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Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS)


Table 32.  Percentage of private school principals who were currently teaching in addition to serving as principal and average number of years spent teaching before becoming a principal, by affiliation stratum: 2003–04

Affiliation stratum Percentage of principals who were currently teaching in addition to serving as principal Average number of years spent teaching before becoming a principal
All private schools  71.7 10.4
     
Catholic- Parochial  47.6 14.9
Catholic- Diocesan  48.2 15.2
Catholic- Private  65.3 13.2
Amish 
Assembly of God  69.0 6.5
Baptist  80.2 7.5
Episcopal  52.1 13.3
Jewish  55.2 9.7
Lutheran Church- Missouri Synod  85.2 10.5
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod  99.3 3.5
Mennonite  85.1 3.4
Pentecostal  81.9 3.5
Seventh-Day Adventist  97.9 7.8
Other Religious  74.9 8.7
Nonsectarian- Regular  70.5 11.2
Nonsectarian- Special Emphasis  78.3 7.7
Nonsectarian- Special Education  30.1 9.7
‡ Reporting standards not met. The base-weighted unit response rate was below 50 percent.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey, Private School Principal Data File, 2003–04.

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