High-quality education access sets the conditions for healthy children and families; military children’s education is a perennial concern that has been worsened by driven instability.
Military children’s education remains a top-five issue of concern for active-duty family respondents (31%). Overall, active-duty family respondents report a positive experience for their oldest child enrolled in K-12. They report their oldest child is thriving in his/her school (61%) and feels a sense of belonging to their school (54%), and almost half rate their oldest child’s school as above average or excellent (49%).
These positive experiences, however, can be offset by relocation and school modality. A larger proportion of active-duty family respondents who report their oldest child is an adolescent and had attended four schools or fewer also believe their child feels a sense of belonging to their current school, compared to those whose oldest child is an adolescent and had attended five or more schools. A greater proportion of active-duty family respondents with children enrolled in in-person K-12 report their oldest child is thriving than those whose oldest child receives virtual or hybrid education delivery, regardless of whether the child is of grade school age (6-12 years old) or an adolescent (13+).
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