Research

Washington Families for Public Education has helped fund important public opinion research into voters’ views on public schools.

Polling

In late October 2024 we partnered with the Northwest Progressive Institute and Change Research to survey 613 likely Seattle voters for their views on important questions related to public education. Our findings can be found at the links below.

• Seattle voters are opposed to plans to close elementaries and open to recalling school board members, NPI poll finds

• The public wants Seattle Public Schools to provide alternative and option schools, but district administrators sadly aren’t listening

Focus Groups

In July 2025 we partnered with Atkins Strategies and the Pollux Group to conduct two focus groups of Seattle voters and their attitudes regarding Seattle Public Schools. We will share what we learned here shortly.

This research was funded by donations from parents across Seattle. Click here to donate to support our work!