Table 3. Percentage distribution of school principals by age category, average and median age of principals, and percentage distribution of principals, by sex, 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 3. Percentage distribution of school principals by age category, average and median age of principals, and percentage distribution of principals, by sex, school type, and selected school characteristics: 2007–08

School type and selected school characteristic	Less than 45 years	45-54 years	55 years or more			Sex
School type and selected school characteristic	Less than 45 years	45-54 years	55 years or more	Average age of principals	Median age of principals	Male	Female
All schools	32.6	33.0	34.4	49	50	49.0	51.0

All public schools	33.9	34.5	31.6	49	49	49.7	50.3

School classification
Traditional public	33.6	34.9	31.5	49	49	50.0	50.0
Charter school	40.0	25.3	34.7	49	48	41.6	58.4

Community type
City	30.9	37.2	31.9	49	50	38.8	61.2
Suburban	32.3	33.4	34.3	49	51	47.8	52.2
Town	32.2	36.5	31.2	49	49	54.4	45.6
Rural	38.1	32.7	29.1	48	48	57.2	42.8

School level
Elementary	34.0	33.3	32.6	49	49	41.1	58.9
Secondary	33.6	36.9	29.5	49	49	71.5	28.5
Combined	32.8	38.5	28.6	49	49	60.0	40.0

Student enrollment
Less than 100	26.4	34.2	39.4	50	51	46.7	53.3
100-199	36.0	27.5	36.5	49	50	54.9	45.1
200-499	35.2	36.2	28.6	48	49	47.2	52.8
500-749	35.0	31.6	33.4	49	50	45.9	54.1
750-999	34.7	36.0	29.3	49	49	51.5	48.5
1,000 or more	28.5	40.0	31.5	49	50	63.8	36.2

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


0-34	35.6	34.5	29.9	49	49	56.8	43.2
35-49	34.6	35.5	29.9	48	49	50.8	49.2
50-74	32.7	33.6	33.7	49	50	44.6	55.4
75 or more	34.2	35.9	29.9	48	49	40.9	59.1
School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program

	19.8	30.7	49.6	52	54	49.9	50.1

All BIE schools	21.8	47.4	51.2	50	50	51.5	48.5
All private schools	28.6	27.9	43.5	51	52	46.7	53.3

School classification
Catholic	16.4	26.6	57.0	54	55	26.2	73.8
Other religious	33.3	30.9	35.8	49	50	61.1	38.9
Nonsectarian	32.3	23.3	44.4	51	52	39.6	60.4

Community type
City	26.7	25.8	47.5	52	53	38.0	62.0
Suburban	25.9	26.6	47.4	52	53	41.2	58.8
Town	26.6	31.0	42.4	52	52	53.3	46.7
Rural	36.7	31.9	31.4	48	49	66.3	33.7

School level
Elementary	26.4	27.5	46.1	51	53	36.3	63.7
Secondary	29.1	30.1	40.8	51	52	64.4	35.6
Combined	32.5	28.0	39.6	50	51	59.8	40.2

Student enrollment
Less than 100	35.5	26.7	37.8	49	50	45.7	54.3
100-199	29.3	28.7	41.9	51	51	47.1	52.9
200-499	18.6	27.4	54.0	54	55	45.5	54.5
500-749	13.4	34.2	52.4	54	55	47.4	52.6
750 or more	18.6	35.9	45.6	52	53	70.9	29.1

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


0-34	23.0	28.1	49.0	52	54	42.7	57.3
35-49	35.6	23.9	40.6	49	52	32.7	67.3
50-74	42.6	17.6	39.8	49	49	34.1	65.9
75 or more	28.6	25.4	46.0	51	53	42.1	57.9
School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program

	29.2	28.7	42.1	51	52	49.3	50.7
NOTE: BIE school refers to schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) that are operated by the BIE, a tribe, or a private 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 School Principal Data Files," 2007–08.

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