Public and Private School Principle in the United States: A Statistical Profile, 1987-88 to 1993-94
Table A22.-Percentage of public secondary school principals who view certain issues as serious
problems in their schools, by sex, age, experience, and race-ethnicity of principals: 1993-94
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Five most frequently identified problems in public secondary schools
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Lack of parent Students come
Principal characteristics involvement Student apathy Student alcohol use Poverty unprepared to learn
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Total 19.7 14.7 13.3 13.3 12.5
Sex
Male 19.4 14.2 13.5 12.2 11.9
Female 21.6 17.3 12.4 20.0 16.2
Age
Under 35 10.1 10.7 13.8 9.7 5.2
35-39 17.5 15.3 13.5 11.5 11.7
40-44 19.9 16.5 13.3 14.8 12.6
45-49 19.7 11.7 13.5 12.2 11.3
50-54 21.4 17.2 13.8 13.9 14.9
55 and over 19.3 15.7 12.0 14.3 13.2
Experience as a principal
Fewer than 3 years 22.0 13.8 12.9 15.3 12.8
3 to 9 years 19.8 15.1 14.5 13.7 12.5
10 years or more 18.0 14.7 12.2 11.5 12.4
Race-ethnicity
American Indian/Alaska Native 15.2 8.9 10.8 11.7 6.5
Asian/Pacific Islander 15.2 19.7 7.1 5.6 8.2
Black non-Hispanic 35.2 18.8 1.2 28.4 23.4
White non-Hispanic 18.1 14.3 14.5 11.3 11.6
Hispanic 28.4 17.3 8.9 35.6 15.1
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NOTE: Problems listed are the five most frequently identified in secondary schools, in order of frequency.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, , Schools and
Staffing Survey: 1993-94 (Public School Principal Questionnaire).
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