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Among public school principals with at least 1 year of experience at their current school, percentage who participated in any professional development activities last school year, and among those principals, percentage of those who had participation in professional development considered as part of their evaluation, by selected school characteristics and principal experience: 2017–18

         
Selected school characteristic
and principal experience		   Percent of principals who participated in any
professional development activities 		  Among principals who participated in professional
development, the percent who had participation
considered as part of their evaluation		  
   All public schools   95.1   48.1  
           
School classification          
Traditional public   95.3   48.5  
Charter school   92.8   43.1  
           
Community type          
City   95.2   49.7  
Suburban   95.8   49.5  
Town   95.5   43.5  
Rural   94.0   46.9  
           
School level          
Primary   95.6   47.5  
Middle   95.9   49.3  
High   93.7   49.2  
Combined   93.9   47.1  
           
Student enrollment          
Less than 200   91.5   45.6  
200–499   95.2   47.2  
500–749   96.1   49.2  
750–999   96.6   50.6  
1,000 or more   95.7   49.9  
           
Percent of K–12 students who were approved
 for free or reduced–price lunches		          
0–34   95.6   45.6  
35–49   93.9   47.0  
50–74   95.7   48.5  
75 or more   94.9   50.4  
           
Principal total years of experience          
1 or 2 years   94.3   47.6  
3–9 years   95.0   48.6  
10 years or more   95.9   47.7  
NOTE: Percentages are for principals who indicated that, during the last school year (2016-17), they participated in any professional development activities as a principal at their current school.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), "Public School Principal Data File," 2017–18.

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