D140’s Spring 2025 Perception Survey asked parents/guardians to share their insights on school climate, instruction, leadership, and communication. Responses are used to help us understand what we’re doing well and where we can improve.
The survey was open Monday, May 12, through Friday, May 23, 2025.
Total survey responses = 686 responses
Total students enrolled in the District = 3540
Response rate = 19.4 %
My child attends …
- 13.4% Bannes
- 13% Fernway
- 12.8% Keller
- 19.8% McAuliffe
- 10.9% Millennium
- 12.4% Grissom
- 17.6% Prairie View
Please indicate your child's grade level in the Spring of 2025
- 2.8% Early Childhood / Preschool
- 11.4% Kindergarten
- 12.5% 1st Grade
- 11.1% 2nd Grade
- 9% 3rd Grade
- 12.8% 4th Grade
- 10.3% 5th Grade
- 9.8% 6th Grade
- 9.9% 7th Grade
- 10.3% 8th Grade
School Climate
Adults at my student’s school treat my child with respect.
- 71.3% Strongly Agree
- 20% Agree
- 5.7% Disagree
- 3.1% Strongly Disagree
My child feels accepted at school.
- 63.1% Strongly Agree
- 25.9% Agree
- 7.1% Disagree
- 3.8% Strongly Disagree
My child feels safe at school.
- 70% Strongly Agree
- 21.3% Agree
- 5.7% Disagree
- 3.1% Strongly Disagree
My child’s school is clean and well-maintained.
- 76.7% Strongly Agree
- 17.2% Agree
- 3.8% Disagree
- 2.3% Strongly Disagree
Instruction
The school meets the academic needs of my child.
- 58.6% Strongly Agree
- 28.9% Agree
- 8.3% Disagree
- 4.2% Strongly Disagree
The school meets the specific behavioral and social-emotional needs of my child.
- 58.6% Strongly Agree
- 26.8% Agree
- 9.2% Disagree
- 5.4% Strongly Disagree
Teachers at my child’s school encourage my student to work hard.
- 68.5% Strongly Agree
- 22.2% Agree
- 5.7% Disagree
- 3.6% Strongly Disagree
Teachers at my child’s school give helpful feedback on homework, classwork, and assessments.
- 53.5% Strongly Agree
- 26.2% Agree
- 13.3% Disagree
- 7% Strongly Disagree
I am pleased with the overall quality of education my child is receiving.
- 58.5% Strongly Agree
- 27.7% Agree
- 8.5% Disagree
- 5.4% Strongly Disagree
School Leadership
The principal is available to me.
- 65.7% Strongly Agree
- 23.3% Agree
- 6% Disagree
- 5% Strongly Disagree
The principal works to create a sense of community in the school.
- 65.5% Strongly Agree
- 21.9% Agree
- 7% Disagree
- 5.7% Strongly Disagree
The principal promotes family engagement.
- 61.8% Strongly Agree
- 21.1% Agree
- 10.6% Disagree
- 6.4% Strongly Disagree
The principal has high standards for student learning.
- 64.3 %Strongly Agree
- 24.3% Agree
- 7% Disagree
- 4.4% Strongly Disagree
The principal treats all students fairly.
- 66.5% Strongly Agree
- 22% Agree
- 6.1% Disagree
- 5.4% Strongly Disagree
Communication
My child’s school communicates with me in a manner that is clear and timely.
- 66.3% Strongly Agree
- 23% Agree
- 7.3% Disagree
- 3.4% Strongly Disagree
I am happy with the amount of communication I am receiving from my child’s school.
- 63.7% Strongly Agree
- 22.9% Agree
- 9.5% Disagree
- 3.9% Strongly Disagree
How do you prefer to receive information about your child's school/school events? Please tell us how important each of the following methods of communication is to you.
Phone Call
- 18.2% Extremely Important
- 32.9% Important
- 23.5% Somewhat Important
- 25.4% Not Important
- 31.8% Extremely Important
- 52.9% Important
- 12.1% Somewhat Important
- 3.2% Not Important
Text Message
- 32.1% Extremely Important
- 48.7% Important
- 14.3% Somewhat Important
- 5% Not Important
Newsletter
- 16.2% Extremely Important
- 41.1% Important
- 32.9% Somewhat Important
- 9.8% Not Important
Website
- 15.6% Extremely Important
- 36.7% Important
- 32.5% Somewhat Important
- 15.2% Not Important
Social Media
- 11.2% Extremely Important
- 31.3% Important
- 30% Somewhat Important
- 27.4% Not Important
I am happy with the amount of communication I am receiving from the District.
- 59.5% Strongly Agree
- 29.4% Agree
- 8.2% Disagree
- 2.9% Strongly Disagree
How do you prefer to receive DISTRICT information? Please tell us how important each of the following methods of communication is to you.
Phone Call
- 14.1% Extremely Important
- 27.7% Important
- 23.3% Somewhat Important
- 34.8% Not Important
- 29.4% Extremely Important
- 52% Important
- 14.9% Somewhat Important
- 3.6% Not Important
Text Message
- 26.2% Extremely Important
- 45% Important
- 19.4% Somewhat Important
- 9.3% Not Important
Newsletter
- 18.4% Extremely Important
- 40.8% Important
- 31.3% Somewhat Important
- 9.5% Not Important
Website
- 16.6% Extremely Important
- 36.4% Important
- 33.8% Somewhat Important
- 13.1% Not Important
Social Media
- 11.2% Extremely Important
- 30.3% Important
- 34% Somewhat Important
- 24.5% Not Important