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Table 3. Percentage distribution of public school principals, by highest degree earned and selected school characteristics: 2015–16
| Selected school characteristic | Bachelor's degree or less | Master's degree | Education specialist or professional diploma1 | Doctorate or first professional degree |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All public schools | 2.3 | 61.3 | 26.6 | 9.9 | |||||
| School classification | |||||||||
| Traditional public | 1.6 | 61.1 | 27.4 | 9.9 | |||||
| Charter school | 9.5 | 63.5 | 16.9 | 10.2 | |||||
| Community type | |||||||||
| City | 2.6 | 62.0 | 23.6 | 11.9 | |||||
| Suburban | 1.7 | 60.1 | 26.0 | 12.2 | |||||
| Town | 3.3 | 61.1 | 28.5 | 7.2 | |||||
| Rural | 2.1 | 62.1 | 29.3 | 6.5 | |||||
| School level | |||||||||
| Primary | 2.3 | 60.6 | 27.3 | 9.9 | |||||
| Middle | 1.1 | ! | 65.2 | 24.8 | 8.9 | ||||
| High | 2.5 | 60.8 | 24.9 | 11.7 | |||||
| Combined | 3.6 | 59.9 | 28.6 | 7.9 | |||||
| Student enrollment | |||||||||
| Less than 100 | 8.3 | 59.0 | 26.6 | 6.0 | |||||
| 100-199 | 4.7 | 62.6 | 23.7 | 9.0 | |||||
| 200-499 | 2.0 | 60.1 | 28.4 | 9.6 | |||||
| 500-749 | 1.1 | 61.3 | 27.3 | 10.4 | |||||
| 750-999 | 1.5 | ! | 65.0 | 24.3 | 9.3 | ||||
| 1,000 or more | 0.8 | ! | 62.6 | 22.1 | 14.5 | ||||
| Percent of K–12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches | |||||||||
| 0-34 | 1.1 | 61.7 | 27.0 | 10.3 | |||||
| 35-49 | 1.1 | ! | 61.7 | 28.4 | 8.9 | ||||
| 50-74 | 3.1 | 59.7 | 28.3 | 8.9 | |||||
| 75 or more | 2.6 | 61.4 | 25.0 | 11.1 | |||||
| School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program | 6.0 | 63.7 | 23.0 | 7.4 | |||||
| ! 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). | |||||||||
| 1 At least 1 year beyond the master's level. | |||||||||
| 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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