Public and Private School Principle in the United States: A Statistical Profile, 1987-88 to 1993-94
Table A18.Percentage of public and private elementary school principals who view certain issues
as serious problems in their schools, by selected school characteristics: 1993-94
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Five most frequently identified problems in elementary schools
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Students come Lack of parent Parent alcohol/ Student
School characteristics Poverty unprepared tolearn involvement drug abuse apathy
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PUBLIC
Total 17.0 11.6 10.2 7.0 5.6
Minority enrollment
Less than 20% 8.6 6.0 5.0 3.6 3.6
20% to 50% 14.7 13.1 11.3 8.6 8.1
More than 50% 38.4 23.1 20.9 13.3 7.9
School size
Less than 150 14.6 6.0 5.4 6.6 2.9
150 to 499 16.2 10.0 10.0 7.0 4.7
500 to 749 16.4 15.1 9.8 6.2 7.0
750 or more 23.9 14.2 15.0 8.7 8.3
District size
Less than 1,000 12.9 5.8 5.9 6.9 4.3
1,000-4,999 13.6 9.7 7.7 4.6 6.0
5,000-9,999 14.3 10.1 12.4 6.0 6.5
10,000 or more 22.4 15.3 13.3 9.1 5.9
Community type
Central city 26.1 18.8 15.8 10.2 6.3
Urban fringe/large town 10.6 8.3 7.4 4.9 3.6
Rural/small town 16.0 9.6 8.7 6.5 6.4
PRIVATE
Total 3.0 1.3 1.9 0.8 0.9
Minority enrollment
Less than 20% 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.0
20% to 50% 1.3 0.3 1.4 0.9
More than 50% 11.6 4.8 8.5 3.4 4.7
School size
Less than 150 2.9 1.4 2.0 1.5 1.2
150 to 499 2.9 1.3 1.4 0.7
500 to 749 0.0 0.0 0.0
750 or more 0.0 0.0 0.0
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Too few cases for a reliable estimate.
NOTE: Problems listed are the five most frequently identified in elementary schools, in order of frequency.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, , Schools and
Staffing Survey: 1993-94 (Public School Principal, Public School, and Teacher Demand and
Shortage Questionnaires).
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