Public and Private School Principle in the United States: A Statistical Profile, 1987-88 to 1993-94
Table A20.Percentage of public and private combined 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 combined schools
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Lack of parent Student Students come Parent alcohol/
School characteristics involvement Poverty apathy unprepared to drug abuse
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PUBLIC
Total 20.9 19.2 13.1 13.1 9.8
Minority enrollment
Less than 20% 14.0 11.8 10.0 8.0 5.8
20% to 50% 15.4 13.2 9.9 8.6 6.2
More than 50% 36.3 35.7 21.3 25.0 19.1
School size
Less than 150 24.6 26.8 16.3 17.7 17.3
150 to 499 20.1 15.8 11.4 10.3 7.6
500 to 749 16.3 14.6 12.3 10.4 1.7
750 or more 17.2 12.6 11.0 12.8 2.9
District size
Less than 1,000 15.2 17.9 12.0 8.9 12.3
1,000-4,999 20.5 21.1 13.5 13.2 9.8
5,000-9,999 26.2 13.6 12.4 16.0 4.4
10,000 or more 25.6 23.4 15.0 16.0 9.5
Community type
Central city 29.2 30.9 17.4 22.5 11.5
Urban fringe/large town 21.0 15.8 15.8 8.3 8.6
Rural/small town 18.3 16.4 11.2 11.4 9.5
PRIVATE
Total 4.6 3.2 2.9 3.8 2.4
Minority enrollment
Less than 20% 2.8 1.8 2.4
20% to 50% 4.2 11.6 4.9 2.8 6.8
More than 50% 16.5 10.6 6.5 14.2 4.4
School size
Less than 150 6.2 3.8 3.1 5.6 3.6
150 to 499 1.7 2.7 2.8 0.0
500 to 749 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
750 or more 0.0 0.0 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 combined 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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