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Table 230.92. [CORRECTED] Percentage of public school teachers who agreed that other teachers and the principal enforced school rules, by selected teacher and school characteristics: Selected school years, 1987-88 through 2020-21
[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Teacher or school characteristic 1987-88 1990-91 1993-94 1999-2000 2003-04 2007-08 2011-12 2015-16 2020-21
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Other teachers enforced
   school rules1
                                   
Total 63.8 (0.31) 71.9 (0.36) 61.8 (0.42) 62.6 (0.39) 71.1 (0.46) 70.6 (0.55) 67.6 (0.51) 67.0 (0.43) 67.0 (0.37)

Years of teaching
   experience
                                   
3 or fewer 66.5 (1.00) 74.6 (1.06) 66.4 (1.14) 67.7 (0.88) 75.0 (1.30) 71.8 (1.25) 69.0 (1.40) 69.6 (0.79) 73.3 (0.89)
4 to 9 63.3 (0.75) 70.4 (0.81) 60.2 (0.90) 59.3 (0.70) 69.5 (0.77) 68.3 (0.98) 65.3 (0.90) 65.7 (0.66) 65.4 (0.62)
10 to 19 63.2 (0.50) 71.6 (0.50) 61.0 (0.63) 62.8 (0.69) 70.0 (0.77) 70.0 (0.81) 67.2 (0.93) 65.5 (0.63) 65.5 (0.58)
20 or more 64.0 (0.61) 72.4 (0.61) 61.8 (0.63) 62.4 (0.64) 71.6 (0.71) 72.9 (0.90) 70.1 (0.91) 68.7 (0.65) 67.4 (0.59)

School level
                                   
Elementary --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 75.9 (0.45)
Middle --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 62.4 (0.73)
Secondary/high --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 55.4 (0.63)
Combined/other --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 67.8 (1.27)

School enrollment
                                   
Under 200 71.3 (1.13) 81.7 (0.83) 70.4 (1.28) 70.2 (1.28) 81.5 (1.17) 77.5 (1.71) 74.0 (1.60) 74.2 (1.34) 75.3 (1.34)
200 to 499 72.0 (0.48) 78.6 (0.63) 70.1 (0.74) 71.0 (0.68) 78.6 (0.70) 78.2 (0.83) 74.2 (1.08) 74.0 (0.54) 72.7 (0.52)
500 to 749 66.7 (0.78) 75.5 (0.78) 66.4 (0.84) 67.1 (0.74) 76.0 (0.71) 74.2 (1.09) 72.0 (1.07) 71.4 (0.57) 70.5 (0.65)
750 to 999 60.0 (1.03) 68.0 (1.03) 57.7 (1.15) 61.8 (1.16) 69.0 (1.36) 71.5 (1.58) 65.9 (1.37) 65.9 (1.06) 64.5 (0.95)
1,000 or more 47.6 (0.86) 57.0 (0.69) 45.3 (0.80) 46.8 (0.79) 55.8 (0.87) 56.4 (1.23) 54.5 (1.03) 53.4 (0.80) 54.6 (0.76)

Locale2
                                   
City --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 67.8 (0.96) 67.3 (1.17) 66.7 (1.29) 64.6 (0.82) 67.2 (0.67)
Suburban --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 72.1 (0.79) 71.2 (0.84) 67.3 (0.83) 66.8 (0.68) 65.9 (0.55)
Town --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 71.6 (1.05) 72.2 (1.42) 68.0 (1.19) 68.3 (0.97) 67.6 (0.88)
Rural --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 73.5 (0.64) 72.5 (0.82) 68.6 (0.92) 70.5 (0.69) 68.3 (0.69)

Principal enforced
   school rules3
                                   
Total 83.1 (0.22) 86.7 (0.29) 80.8 (0.35) 82.2 (0.33) 87.2 (0.34) 88.0 (0.37) 83.7 (0.43) 84.0 (0.30) 83.2 (0.25)

