A much larger proportion of Israeli Arabs are satisfied with the country's school system than Jews, according to a new survey.

The poll, published on Sunday by the Central Bureau of Statistics, revealed that only 41 per cent of Jews have a good opinion of Israeli schools, compared with 74 per cent of Druze and 67 per cent of Muslims. The poll was conducted between April and December 2015, and included the views of over 7,000 people.

Thirty-six per cent of those polled said the functioning of the school system was "not so good", while 12 per cent said "not good at all". Only seven per cent said it functioned "very well", while 38 per cent said it was "good".

Meanwhile, a school in the Arab village of Abu al-Hija, outside Karmiel, came second in a table ranking institutions by the number of students to pass the high school matriculation exam in 2015, with 98 per cent making the grade. For the second year in a row, the Galilee Druze town of Beit Jann came top, with 99 per cent of pupils receiving their graduation certificates.