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Percentage distribution of teachers, by level of agreement with the statement “The teachers at this school like being here; I would describe us as a satisfied group,” school type, and selected school characteristics: 2017–18

                   
  Level of agreement   Agree or disagree  
School type and selected school characteristic Strongly agree   Somewhat agree   Strongly disagree   Somewhat disagree   Strongly or somewhat
agree		   Strongly or
somewhat disagree		  
   All schools31.1 45.1 6.5 17.3 76.2 23.8  
                         
All public schools28.5 46.0 7.0 18.4 74.6 25.4  
                         
School classification                        
Traditional public28.5 46.1 7.1 18.4 74.5 25.5  
Charter school29.9 45.4 6.4 18.3 75.3 24.7  
                         
Community type                        
City 25.6   45.1   9.1   20.3   70.6   29.4  
Suburban 28.9  46.7   6.6   17.7   75.6   24.4  
Town 28.5  46.9   5.5   19.1   75.4   24.6  
Rural 32.1  45.6   5.7   16.6   77.7   22.3  
                         
School level                        
Primary 30.7   44.5   6.9   17.9   75.2   24.8  
Middle 25.8  46.4   7.9   19.8   72.3   27.7  
High 25.6  48.6   7.1   18.7   74.3   25.7  
Combined 32.1  45.0   5.3   17.5   77.2   22.8  
                     
Student enrollment                    
Less than 100 34.5   42.0   5.6   17.9   76.5   23.5  
100–199 34.9  44.3   5.7   15.2   79.1   20.9  
200–499 31.2  45.4   6.2   17.2   76.6   23.4  
500–749 28.0  45.6   7.5   18.9   73.6   26.4  
750–999 28.3  44.6   7.4   19.7   72.9   27.1  
1,000 or more 24.9  48.5   7.5   19.1   73.4   26.6  
                         
Percent of K–12 students who were approved
for free or reduced–price lunches		                        
0–34 33.7   45.9   5.1   15.3   79.6   20.4  
35–49 29.6  48.3   5.2   16.9   77.9   22.1  
50–74 27.7  45.8   7.4   19.2   73.4   26.6  
75 or more 23.6  45.1   9.6   21.6   68.7   31.3  
              
All private schools 49.0  38.3  2.9  9.8  87.3  12.7  
                         
School Classification                   
Catholic43.6 43.0 2.8 10.6 86.7 13.3  
Other religious ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  
Nonsectarian ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  
                         
Community type                        
City 48.1   38.6   3.2   10.1   86.7   13.3  
Suburban 47.5   39.7   2.9   9.9   87.2   12.8  
Town 52.7   35.5   3.6   8.2   88.2   11.8  
Rural 55.1   34.5   1.4   9.1   89.5   10.5  
                    
School level                   
Elementary 50.1   37.7   2.8   9.4   87.9   12.1  
Secondary 44.9   40.6   3.4   11.1   85.5   14.5  
Combined ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  
                    
Student enrollment                   
Less than 100 ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  
100–199 49.8   38.8   2.5   8.9   88.6   11.4  
200–499 46.5   40.6   2.8   10.1   87.1   12.9  
500–749 46.7   40.7   2.5   10.0   87.4   12.6  
750 or more ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
‡ Reporting standards not met. The response rate is below 50 percent.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), "Public School Teacher and Private School Teacher Data Files," 2017–18.

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