voter support for charter schools Archives - North Carolina Coalition for Charter Schools

Six in 10 North Carolinians support public charter schools, according to a new poll from the John Locke Foundation, released during National School Choice Week 2025. Specifically, the poll findings show 59.9% of North Carolinians are in favor of charter schools, while 30.4% oppose them.

Here’s a screenshot from this question on the poll:

Source: The Carolina Journal Poll, January 28, 2025.

Support for charter schools has declined about six points since last January and almost nine points since 2023.

Voters expressed mixed views on public charter facility funding. (Charter schools do not receive any funds from the state for their facilities.) The poll found that:

• 42% of North Carolinians oppose government funding for charter school buildings.
• 40.8% support government funding.
• 17.2% were unsure.

Here’s a screenshot from this question on the poll:

Source: The Carolina Journal Poll.

School choice is popular with voters

The fundamental idea behind school choice–that parents are best equipped to decide where a child attends school–is overwhelmingly popular with voters.

Here’s a graphic from the poll:

Source: The Carolina Journal Poll.

Conducted January 22-25, 2025, the poll included 606 likely North Carolina voters.

See the full polling results. Read more from Carolina Journal about the poll.