[B Knotts]

I'll admit, a small percentage of people would probably go uneducated without public schools

...however, it would be a smaller percentage than the amount that remain uneducated within public schools.

Naturally, including the teachers.

:-)

[Domestic Church]

Illiteracy actually increased in this country after compulsory educated was mandated. For example in Massachusetts prior to this the rate was between 98-99%.