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| Table 12. Among districts with more than one school, percentage of principals who were newly hired, average number of days in the normal contract year for principals, percentage of districts that had a tenure system for principals, and percentage of districts that had a training program for aspiring school administrators, by selected public school district characteristics: 2007–08 |
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| Average number of days in the normal contract year for principals1 | Percent of districts that had a tenure system for principals | Percent of districts that had a training program for aspiring school administrators | |||||||
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| Selected public school district characteristic | Percent of principals who were newly hired | ||||||||
| All districts with more than one school | 9.3 | 227 | 25.4 | 23.8 | |||||
| District size | |||||||||
| 2-3 schools | 14.0 | 226 | 25.2 | 14.2 | |||||
| 4-5 schools | 11.3 | 228 | 24.1 | 18.9 | |||||
| 6-9 schools | 11.2 | 228 | 27.0 | 23.2 | |||||
| 10-19 schools | 10.0 | 227 | 26.6 | 42.1 | |||||
| 20 or more schools | 6.1 | 228 | 24.2 | 66.8 | |||||
| Community type | |||||||||
| City | 6.8 | 227 | 27.9 | 51.6 | |||||
| Suburban | 8.3 | 232 | 36.1 | 30.0 | |||||
| Town | 11.9 | 225 | 22.3 | 21.4 | |||||
| Rural | 11.7 | 226 | 20.5 | 17.1 | |||||
| District K-12 enrollment | |||||||||
| Less than 250 | 11.3 | ! | 217 | 15.3 | 11.8 | ||||
| 250-999 | 14.7 | 223 | 18.4 | 12.9 | |||||
| 1,000-1,999 | 12.4 | 230 | 29.5 | 18.0 | |||||
| 2,000-4,999 | 10.8 | 230 | 29.4 | 24.2 | |||||
| 5,000-9,999 | 9.7 | 229 | 29.7 | 38.8 | |||||
| 10,000 or more | 6.3 | 228 | 24.2 | 66.6 | |||||
| Percent of K-12 students in district who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches | |||||||||
| 0-34 | 9.4 | 229 | 31.5 | 20.9 | |||||
| 35-49 | 8.6 | 225 | 24.9 | 26.0 | |||||
| 50-74 | 9.6 | 226 | 18.2 | 25.8 | |||||
| 75 or more | 8.9 | 227 | 17.7 | 29.7 | |||||
| District did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program |
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| 10.8 | 239 | 15.9 | ! | 17.7 | ! | ||||
| ! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 30 percent or more of the estimate's value. | |||||||||
| 1 Includes professional development, student contract days, and other days covered in a typical contract. | |||||||||
| NOTE: Districts with only one school, including single traditional public schools and public charter schools that operate independently of a regular school district, were not asked about principal salaryschedules, specific agreements with principal unions, principal hiring, number of contract days for principals, principal tenure, or training programs for aspiring school administrators. Estimatesin this table are based on 68 percent of all districts. | |||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School District Data File," 2007–08. | |||||||||
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