WASHINGTON, D.C. – Barely one-quarter of likely voters give government schools a passing grade.

According to a new Rasmussen poll, 26 percent of likely voters surveyed “rate the performance of public schools as good or excellent.”

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Thirty-four percent give public schools poor marks.

The exact survey question reads, “Overall, how would you rate the performance of public schools in America today – excellent, good, fair or poor?”

Another school-related Rasmussen poll conducted last fall found 52 percent of respondents “say there’s not enough religion in the schools, while 29 percent view the current level as about right.”

Eleven percent believe there’s too much religion in government schools.

In April, the polling firm found “that only 9 percent of Likely U.S. Voters correctly recognize that the United States spends about $11,000 per year per student.

“Forty-three percent think it’s less that that, with 11 percent who believe the per-student figure is $3,000.

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“Seven percent think the nation spends an average of $13,000 per student per year” and 41 percent are not sure.

The latest survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on December 3-4, 2014 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points.