SOMETHING DOESN’T ADD UP
Gallup poll
Where kids go to school
Where were America’s 54 million schoolchildren when the bell rang this school year? The Gallup August 2004 work and education poll indicates the vast majority — 87 percent — of American children attend public schools.
About one in 10 U.S. parents have a child in an independent private school, and 8 percent have children in a parochial school. Just 3 percent of parents report they home school their children.
87% + 10% + 8% + 3% > 100%. I think the discrepancy must be because they switched from counting kids to counting parents. At least, I hope so.
2 Responses to “SOMETHING DOESN’T ADD UP”
 Comment by Michelle October 29th, 2004 at 2:48 pm |
Part of it could be parents reporting one child in public school and one in private or homeschool, etc. So the same parent would fall into more than one category. |
 Comment by Ben Martin November 1st, 2004 at 5:22 pm |
I would guess they had intended the 10% “independent” private schools to include the 8% parochial schools. 87 + 10 + 3 = 100. |