Experiences and Opportunities in Education

Students’ Perception of Whether Teachers Care About Students

Students taking the 2024 NAEP mathematics assessment were asked: How much does the following statement describe teachers at your school this year: Teachers care about the students? Below are the full overall responses to this question for students who took the NAEP mathematics assessment, as well as the percentages of the combined “Quite a bit like” and “Exactly like” response categories across selected student groups and jurisdictions that participated in the NAEP state assessment and Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA).

Ninety-one percent of fourth-graders reported that the statement “teachers care about the students” exactly or quite a bit described the teachers at their school

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Figure Percentage of fourth-grade students in NAEP mathematics who reported the extent in which the statement “teachers care about the students” described the teachers at their school: 2024
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
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Results by Student Group

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A smaller percentage of lower-performing fourth-graders than their higher-performing peers reported that the statement “teachers care about the students” exactly or quite a bit described the teachers at their school

Figure Percentage of fourth-grade students in NAEP mathematics who reported that the statement “teachers care about the students” exactly or quite a bit described the teachers at their school, by selected student group: 2024
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¹ Higher-performing students are those who scored at or above the 75th percentile and lower-performing students are those who scored below the 25th percentile.
*Significantly different (p < .05) from the selected category.

Results by State

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Across states/jurisdictions, the percentages of fourth-grade public school students reporting that the statement “teachers care about the students” exactly or quite a bit described the teachers at their school ranged from 76 percent to 94 percent

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Compared to the nation (public), number of states/jurisdictions with a percentage that was:
NOTE: NP = Nation (public). DS = Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), a federally operated nonpublic school system responsible for educating children of military families. See more about DoDEA.

Results by District

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Across participating districts, the percentages of fourth-grade public school students reporting that the statement “teachers care about the students” exactly or quite a bit described the teachers at their school ranged from 77 percent to 93 percent

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Figure Percentage of fourth-grade public school students in NAEP mathematics who reported that the statement “teachers care about the students” exactly or quite a bit described the teachers at their school, by district/jurisdiction: 2024
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Percentage for district/jurisdiction
Percentage for the state where the district is located
NOTE: NP = Nation (public). DCPS = District of Columbia Public Schools. Large city includes public school students from all cities in the nation with populations of 250,000 or more including the participating districts.