Public and Private School Principle in the United States: A Statistical Profile, 1987-88 to 1993-94
Table B18.-Standard errors for 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 to learn involvement drug abuse apathy
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PUBLIC
Total 0.74 0.59 0.51 0.43 0.38
Minority enrollment
Less than 20% 0.60 0.55 0.51 0.32 0.42
20% to 50% 1.41 1.34 1.43 1.18 1.20
More than 50% 2.34 1.80 1.20 1.33 0.85
School size
Less than 150 2.19 1.22 1.22 1.27 1.06
150 to 499 0.83 0.68 0.78 0.66 0.54
500 to 749 1.30 1.34 1.01 0.66 0.86
750 or more 2.64 1.83 1.98 1.59 1.38
District size
Less than 1,000 1.52 0.93 1.22 1.13 1.08
1,000-4,999 1.23 0.97 0.81 0.72 0.79
5,000-9,999 2.13 1.78 1.94 1.03 1.26
10,000 or more 1.31 1.20 1.06 0.86 0.68
Community type
Central city 1.81 1.51 1.25 1.18 0.78
Urban fringe/large town 1.07 1.06 1.02 0.69 0.64
Rural/small town 1.01 0.86 0.70 0.67 0.75
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See footnotes at end of tables.
Table B18.-Standard errors for 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(continued)
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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 to learn involvement drug abuse apathy
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PRIVATE
Total 0.46 0.24 0.32 0.21 0.29
Minority enrollment
Less than 20% 0.28 0.72 0.03 0.00 0.00
20% to 50% 0.69 0.21 0.67 0.38 -
More than 50% 1.93 1.16 1.56 1.08 1.50
School size
Less than 150 0.77 0.46 0.52 0.43 0.46
150 to 499 0.55 0.32 0.36 - 0.36
500 to 749 - 0.00 - 0.00 0.00
750 or more - 0.00 - 0.00 0.00
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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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