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Percentage distribution of school principals, by race/ethnicity, school type, and selected school characteristics: 2017–18
| School type and selected school characteristic | Hispanic, regardless of race1 |
White, non‑Hispanic |
Black or African American, non‑Hispanic |
Other2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All schools | 8.0 | 79.6 | 9.4 | 3.1 | ||||
| All public schools | 8.9 | 77.7 | 10.5 | 2.9 | ||||
| School classification | ||||||||
| Traditional public | 8.6 | 78.6 | 10.0 | 2.7 | ||||
| Charter school | 12.3 | 66.5 | 16.3 | 4.8 | ||||
| Community type | ||||||||
| City | 14.9 | 60.8 | 20.1 | 4.2 | ||||
| Suburban | 10.2 | 78.5 | 9.4 | 1.9 | ||||
| Town | 4.6 | 87.6 | 5.0 | 2.8 | ||||
| Rural | 3.1 | 89.7 | 4.5 | 2.7 | ||||
| School level | ||||||||
| Primary | 9.6 | 76.7 | 10.8 | 2.9 | ||||
| Middle | 8.8 | 77.9 | 10.3 | 3.0 | ||||
| High | 8.2 | 78.9 | 10.6 | 2.4 | ||||
| Combined | 6.6 | 80.8 | 8.9 | 3.7 | ||||
| Student enrollment | ||||||||
| Less than 100 | 6.6 | 84.4 | 6.7 | 2.3 | ! | |||
| 100–199 | 7.8 | 79.1 | 9.8 | 3.3 | ||||
| 200–499 | 6.3 | 79.2 | 11.6 | 3.0 | ||||
| 500–749 | 11.4 | 75.2 | 10.5 | 2.8 | ||||
| 750–999 | 14.0 | 73.3 | 9.9 | 2.8 | ||||
| 1,000 or more | 10.5 | 76.7 | 10.0 | 2.8 | ||||
| Percent of K–12 students who were approved for free or reduced‑price lunches |
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| 0–34 | 4.1 | 89.8 | 3.8 | 2.3 | ||||
| 35–49 | 4.9 | 88.8 | 3.9 | 2.4 | ||||
| 50–74 | 6.1 | 83.8 | 7.6 | 2.6 | ||||
| 75 or more | 16.5 | 58.8 | 21.0 | 3.7 | ||||
| All private schools | 4.8 | 86.2 | 5.4 | 3.7 | ||||
| School Classification | ||||||||
| Catholic | 6.7 | 89.9 | 1.5 | ! | 1.8 | |||
| Other religious | 2.6 | 85.5 | 7.9 | 4.0 | ||||
| Nonsectarian | 6.8 | 83.5 | 4.7 | 5.0 | ||||
| Community type | ||||||||
| City | 6.2 | 79.1 | 10.0 | 4.7 | ||||
| Suburban | 6.0 | 85.3 | 4.9 | 3.8 | ||||
| Town | 3.6 | ! | 91.1 | ‡ | 3.6 | ! | ||
| Rural | 1.4 | ! | 96.0 | 0.8 | ! | 1.9 | ! | |
| School level | ||||||||
| Elementary | 5.5 | 85.2 | 5.4 | 3.9 | ||||
| Secondary | 4.2 | 86.9 | 5.9 | ! | 3.0 | |||
| Combined | 3.9 | 87.5 | 5.0 | 3.6 | ||||
| Student enrollment | ||||||||
| Less than 100 | 4.7 | 82.7 | 8.3 | 4.3 | ||||
| 100–199 | 6.3 | 87.0 | 2.8 | ! | 3.9 | |||
| 200–499 | 4.4 | 90.6 | 2.6 | 2.3 | ||||
| 500–749 | ‡ | 95.1 | ‡ | ‡ | ||||
| 750 or more | 2.0 | ! | 92.5 | ‡ | 4.4 | ! | ||
| ! 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). | ||||||||
| ‡ Reporting standards not met. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 50 percent or greater (i.e., the standard error is 50 percent or more of the estimate). | ||||||||
| 1 Hispanic includes Latino. | ||||||||
| 2 Other includes American Indian/Alaska Native, non‑Hispanic; Asian, non‑Hispanic; Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, non‑Hispanic; and two or more races, non‑Hispanic. | ||||||||
| NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding and because some data are not shown. | ||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), “Public School Principal and Private School Principal Documentation Data Files,” 2017–18. | ||||||||
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