Public and Private School Principle in the United States: A Statistical Profile, 1987-88 to 1993-94
Table B5.-Standard errors for Table A5: Percentage of public school principals by percentage
of free or reduced-price lunch recipients in their schools, by sex, race-ethnicity,
and age of principals: 1987-88, 1990-91, and 1993-94
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Percentage of free or reduced-price lunch recipients in schools
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Less than 20% 20-49% 50% or more
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Principal characteristics 1987-88 1990-91 1993-94 1987-88 1990-91 1993-94 1987-88 1990-91 1993-94
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Sex
Male 0.81 1.04 1.17 0.75 1.16 1.15 1.33 1.38 1.47
Female 0.81 1.04 1.17 0.75 1.16 1.15 1.33 1.38 1.47
Race-ethnicity
American Indian/Alaska Native 0.16 0.20 0.18 0.25 0.19 0.12 0.38 0.24 0.17
Asian/Pacific Islander 0.05 0.11 0.20 0.12 0.19 0.21 0.26 0.44 0.33
Black non-Hispanic 0.41 0.40 0.44 0.44 0.51 0.55 1.22 0.97 1.17
White non-Hispanic 0.47 0.55 0.63 0.55 0.55 0.60 1.24 1.42 1.51
Hispanic 0.23 0.34 0.34 0.19 0.38 0.37 0.66 1.09 1.06
Total minority 0.47 0.55 0.63 0.55 0.55 0.60 1.24 1.42 1.51
Age
Under 35 0.39 0.41 0.30 0.59 0.54 0.29 0.54 0.42 0.43
35-39 0.66 0.66 0.63 0.72 0.66 0.75 1.15 0.95 0.65
40-44 0.65 1.10 0.93 0.87 1.10 1.11 1.14 1.24 1.08
45-49 0.76 1.10 1.09 0.93 0.94 0.90 1.25 1.16 1.23
50-54 0.68 0.97 1.16 0.70 0.90 1.11 0.90 1.24 1.31
55 or over 0.63 1.02 0.78 0.70 0.72 0.84 1.16 1.34 1.18
Average age 0.12 0.18 0.13 0.17 0.18 0.19 0.25 0.25 0.22
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, , Schools and Staffing Survey: 1987-88 (School Administrator
and Public School Questionnaires), 1990-91 (Public School Administrator and School Questionnaires), and 1993-94 (Public School Principal
and School Questionnaires).
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