Public and Private School Principle in the United States: A Statistical Profile, 1987-88 to 1993-94
Table B12.-Standard errors for Table A12: Percentage of public and private school principals
by highest degree earned, by race-ethnicity and sex: 1987-88, 1990-97, 1993-94
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Highest degree
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Public Private
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Principal characteristics Less than Bachelor's Master's Ed. Sp./ Doctorate Less than Bachelor's Master's Ed. Sp./ Doctorate
Bachelor's Prof. Bachelor's Prof.
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1987-88
Total 0.04 0.25 0.51 0.49 0.35 0.93 1.55 1.56 0.90 0.56
Race-ethnicity
American Indian/Alaska Native - - 5.97 5.69 4.50 - - 22.20 - -
Asian/Pacific Islander - 1.31 5.98 7.31 4.76 - 12.53 11.29 8.11 8.23
Black non-Hispanic - - 2.14 2.10 1.21 - 4.89 6.34 4.10 4.62
White non-Hispanic - 0.28 0.52 0.45 0.39 0.98 1.71 1.61 0.97 0.56
Hispanic - 1.82 4.15 2.76 2.04 - 8.72 8.74 - 2.06
Sex
Male - 0.19 0.54 0.56 0.33 1.44 1.94 2.05 1.00 0.82
Female - 0.72 1.22 1.10 0.81 1.18 2.17 1.86 1.35 0.71
1990-91
Total - 0.23 0.70 0.52 0.44 1.19 1.13 1.12 0.76 0.60
Race-ethnicity
Amererican Indian/Alaska Nativ - - 8.57 6.03 7.01 - - 22.70 - -
Asian/Pacific Islander - 2.82 9.14 6.16 3.43 - 12.54 15.74 7.55 14.68
Black non-Hispanic - - 2.19 1.96 1.70 6.14 7.62 7.47 2.46 5.93
White non-Hispanic - 0.22 0.78 0.64 0.44 1.28 1.23 1.24 0.79 0.60
Hispanic - 2.14 3.86 3.58 2.18 1.76 6.96 6.48 4.16 2.70
Sex
Male - 0.28 0.65 0.57 0.36 2.22 1.73 1.61 1.02 1.07
Female - 0.38 1.50 1.12 1.10 0.81 1.41 1.72 1.26 0.62
1993-94
Total - 0.21 0.65 0.57 0.33 1.00 1.27 1.28 0.41 0.54
Race-ethnicity
American Indian/Alaska Native - 0.52 6.42 6.84 2.79 - 19.69 18.84 - -
Asian/Pacific Islander - 1.57 8.15 8.57 7.32 - 13.09 17.75 - 2.45
Black non-Hispanic - - 1.91 1.59 1.50 4.67 5.27 4.98 3.03 1.86
White non-Hispanic - 0.22 0.79 0.67 0.35 1.09 1.32 1.36 0.45 0.56
Hispanic - 2.26 3.30 2.46 1.41 - 9.03 7.63 4.60 6.15
Sex
Male - 0.22 0.91 0.68 0.42 1.86 1.79 1.87 0.57 0.97
Female - 0.42 1.14 1.09 0.60 1.17 1.63 1.89 0.74 0.45
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-Too few cases for a reliable estimate.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Natoinal Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey: 1987-88 (School Administrator Questionnaire),
1990-91 (Public and Private School Administrator Questionnaires), and 1993-94 (Public and Private School Principal Questionnaires).
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