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Percent of principals by | |||||||||||||||||
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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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