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Principals’ years of experience: Average total years of experience as a public K–12 school principal, average years as a principal at current school, and percentage distribution of public school principals, by reported years of experience as a principal at current school and state: 2020–21
| Average total years of experience | Average years at current school |
Percentage distribution of public school principals by reported years of experience at current school |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Less than 3 years | 3–9 years | 10 years or more | |||||||
| United States | 6.9 | 4.5 | 40.7 | 46.3 | 13.1 | |||||
| Alabama | 6.7 | 4.8 | 43.2 | 39.5 | 17.3 | |||||
| Alaska | 7.8 | 4.4 | 42.3 | 46.7 | 11.0 | |||||
| Arizona | 6.7 | 4.0 | 42.5 | 51.5 | 6.0 | |||||
| Arkansas | 7.6 | 5.6 | 37.8 | 39.2 | 23.0 | |||||
| California | 6.6 | 4.0 | 42.7 | 48.3 | 9.0 | |||||
| Colorado | 6.6 | 3.8 | 46.3 | 42.9 | 10.8 | ! | ||||
| Connecticut | 6.6 | 4.4 | 40.0 | 49.3 | 10.6 | ! | ||||
| Delaware | 4.6 | 3.1 | 52.5 | 47.5 | ‡ | |||||
| District of Columbia | 7.6 | 5.1 | 30.7 | 59.3 | 10.0 | ! | ||||
| Florida | 6.6 | 4.4 | 44.0 | 41.9 | 14.0 | |||||
| Georgia | 5.6 | 3.7 | 42.7 | 51.2 | 6.1 | ! | ||||
| Hawaii | 8.9 | 6.3 | 28.9 | 50.1 | 20.9 | |||||
| Idaho | 6.8 | 4.5 | 38.8 | 53.1 | 8.1 | ! | ||||
| Illinois | 6.7 | 4.9 | 36.5 | 49.0 | 14.5 | |||||
| Indiana | 7.3 | 4.6 | 33.5 | 54.9 | 11.6 | |||||
| Iowa | 9.3 | 6.1 | 30.2 | 46.3 | 23.5 | |||||
| Kansas | 7.7 | 4.0 | 48.3 | 38.9 | 12.8 | ! | ||||
| Kentucky | 3.9 | 3.4 | 51.0 | 44.2 | 4.8 | ! | ||||
| Louisiana | 5.8 | 4.1 | 40.8 | 48.4 | 10.7 | ! | ||||
| Maine | 8.0 | 5.1 | 36.6 | 47.7 | 15.7 | |||||
| Maryland | 6.6 | 3.9 | 42.0 | 50.4 | 7.6 | ! | ||||
| Massachusetts | 6.7 | 4.8 | 41.1 | 45.2 | 13.6 | |||||
| Michigan | 7.3 | 4.5 | 35.8 | 52.0 | 12.2 | |||||
| Minnesota | 6.9 | 4.9 | 36.5 | 48.7 | 14.8 | |||||
| Mississippi | 6.0 | 3.8 | 51.2 | 39.4 | 9.4 | ! | ||||
| Missouri | 7.1 | 5.0 | 38.9 | 44.2 | 16.9 | |||||
| Montana | 7.6 | 5.9 | 36.8 | 41.1 | 22.1 | |||||
| Nebraska | 8.1 | 5.5 | 34.6 | 43.4 | 22.0 | |||||
| Nevada | 5.9 | 3.9 | 48.7 | 41.9 | 9.4 | ! | ||||
| New Hampshire | 7.3 | 4.5 | 41.7 | 42.3 | 16.0 | |||||
| New Jersey | 7.1 | 5.2 | 34.3 | 47.1 | 18.5 | |||||
| New Mexico | 6.1 | 3.7 | 48.7 | 41.2 | 10.1 | ! | ||||
| New York | 8.1 | 6.6 | 28.6 | 43.9 | 27.5 | |||||
| North Carolina | 7.0 | 3.6 | 41.2 | 52.8 | 6.0 | ! | ||||
| North Dakota | 7.5 | 4.6 | 38.8 | 51.2 | 9.9 | |||||
| Ohio | 7.7 | 5.1 | 35.1 | 48.0 | 16.9 | |||||
| Oklahoma | 6.7 | 3.9 | 41.1 | 48.0 | 10.8 | ! | ||||
| Oregon | 7.7 | 4.2 | 50.0 | 36.2 | 13.8 | ! | ||||
| Pennsylvania | 7.2 | 5.1 | 35.0 | 48.3 | 16.7 | |||||
| Rhode Island | 7.3 | 4.2 | 48.1 | 42.1 | 9.7 | ! | ||||
| South Carolina | 6.7 | 5.0 | 41.3 | 38.9 | 19.8 | |||||
| South Dakota | 8.2 | 4.8 | 40.2 | 43.4 | 16.4 | |||||
| Tennessee | 7.2 | 5.1 | 32.4 | 54.2 | 13.3 | |||||
| Texas | 6.4 | 3.8 | 50.6 | 39.4 | 9.9 | |||||
| Utah | 5.6 | 3.0 | 52.7 | 42.6 | ‡ | |||||
| Vermont | 8.4 | 4.9 | 47.6 | 32.1 | 20.3 | |||||
| Virginia | 7.1 | 4.7 | 32.4 | 54.9 | 12.8 | |||||
| Washington | 7.6 | 4.8 | 40.4 | 47.0 | 12.6 | |||||
| West Virginia | 6.8 | 4.5 | 35.2 | 58.2 | 6.6 | ! | ||||
| Wisconsin | 7.2 | 4.6 | 43.2 | 42.1 | 14.7 | |||||
| Wyoming | 9.1 | 5.6 | 41.5 | 39.4 | 19.0 | ! | ||||
! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 percent and 50 percent (i.e., the standard error is at least 30 percent and less than 50 percent of the estimate).
‡ Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable analysis, or the coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 50 percent or greater (i.e., the standard error is 50 percent or more of the estimate).
NOTE: Data are weighted estimates of the population. Years of experience do not include the current school year. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), “Public School Principal Data File,” 2020–21.
