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Table 2. Average and median age of public school principals and percentage distribution of principals, by age category, sex, and selected school characteristics: 2015–16
| Percent of principals by | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Sex | ||||||||||||||
| Selected school characteristic | Average age of principals | Median age of principals | Less than 45 years | 45-54 years | 55 years or more | Male | Female | ||||||||
| All public schools | 47 | 46 | 40.4 | 36.9 | 22.7 | 45.8 | 54.2 | ||||||||
| School classification | |||||||||||||||
| Traditional public | 48 | 46 | 39.5 | 37.6 | 22.9 | 46.4 | 53.6 | ||||||||
| Charter school | 46 | 44 | 50.1 | 29.1 | 20.8 | 38.8 | 61.2 | ||||||||
| Community type | |||||||||||||||
| City | 48 | 46 | 39.4 | 37.3 | 23.3 | 39.0 | 61.0 | ||||||||
| Suburban | 47 | 46 | 42.2 | 35.1 | 22.7 | 42.5 | 57.5 | ||||||||
| Town | 48 | 46 | 38.2 | 38.7 | 23.1 | 51.8 | 48.2 | ||||||||
| Rural | 47 | 46 | 40.2 | 37.8 | 22.0 | 53.6 | 46.4 | ||||||||
| School level | |||||||||||||||
| Primary | 47 | 46 | 40.3 | 36.8 | 22.9 | 32.3 | 67.7 | ||||||||
| Middle | 47 | 45 | 44.0 | 37.2 | 18.8 | 59.6 | 40.4 | ||||||||
| High | 47 | 46 | 40.0 | 38.6 | 21.4 | 67.3 | 32.7 | ||||||||
| Combined | 48 | 47 | 35.8 | 33.1 | 31.1 | 57.9 | 42.1 | ||||||||
| Student enrollment | |||||||||||||||
| Less than 100 | 49 | 47 | 37.9 | 29.4 | 32.6 | 43.6 | 56.4 | ||||||||
| 100-199 | 48 | 47 | 35.5 | 36.4 | 28.0 | 46.3 | 53.7 | ||||||||
| 200-499 | 47 | 46 | 42.0 | 37.4 | 20.6 | 43.9 | 56.1 | ||||||||
| 500-749 | 47 | 46 | 41.8 | 35.9 | 22.3 | 42.3 | 57.7 | ||||||||
| 750-999 | 48 | 46 | 38.1 | 39.4 | 22.5 | 48.1 | 51.9 | ||||||||
| 1,000 or more | 48 | 46 | 38.1 | 40.8 | 21.1 | 61.1 | 38.9 | ||||||||
| Percent of K–12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches | |||||||||||||||
| 0-34 | 47 | 46 | 41.0 | 36.9 | 22.2 | 49.3 | 50.7 | ||||||||
| 35-49 | 48 | 46 | 38.8 | 39.0 | 22.3 | 52.7 | 47.3 | ||||||||
| 50-74 | 47 | 46 | 40.6 | 38.8 | 20.6 | 45.1 | 54.9 | ||||||||
| 75 or more | 47 | 46 | 40.9 | 35.4 | 23.7 | 40.7 | 59.3 | ||||||||
| School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program | 48 | 47 | 37.5 | 34.2 | 28.3 | 44.9 | 55.1 | ||||||||
| NOTE: 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," 2015–16. | |||||||||||||||
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