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Percent of principals by | ||||||||||||||
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Age | Sex | |||||||||||||
School type and selected school characteristic | Average age of principals |
Median age of principals |
Less than 45 years |
45–54 years | 55 years or more |
Male | Female | |||||||
All schools | 49 | 47 | 35.1 | 37.8 | 27.0 | 45.4 | 54.6 | |||||||
All public schools | 48 | 47 | 36.9 | 40.8 | 22.3 | 46.3 | 53.7 | |||||||
School classification | ||||||||||||||
Traditional public | 48 | 47 | 36.4 | 41.3 | 22.3 | 47.0 | 53.0 | |||||||
Charter school | 47 | 46 | 43.0 | 34.6 | 22.4 | 38.4 | 61.6 | |||||||
Community type | ||||||||||||||
City | 48 | 47 | 37.1 | 40.7 | 22.2 | 39.3 | 60.7 | |||||||
Suburban | 48 | 47 | 36.9 | 42.1 | 21.0 | 45.6 | 54.4 | |||||||
Town | 48 | 47 | 35.3 | 41.0 | 23.7 | 49.6 | 50.4 | |||||||
Rural | 48 | 47 | 37.5 | 39.3 | 23.2 | 53.1 | 46.9 | |||||||
School level | ||||||||||||||
Primary | 48 | 47 | 37.1 | 40.1 | 22.8 | 33.2 | 66.8 | |||||||
Middle | 47 | 46 | 42.0 | 39.4 | 18.6 | 60.1 | 39.9 | |||||||
High | 48 | 47 | 33.8 | 42.9 | 23.3 | 67.4 | 32.6 | |||||||
Combined | 49 | 48 | 34.4 | 42.5 | 23.1 | 56.6 | 43.4 | |||||||
Student enrollment | ||||||||||||||
Less than 100 | 49 | 48 | 29.0 | 44.0 | 26.9 | 49.5 | 50.5 | |||||||
100–199 | 48 | 47 | 36.9 | 39.9 | 23.2 | 47.2 | 52.8 | |||||||
200–499 | 48 | 46 | 39.3 | 37.8 | 22.9 | 42.3 | 57.7 | |||||||
500–749 | 48 | 47 | 37.0 | 42.4 | 20.6 | 42.9 | 57.1 | |||||||
750–999 | 48 | 47 | 35.1 | 45.8 | 19.1 | 50.5 | 49.5 | |||||||
1,000 or more | 48 | 47 | 34.5 | 42.3 | 23.2 | 63.2 | 36.8 | |||||||
Percent of K–12 students who were approved for free or reduced‑price lunches |
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0–34 | 48 | 47 | 36.7 | 41.5 | 21.8 | 49.4 | 50.6 | |||||||
35–49 | 48 | 46 | 37.6 | 41.8 | 20.6 | 48.5 | 51.5 | |||||||
50–74 | 48 | 47 | 35.6 | 41.0 | 23.5 | 50.0 | 50.0 | |||||||
75 or more | 48 | 47 | 37.7 | 39.8 | 22.6 | 40.4 | 59.6 | |||||||
All private schools | 52 | 52 | 28.9 | 27.5 | 43.5 | 42.0 | 58.0 | |||||||
School Classification | ||||||||||||||
Catholic | 52 | 53 | 29.5 | 23.3 | 47.2 | 35.8 | 64.2 | |||||||
Other religious | 51 | 51 | 29.1 | 28.6 | 42.3 | 50.4 | 49.6 | |||||||
Nonsectarian | 52 | 52 | 28.1 | 29.9 | 42.0 | 33.5 | 66.5 | |||||||
Community type | ||||||||||||||
City | 53 | 52 | 29.0 | 25.3 | 45.7 | 36.6 | 63.4 | |||||||
Suburban | 53 | 53 | 25.6 | 29.7 | 44.7 | 36.2 | 63.8 | |||||||
Town | 54 | 55 | 25.6 | 21.8 | 52.6 | 44.6 | 55.4 | |||||||
Rural | 49 | 48 | 35.3 | 29.9 | 34.8 | 57.8 | 42.2 | |||||||
School level | ||||||||||||||
Elementary | 52 | 52 | 29.1 | 26.8 | 44.1 | 34.4 | 65.6 | |||||||
Secondary | 52 | 51 | 28.7 | 32.5 | 38.8 | 56.5 | 43.5 | |||||||
Combined | 52 | 52 | 28.7 | 26.4 | 44.8 | 48.7 | 51.3 | |||||||
Student enrollment | ||||||||||||||
Less than 100 | 51 | 51 | 30.3 | 26.7 | 42.9 | 38.3 | 61.7 | |||||||
100–199 | 53 | 52 | 27.6 | 28.4 | 44.0 | 38.7 | 61.3 | |||||||
200–499 | 53 | 52 | 27.3 | 27.3 | 45.4 | 47.5 | 52.5 | |||||||
500–749 | 51 | 50 | 31.6 | 28.7 | 39.7 | 56.3 | 43.7 | |||||||
750 or more | 53 | 52 | 23.5 | 33.5 | 43.0 | 68.0 | 32.0 | |||||||
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), “Public School Principal and Private School Principal Documentation Data Files,” 2017–18. |
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