Texas School Choice Polling
Polls in recent years have confirmed that there is broad support for school choice in Texas. This is consistent across virtually every demographic. School choice even has majority or plurality support among urban, suburban, and rural residents.
No matter how you phrase the question (school choice, education savings accounts, vouchers, etc.), it is clear that most Texans agree that parents should be empowered to choose the education that best fits their child’s unique needs.
January 2025: University of Houston Hobby School of Public Affairs Poll
An "education savings account", or "ESA", in K-12 education establishes a state government-funded bank account for parents who opt to not send their children to public schools, with restricted, but multiple uses for educational purposes. Recent proposals would provide parents who opt out of the public school system up to $8,000 each year which would otherwise be allocated to a school district. Acceptable uses of an ESA include paying for private school tuition, tutoring, online education programs, and therapies for students with disabilities. Do you support or oppose the adoption of Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) in Texas for all parents?
TOTAL SUPPORT 67%
TOTAL OPPOSE 33%
July 2024: University of Houston/Texas Southern University Poll
An “educational savings account”, or “ESA”, in K-12 education establishes a government-funded bank account for parents who opt to not send their children to public schools, with restricted, but multiple uses for educational purposes. Acceptable uses include paying for private school tuition, tutoring, online education programs, therapies for students with special needs or other instructional materials.
TOTAL SUPPORT 69%
TOTAL OPPOSE 31%
December 2023: University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll
Do you support or oppose school choice?
TOTAL SUPPORT 54%
TOTAL OPPOSE 32%
TOTAL UNSURE 14%
July 2023: WPA Intelligence/yes. every kid. Poll
Do you support or oppose school choice?
TOTAL SUPPORT 74%
TOTAL OPPOSE 16%
TOTAL UNSURE 10%
June 2023: University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll
Do you support or oppose establishing a voucher, educational savings account (ESA), or other school choice program in Texas?
TOTAL SUPPORT 58%
TOTAL OPPOSE 27%
TOTAL UNSURE 15%
Do you support or oppose expanding school choice and allowing parents to use tax dollars to send their children to private school?
TOTAL SUPPORT 58%
TOTAL OPPOSE 42%
May 2023: Texas Hispanic Policy Foundation/WFAA Poll
February 2023: Texas Tribune/University of Texas Poll
Do you support or oppose redirecting state tax revenue to help parents pay for some of the cost of sending their children to private or parochial schools?
TOTAL SUPPORT 46%
TOTAL OPPOSE 41%
TOTAL UNSURE 13%
January 2023: University of Houston Poll
Give all parents tax-funded vouchers they can use to help pay for their children to attend private or religious schools of their choice instead of public schools.
TOTAL SUPPORT 53%
TOTAL OPPOSE 47%
September 2022: Dallas Morning News/UT-Tyler Survey
Do you support or oppose school choice, which allows parents to use state funding to send their children to private schools?
TOTAL SUPPORT 60%
TOTAL OPPOSE 28%
TOTAL UNSURE 12%
March 2022: Texas Republican Primary Election
Texas parents and guardians should have the right to select schools, whether public or private, for their children, and the funding should follow the student.
TOTAL SUPPORT 88%
TOTAL OPPOSE 12%