Digest of Education Statistics: 2005
Digest of Education Statistics: 2005

NCES 2006-030
June 2006


Table 83. Principals in public and private elementary and secondary schools, by selected characteristics: 1993-94 and 1999-2000
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                          |              |             |     Percent distribution of principals, by   |                                  |Average annual salary of principals|Average annual salary of principals
                          |              |             |       highest degree earned, 1999-2000\2\    |    Average years of experience   |        in current dollars         | in constant 2004-05 dollars\3\
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                          |              |             |          |          |           |    Doctor's|      As a|       As a|   Teaching|                 |                 |                 |
                          |              |             |          |          |  Education|  and first-|principal,| principal,|experience,|                 |                 |                 | 
Characteristic            |    1993-94\1\| 1999-2000\1\|Bachelor's|  Master's| specialist|professional|   1993-94|  1999-2000|  1999-2000|          1993-94|        1999-2000|          1993-94|        1999-2000
__________________________|______________|_____________|__________|__________|___________|____________|__________|___________|___________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________
1                         |             2|            3|         4|         5|          6|           7|         8|          9|         10|               11|               12|               13|               14
__________________________|______________|_____________|__________|__________|___________|____________|__________|___________|___________|_________________|_________________|_________________|_________________
Public schools            |              |             |          |          |           |            |          |           |           |                 |                 |                 |
   Total .................|79,618 (235.2)|83,790(326.9)| 1.8(0.22)|54.2(0.63)|33.8 (0.60)| 10.2 (0.46)| 8.7(0.10)| 9.0 (0.11)| 14.0(0.10)| $54,858  (126.6)|$66,504   (158.1)| $71,919  (166.0)|$75,304   (179.0)
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Sex                       |              |             |          |          |           |            |          |           |           |                 |                 |                 |
  Males ..................|52,114 (612.9)|47,130(603.9)| 1.9(0.29)|57.1(0.90)|31.7 (0.92)|  9.4 (0.53)|10.3(0.16)|10.6 (0.14)| 13.1(0.14)|  54,922  (160.0)| 66,463   (241.9)|  72,003  (209.8)| 75,257   (273.9)
  Females ................|27,505 (542.4)|36,660(598.2)| 1.7(0.32)|50.6(1.09)|36.4 (1.03)| 11.2 (0.66)| 5.6(0.12)| 6.9 (0.12)| 15.2(0.14)|  54,736  (275.9)| 66,557   (248.5)|  71,760  (361.7)| 75,364   (281.4)
                          |              |             |          |          |           |            |          |           |           |                 |                 |                 |
Race/ethnicity            |              |             |          |          |           |            |          |           |           |                 |                 |                 |
  White, non-Hispanic ....|67,081 (539.5)|68,933(578.6)| 1.6(0.21)|53.8(0.75)|34.8 (0.66)|  9.7 (0.52)| 9.0(0.12)| 9.2 (0.12)| 13.8(0.11)|  54,466  (137.9)| 66,198   (156.5)|  71,405  (180.8)| 74,957   (177.2)
  Black, non-Hispanic ....| 8,018 (350.9)| 9,239(320.8)| 0.8(0.24)|51.4(2.13)|34.9 (2.00)| 12.8 (1.57)| 7.1(0.21)| 7.9 (0.29)| 15.2(0.29)|  57,669  (454.5)| 68,044   (530.9)|  75,604  (595.8)| 77,047   (601.1)
