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Percentage distribution of teachers, by level of agreement with the statement “I like the way things are run at this school,” 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 schools28.4 44.4 8.3 18.9 72.8 27.2  
                         
All public schools27.4 44.4 8.7 19.5 71.8 28.2  
                         
School classification                        
Traditional public27.5 44.4 8.7 19.4 71.9 28.1  
Charter school26.5 43.5 9.5 20.5 70.0 30.0  
                         
Community type                        
City24.7 43.6 10.4 21.3 68.3 31.7  
Suburban 27.7   45.0   8.6   18.8   72.7   27.3  
Town 28.5  44.2   7.9   19.4   72.7   27.3  
Rural 30.2  44.4   7.2   18.2   74.6   25.4  
                         
School level                        
Primary 30.0   43.6   8.3   18.0   73.6   26.4  
Middle 24.8  44.6   9.4   21.2   69.4   30.6  
High 24.7  45.5   9.3   20.5   70.2   29.8  
Combined 26.9  44.7   7.6   20.7   71.7   28.3  
                        
Student enrollment                       
Less than 100 30.4  42.5   6.1   21.0   72.9   27.1  
100–199 31.1  42.0   9.3   17.6   73.1   26.9  
200–499 29.2  43.8   8.2   18.8   73.0   27.0  
500–749 28.0  44.0   9.2   18.9   72.0   28.0  
750–999 28.3  43.5   8.8   19.4   71.8   28.2  
1,000 or more 23.6  46.4   9.0   21.0   70.0   30.0  
                         
Percent of K–12 students who were approved
for free or reduced–price lunches		                        
0–34 30.3   45.3   6.8   17.5   75.6   24.4  
35–49 28.0  46.0   7.3   18.6   74.0   26.0  
50–74 26.7  44.1   9.1   20.1   70.8   29.2  
75 or more 24.8  42.9   11.1   21.3   67.6   32.4  
              
All private schools 35.4  44.1  5.3  15.2  79.5  20.5  
                         
School Classification                   
Catholic33.8 44.7 6.1 15.5 78.4 21.6  
Other religious ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  
Nonsectarian ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  
                         
Community type                        
City 34.0   44.4   5.9   15.8   78.3   21.7  
Suburban 34.4   45.1   5.6   14.9   79.5   20.5  
Town 38.7   42.2   3.3   15.8   80.9   19.1  
Rural 42.0   41.2   3.3   13.6   83.1   16.9  
                         
School level                        
Elementary 38.1   41.8   5.2   15.0   79.8   20.2  
Secondary 32.8   44.3   5.9   17.0   77.1   22.9  
Combined ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  
                    
Student enrollment                   
Less than 100 ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  
100–199 36.2   41.9   5.6   16.3   78.1   21.9  
200–499 34.1   44.8   5.6   15.5   78.9   21.1  
500–749 32.0   48.8   5.2   14.0   80.8   19.2  
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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