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Percentage distribution of public school teachers, by level of agreement with the statement “I like the way things are run at this school” and state: 2017–18

                   
  Level of agreement   Agree or disagree  
State Strongly agree   Somewhat agree   Strongly disagree   Somewhat disagree   Strongly or somewhat
agree		   Strongly or
somewhat disagree		  
United States 27.4   44.4   8.7   19.5   71.8   28.2  
               
Alabama 35.2 42.3   6.8   15.8   77.5   22.5  
Alaska 30.9 43.7   8.6   16.8   74.6   25.4  
Arizona 29.2 43.3   7.9   19.6   72.5   27.5  
Arkansas 34.6 43.5   6.2   15.8   78.0   22.0  
California 28.0 46.0   8.7   17.3   74.0   26.0  
                       
Colorado 27.8 42.1   11.8   18.2   70.0   30.0  
Connecticut 21.8 41.6   12.0   24.6   63.4   36.6  
Delaware 25.2 44.0   6.9   23.9   69.2   30.8  
District of Columbia ‡ ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Florida 29.0 44.6   9.0   17.3   73.7   26.3  
                       
Georgia 31.2 42.4   8.5   17.9   73.6   26.4  
Hawaii 17.0 49.1   10.7   23.2   66.1   33.9  
Idaho 39.7 44.6   4.2   11.5   84.3   15.7  
Illinois 25.9 47.7   6.9   19.4   73.7   26.3  
Indiana 26.3 50.5   7.7   15.5   76.9   23.1  
                       
Iowa 19.1 50.6   7.9   22.4   69.7   30.3  
Kansas 31.6 44.2   7.3   16.8   75.9   24.1  
Kentucky 31.5 42.5   8.5   17.5   74.0   26.0  
Louisiana 30.6 45.9   7.2   16.3   76.5   23.5  
Maine 23.8 47.4   4.9   23.9   71.2   28.8  
                       
Maryland ‡ ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Massachusetts 25.1 41.8   12.6   20.5   66.9   33.1  
Michigan 22.7 43.9   9.7   23.7   66.6   33.4  
Minnesota 26.2 50.9   6.7   16.1   77.2   22.8  
Mississippi 32.4 38.8   9.5   19.3   71.2   28.8  
   
Missouri 33.4 48.0 5.3 13.3 81.4 18.6  
Montana 29.0   43.1   7.8   20.1   72.1   27.9  
Nebraska 29.0   46.5   5.7   18.8   75.5   24.5  
Nevada 24.3   43.3   9.1   23.4   67.6   32.4  
New Hampshire 25.3   47.8   7.0   19.9   73.0   27.0  
                         
New Jersey 25.6   42.3   9.4   22.6   68.0   32.0  
New Mexico 26.2   40.4   10.2   23.2   66.5   33.5  
New York 27.6   43.7   8.9   19.9   71.3   28.7  
North Carolina 24.3   43.7   9.9   22.1   68.0   32.0  
North Dakota 23.2   45.2   10.9   20.7   68.4   31.6  
                         
Ohio 22.7   45.7   10.3   21.3   68.4   31.6  
Oklahoma 32.8   43.7   8.3   15.2   76.6   23.4  
Oregon 23.8   48.8   6.9   20.4   72.7   27.3  
Pennsylvania 21.6   45.5   9.7   23.2   67.1   32.9  
Rhode Island 19.4   45.7   11.7   23.2   65.1   34.9  
                         
South Carolina 32.7   40.5   8.9   17.9   73.2   26.8  
South Dakota 29.2   45.4   7.0   18.5   74.5   25.5  
Tennessee 34.6   42.5   7.1   15.9   77.0   23.0  
Texas 28.2   42.8   8.9   20.1   71.0   29.0  
Utah 41.8   41.3   5.2   11.7   83.1   16.9  
                         
Vermont 20.3   52.1   7.7   19.9   72.4   27.6  
Virginia 25.9   43.1   9.3   21.7   69.0   31.0  
Washington 24.0   46.7   8.1   21.2   70.7   29.3  
West Virginia 39.6   39.6   6.7   14.1   79.2   20.8  
Wisconsin 22.1   43.6   8.9   25.5   65.7   34.3  
Wyoming 32.9   41.1   6.7   19.3   74.0   26.0  
‡ 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 Data File," 2017–18.

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