School Satisfaction in Cities and Suburbs (Ranked by City, From Most to Least Dissatisfied)
| NOTE: Includes households with children from birth to age 16. “City” refers to a central city in a metropolitan statistical area. “Suburb” refers to the remainder of the metropolitan statistical area except in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles-long Beach, and Newark. In these four areas, the “suburbs” include only the “urbanized suburbs"; the small “other urban” and “rural” portions of thes metropolitan statistical areas were not available for confidentiality reasons. *The data do not permit separate analysis of these cities. ---Indicates the sample was too small to provide a reliable estimate. |
| Households So Dissatisfied With Public Elementary Schools They Want To Move To a New Area | ||||
| City Only | Suburbs Only | |||
| City | Number | Percent | Number | Percent |
| Cleveland | 12,200 | 23.40% | 5,600 | 3.40% |
| Oakland, Calif. | 9,900 | 20.9 | 10,000 | 5.3 |
| Cincinnati | 5,200 | 13.7 | 3,800 | 2.8 |
| Philadelphia | 28,200 | 15.6 | 9,500 | 2.8 |
| Chicago | 27,000 | 9.9 | 12,000 | 3.1 |
| Minneapolis | 3,300 | 11.5 | 3,100 | 1.3 |
| Pittsburgh | 3,500 | 10.3 | 8,400 | 3.5 |
| San Francisco | 4,000 | 8 | 6,300 | 6.9 |
| St. Louis | 4,900 | 12.9 | 9,800 | 3.6 |
| Arlington, Texas | 2,400 | 15 | 4,500 | 4.9 |
| St. Paul, Minn. | 2,200 | 7.1 | 3,100 | 1.3 |
| Denver | 5,300 | 12.1 | 5,000 | 3 |
| New Orleans | 3,900 | 6.7 | 9,100 | 8.8 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach* | 48,700 | 10.5 | 19,100 | 3.7 |
| Boston | 4,100 | 8.7 | 12,800 | 3.2 |
| Buffalo, N. Y. | 4,100 | 12.7 | 1,000 | 1.3 |
| Seattle-Everett* | 3,000 | 6.7 | 7,200 | 3.5 |
| Kansas City, Kan. | 1,700 | 12.9 | 4,800 | 3.2 |
| Rochester, N. Y. | 2,000 | 8 | 1,600 | 1.7 |
| Washington | 3,300 | 7.2 | 15,200 | 3.8 |
| Milwaukee | 5,200 | 7.5 | 1,500 | 1.5 |
| Detroit | 11,000 | 7.4 | 13,800 | 3.4 |
| Providence-Warwick, R. I.* | 2,500 | 10.6 | 4,400 | 5.1 |
| Kansas City, Mo. | 4,400 | 9.2 | 4,800 | 3.2 |
| Memphis, Tenn. | 6,900 | 10.3 | 1,900 | 2.8 |
| Columbus, Ohio | 6,200 | 9.3 | 2,200 | 2.1 |
| Portland, Ore. | 2,000 | 4.7 | 7,100 | 4.8 |
| Dallas | 10,100 | 8.9 | 9,800 | 4 |
| Atlanta | 1,700 | 4.8 | 13,500 | 3.9 |
| Baltimore | 6,300 | 7.9 | 4,400 | 2.2 |
| Oklahoma City | 5,400 | 9.6 | 2,600 | 3.7 |
| St. Petersburg, Fla. | 1,400 | 7.3 | 5,700 | 3.7 |
| Birmingham, Ala. | 2,200 | 7 | 5,300 | 5.7 |
| New York | 66,900 | 8.6 | 2,200 | 1.7 |
| Indianapolis | 6,300 | 7.2 | 2,800 | 2.8 |
| Phoenix | 8,900 | 9.4 | 4,400 | 3.4 |
| Sacramento, Calif. | 3,400 | 8.2 | 7,800 | 5.8 |
| Hartford, Conn. | 1,100 | 7.7 | 5,700 | 4.8 |
| San Jose, Calif. | 6,300 | 7 | 2,400 | 3.9 |
| Houston | 15,000 | 8.8 | 6,700 | 2.6 |
| Anaheim, Calif. | 2,200 | 7.3 | 6,500 | 3 |
| San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif.* | 2,200 | 5.4 | 17,900 | 6 |
| Mesa, Ariz. | 1,700 | 4 | 4,400 | 3.4 |
| Miami | 1,400 | 4.3 | 12,700 | 6.7 |
| Sunnyvale, Calif. | 600 | 4.7 | 2,400 | 3.9 |
| San Diego | 4,800 | 4.5 | 8,600 | 5.6 |
| Salt Lake City | 1,200 | 7.5 | 4,900 | 3.9 |
| Fort Worth, Texas | 2,900 | 4.8 | 4,500 | 4.9 |
| Norfolk, Va. | 1,100 | 4.3 | 5,300 | 5.6 |
| San Antonio | 5,900 | 5.1 | 1,200 | 2.1 |
| Virginia Beach, Va. | 1,900 | 3.8 | 5,300 | 5.6 |
| Tampa, Fla. | 1,700 | 5.4 | 5,700 | 3.7 |
| Riverside, Calif. | 1,200 | 4.9 | 17,900 | 6 |
| Santa Ana, Calif. | 1,000 | 3.2 | 6,500 | 3 |
| Newark, N. J. | --- | --- | 6,500 | 3.8 |
| United States | 585,600 | 6.7 | 435,900 | 2.8 |
| SOURCE: Anthony P. Carnevale and Donna M. Desrochers (1999) analysis of the American Housing Survey, 1990-1996. | ||||
