All templates

K-12 School Safety & Parent Communication Assessment

A research-grade survey for K–12 parents and guardians to assess perceived school safety, evaluate communication effectiveness, and identify priorities for prevention investment.

Sample questions

A preview of what’s in the template. Every question is editable before you launch.

24 questions · ~4 min
Q01
Long Text

Welcome! This survey is for parents and guardians of K–12 students who were enrolled at any time in the last 12 months. Your participation is entirely voluntary, and you may stop at any time. There are no right or wrong answers — we are interested in your honest opinions and experiences. Your responses are confidential and will be reported only in aggregate to help improve school safety and communication practices. This survey takes approximately 5–7 minutes to complete.

Q02
Multiple Choice

Are you a parent or legal guardian of a child enrolled in a K–12 school within the last 12 months?

Q03
Multiple Choice

What grade level best describes your child's current enrollment?

Q04
Long Text

How safe do you feel your child's school is this school year?

Q05
Multiple Choice

How do you currently receive safety-related updates from the school? Select all that apply.

Q06
Multiple Choice

Which prevention or safety measures have you noticed at your child's school this year? Select all that apply.

Q07
Multiple Choice

In the last 12 months, did any safety-related incident occur at your child's school that affected your child or their class/school?

Q08
Long Text

If you could change one thing about safety or communication at your child's school, what would it be?

Q09
Long Text

Where do you live?

Q10
Long Text

Thank you for sharing your perspectives. Your input helps improve school safety and communication for families like yours.

Q11
Multiple Choice

What type of school does your child primarily attend this year?

Q12
Long Text

Compared to the previous school year, how has your sense of safety at your child's school changed?

Q13
Long Text

Overall, how effective are the school's communications about safety this school year?

Q14
Long Text

Please rank where additional investment would be most helpful at your child's school (1 = most helpful).

Q15
Long Text

How timely was the school's response and outreach during that incident?

Q16
AI Interview

Based on your survey responses, we'd like to explore your thoughts on school safety and communication a bit further.

Q17
Multiple Choice

What is your age?

Q18
Long Text

Please rank the following sources by how much you trust them for safety information from the school (1 = most trusted).

Q19
Long Text

How would you rate the overall quality of the school's communications during that incident?

Q20
Multiple Choice

What is your gender?

Q21
Long Text

What could the school have done better during that incident?

Q22
Multiple Choice

What is the highest level of education you have completed?

Q23
Multiple Choice

What is your current employment status?

Q24
Long Text

How many school-aged children (5–18) live in your household?

What’s included

  • AI follow-ups

    Adaptive probes on open-ended answers that pull out detail a static form would miss.

  • Attention checks

    Built-in safeguards against rushed answers and low-quality respondents.

  • AI-drafted copy

    Wording, ordering, and branching written by the AI — tuned to your research goal.

  • Auto report

    Themes, quotes, and a plain-English summary write themselves once responses come in.

Ready to launch?

Open this template in the editor. Every part is yours to change before the first respondent sees it.