  Hispanic ...............| 3,269 (258.2)| 4,326(300.4)| 6.1(2.42)|64.0(3.53)|18.0 (2.06)| 11.9 (2.65)| 6.3(0.37)| 7.9 (0.51)| 13.9(0.59)|  55,862  (798.3)| 68,835 (1,080.1)|  73,236(1,046.6)| 77,943 (1,223.0)
  Asian/Pacific           |              |             |          |          |           |            |          |           |           |                 |                 |                 |
     Islander ............|   620 (108.6)|   633(124.1)| 4.5(1.61)|69.8(7.52)| 9.1 (2.67)| 16.5 (7.64)| 5.6(0.61)| 5.1 (0.75)| 15.8(1.36)|  59,447(1,425.3)| 71,396 (1,534.9)|  77,935(1,868.6)| 80,842 (1,738.0)
  American Indian/        |              |             |          |          |           |            |          |           |           |                 |                |                 |
     Alaska Native .......|   631  (67.3)|   659 (59.7)| 4.7(2.43)|58.0(5.32)|31.6 (5.10)|  5.7 (2.77)| 8.2(0.67)| 9.1 (0.84)| 13.6(0.84)|  51,117(1,733.9)| 56,986 (1,395.8)|  67,015(2,273.2)| 64,526 (1,580.5)
                          |              |             |          |          |           |            |          |           |           |                 |                 |                 |
Age                       |              |             |          |          |           |            |          |           |           |                 |                 |                 |
  Under 40 ...............| 5,936 (273.3)| 8,436(302.0)| 5.6(0.98)|64.0(1.94)|25.2 (1.83)|  5.2 (0.76)| 2.8(0.13)| 2.9 (0.13)|  8.4(0.12)|  46,542  (473.2)| 57,328   (464.0)|  61,016  (620.3)| 64,914   (525.4)
  40 to 44 ...............|14,571 (496.2)|10,510(317.2)| 1.3(0.52)|60.0(2.13)|31.0 (1.89)|  7.6 (1.26)| 5.0(0.12)| 5.3 (0.17)| 12.0(0.20)|  52,038  (385.8)| 62,513   (455.5)|  68,223  (505.8)| 70,784   (515.8)
  45 to 49 ...............|25,427 (429.3)|19,599(534.6)| 1.8(0.43)|54.2(1.23)|35.2 (1.24)|  8.7 (0.86)| 7.1(0.13)| 7.4 (0.19)| 14.3(0.15)|  55,423  (260.7)| 66,549   (400.8)|  72,660  (341.8)| 75,355   (453.8)
  50 to 54 ...............|18,868 (539.2)|27,120(605.8)| 1.6(0.39)|49.8(1.29)|37.7 (1.24)| 10.9 (0.77)|10.3(0.18)| 9.9 (0.18)| 15.4(0.18)|  56,559  (364.4)| 68,625   (363.8)|  74,150  (477.8)| 77,706   (411.9)
  55 or over .............|14,817 (440.7)|18,125(500.0)| 0.7(0.19)|53.0(1.41)|31.9 (1.38)| 14.4 (1.27)|15.1(0.35)|14.1 (0.26)| 15.5(0.32)|  57,826  (495.0)| 69,867   (458.9)|  75,810  (648.9)| 79,111   (519.6)
                          |              |             |          |          |           |            |          |           |           |                 |                 |                 |
Type of school            |              |             |          |          |           |            |          |           |           |                 |                 |                 |
  Elementary .............|53,684 (293.5)|60,108(253.2)| 1.8(0.28)|53.9(0.85)|34.6 (0.82)|  9.7 (0.57)| 8.9(0.14)| 9.1 (0.14)| 14.1(0.13)|  54,161  (168.5)| 66,002   (195.0)|  71,006  (220.9)| 74,735   (220.8)
  Secondary ..............|18,262 (161.2)|20,451(196.9)| 1.4(0.22)|55.7(0.90)|31.3 (0.77)| 11.6 (0.69)| 8.0(0.12)| 8.6 (0.12)| 13.8(0.15)|  56,601  (167.1)| 68,554   (247.9)|  74,204  (219.1)| 77,624   (280.7)
  Combined ...............| 2,747 (142.9)| 3,231(146.4)| 4.3(0.55)|50.9(2.74)|33.6 (2.11)| 10.9 (2.08)| 7.5(0.29)| 8.1 (0.33)| 13.4(0.30)|  52,825  (510.6)| 62,880   (553.1)|  69,254  (669.3)| 71,200   (626.3)
                          |              |             |          |          |           |            |          |           |           |                 |                 |                 |
Location of school        |              |             |          |          |           |            |          |           |           |                 |                 |                 |
