Table 6. Average hours per week that school principals spent on all school-related activities and interacting with students, by 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 6. Average hours per week that school principals spent on all school-related activities and interacting with students, by school type and selected school characteristics: 2007–08

School type and selected school characteristic	Average hours per week
School type and selected school characteristic	All school-related activities	Interacting with students
All schools	57.3	20.5

All public schools	58.4	20.8

School classification
Traditional public	58.4	20.8
Charter school	58.2	21.4

Community type
City	60.0	21.4
Suburban	58.3	19.2
Town	57.9	21.2
Rural	57.7	21.7

School level
Elementary	58.4	19.9
Secondary	59.1	22.8
Combined	56.7	23.1

Student enrollment
Less than 100	50.1	20.4
100-199	56.3	21.1
200-499	58.6	21.3
500-749	59.4	19.9
750-999	59.8	20.7
1,000 or more	62.8	21.6

Percent of K-12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches
0-34	58.5	19.3
35-49	58.6	21.8
50-74	58.9	21.5
75 or more	58.9	23.0
School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program	53.2	17.6

All BIE schools	57.1	20.0

All private schools	53.6	19.2

School classification
Catholic	57.7	17.8
Other religious	50.3	19.5
Nonsectarian	55.9	20.4

Community type
City	55.8	19.7
Suburban	56.4	18.9
Town	53.4	20.8
Rural	45.9	18.3

School level
Elementary	52.9	18.5
Secondary	57.3	20.0
Combined	53.6	20.3

Student enrollment
Less than 100	49.6	21.7
100-199	56.1	18.3
200-499	57.3	16.4
500-749	59.1	15.4
750 or more	60.5	15.8

Percent of K-12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches
0-34	55.0	17.9
35-49	53.6	18.6
50-74	54.6	19.9
75 or more	53.1	21.4
School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program	53.2	19.5
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.
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 PrincipalData Files," 2007–08.

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