MISSOURI K-12 & SCHOOL CHOICE SURVEY

MISSOURI

K-12 & SCHOOL CHOICE SURVEY

What do voters say about K-12 education?

Polling Paper No. 19

Paul DiPerna

MAY 2014

With questions on state performance, education spending, grades and preferences for different types of schools, and views on private schools, charter schools, school vouchers, tax-credit scholarships, and education savings accounts

The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice

Survey Project & Profile

Title: Survey Organization: Survey Sponsor: Release Partner(s): Interview Dates: Interview Method: Interview Length: Language(s): Sample Frame: Sampling Method: Population Samples:

Margins of Error:

Response Rates:

Weighting? Oversampling?

Missouri K-12 & School Choice Survey Braun Research, Inc. (BRI) The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice Show-Me Institute February 27 to March 11, 2014 Live Telephone | 70% landline and 30% cell phone 14 minutes (average) English Registered Voters Dual Frame; Probability Sampling; Random Digit Dial (RDD) MISSOURI (statewide) = 660 St. Louis Metro = 227 Kansas City Metro (statewide plus oversample) = 165 MISSOURI = ? 4.0 percentage points St. Louis Metro = ? 6.5 percentage points Kansas City Metro = ? 7.6 percentage points Landline (LL) = 9.7% Cell Phone = 8.3% Yes (Landline/Cell, Age, Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Region) Yes (Kansas City Metro)

Project Contact: Paul DiPerna | Research Director |paul@

The author is responsible for overall polling design; question wording and ordering; this paper's analysis, charts, and writing; and any unintentional errors or misrepresentations.

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Survey Demographics

Percent (%) of State Sample

K-12 Parent

31

Democrat

28

Republican

26

Independent

30

Urban

19

Suburban

40

Small Town

20

Rural

20

18 to 24

11

25 to 34

17

35 to 44

16

45 to 54

20

55 to 64

16

65 & Over

18

Hispanic

3

Not Hispanic

96

Asian

2

Black

9

Mixed Race

1

Native American

1

White

85

Under $20,000

14

$20,000 to $39,999

23

$40,000 to $59,999

20

$60,000 to $79,999

15

$80,000 to $99,999

9

$100,000 to $149,999

7

$150,000 or more

4

Male

48

Female

52

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May 6, 2014

TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 5 Missouri's K-12 Profile 7 Overview 8 Key Findings 19 Survey Snapshots 45 Methods Summary 45 Sample Design 46 Contact Procedures 47 Call Dispositions and Response Rates 48 Weighting Procedures and Analysis 49 About Us, Acknowledgements 53 Survey Questions and Results

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Missouri's K-12 Profile

Average State Rank on NAEP 1

28

High School Graduation Rate 2

83.7%

# Regular Public School Students 3 # Charter School Students 4 # Private School Students 6 # Home School Students 7

900,842 17,868 93,066 n/a

% Regular Public School Students 8 % Charter School Students 8 % Private School Students 8

89.0% 1.8% 9.2%

# School Districts 3 # Regular Public Schools 3 # Charter Schools 5 # Private Schools 6

522 2,451 38 565

Online Learning Climate 9

Weak

% Free and Reduced-Price Lunch 3 % Individualized Education Program (IEP) 3 % English Language Learners (ELL) 3

44.3% 13.8% 2.4%

$ Revenue Per Student 10 $ "Total" Per Student Spending 10 $ "Current" Per Student Spending 10 $ "Instructional" Per Student Spending 10

$11,069 $10,963 $9,461 $5,669

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