  Metropolitan area       |              |             |          |          |           |            |          |           |           |                 |                 |                 |
    Central city .........|19,027 (287.5)|20,097(328.3)| 1.0(0.23)|55.0(1.25)|31.2 (1.23)| 12.7 (1.03)| 8.3(0.24)| 8.3 (0.19)| 14.5(0.21)|  58,023  (249.8)| 69,825   (264.9)|  76,069  (327.4)| 79,064   (300.0)
    Outside central city .|21,700 (369.3)|37,677(430.7)| 1.8(0.40)|51.5(1.15)|35.0 (0.94)| 11.7 (0.74)| 8.7(0.22)| 9.1 (0.17)| 13.9(0.15)|  61,810  (287.5)| 71,982   (279.3)|  81,034  (376.9)| 81,507   (316.3)
  Outside metropolitan    |              |             |          |          |           |            |          |           |           |                 |                 |                 |
    area .................|38,891 (326.9)|26,017(368.7)| 2.4(0.38)|57.6(0.97)|33.9 (0.94)|  6.1 (0.55)| 8.8(0.17)| 9.2 (0.19)| 13.8(0.16)|  49,430  (178.2)| 56,006   (177.7)|  64,803  (233.6)| 63,416   (201.2)
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Private schools           |              |             |          |          |           |            |          |           |           |                 |                 |                 |
   Total .................|25,015 (197.7)|26,231(259.0)|23.6(0.94)|51.0(1.09)| 9.9 (0.60)|  8.5 (0.64)| 8.8(0.20)|10.2 (0.20)| 14.5(0.22)| $32,075  (363.4)|$43,094   (482.7)| $42,050  (476.4)|$48,796   (546.6)
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Sex                       |              |             |          |          |           |            |          |           |           |                 |                 |                 |
  Males ..................|11,606 (301.4)|11,899(308.0)|19.4(1.22)|50.5(1.49)| 8.8 (0.77)| 12.2 (1.00)| 9.0(0.26)|11.4 (0.30)| 13.7(0.33)|  35,597  (564.6)| 46,321   (672.1)|  46,668  (740.2)| 52,450   (761.0)
  Females ................|13,410 (282.8)|14,332(307.1)|27.0(1.59)|51.4(1.53)|10.8 (0.83)|  5.4 (0.94)| 8.6(0.27)| 9.2 (0.26)| 15.2(0.33)|  29,185  (607.7)| 40,460   (675.8)|  38,262  (796.6)| 45,814   (765.2)
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Race/ethnicity            |              |             |          |          |           |            |          |           |           |                 |                 |                 |
  White, non-Hispanic ....|23,133 (269.6)|23,322(309.2)|22.9(1.00)|52.1(1.13)|10.2 (0.60)|  7.4 (0.51)| 8.7(0.22)|10.4 (0.21)| 14.7(0.23)|  31,969  (400.6)| 43,421   (489.4)|  41,912  (525.1)| 49,166   (554.2)
  Black, non-Hispanic ....| 1,060 (124.0)| 1,574(164.1)|31.1(6.03)|31.0(5.75)| 8.7 (3.92)| 25.2 (6.89)| 8.3(1.04)| 8.0 (0.84)| 13.8(1.08)|  34,383(2,476.1)| 37,644 (2,246.4)|  45,077(3,246.2)| 42,625 (2,543.6)
  Hispanic ...............|   524  (91.0)|   831(134.6)|30.1(8.02)|50.6(7.60)| 5.7 (2.86)|  5.6 (2.60)|10.1(1.43)| 7.6 (1.32)| 13.1(1.47)|  31,350(1,957.7)| 42,134 (1,948.4)|  41,100(2,566.6)| 47,709 (2,206.2)
                          |              |             |          |          |           |            |          |           |           |                 |                 |                 |
Age                       |              |             |          |          |           |            |          |           |           |                 |                 |                 |
  Under 40 ...............| 4,794 (301.6)| 3,747(223.0)|38.1(3.12)|40.0(3.19)| 5.0 (1.24)|  1.6 (0.52)| 3.5(0.22)| 2.9 (0.20)|  6.7(0.32)|  26,308  (868.9)| 35,503 (1,079.7)|  34,490(1,139.2)| 40,201 (1,222.6)
  40 to 44 ...............| 4,403 (217.0)| 3,453(212.0)|29.8(3.05)|43.8(3.32)| 9.9 (1.66)|  9.1 (3.12)| 5.3(0.24)| 6.0 (0.36)| 11.3(0.41)|  30,486  (928.2)| 41,270 (1,007.3)|  39,967(1,216.8)| 46,731 (1,140.6)
