Average and median age of public school principals and percentage distribution of principals, by age category, sex, and state: 2017

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Average and median age of public school principals and percentage distribution of principals, by age category, sex, and state: 2017–18


			Percent of principals by
			Age				Sex
State	Average age of principals	Median age of principals	Less than 45 years	45–54 years	55 years or more		Male	Female
United States	48	47	36.9	40.8	22.3		46.3	53.7

Alabama	48	47	37.7	43.7	18.5		56.0	44.0
Alaska	51	51	28.4	38.2	33.4		47.7	52.3
Arizona	48	47	37.9	34.6	27.5		38.5	61.5
Arkansas	49	48	37.3	28.6	34.1		41.8	58.2
California	49	48	32.5	41.8	25.7		43.4	56.6

Colorado	47	44	46.1	31.9	22.0		44.1	55.9
Connecticut	49	48	29.0	43.4	27.6		39.9	60.1
Delaware	47	46	41.1	44.9	14.0		39.1	60.9
District of Columbia	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡	‡
Florida	49	48	30.1	46.0	23.9		38.4	61.6

Georgia	48	47	30.7	48.2	21.1		41.3	58.7
Hawaii	53	53	18.6	36.8	44.6		46.0	54.0
Idaho	48	47	37.3	35.9	26.8		52.4	47.6
Illinois	45	44	48.7	42.6	8.7		46.8	53.2
Indiana	47	46	35.7	47.7	16.6		51.3	48.7

Iowa	48	46	42.0	29.8	28.2		60.8	39.2
Kansas	49	49	27.7	47.3	25.0		60.1	39.9
Kentucky	45	44	48.7	37.7	13.6	!	54.9	45.1
Louisiana	50	47	38.6	31.4	30.0		36.8	63.2
Maine	49	49	36.4	39.4	24.2		46.5	53.5

Maryland	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡	‡
Massachusetts	48	48	37.2	35.2	27.6		49.9	50.1
Michigan	46	45	43.1	41.3	15.7		46.5	53.5
Minnesota	48	48	31.8	45.3	22.8		63.1	36.9
Mississippi	45	45	44.1	44.1	11.8	!	45.2	54.8

Missouri	46	45	44.1	43.0	12.9		45.7	54.3
Montana	46	44	49.7	34.5	15.8		55.5	44.5
Nebraska	47	45	45.6	33.2	21.2		60.6	39.4
Nevada	49	48	27.5	48.9	23.6		42.0	58.0
New Hampshire	50	48	29.0	33.7	37.3		50.7	49.3

New Jersey	49	47	37.1	37.2	25.7		46.6	53.4
New Mexico	50	49	27.6	38.2	34.2		36.0	64.0
New York	49	46	35.3	39.0	25.7		48.5	51.5
North Carolina	46	43	53.7	29.5	16.8		38.7	61.3
North Dakota	48	48	36.1	33.3	30.6		65.9	34.1

Ohio	48	47	39.3	40.1	20.6		54.8	45.2
Oklahoma	49	48	37.3	35.9	26.7		39.7	60.3
Oregon	49	47	33.5	41.0	25.4		50.6	49.4
Pennsylvania	45	44	48.4	39.1	12.6		61.5	38.5
Rhode Island	51	50	20.6	45.6	33.8		34.6	65.4

South Carolina	49	48	28.4	43.3	28.3		37.6	62.4
South Dakota	48	47	41.1	28.7	30.2		59.3	40.7
Tennessee	49	48	24.3	54.0	21.7		41.9	58.1
Texas	48	47	36.5	44.8	18.7		37.2	62.8
Utah	49	47	34.6	35.9	29.5		49.5	50.5

Vermont	51	50	22.8	46.2	31.0		54.1	45.9
Virginia	48	47	34.7	40.2	25.1		44.2	55.8
Washington	49	48	31.2	43.8	25.0		55.6	44.4
West Virginia	50	49	25.1	41.9	33.0		41.4	58.6
Wisconsin	46	44	48.7	43.5	7.7		54.6	45.4
Wyoming	48	47	33.2	41.6	25.1		71.9	28.1
‡ Reporting standards not met. The response rate is below 50 percent.
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), "Preliminary Public School Principal Restricted-Use Data File," 2017–18.

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