Principals’ average time spent: Average hours per week that public K–12 school principals spent on all school-related activities and average percentage of time per school year spent on various school-related tasks, by state: 2020–21
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United States
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58.3 | | 29.9 | | 28.8 | | 23.9 | | 15.1 | |
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Alabama
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58.6 | | 31.0 | | 29.5 | | 22.5 | | 14.5 | |
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Alaska
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59.6 | | 32.3 | | 28.5 | | 22.4 | | 13.0 | |
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Arizona
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56.3 | | 31.1 | | 28.3 | | 22.7 | | 15.8 | |
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Arkansas
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57.0 | | 27.9 | | 30.7 | | 24.5 | | 15.4 | |
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California
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57.7 | | 31.5 | | 24.6 | | 24.5 | | 16.5 | |
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Colorado
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60.4 | | 29.1 | | 31.0 | | 21.9 | | 14.6 | |
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Connecticut
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60.3 | | 31.5 | | 27.7 | | 22.4 | | 16.3 | |
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Delaware
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58.3 | | 28.9 | | 30.2 | | 23.3 | | 15.0 | |
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District of Columbia
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59.2 | | 30.7 | | 30.6 | | 18.3 | | 17.4 | |
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Florida
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59.0 | | 30.7 | | 31.3 | | 20.8 | | 15.5 | |
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Georgia
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61.3 | | 32.6 | | 30.5 | | 20.6 | | 14.9 | |
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Hawaii
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57.7 | | 39.9 | | 25.5 | | 17.6 | | 14.4 | |
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Idaho
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55.3 | | 28.6 | | 24.8 | | 27.1 | | 16.4 | |
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Illinois
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59.6 | | 29.1 | | 29.0 | | 25.5 | | 15.1 | |
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Indiana
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59.2 | | 29.9 | | 30.1 | | 23.9 | | 14.4 | |
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Iowa
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60.1 | | 26.7 | | 27.7 | | 28.2 | | 14.4 | |
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Kansas
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57.2 | | 26.7 | | 26.1 | | 28.3 | | 15.0 | |
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Kentucky
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54.2 | | 30.1 | | 32.2 | | 22.3 | | 14.2 | |
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Louisiana
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58.0 | | 30.4 | | 32.4 | | 21.3 | | 14.0 | |
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Maine
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58.8 | | 33.5 | | 24.3 | | 23.9 | | 15.4 | |
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Maryland
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58.3 | | 31.1 | | 33.2 | | 19.3 | | 15.2 | |
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Massachusetts
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58.4 | | 29.4 | | 28.0 | | 23.2 | | 16.4 | |
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Michigan
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57.1 | | 27.5 | | 26.8 | | 28.8 | | 15.0 | |
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Minnesota
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54.5 | | 29.7 | | 25.2 | | 24.5 | | 15.7 | |
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Mississippi
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59.7 | | 28.7 | | 33.5 | | 22.1 | | 14.4 | |
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Missouri
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56.9 | | 31.0 | | 26.5 | | 24.9 | | 13.7 | |
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Montana
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54.7 | | 29.4 | | 25.3 | | 25.4 | | 14.9 | |
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Nebraska
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56.4 | | 29.3 | | 25.6 | | 28.5 | | 12.9 | |
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Nevada
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57.2 | | 35.2 | | 31.0 | | 21.6 | | 11.5 | |
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New Hampshire
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59.0 | | 29.7 | | 24.3 | | 26.5 | | 15.7 | |
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New Jersey
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57.2 | | 32.2 | | 28.2 | | 23.1 | | 15.1 | |
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New Mexico
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57.9 | | 32.4 | | 27.8 | | 21.8 | | 16.4 | |
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New York
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59.6 | | 29.7 | | 31.4 | | 21.9 | | 14.9 | |
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North Carolina
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63.6 | | 29.7 | | 31.4 | | 21.9 | | 15.3 | |
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North Dakota
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59.0 | | 26.2 | | 28.8 | | 27.3 | | 13.7 | |
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Ohio
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59.4 | | 26.8 | | 29.5 | | 25.1 | | 16.1 | |
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Oklahoma
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58.2 | | 30.3 | | 27.3 | | 28.6 | | 12.4 | |
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Oregon
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55.0 | | 26.3 | | 24.2 | | 28.6 | | 14.5 | |
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Pennsylvania
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56.9 | | 28.8 | | 26.1 | | 25.5 | | 17.2 | |
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Rhode Island
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61.1 | | 28.0 | | 29.1 | | 22.6 | | 16.7 | |
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South Carolina
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59.3 | | 29.8 | | 34.0 | | 19.9 | | 14.3 | |
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South Dakota
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53.2 | | 29.4 | | 23.0 | | 28.3 | | 14.2 | |
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Tennessee
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59.5 | | 28.6 | | 33.8 | | 21.1 | | 15.5 | |
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Texas
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59.1 | | 29.7 | | 31.6 | | 22.0 | | 15.0 | |
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Utah
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57.1 | | 33.1 | | 23.9 | | 25.4 | | 14.1 | |
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Vermont
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58.1 | | 33.7 | | 24.0 | | 25.2 | | 14.0 | |
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Virginia
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59.3 | | 28.4 | | 31.6 | | 23.9 | | 13.4 | |
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Washington
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55.3 | | 27.5 | | 31.2 | | 24.6 | | 13.9 | |
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West Virginia
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58.2 | | 32.6 | | 24.6 | | 24.6 | | 15.7 | |
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Wisconsin
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58.0 | | 24.7 | | 26.8 | | 30.3 | | 13.6 | |
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Wyoming
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55.6 | | 31.6 | | 24.9 | | 27.4 | | 12.6 | |
1Includes hours spent during the school day, before and after school, and on the weekends.
NOTE: Data are weighted estimates of the population. Detail may not sum to 100 because the percentage of time spent on “other” activities is not shown.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), “Public School Principal Data File,” 2020–21.