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 state: 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 state: 2007–08

State	Number of teachers	Percent of teachers who
State	Number of teachers	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Somewhat disagree		Strongly disagree
United States	3,404,500	56.0	32.0	8.3		3.7

Alabama	53,200	60.2	28.1	8.2		3.4	!
Alaska	8,100	55.4	33.4	8.4		2.8
Arizona	66,500	58.5	30.2	7.6		3.7	!
Arkansas	35,800	62.6	27.9	6.9		2.6	!
California	310,000	52.6	34.1	9.3		4.1

Colorado	50,100	55.9	33.1	7.5		3.5	!
Connecticut	50,100	49.6	36.6	8.1		5.7
Delaware	8,300	53.8	33.5	8.2		4.5	!
District of Columbia	4,400	42.2	31.4	14.2		12.2
Florida	177,200	57.9	31.5	6.5		4.1

Georgia	121,900	63.9	26.8	6.0		3.2
Hawaii	12,800	39.2	43.7	11.5		5.6
Idaho	16,200	62.9	27.1	7.8		2.2	!
Illinois	145,000	54.4	32.7	9.2		3.7
Indiana	68,400	52.7	33.8	10.2		3.4

Iowa	39,600	54.3	33.0	9.2		3.5
Kansas	37,700	55.1	33.5	7.3		4.2	!
Kentucky	44,400	58.9	28.9	8.3		3.8	!
Louisiana	48,100	64.4	27.1	4.7	!	3.9
Maine	17,800	52.7	33.7	10.0		3.6

Maryland	59,900	50.8	35.2	10.7		3.4	!
Massachusetts	80,400	54.1	34.4	6.3		5.2
Michigan	98,300	56.2	32.4	6.6		4.8
Minnesota	64,000	58.5	31.1	8.4		2.0
Mississippi	35,500	57.5	29.7	7.6		5.2

Missouri	73,300	60.8	29.9	6.9		2.4
Montana	12,700	60.7	29.1	7.2		3.1
Nebraska	23,200	56.3	31.1	9.1		3.4
Nevada	23,700	58.1	29.0	7.9		5.0
New Hampshire	17,400	48.8	35.0	12.0		4.2

New Jersey	124,500	52.9	36.6	5.6		4.9
New Mexico	22,700	47.5	36.1	13.0		3.5
New York	228,100	48.7	36.6	9.5		5.2
North Carolina	96,000	53.4	33.3	9.6		3.6	!
North Dakota	8,900	62.2	28.1	7.8		1.8

Ohio	134,300	53.1	35.6	7.0		4.3
Oklahoma	46,500	62.5	25.9	7.5		4.0
Oregon	31,700	61.2	27.4	8.2		3.2	!
Pennsylvania	136,900	57.4	31.7	8.6		2.3
Rhode Island	13,200	48.9	32.9	11.9		6.2	!

South Carolina	49,000	60.1	31.3	7.0		1.6	!
South Dakota	10,600	52.4	33.6	11.0		3.0
Tennessee	67,100	61.5	28.0	7.9		2.7	!
Texas	340,400	60.1	28.6	8.6		2.6
Utah	27,200	62.8	28.1	6.1		3.0	!

Vermont	10,200	52.9	34.7	9.1		3.3	!
Virginia	94,000	54.3	30.0	11.5		4.3
Washington	58,100	60.0	31.1	6.6		2.2	!
West Virginia	22,900	60.6	29.0	7.5		2.8	!
Wisconsin	70,100	50.3	35.6	12.1		2.0	!
Wyoming	7,900	55.9	31.5	9.3		3.4
! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 30 percent or more of the estimate's value.
NOTE: 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 Teacher Data File," 2007–08.

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