Percentage of school principals who thought they had a major influence on decisions concerning various activities at their school, by school type and selected school characteristics: 2017–18

	Percentage of school principals who thought they had major influence concerning selected activity														Percentage of school principals who thought they had major influence concerning any of the listed selected activities
School type and selected school characteristic	Setting performance standards for students		Establishing curriculum		Determining the content of in-service professional development programs for teachers		Evaluating teachers		Hiring new full-time teachers		Setting discipline policy		Deciding how their school budget will be spent
All schools	72.5		46.8		71.5		93.4		88.1		75.1		60.0		99.0
All public schools	70.6		40.4		69.1		95.5		88.5		73.0		60.4		99.4
School classification
Traditional public	69.9		38.8		68.2		95.7		88.5		72.8		60.8		99.4
Charter school	78.4		59.4		80.2		93.4		88.4		75.9		55.7		98.8
Community type
City	70.0		37.5		71.5		94.0		85.8		69.2		61.3		99.1
Suburban	69.8		31.7		65.7		95.9		88.1		71.0		64.5		99.5
Town	74.3		48.9		68.2		97.0		90.1		78.1		58.3		99.5
Rural	70.4		49.9		71.2		95.8		91.1		77.0		55.4		99.5
School level
Primary	70.2		37.6		66.3		96.2		87.3		72.2		62.2		99.5
Middle	72.2		35.6		70.5		96.3		91.7		75.5		61.4		99.4
High	71.0		44.1		73.5		93.8		90.6		73.0		59.7		99.2
Combined	69.8		56.2		74.0		94.0		86.5		74.0		50.4		99.2
Student enrollment
Less than 100	73.5		60.3		71.5		91.6		84.7		80.2		62.9		98.5
100–199	73.2		51.5		74.4		95.6		88.2		76.3		56.7		99.0
200–499	70.8		41.6		67.0		96.6		87.3		73.3		56.4		99.4
500–749	68.9		34.0		68.1		96.0		88.9		71.6		62.1		99.5
750–999	70.0		34.7		69.3		95.4		90.3		72.9		68.3		99.7
1,000 or more	70.7		35.2		73.7		92.5		93.2		68.5		65.4		99.5
Percent of K–12 students who were approved for free or reduced‑price lunches
0–34	69.6		37.2		69.1		95.9		90.1		75.7		63.4		99.5
35–49	66.8		41.4		67.3		96.0		91.7		73.9		58.2		99.5
50–74	71.4		42.7		71.7		95.2		89.0		71.5		59.8		99.6
75 or more	72.6		40.8		68.1		95.2		85.5		71.4		59.5		99.1
All private schools	79.4		69.1		80.3		86.0		86.6		82.5		58.4		97.6
School Classification
Catholic	81.4		67.2		85.9		93.5		94.3		86.0		60.0		99.5
Other religious	78.2		68.7		76.0		82.6		79.8		81.2		53.7		95.9
Nonsectarian	79.4		71.8		81.7		83.9		89.9		81.2		64.9		98.6
Community type
City	84.1		72.4		85.3		89.1		90.0		85.9		60.0		99.4
Suburban	84.2		73.9		82.0		89.1		88.7		84.7		58.6		98.5
Town	81.6		71.4		82.8		91.0		93.0		83.7		58.7		99.8
Rural	64.0		55.9		67.8		73.3		74.7		73.5		55.4		92.7
School level
Elementary	75.2		64.9		80.3		86.2		86.7		83.5		59.2		96.7
Secondary	82.4		74.1		81.6		88.8		91.1		79.8		55.5		99.7
Combined	85.2		74.3		79.8		84.0		83.9		82.1		58.3		98.2
Student enrollment
Less than 100	75.8		68.6		75.1		82.4		81.2		79.7		55.3		95.6
100–199	78.7		66.4		86.3		90.7		91.3		87.3		60.4		99.1
200–499	86.1		72.3		84.8		89.6		92.4		84.0		64.9		99.9
500–749	86.3		71.1		81.4		88.7		90.9		85.0		50.9		100.0
750 or more	84.2		71.5		83.5		77.8		89.2		79.4		59.9		99.7
NOTE: Response options included "no influence," "minor influence," "moderate influence," "major influence," and "not applicable." Principals who reported "not applicable" are excluded from the table.
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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