Despite the killing of a student at Ingraham High School in November last year and the recent shooting near Garfield High School, most Seattle residents still think schools are generally safe.
In a joint survey conducted by the Seattle Times and Suffolk University in the middle of this month, 66% of 500 respondents answered that schools are generally safe, while 24% said they were not. 10% answered that they did not know or were unsure.
By age group, 57% of the 25–34-year-old group and the 65+ year old group responded that they were safe overall, while the rate was much higher at 77% in the 55-64 age group. Among parents with two or more children, 71% responded positively, while among parents with only one child, only 58% responded.
In terms of the quality of education at SPS schools, more than one-third of the respondents rated it as ‘excellent’ or ‘excellent’, and 26% rated it as ‘average’.
Specifically, 6% of respondents said the quality of education was ‘excellent’, 31% said it was good, 26% said it was average, 9% said it was ‘not good’, and 26% said ‘don’t know’. As a result, 82% of the respondents who said it was good and 97% of the respondents who said it was exceptional evaluated the school as safe, while among those who evaluated the quality of education negatively, the majority (51%) was analyzed to be dissatisfied with school safety as well.
The results of the survey on the quality of education at SPS schools showed a correlation with the previously announced evaluation results for Seattle as a residential area. Of those who said Seattle was not a great city to live in, 48% also rated the quality of education at SPS as low, and of those who rated Seattle as a great city to live in, 48% also rated the quality of SPS education as exceptional or excellent. evaluated and analyzed.
SPS Superintendent Brent Jones said in the survey that 66% of respondents rated schools as overall safe, but this was not satisfactory. I will do my best to make you feel like I am.”
Superintendent Jones added that he was satisfied that most respondents (63%) rated the quality of education at SPS schools positively.