Public and Private School Principle in the United States: A Statistical Profile, 1987-88 to 1993-94
Table B29.Standard errors for Table A29: Percentage of private school principals by private
school affiliation, by sex, race-ethnicity, highest degree earned, average age,
salary, and years as a principal: 1993-94
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Private school affiliation
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Assoc. Nat. Soc. Solomon Lutheran, Wisconsin
Military Hebrew Day Schechter Other Missouri Evangelical
Principal characteristics Colleges/Schs. Catholic Friends Episcopal Schs. Day Schs. Jewish Synod Lutheran
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Total number 10.3 65.2 1.1 11.2 11.2 4.1 26.3 39.9 11.7
Sex
Male 2.12 0.98 6.26 4.80 6.57 0.00 5.96 4.33 0.02
Female 2.12 0.98 6.26 4.80 6.57 0.00 5.96 4.33
Race-ethnicity
American Indian/Alaska Native 0.00 0.28 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Asian/Pacific Islander 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Black non-Hispanic 0.00 0.48 0.00 0.00
White non-Hispanic 0.00 0.81 0.75 2.17 0.75 0.00 1.46 2.02 0.01
Hispanic 0.00 0.59 0.00 0.00 0.00
Total minority 0.00 0.81 2.02
Highest degree earned
Less than bachelor's 0.00 0.00 1.56 0.00 3.68
Bachelor's 1.14 2.23 4.85 3.08 0.00 4.26 6.43 3.43
Master's 18.82 1.52 5.93 5.30 5.44 0.00 6.35 6.60 3.23
Ed. spec./prof. dipl. 6.07 1.02 1.32 4.08 7.21 0.00 5.12 1.64
Doctorate 0.44 1.98 3.61 4.05 0.00 5.47 0.00
Average age 1.76 0.26 0.64 0.82 1.10 0.00 1.20 1.04 1.01
Average salary $770.47 $329.80 $1,382.97 $1,719.72 $2,700.95 $0.00 $2,547.16 $1,006.77 $620.47
Average years as principal 1.25 0.21 0.15 0.83 0.99 0.00 1.36 1.29 0.81
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See footnote at end of table.
Table B29.Standard errors for Table A29: Percentage of private school principals by private
school affiliation, by sex, race-ethnicity, highest degree earned, average age,
salary, and years as a principal: 1993-94 (continued)
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Private school affiliation
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Nat. Assoc. National
Evangelical Seventh- Christian Association Priv. Schools Association of Other
Lutheran Other Day Schools, of Christian Exceptional Independent Private
Principal characteristics Church Lutheran Adventist International Schools, Int. Children Montessori Schools* Schools
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Total number 2.2 0.3 43.9 61.7 72.0 15.8 32.7 24.3 212.7
Sex
Male 1.70 1.51 8.63 9.34 4.60 6.23 2.37 3.71 2.92
Female 1.70 1.51 8.63 9.34 4.60 6.23 2.37 3.71 2.92
Race-ethnicity
American Indian/Alaska Native 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.47
Asian/Pacific Islander 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.87 2.26 0.27
Black non-Hispanic 0.06 0.00 2.48 2.03 3.37 1.11
White non-Hispanic 0.22 0.15 2.67 3.26 2.13 3.42 5.06 2.58 1.54
Hispanic 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.91
Total minority 0.22 2.67 3.26 2.13 3.42 5.06 2.58 1.54
Highest degree earned
Less than bachelor's 0 3.12 0 3.25 2.76
Bachelor's 1.66 1.97 6.71 8.77 5.01 1.7 6.19 2.32 3.16
Master's 2.08 1.21 6.66 8.61 4.65 6.22 6.57 3.69 2.68
Ed. spec./prof. dipl. 0.87 1.21 6.01 4.33 1.86 1.04
Doctorate 0.40 1.78 1.19 4.1 5.08 3.07 1.34
Average age 0.70 0.20 2.79 1.14 0.99 1.06 0.94 0.43 0.74
Average salary $807.26 $1,121.04 $1,551.50 $2,243.99 $1,265.37 $1,794.41 $2,030.22 $2,771.85 $1,066.09
Average years as principal 0.44 0.21 1.09 0.91 0.69 0.69 0.90 0.45 0.49
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* Religious, military, Montessori, and special education schools that are members of the National
Association of Independent Schools are reported under these classifications.
Too few cases for a reliable estimate.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, , Schools and
Staffing Survey: 1993-94 (Private School Principal and School Questionnaires).
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