Table 1. Number of school principals, by school type and selected school characteristics: 2007

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Table 1. Number of school principals, by school type and selected school characteristics: 2007–08

		School type
Selected school characteristic	Total	Public	Private	BIE¹
All schools	118,610	90,470	27,960	170

Community type
City	31,180	21,560	9,610	#
Suburban	35,400	25,880	9,510	10
Town	16,650	13,860	2,780	20
Rural	35,370	29,170	6,060	150

School level
Elementary	78,560	62,340	16,110	110
Secondary	24,500	21,550	2,930	20
Combined	15,550	6,580	8,920	40

Student enrollment
Less than 100	20,150	6,950	13,180	20
100-199	14,590	8,520	6,010	60
200-499	43,520	36,830	6,610	80
500-749	21,690	20,290	1,390	20
750-999	9,140	8,760	380	#
1,000 or more	9,520	9,120	400	#

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


0-34	39,170	33,980	5,180	20
35-49	15,920	14,910	990	10
50-74	20,770	19,970	780	30
75 or more	19,160	17,700	1,340	120
School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program

	23,580	3,910	19,670	#
# Rounds to zero.
¹ BIE refers to schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Education that are operated by the BIE, a tribe, or a private contractor and not by a regular school district.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Principal, BIE School Principal, andPrivate School Principal Data Files," 2007–08.

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