Among districts with more than one school, percentage of public school districts that had salary schedules for principals, and average and median lowest and highest yearly base salaries paid to all full-time principals, by selected public school district characteristics: 2011

Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS)

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Among districts with more than one school, percentage of public school districts that had salary schedules for principals, and average and median lowest and highest yearly base salaries paid to all full-time principals, by selected public school district characteristics: 2011–12

Selected public school district characteristic	Number of public school districts	Percent with salary schedules for principals	Average base salary of the lowest paid principal in the district	Median base salary of the lowest paid principal in the district	Average base salary of the highest paid principal in the district	Median base salaray of the highest paid principal in the district
All districts with more than one school	11,280	47.4	$77,500	$74,400	$93,700	$90,400

District size
2-3 schools	4,310	26.5	74,400	71,200	83,500	80,000
4-5 schools	2,690	43.9	77,400	74,500	93,700	90,100
6-9 schools	2,310	59.6	80,800	78,000	101,000	98,900
10-19 schools	1,220	80.0	81,400	79,300	105,500	105,200
20 or more schools	740	90.4	79,300	78,000	110,900	110,900

Community type
City	760	84.3	83,300	82,000	109,300	108,200
Suburban	2,640	59.1	94,200	90,200	117,600	113,500
Town	2,380	49.6	74,400	72,900	91,400	90,600
Rural	5,500	35.8	70,000	69,300	81,100	80,000

District K-12 enrollment
Less than 250	610	20.2	63,400	63,600	67,600	65,000
250-999	3,200	23.1	71,600	69,900	79,500	77,200
1,000-1,999	2,700	42.4	77,900	74,600	93,900	90,400
2,000-4,999	2,810	60.6	82,000	79,100	102,300	99,800
5,000-9,999	1,070	78.7	86,400	84,000	111,600	109,000
10,000 or more	880	89.6	82,100	80,200	113,600	113,200

Percent of K-12 students in district who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches
0-34	3,280	41.4	87,400	84,800	106,600	103,600
35-49	2,840	40.0	75,500	73,000	91,500	89,600
50-74	3,670	53.1	70,600	69,000	85,000	82,600
75 or more	1,290	65.4	73,500	70,000	88,200	84,400
District did not participate in free or reduced- price lunch program	200	31.3	95,500	89,800	109,700	103,900

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 salary schedules. Estimates in this table are based on 66 percent of all districts. Details 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 District Data File," 2011–12.

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