Public Schools Are Failing and Parents Are Bailing
27th November 2025
Students attending American public schools are struggling. Test scores from the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), released this year, indicate that 33% of 8th graders—a greater percentage than ever before—are reading at the “below basic” level.
Additionally, only 22% of high school seniors are proficient or above in math, down from 24% in 2019, and only 35% are proficient in reading—the lowest score since NAEP began in 1969—down from 37% in 2019. Also, a record-high percentage scored at “below basic” levels in both math and reading compared to all previous assessments.
Parents across the country, especially in big cities, have become aware of the problem and are removing their children.
How long before the only kids in public schools are Underclass who can’t afford to do anything else?
How long before legislation is introduced to make public school graduates get admitted to high school/college despite being unqualified because ‘discrimination’?
How long before parents/taxpayers push to defund public schools because they cost a lot of (taxpayer) money and don’t accomplish anything?
Connect the dots and imagine our future.