Table 2. Number of school principals and percentage distribution of school principals, by race/ethnicity, school type, and selected school characteristics: 2007

Characteristics of Public, Private, and Bureau of Indian Education Elementary and Secondary School Principals in the United States:
Results from the 2007–08 Schools and Staffing Survey

NCES 2009-323
June 2009

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Table 2. Number of school principals and percentage distribution of school principals, by race/ethnicity, school type, and selected school characteristics: 2007–08

School type and selected school characteristic	Total number of principals	Race/ethnicity
		Hispanic, regardless of race		White, non-Hispanic	Black, non-Hispanic
		Hispanic, regardless of race		White, non-Hispanic	Black, non-Hispanic		Other¹
All schools	118,610	5.9		82.3	9.6		2.1

All public schools	90,470	6.5		80.9	10.6		2.0

School classification
Traditional public	86,920	6.4		81.5	10.2		2.0
Charter school	3,550	9.3	!	66.3	21.7		2.7	!

Community type
City	21,560	13.4		62.9	21.1		2.6
Suburban	25,880	6.9		81.7	10.0		1.5
Town	13,860	4.2	!	86.7	7.2		1.9	!
Rural	29,170	2.1	!	90.6	5.1		2.1	!

School level
Elementary	62,340	7.6		79.5	10.9		2.1
Secondary	21,550	4.5		84.1	9.8		1.5
Combined	6,580	2.8	!	83.6	10.6		3.0	!

Student enrollment
Less than 100	6,950	4.8	!	83.4	9.8	!	2.1	!
100-199	8,520	4.0	!	87.0	7.0		2.0	!
200-499	36,830	5.4		81.2	11.5		2.0
500-749	20,290	8.5		78.3	11.2		2.0	!
750-999	8,760	9.1		79.6	9.2		2.1	!
1,000 or more	9,120	7.6		79.2	11.4		1.8

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


0-34	33,980	3.3		90.8	4.6		1.3
35-49	14,910	2.2	!	85.3	10.0		2.5	!
50-74	19,970	7.3		79.0	11.2		2.6
75 or more	17,700	16.0		58.6	23.0		2.4
School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program

	3,910	3.4	!	88.2	6.8		1.5	!

All BIE schools	170	7.2		36.3	2.0		54.5

All private schools	27,960	4.0		87.3	6.5		2.3

School classification
Catholic	7,360	4.9		91.3	2.0		1.7	!
Other religious	13,840	3.2		86.6	8.5		1.8
Nonsectarian	6,760	4.5	!	84.3	7.3		3.9	!

Community type
City	9,610	4.2		81.7	10.8		3.3
Suburban	9,510	6.0		84.6	7.1		2.3	!
Town	2,780	1.5	!	96.2	1.4	!	0.9	!
Rural	6,060	1.5	!	96.2	1.1	!	1.2	!

School level
Elementary	16,110	5.1		85.4	6.9		2.6
Secondary	2,930	0.9	!	91.2	4.9	!	3.0	!
Combined	8,920	2.9		89.3	6.3		1.5

Student enrollment
Less than 100	13,180	4.7		84.0	8.7		2.5
100-199	6,010	2.8		86.4	8.1		2.7	!
200-499	6,610	3.8		92.3	2.2		1.7	!
500-749	1,390	3.4	!	93.5	1.9	!	1.2	!
750 or more	770	1.7	!	94.9	1.1	!	2.2	!

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


0-34	5,180	3.1	!	90.9	4.1		1.9	!
35-49	990	7.8	!	83.9	6.3	!	2.0	!
50-74	780	9.6	!	74.8	14.2		1.4	!
75 or more	1,340	17.7		67.9	10.3	!	4.2	!
School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program

	19,670	2.8		88.3	6.6		2.3
! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 30 percent or more of the estimate's value.
¹ Other includes American Indian/Alaska Native, non-Hispanic; Asian, non-Hispanic; Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic; or Two or more races, non-Hispanic.
NOTE: Black includes African American and Hispanic includes Latino. BIE school refers to schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) that are operated by the BIE, a tribe, or aprivate contractor and not by a regular school district. 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, and Private SchoolPrincipal Data Files," 2007–08.

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