  45 to 49 ...............| 5,144 (216.1)| 5,213(261.5)|24.1(1.97)|51.0(2.30)| 9.9 (1.31)|  9.3 (1.23)| 8.3(0.27)| 9.1 (0.32)| 14.1(0.39)|  34,641  (736.0)| 44,432 (1,215.1)|  45,415  (964.9)| 50,311 (1,375.9)
  50 to 54 ...............| 4,120 (227.8)| 5,841(291.0)|22.7(2.52)|54.3(2.86)| 9.5 (1.16)|  8.4 (1.07)| 9.6(0.34)|11.0 (0.41)| 15.5(0.54)|  37,727  (998.5)| 47,528 (1,206.5)|  49,461(1,309.1)| 53,817 (1,366.1)
  55 or over .............| 6,553 (244.2)| 7,977(275.9)|14.3(1.69)|56.8(1.98)|12.4 (1.05)| 10.9 (1.37)|14.8(0.40)|15.5 (0.43)| 19.1(0.47)|  31,781  (757.0)| 43,285   (873.1)|  41,665  (992.4)| 49,012   (988.6)
                          |              |             |          |          |           |            |          |           |           |                 |                 |                 |
Type of school            |              |             |          |          |           |            |          |           |           |                 |                 |                 |
  Elementary .............|13,354 (158.5)|15,807(244.9)|24.4(1.34)|54.7(1.39)| 9.9 (0.76)|  6.1 (0.86)| 9.4(0.27)|10.3 (0.27)| 15.1(0.30)|  28,779  (444.3)| 39,914   (598.9)|  37,729  (582.5)| 45,196   (678.1)
  Secondary ..............| 2,304 (243.7)| 2,628(133.3)|13.3(2.68)|58.6(3.33)|16.0 (1.93)| 10.9 (1.57)| 7.8(0.36)|10.1 (0.41)| 16.4(0.62)|  43,683  (784.1)| 57,474 (1,371.7)|  57,269(1,028.0)| 65,079 (1,553.2)
  Combined ...............| 6,772 (114.9)| 7,796(265.4)|25.5(1.70)|40.7(2.07)| 7.9 (0.89)| 12.5 (1.13)| 8.0(0.34)|10.1 (0.31)| 12.7(0.42)|  33,634(1,110.3)| 44,876   (918.5)|  44,095(1,455.6)| 50,814 (1,040.0)
                          |              |             |          |          |           |            |          |           |           |                 |                 |                 |
Location of school        |              |             |          |          |           |            |          |           |           |                 |                 |                 |
  Metropolitan area       |              |             |          |          |           |            |          |           |           |                 |                 |                 |
    Central city .........| 9,693 (228.4)|11,249(225.5)|18.5(1.42)|55.1(1.72)|11.2 (0.87)| 11.1 (1.29)| 9.6(0.27)|10.2 (0.27)| 14.8(0.35)|  34,357  (555.4)| 45,492   (767.8)|  45,043  (728.1)| 51,511   (869.4)
    Outside central city .| 8,469 (306.0)|10,316(288.8)|25.7(1.52)|50.8(1.60)| 9.8 (0.90)|  7.3 (0.71)| 9.2(0.38)|10.6 (0.34)| 14.2(0.30)|  35,186  (549.4)| 44,454   (764.8)|  46,129  (720.3)| 50,337   (866.0)
  Outside metropolitan    |              |             |          |          |           |            |          |           |           |                 |                 |                 |
    area .................| 6,854 (216.1)| 4,666(253.1)|31.1(3.09)|41.2(2.89)| 7.2 (1.41)|  4.9 (1.02)| 7.0(0.32)| 9.2 (0.47)| 14.7(0.73)|  25,017  (834.9)| 33,914 (1,135.3)|  32,798(1,094.6)| 38,402 (1,285.5)
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\1\Total differs from data appearing in other tables because of varying survey processing procedures and time period coverages.
\2\Percentages for those with less than a bachelor's degree are not shown.
\3\Constant dollars based on the Consumer Price Index, prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, adjusted to a school-year basis. Excludes principals reporting a salary of $0.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding and survey item nonresponse. Standard errors appear in parentheses.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Principal Questionnaire," 1993-94 and 1999-2000; "Private School Principal Questionnaire," 1993-94 and 1999-2000; and "Charter School Principal Questionnaire," 1999-2000. (This table was prepared February 2006.)