Most Americans don't think the government spends enough on public education until they find out how much it really does spend on schools.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 29% of American Adults believe the government spends too much on public education. Fifty-two percent (52%) disagree and feel the government doesn’t spend enough. Thirteen percent (13%) say the level of government spending is about right. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

The survey of 1,000 Adults was conducted on August 1-2, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.