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Teacher influence over school policies: Percentage of private K–12 school teachers who reported that they have any influence over various policies at their school, by affiliation: 2020–21

Affliliation Setting performance standards for students at their school   Establishing curriculum   Determining the content of in-service professional development programs   Evaluating teachers   Hiring new full-time teachers   Setting discipline policy   Deciding how the school budget will be spent  
All private school teachers 93.195.684.063.561.882.147.8
                
Catholic, Parochial 87.090.582.053.149.682.542.7
Catholic, Diocesan 91.494.780.855.951.183.341.8
Catholic, Private 95.296.784.765.565.877.547.6
Baptist 94.295.381.666.055.682.047.2
Jewish 93.797.382.855.858.680.630.2
                
Lutheran 98.098.293.567.765.188.360.0
Seventh-Day Adventist 93.388.690.256.264.686.954.7
All Other Religious 94.096.183.763.562.283.249.7
Non-sectarian, Regular 94.098.285.771.077.080.851.3
Non-sectarian, Special Emphasis 96.295.686.672.561.786.154.7
Non-sectarian, Special Education 88.592.382.566.653.973.847.3
NOTE: Data are weighted estimates of the population. Response options included “no influence,” “minor influence,” “moderate influence,” and “a great deal of influence.” Teachers who reported “minor influence,” “moderate influence,” or “a great deal of influence” were considered to have reported having “any influence.”
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), "Private School Teacher Data File," 2020–21.