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Percentage distribution of teachers, by level of agreement with the statement “I think about staying home from school because I'm just too tired to go,” 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 schools 6.7   19.1   52.9   21.3   25.8   74.2  
                         
All public schools 7.1   19.9   51.1   21.8   27.0   73.0  
                         
School classification                        
Traditional public 7.1   19.9   51.2   21.8   27.0   73.0  
Charter school 7.9   20.5   49.4   22.2   28.4   71.6  
                         
Community type                        
City 8.4   21.0   49.0   21.5   29.5   70.5  
Suburban 6.9   19.6   51.8   21.8   26.4   73.6  
Town 6.7   18.9   52.1   22.3   25.6   74.4  
Rural 6.0   19.5   52.3   22.1   25.5   74.5  
                         
School level                        
Primary 7.2   20.4   50.5   21.9   27.6   72.4  
Middle 7.7   19.7   50.4   22.2   27.4   72.6  
High 6.9   19.6   51.9   21.6   26.5   73.5  
Combined 6.3   18.3   54.0   21.3   24.7   75.3  
                         
Student enrollment                        
Less than 100 5.1   16.4   56.9   21.5   21.5   78.5  
100–199 7.3   17.6   54.3   20.8   24.9   75.1  
200–499 6.6   19.7   52.0   21.7   26.3   73.7  
500–749 7.4   20.5   49.6   22.4   27.9   72.1  
750–999 7.5   19.3   51.6   21.6   26.8   73.2  
1,000 or more 7.3   20.3   50.7   21.7   27.7   72.3  
                         
Percent of K–12 students who were approved
for free or reduced–price lunches		                        
0–34 6.1   19.0   53.3   21.7   25.0   75.0  
35–49 6.9   19.4   52.4   21.3   26.3   73.7  
50–74 7.1   20.1   50.7   22.1   27.2   72.8  
75 or more 8.3   20.9   48.6   22.1   29.3   70.7  
                         
All private schools 3.7   13.5   65.5   17.3   17.2   82.8  
                         
School Classification                        
Catholic 3.4   13.6   64.9   18.1   17.0   83.0  
Other religious ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  
Nonsectarian ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  
                         
Community type                        
City 3.9   14.6   65.0   16.4   18.6   81.4  
Suburban 3.9   12.2   66.7   17.3   16.1   83.9  
Town 2.1 ! 11.1   66.1   20.7   13.2   86.8  
Rural 3.4   14.6   63.5   18.5   18.0   82.0  
                         
School level                        
Elementary 4.3   13.7   63.9   18.1   18.0   82.0  
Secondary 3.6   13.3   66.3   16.7   17.0   83.0  
Combined ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  
                    
Student enrollment                   
Less than 100 ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  
100–199 4.0   14.1   63.9   18.0   18.1   81.9  
200–499 3.5   14.4   64.0   18.1   17.9   82.1  
500–749 4.9   11.8   68.1   15.1   16.7   83.3  
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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