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Table 6. Average total years of experience as a 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 selected school characteristics: 2015–16
| Percent of principals by reported years of experience at current school | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selected school characteristic | Average total years of experience | Average years at current school | Less than 2 years | 2-3 years | 4-9 years | 10 years or more | ||||||
| All public schools | 6.6 | 4.0 | 34.6 | 25.4 | 29.1 | 10.8 | ||||||
| School classification | ||||||||||||
| Traditional public | 6.6 | 4.0 | 34.5 | 25.2 | 29.4 | 10.9 | ||||||
| Charter school | 5.9 | 3.7 | 36.4 | 28.1 | 25.9 | 9.7 | ||||||
| Community type | ||||||||||||
| City | 6.4 | 3.8 | 35.1 | 26.8 | 28.7 | 9.4 | ||||||
| Suburban | 6.6 | 4.0 | 33.2 | 25.6 | 30.7 | 10.5 | ||||||
| Town | 6.6 | 3.9 | 37.2 | 23.2 | 28.2 | 11.4 | ||||||
| Rural | 6.6 | 4.1 | 34.5 | 25.1 | 28.1 | 12.4 | ||||||
| School level | ||||||||||||
| Primary | 6.7 | 4.1 | 33.8 | 25.1 | 29.1 | 12.0 | ||||||
| Middle | 5.9 | 3.7 | 36.5 | 25.9 | 28.9 | 8.7 | ||||||
| High | 6.5 | 3.6 | 35.3 | 26.6 | 30.0 | 8.1 | ||||||
| Combined | 7.0 | 4.1 | 35.1 | 24.3 | 27.4 | 13.2 | ||||||
| Student enrollment | ||||||||||||
| Less than 100 | 6.4 | 3.6 | 36.1 | 26.4 | 28.0 | 9.5 | ||||||
| 100-199 | 6.4 | 3.8 | 37.7 | 26.1 | 24.4 | 11.8 | ||||||
| 200-499 | 6.5 | 4.1 | 35.2 | 24.4 | 28.6 | 11.7 | ||||||
| 500-749 | 6.5 | 4.0 | 33.3 | 26.6 | 29.5 | 10.6 | ||||||
| 750-999 | 6.9 | 4.2 | 31.7 | 24.1 | 34.2 | 9.9 | ||||||
| 1,000 or more | 6.7 | 3.6 | 35.0 | 26.4 | 29.4 | 9.2 | ||||||
| Percent of K–12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches | ||||||||||||
| 0-34 | 7.1 | 4.3 | 32.5 | 24.6 | 31.0 | 11.9 | ||||||
| 35-49 | 7.0 | 4.3 | 33.6 | 23.8 | 30.0 | 12.6 | ||||||
| 50-74 | 6.2 | 3.8 | 35.1 | 26.7 | 27.2 | 11.1 | ||||||
| 75 or more | 6.1 | 3.6 | 36.5 | 26.2 | 28.5 | 8.8 | ||||||
| School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program | 7.1 | 4.3 | 34.8 | 23.8 | 28.8 | 12.7 | ||||||
| NOTE: 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," 2015–16. | ||||||||||||
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