Public and Private School Principle in the United States: A Statistical Profile, 1987-88 to 1993-94
Table B24.Standard errors for Table A24: Percentage of public and private school principals
who rated specific educational goals as first, second, or third most important for
students to achieve, by school level, community type, and minority enrollment:
1993-94
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Goals
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Building Encouraging Promoting Promoting Promoting Promoting Promoting Promoting multi-
basic academic occupational/ work personal human moral cultural awareness
School characteristics literacy excellence voc. skills habits growth relations values religious dev.
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PUBLIC
Total 0.60 0.67 0.40 0.75 0.61 0.54 0.30 0.55
School level
Elementary 0.71 0.95 0.53 1.01 0.91 0.77 0.40 0.72
Secondary 1.00 0.97 0.70 0.80 0.88 0.57 0.39 0.42
Combined 3.07 2.59 2.76 3.17 2.50 1.57 1.18 3.40
Community type
Central city 1.29 1.36 0.68 1.25 1.50 1.45 0.72 1.23
Urban fringe/large town 1.36 1.38 0.62 1.48 1.23 1.28 0.63 0.95
Rural/small town 0.93 0.96 0.64 1.01 0.82 0.73 0.44 0.58
Minority enrollment
Less than 20% 0.75 0.99 0.59 0.98 0.80 0.71 0.38 0.60
20% to 50% 1.44 1.60 0.96 1.91 1.78 1.28 0.75 1.30
More than 50% 1.65 1.59 0.96 1.30 1.55 1.38 0.82 1.06
PRIVATE
Total 0.87 1.27 0.77 1.30 1.22 0.72 0.90 1.37
School level
Elementary 1.53 1.90 1.19 1.49 1.80 0.90 1.17 1.89
Secondary 3.00 3.37 0.90 2.69 2.68 3.44 1.90 2.74
Combined 2.31 2.88 1.92 3.11 2.38 1.94 2.25 2.88
Community type
Central city 1.46 1.48 1.01 1.86 1.69 0.90 1.70 1.77
Urban fringe/large town 2.04 2.61 1.87 2.24 2.30 1.88 1.62 2.18
Rural/small town 2.20 2.82 1.54 3.02 2.61 1.77 2.47 3.19
Minority enrollment
Less than 20% 1.27 1.69 1.24 1.59 1.78 1.03 1.23 1.88
20% to 50% 3.47 3.03 1.28 3.32 2.85 1.73 1.88 2.97
More than 50% 3.60 3.31 1.68 2.99 2.37 2.46 2.55 2.52
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, , Schools and Staffing Survey: 1993-94 (Public and Private School Principal and School
Questionnaires).
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