Americans’ Satisfaction With K–12 Education Plummets to Record Low: Poll

The results reflect an 8 percentage-point decline since 2024 and one point lower than the previous record lows recorded in 2000 and 2023.

Students walk to class at Petersburg High School in Petersburg, W.Va., on Aug. 27, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

The lowest number of Americans in more than two decades said they are satisfied with K–12 education in the United States, according to a Walton Family Foundation-Gallup poll released on Sept. 16.

The results reflect the lowest satisfaction level in K–12 education since Gallup first conducted the poll in 1999.