Missouri Parent Survey

By: ashley donaldson burle, Rich Hall, Ph.D., claire Heggie, and Abby Burrola

The PRiME Center worked with YouGov to distribute a survey about various education topics to a sample of 600 Missouri parents of school-aged children. We summarize their perspectives in this report.

Key Findings:

  1. Most parents believed the quality of the local school their child attends is better than the quality of schools in the state.

  2. A majority (57%) of parents felt their child was learning more in school in 2021–22 than in the previous year (2020–21).

  3. Two-thirds (67%) of parents supported charter school operation throughout the state.

  4. Nearly all (90%) parents believed career and technical education (CTE) should be emphasized as a postsecondary pathway.

  5. Most (80%) parents felt the state should pay for college and career readiness exams for all 11th grade students.

  6. Nearly two-thirds (65%) of Missouri parents believed teacher salaries should increase.

  7. A plurality (43%) of parents felt Missouri does not spend enough on education.

  8. More than three of five (62%) parents believed how racism exists in societies and institutions should be taught in schools.

  9. A slight majority (52%) of parents opposed the geographic eligibility provision for the MOScholars program.

  10. Less than one in four (22%) parents agreed they would like for one of their children to become a teacher.

 

The majority (66%) of parents supported increasing teacher salaries in the state.

 
 
 
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