Percentage of school principals who reported that teachers were required to help students with academic needs or social and emotional needs outside regular school hours, by school type, and selected school characteristics: 2017–18

School type and selected school characteristic	Help students with academic needs		Help students with social and emotional needs
All schools	19.8		10.3
All public schools	17.3		7.7
School classification
Traditional public	16.1		7.1
Charter school	31.6		14.6
Community type
City	18.9		9.7
Suburban	16.2		6.2
Town	14.7		6.4
Rural	18.3		8.0
School level
Primary	9.6		4.9
Middle	25.6		9.0
High	27.9		11.1
Combined	26.9		14.2
Student enrollment
Less than 100	16.1		10.8
100–199	17.3		7.3
200–499	16.0		7.7
500–749	14.9		6.5
750–999	19.2		5.9
1,000 or more	27.1		10.1
Percent of K–12 students who were approved for free or reduced‑price lunches
0–34	15.5		6.6
35–49	16.5		7.2
50–74	17.2		7.2
75 or more	19.2		9.1
All private schools	28.4		19.6
School Classification
Catholic	36.8		19.5
Other religious	25.9		18.8
Nonsectarian	24.2		20.9
Community type
City	31.8		21.2
Suburban	30.8		19.6
Town	21.2		16.0
Rural	22.5		18.4
School level
Elementary	22.4		15.1
Secondary	44.2		29.3
Combined	31.4		22.9
Student enrollment
Less than 100	17.6		16.9
100–199	31.6		18.7
200–499	41.9		23.0
500–749	56.2		32.3
750 or more	45.6		27.2
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), "Public School Principal and Private School Principal Data Files," 2017–18.

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