Number and percentage distribution of public school teachers, by reported level of agreement with the statement, 'My principal enforces school rules for student conduct and backs me up when I need it' and selected school characteristics: 2007

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Number and percentage distribution of public school teachers, by reported level of agreement with the statement, 'My principal enforces school rules for student conduct and backs me up when I need it' and selected school characteristics: 2007–08

Selected school characteristic	Number of teachers	Percent of teachers who
Selected school characteristic	Number of teachers	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree
All public schools	3,404,500	56.0	32.0	8.3	3.7

School classification
Traditional public	3,332,100	56.0	32.1	8.3	3.7
Charter school	72,400	57.6	29.2	9.2	4.1	!

Community type
City	882,400	50.9	34.2	10.1	4.8
Suburb	1,200,700	55.9	33.0	7.2	3.8
Town	467,500	59.6	29.4	7.9	3.1
Rural	853,900	59.4	29.8	8.1	2.6

School level
Elementary	2,147,900	58.8	30.5	7.5	3.2
Secondary	1,099,800	50.7	35.3	9.6	4.5
Combined	156,900	55.4	30.7	9.9	4.1

Student enrollment
Less than 100	48,700	63.1	25.8	8.7	2.4
100-199	124,100	62.0	27.2	7.6	3.2
200-499	1,029,800	59.0	30.0	7.6	3.5
500-749	845,100	58.2	30.2	8.3	3.3
750-999	488,600	55.7	32.4	7.5	4.3
1,000 or more	868,100	49.2	37.1	9.6	4.1

Percent of K-12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches
0-34	1,487,900	58.3	31.3	7.2	3.2
35-49	576,000	56.4	30.4	9.3	3.9
50-74	722,500	54.1	33.3	8.5	4.1
75 or more	554,700	51.8	34.3	9.7	4.2
School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program	63,400	56.3	29.5	9.7	4.6	!

All BIE schools	4,400	34.9	35.7	18.0	11.3
! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 30 percent or more of the estimate's value.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Teacher and BIE School Teacher Data Files," 2007–08.

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