Years of teaching
   experience
                                   
3 or fewer 84.4 (0.56) 87.3 (0.58) 84.3 (0.74) 84.0 (0.62) 88.0 (0.81) 89.2 (0.74) 85.8 (1.20) 85.4 (0.63) 86.4 (0.66)
4 to 9 83.2 (0.46) 86.3 (0.63) 79.2 (0.73) 81.8 (0.59) 86.2 (0.61) 87.8 (0.69) 84.0 (0.76) 84.0 (0.49) 83.1 (0.48)
10 to 19 83.2 (0.37) 87.0 (0.46) 81.6 (0.49) 82.1 (0.56) 87.1 (0.58) 86.6 (0.70) 81.7 (0.79) 83.3 (0.42) 82.8 (0.43)
20 or more 82.3 (0.53) 86.5 (0.43) 79.8 (0.41) 81.8 (0.43) 87.8 (0.47) 88.9 (0.62) 85.1 (0.92) 84.1 (0.44) 82.5 (0.47)

School level
                                   
Elementary --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 85.1 (0.39)
Middle --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 80.9 (0.55)
Secondary/high --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 81.3 (0.48)
Combined/other --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 84.7 (0.81)

School enrollment
                                   
Under 200 83.6 (0.79) 87.7 (0.72) 82.2 (0.90) 84.8 (0.89) 89.5 (0.84) 89.1 (1.08) 85.5 (1.26) 86.0 (1.20) 86.7 (1.02)
200 to 499 84.2 (0.41) 87.5 (0.49) 82.7 (0.53) 83.6 (0.56) 88.8 (0.53) 89.0 (0.67) 84.4 (0.90) 84.6 (0.48) 84.6 (0.46)
500 to 749 84.2 (0.58) 88.4 (0.54) 81.7 (0.80) 83.2 (0.59) 87.4 (0.69) 88.4 (0.72) 85.0 (0.79) 85.2 (0.55) 84.4 (0.49)
750 to 999 82.8 (0.85) 85.4 (0.83) 79.1 (0.93) 81.7 (0.94) 85.5 (1.19) 88.2 (0.93) 82.4 (1.33) 84.2 (0.69) 82.5 (0.67)
1,000 or more 80.5 (0.65) 84.6 (0.66) 77.8 (0.60) 79.6 (0.60) 85.6 (0.63) 86.3 (0.76) 81.8 (0.82) 81.4 (0.59) 79.2 (0.55)

Locale2
                                   
City --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 84.3 (0.69) 85.1 (0.89) 81.5 (1.07) 81.7 (0.54) 82.0 (0.50)
Suburban --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 88.3 (0.55) 89.0 (0.62) 84.0 (0.78) 84.2 (0.46) 82.3 (0.41)
Town --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 88.7 (0.75) 88.9 (1.14) 85.1 (0.97) 85.2 (0.62) 84.9 (0.64)
Rural --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) --- (†) 88.3 (0.61) 89.3 (0.62) 85.0 (0.76) 86.4 (0.52) 85.2 (0.49)
---Not available.
†Not applicable.
1Respondents were asked the extent to which they agreed or disagreed with the statement "rules for student behavior are consistently enforced by teachers in this school, even for students who are not in their classes."
2Locale data prior to 2003-04 are not comparable to data based on current definitions. Interpret 2015-16 data on city teachers with caution. After nonresponse adjustments, the nonresponse bias for this category is greater than for other characteristics.
3Respondents were asked the extent to which they agreed or disagreed with the statement "my principal enforces school rules for student conduct and backs me up when I need it."
NOTE: Teachers who taught only prekindergarten students are excluded. Percentages represent both teachers who "strongly" agreed and those who "somewhat" agreed that rules were enforced by other teachers and the principal. Includes teachers in both traditional public schools and public charter schools. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Teacher Data File," 1987-88, 1990-91, 1993-94, 1999-2000, 2003-04, 2007-08, and 2011-12; "Charter School Teacher Data File," 1999-2000; and National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), "Public School Teacher Data File," 2015-16 and 2020-21. (This table was prepared November 2023. Corrections were made August 2023.)

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