Table 1.Total number of public school principals and percentage distribution of school principals, by race/ethnicity and state: 2011

Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS)

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Table 1. Total number of public school principals and percentage distribution of school principals, by race/ethnicity and state: 2011–12


			Percent of principals by race/ethnicity
State	Total number of principals		Hispanic, regardless of race		White, non-Hispanic		Black or African American, non-Hispanic		Other¹
United States	89,810		6.8		80.3		10.1		2.8

Alabama	1,390		‡		78.9		19.0		‡
Alaska	500	!	2.0	!	87.5		0.5	!	9.9	!
Arizona	2,030		10.5		82.6		2.8	!	4.1	!
Arkansas	940		#		78.4		18.3		‡
California	9,690		20.6		70.2		3.2		6.0	!

Colorado	1,580		12.9		85.5		‡		‡
Connecticut	1,030		‡		85.0		12.6	!	‡
Delaware	220		‡		71.1		24.9	!	‡
District of Columbia	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
Florida	3,520		13.4		65.2		19.2		2.2	!

Georgia	2,370		‡		69.9		29.0		‡
Hawaii	270	!	‡		62.8	!	#		‡
Idaho	720		‡		92.7		‡		‡
Illinois	3,920		2.7	!	84.2		12.6		‡
Indiana	1,770		‡		88.3		8.7	!	‡

Iowa	1,170		‡		97.0		2.8		#
Kansas	1,270		‡		98.4		‡		#
Kentucky	1,440		#		93.4		6.4		‡
Louisiana	1,370		‡		60.4		37.4		‡
Maine	620		‡		97.0		#		‡

Maryland	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
Massachusetts	1,730		‡		89.4		‡		3.1	!
Michigan	3,350		‡		84.4		11.3		‡
Minnesota	1,930		‡		93.3		‡		‡
Mississippi	1,000		#		56.1		42.7		‡

Missouri	1,940		‡		90.6		8.2		‡
Montana	540		‡		96.2		‡		‡
Nebraska	870		#		100.0		#		#
Nevada	580		3.2	!	90.2		‡		‡
New Hampshire	440		#		99.4		‡		#

New Jersey	2,470		8.0		77.1		13.7		‡
New Mexico	730		49.5		47.0		‡		3.2	!
New York	4,610		5.9	!	78.7		12.6		2.9	!
North Carolina	2,550		‡		81.6		15.2		‡
North Dakota	350		‡		96.1		#		3.5	!

Ohio	3,380		‡		86.9		10.2		‡
Oklahoma	1,480		‡		70.5		‡		22.0
Oregon	1,160		‡		88.2		‡		‡
Pennsylvania	3,160		‡		88.4		6.6	!	2.9
Rhode Island	280		6.0	!	90.5		#		‡

South Carolina	1,180		#		71.2		26.8		‡
South Dakota	430		‡		93.0		#		5.7	!
Tennessee	1,710		#		85.7		9.4	!	‡
Texas	8,270		18.0		70.9		9.3		‡
Utah	940		4.6	!	94.0		‡		0.8	!

Vermont	310		#		100.0		#		#
Virginia	2,040		‡		81.6		15.6		‡
Washington	2,010		6.0	!	83.8		‡		‡
West Virginia	760		#		96.4		3.6	!	#
Wisconsin	1,930		‡		95.2		‡		‡
Wyoming	320		‡		97.4		#		#
# Rounds to zero.
! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 percent and 50 percent (i.e., the standard error is at least 30 percent and less than 50 percent of the estimate).
‡ Reporting standards not met. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 50 percent or greater (i.e., the standard error is 50 percent or more of the estimate) or the response rate is below 50 percent.
¹ Other includes American Indian/Alaska Native, non-Hispanic; Asian, non-Hispanic; Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic; and two or more races, non-Hispanic.
NOTE: Hispanic includes Latino. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding and because some data are not shown.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Principal Data File," 2011–12.

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