66)	34.0		(0.75)	34.9		(0.82)	30.5		(2.01)	18.3		(1.62)	35.3		(0.73)	36.0		(0.77)	32.6		(1.71)	19.5		(1.70)
Teachers	34.4		(0.71)	35.4		(0.71)	29.3		(1.57)	23.6		(1.35)	33.3		(0.74)	34.1		(0.84)	29.8		(1.87)	21.6		(1.67)	37.3		(0.70)	37.1		(0.78)	38.3		(1.71)	23.7		(1.51)
Academic standards	34.3		(0.71)	35.4		(0.79)	29.1		(1.59)	16.8		(1.42)	31.8		(0.75)	32.7		(0.84)	28.2		(1.99)	16.4		(1.40)	36.6		(0.73)	37.5		(0.76)	33.5		(1.82)	19.5		(1.59)
Order and discipline	29.7		(0.65)	30.5		(0.72)	26.0		(1.67)	15.0		(1.42)	29.6		(0.81)	30.1		(0.85)	27.6		(2.57)	15.1		(1.45)	33.9		(0.61)	34.9		(0.71)	30.7		(1.44)	17.2		(1.62)
Staff interaction
with parents	—		(†)	—		(†)	—		(†)	—		(†)	35.7		(0.82)	36.4		(0.92)	33.5		(2.03)	21.5		(1.71)	38.5		(0.73)	39.0		(0.83)	37.1		(1.67)	24.4		(1.63)
Somewhat dissatisfied
School	7.1		(0.34)	7.4		(0.37)	5.6		(0.75)	3.5		(0.69)	7.9		(0.42)	8.4		(0.45)	5.5		(0.98)	2.7		(0.53)	6.9		(0.43)	7.3		(0.50)	5.4		(0.71)	2.6		(0.55)
Teachers	5.8		(0.34)	6.2		(0.38)	4.1		(0.52)	3.5		(0.69)	6.4		(0.45)	6.6		(0.48)	5.6		(1.11)	2.0		(0.54)	6.7		(0.37)	7.1		(0.43)	5.4		(0.77)	3.1		(0.56)
Academic standards	6.3		(0.32)	6.6		(0.37)	4.3		(0.56)	3.6		(0.71)	6.4		(0.41)	6.8		(0.47)	4.9		(0.83)	2.1	!	(0.63)	6.5		(0.33)	7.0		(0.39)	4.8		(0.61)	2.4		(0.52)
Order and discipline	7.4		(0.39)	7.8		(0.42)	5.0		(0.69)	2.5		(0.53)	8.3		(0.45)	8.6		(0.50)	7.0		(1.00)	2.2		(0.49)	7.9		(0.39)	7.6		(0.51)	8.9		(0.91)	3.1		(0.56)
Staff interaction
with parents	—		(†)	—		(†)	—		(†)	—		(†)	9.9		(0.46)	10.7		(0.59)	6.7		(0.93)	2.4		(0.53)	9.8		(0.40)	10.1		(0.50)	9.0		(0.86)	4.5		(0.71)
Very dissatisfied
School	3.4		(0.23)	3.6		(0.26)	2.6		(0.54)	1.1	!	(0.43)	4.1		(0.37)	4.6		(0.44)	1.8		(0.51)	0.4	!	(0.17)	2.5		(0.22)	2.5		(0.21)	2.1		(0.44)	0.7	!	(0.25)
Teachers	2.0		(0.15)	2.0		(0.16)	2.1		(0.45)	1.0	!	(0.48)	2.4		(0.31)	2.7		(0.39)	1.1	!	(0.34)	0.7	!	(0.25)	1.7		(0.21)	1.6		(0.21)	1.6		(0.38)	0.9	!	(0.29)
Academic standards	3.3		(0.23)	3.4		(0.28)	2.7		(0.59)	0.7	!	(0.32)	3.7		(0.35)	4.3		(0.43)	1.0	!	(0.30)	0.3	!	(0.13)	2.3		(0.20)	2.4		(0.22)	1.8		(0.36)	0.6	!	(0.23)
Order and discipline	5.5		(0.35)	5.8		(0.38)	4.2		(0.72)	1.6	!	(0.62)	5.9		(0.41)	8.6		(0.50)	4.5		(0.82)	‡		(†)	4.0		(0.37)	4.2		(0.43)	3.2		(0.49)	0.7	!	(0.23)
Staff interaction
with parents	—		(†)	—		(†)	—		(†)	—		(†)	4.9		(0.42)	5.3		(0.48)	3.2		(0.62)	1.3		(0.38)	3.7		(0.30)	3.8		(0.34)	2.9		(0.69)	0.9	!	(0.29)

—Not available.

† Not applicable.

! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.

‡ Reporting standards not met. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 50 percent or greater.

1 In 68 cases in 2007 and 31 cases in 2016, questions about whether a student's school was assigned were not asked because parents reported the school as a private school, and it was only later identified as a public school based on administrative data. Due to the missing data on whether the school was assigned or chosen, these cases were included neither with assigned public schools nor with chosen public schools; however, they were included in the public school totals.

NOTE: Data exclude homeschooled children. While National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES) administrations in 2003 and 2007 were administered via telephone with an interviewer, NHES:2016 used self-administered paper-and-pencil questionnaires that were mailed to respondents. Measurable differences between estimates for 2016 and estimates for the earlier years in this table could reflect actual changes in the population, or the changes could be due to the mode change from telephone to mail. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Parent and Family Involvement in Education Survey of the National Household Education Surveys Program (PFI-NHES:2003, 2007, and 2016). (This table was prepared February 2018.)