Table 8. Percentage of school principals who thought they had a major influence on evaluating teachers at their school and hiring new full-time teachers at their school, 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 8. Percentage of school principals who thought they had a major influence on evaluating teachers at their school and hiring new full-time teachers at their school, by school type and selected school characteristics: 2007–08

School type and selected school characteristic
School type and selected school characteristic	Evaluating teachers at their school	Hiring new full-time teachers at their school
All schools	94.3	91.3

All public schools	94.2	90.4

School classification
Traditional public	94.1	90.3
Charter school	95.2	94.4

Community type
City	90.9	87.2
Suburban	95.1	92.5
Town	95.0	91.1
Rural	95.4	90.7

School level
Elementary	94.0	90.2
Secondary	94.7	91.2
Combined	94.6	89.8

Student enrollment
Less than 100	89.8	84.6
100-199	95.8	90.8
200-499	94.5	89.8
500-749	95.5	90.4
750-999	92.1	93.6
1,000 or more	94.0	94.1

Percent of K-12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches
0-34	94.4	93.8
35-49	95.6	90.3
50-74	93.9	87.8
75 or more	93.5	87.4
School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program	91.7	89.1

All BIE schools	94.9	86.8

All private schools	94.6	94.2

School classification
Catholic	99.1	99.5
Other religious	92.1	89.8
Nonsectarian	94.6	97.6

Community type
City	96.8	95.7
Suburban	96.5	97.1
Town	94.5	91.5
Rural	88.0	88.5

School level
Elementary	94.9	93.3
Secondary	95.6	97.4
Combined	93.5	94.9

Student enrollment
Less than 100	90.7	90.7
100-199	97.6	95.9
200-499	98.5	98.6
500-749	98.1	97.3
750 or more	96.8	99.2

Percent of K-12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches
0-34	97.5	96.1
35-49	94.7	93.9
50-74	99.4	97.0
75 or more	97.2	96.7
School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program	93.4	93.5
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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