Home / Top News / National parent survey: Students more likely to be attending school in person in districts where the virus is spreading more rapidly National parent survey: Students more likely to be attending school in person in districts where the virus is spreading more rapidly Private schools are more likely to be fully in-person, district and charter schools are more likely to be fully remote Students Are More Likely to Attend School in Person Where Covid Is Spreading Most Rapidly Both the availability of and actual in-person school attendance is greater in counties where the number of new Covid cases was highest just before our November survey.