| Table 3. Percentage distribution of school principals by age category, average and median age of principals, and percentage distribution of principals, by sex, school type, and selected school characteristics: 2007–08 |
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| School type and selected school characteristic | Less than 45 years | 45-54 years | 55 years or more | Sex | ||||||||||||
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| Average age of principals | Median age of principals | Male | Female | |||||||||||||
| All schools | 32.6 | 33.0 | 34.4 | 49 | 50 | 49.0 | 51.0 | |||||||||
| All public schools | 33.9 | 34.5 | 31.6 | 49 | 49 | 49.7 | 50.3 | |||||||||
| School classification | ||||||||||||||||
| Traditional public | 33.6 | 34.9 | 31.5 | 49 | 49 | 50.0 | 50.0 | |||||||||
| Charter school | 40.0 | 25.3 | 34.7 | 49 | 48 | 41.6 | 58.4 | |||||||||
| Community type | ||||||||||||||||
| City | 30.9 | 37.2 | 31.9 | 49 | 50 | 38.8 | 61.2 | |||||||||
| Suburban | 32.3 | 33.4 | 34.3 | 49 | 51 | 47.8 | 52.2 | |||||||||
| Town | 32.2 | 36.5 | 31.2 | 49 | 49 | 54.4 | 45.6 | |||||||||
| Rural | 38.1 | 32.7 | 29.1 | 48 | 48 | 57.2 | 42.8 | |||||||||
| School level | ||||||||||||||||
| Elementary | 34.0 | 33.3 | 32.6 | 49 | 49 | 41.1 | 58.9 | |||||||||
| Secondary | 33.6 | 36.9 | 29.5 | 49 | 49 | 71.5 | 28.5 | |||||||||
| Combined | 32.8 | 38.5 | 28.6 | 49 | 49 | 60.0 | 40.0 | |||||||||
| Student enrollment | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than 100 | 26.4 | 34.2 | 39.4 | 50 | 51 | 46.7 | 53.3 | |||||||||
| 100-199 | 36.0 | 27.5 | 36.5 | 49 | 50 | 54.9 | 45.1 | |||||||||
| 200-499 | 35.2 | 36.2 | 28.6 | 48 | 49 | 47.2 | 52.8 | |||||||||
| 500-749 | 35.0 | 31.6 | 33.4 | 49 | 50 | 45.9 | 54.1 | |||||||||
| 750-999 | 34.7 | 36.0 | 29.3 | 49 | 49 | 51.5 | 48.5 | |||||||||
| 1,000 or more | 28.5 | 40.0 | 31.5 | 49 | 50 | 63.8 | 36.2 | |||||||||
| Percent of K-12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches |
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| 0-34 | 35.6 | 34.5 | 29.9 | 49 | 49 | 56.8 | 43.2 | |||||||||
| 35-49 | 34.6 | 35.5 | 29.9 | 48 | 49 | 50.8 | 49.2 | |||||||||
| 50-74 | 32.7 | 33.6 | 33.7 | 49 | 50 | 44.6 | 55.4 | |||||||||
| 75 or more | 34.2 | 35.9 | 29.9 | 48 | 49 | 40.9 | 59.1 | |||||||||
| School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program |
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| 19.8 | 30.7 | 49.6 | 52 | 54 | 49.9 | 50.1 | ||||||||||
| All BIE schools | 21.8 | 47.4 | 51.2 | 50 | 50 | 51.5 | 48.5 | |||||||||
| All private schools | 28.6 | 27.9 | 43.5 | 51 | 52 | 46.7 | 53.3 | |||||||||
| School classification | ||||||||||||||||
| Catholic | 16.4 | 26.6 | 57.0 | 54 | 55 | 26.2 | 73.8 | |||||||||
| Other religious | 33.3 | 30.9 | 35.8 | 49 | 50 | 61.1 | 38.9 | |||||||||
| Nonsectarian | 32.3 | 23.3 | 44.4 | 51 | 52 | 39.6 | 60.4 | |||||||||
| Community type | ||||||||||||||||
| City | 26.7 | 25.8 | 47.5 | 52 | 53 | 38.0 | 62.0 | |||||||||
| Suburban | 25.9 | 26.6 | 47.4 | 52 | 53 | 41.2 | 58.8 | |||||||||
| Town | 26.6 | 31.0 | 42.4 | 52 | 52 | 53.3 | 46.7 | |||||||||
| Rural | 36.7 | 31.9 | 31.4 | 48 | 49 | 66.3 | 33.7 | |||||||||
| School level | ||||||||||||||||
| Elementary | 26.4 | 27.5 | 46.1 | 51 | 53 | 36.3 | 63.7 | |||||||||
| Secondary | 29.1 | 30.1 | 40.8 | 51 | 52 | 64.4 | 35.6 | |||||||||
| Combined | 32.5 | 28.0 | 39.6 | 50 | 51 | 59.8 | 40.2 | |||||||||
| Student enrollment | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than 100 | 35.5 | 26.7 | 37.8 | 49 | 50 | 45.7 | 54.3 | |||||||||
| 100-199 | 29.3 | 28.7 | 41.9 | 51 | 51 | 47.1 | 52.9 | |||||||||
| 200-499 | 18.6 | 27.4 | 54.0 | 54 | 55 | 45.5 | 54.5 | |||||||||
| 500-749 | 13.4 | 34.2 | 52.4 | 54 | 55 | 47.4 | 52.6 | |||||||||
| 750 or more | 18.6 | 35.9 | 45.6 | 52 | 53 | 70.9 | 29.1 | |||||||||
| Percent of K-12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches |
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| 0-34 | 23.0 | 28.1 | 49.0 | 52 | 54 | 42.7 | 57.3 | |||||||||
| 35-49 | 35.6 | 23.9 | 40.6 | 49 | 52 | 32.7 | 67.3 | |||||||||
| 50-74 | 42.6 | 17.6 | 39.8 | 49 | 49 | 34.1 | 65.9 | |||||||||
| 75 or more | 28.6 | 25.4 | 46.0 | 51 | 53 | 42.1 | 57.9 | |||||||||
| School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program |
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| 29.2 | 28.7 | 42.1 | 51 | 52 | 49.3 | 50.7 | ||||||||||
| NOTE: BIE school refers to schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) that are operated by the BIE, a tribe, or a private contractor and not by a regular school district. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. | ||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Principal, BIE School Principal, and Private School Principal Data Files," 2007–08. | ||||||||||||||||
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