Table 5. Percentage of public school districts that used pay incentives for various reasons, by selected public school district characteristics: 2007

Characteristics of Public School Districts in the United States:Results From the 2007–08 Schools and Staffing Survey

NCES 2009-320
June 2009

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Table 5. Percentage of public school districts that used pay incentives for various reasons, by selected public school district characteristics: 2007–08

Selected public school district characteristic	To reward teachers who have attained National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification	To reward excellence in teaching	To recruit or retain teachers to teach in a less desirable location		To recruit or retain teachers to teach in fields of shortage
All public school districts	24.5	10.2	5.7		15.4

District size
1 school	17.9	20.8	6.4		11.2
2-3 schools	18.2	4.4	3.7		12.3
4-5 schools	21.8	3.9	3.8		15.2
6-9 schools	32.2	3.8	3.8		17.7
10-19 schools	45.3	8.2	9.0		26.7
20 or more schools	58.2	15.0	18.2		38.3

Community type
City	35.4	35.3	13.0		23.3
Suburban	26.5	6.9	2.4		11.8
Town	27.0	7.5	5.9		19.3
Rural	19.6	5.7	4.9		13.4

District K-12 enrollment
Less than 250	16.3	18.3	8.5		11.7
250-999	16.6	11.9	4.0		12.4
1,000-1,999	22.8	4.9	4.4		13.8
2,000-4,999	33.3	3.4	3.0		16.6
5,000-9,999	42.0	7.0	6.9		25.6
10,000 or more	57.3	14.3	16.5		36.4

Percent of K-12 students in district who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches

0-34	22.2	6.5	2.2		12.2
35-49	24.8	6.9	4.0		15.2
50-74	26.2	11.7	9.6		19.8
75 or more	34.1	17.8	11.3		21.6
District did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program	17.2	21.2	6.8	!	10.4
! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 30 percent or more of the estimate's value.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School District Data File," 2007–08.

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