Table 7. Average total years of experience as a school principal, average years at current school as a principal, and percentage distribution of principals, by years of experience as a principal at current school and state: 2007

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Table 7. Average total years of experience as a school principal, average years at current school as a principal, and percentage distribution of principals, by years of experience as a principal at current school and state: 2007–08

State	Average total years of experience	Average years at current school	Years of experience as a principal at current school
State	Average total years of experience	Average years at current school	Less than 2 years		2 years		3 years		4-9 years		10 years or more
United States	7.5	4.2	34.1		13.4		10.8		29.9		11.9

Alabama	6.1	3.8	34.9		15.1		11.3	!	29.5		9.2	!
Alaska	6.1	2.6	49.9		13.5	!	‡		23.3		3.8	!
Arizona	6.7	3.9	35.2		18.0		9.5	!	29.3		8.2	!
Arkansas	9.2	5.6	25.3		13.9		9.4	!	33.3		18.1
California	6.8	3.5	40.2		13.9		11.9		24.7		9.3

Colorado	5.8	3.4	39.9		15.6		17.0		20.7		‡
Connecticut	7.2	4.5	29.9		18.1		8.2	!	31.0		12.9
Delaware	5.8	3.7	39.9		15.4	!	‡		26.5		7.5	!
District of Columbia	7.7	3.6	32.4		11.7		16.1	!	35.4		4.5	!
Florida	6.8	4.0	31.8		11.9	!	13.9		31.7		10.6

Georgia	6.1	3.5	35.5		9.5	!	15.1		36.2		‡
Hawaii	7.6	4.8	27.9		6.9	!	‡		43.3		13.8
Idaho	8.4	3.6	38.8		‡		15.4		22.9		7.7	!
Illinois	7.4	4.6	28.3		16.8		16.6		24.4		13.9
Indiana	9.4	6.1	22.3		10.3	!	12.5	!	31.7		23.1

Iowa	8.8	4.5	29.0		11.2	!	9.7	!	39.9		10.2	!
Kansas	8.7	4.7	31.6		22.5	!	‡		20.8	!	18.9	!
Kentucky	6.5	4.6	24.5		12.5	!	13.6		36.4		13.0	!
Louisiana	6.4	4.0	34.5		13.9	!	10.8	!	31.4		9.3	!
Maine	9.5	5.9	26.6		14.7	!	11.8		27.9		18.9	!

Maryland	7.5	4.1	39.6		13.0	!	7.6	!	24.1		15.7	!
Massachusetts	6.8	3.9	32.6		17.7		12.6	!	29.4		7.6	!
Michigan	7.3	4.1	35.3		12.3		4.6	!	36.8		11.0	!
Minnesota	9.0	4.9	36.7		8.1	!	7.0		32.4		15.8
Mississippi	6.2	3.7	40.1		11.5	!	10.2	!	29.6		8.6	!

Missouri	7.3	4.5	30.3		10.4	!	9.4	!	37.5		12.4
Montana	9.7	5.2	33.1		7.9	!	11.9	!	30.8		16.3
Nebraska	10.1	5.2	23.8		17.0		7.9	!	33.4		17.8
Nevada	6.3	2.7	40.6		16.9		17.3		21.1		‡
New Hampshire	10.0	6.4	22.0	!	9.2	!	4.9		32.2		31.7

New Jersey	7.1	3.9	39.9		10.7	!	‡		28.2		9.9	!
New Mexico	7.0	3.0	41.3		20.4	!	8.4	!	20.9		9.1	!
New York	7.0	4.8	22.1		16.5	!	6.0	!	41.3		14.0	!
North Carolina	5.4	2.7	45.8		16.0	!	‡		29.9		‡
North Dakota	10.1	5.4	30.1		10.8		16.3		21.0		21.8

Ohio	9.1	4.5	27.1		10.5	!	15.1		34.6		12.7	!
Oklahoma	9.0	5.5	32.1		10.7		8.5		29.6		19.1
Oregon	6.6	3.4	28.9		16.5	!	20.0		30.0		‡
Pennsylvania	7.8	4.4	30.4		11.9		11.8	!	34.9		11.0	!
Rhode Island	8.3	4.6	29.5		15.4		14.0	!	27.4		13.6	!

South Carolina	8.1	4.5	34.7		14.6		11.8		24.0		14.9
South Dakota	10.3	5.6	25.3		10.0		11.9		34.2		18.7
Tennessee	7.7	5.7	25.6		13.5	!	11.3	!	26.7		22.9
Texas	7.2	3.8	47.3		10.2	!	7.4	!	24.0		11.1	!
Utah	8.0	3.8	35.8		13.2	!	15.6		28.2		7.3

Vermont	9.2	4.0	38.0		‡		‡		32.1		‡
Virginia	5.7	3.2	40.0		14.7		9.6		31.3		4.4	!
Washington	8.9	4.2	32.0		15.7		9.1		33.6		9.6	!
West Virginia	9.3	5.4	33.8		10.1	!	14.2		23.5		18.4
Wisconsin	10.2	6.0	18.4		15.0	!	11.6	!	30.3		24.7
Wyoming	9.4	4.9	33.9		7.3	!	10.6		30.1		18.0
! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 30 percent or more of the estimate's value.
‡ Reporting standards not met.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Principal Data File," 2007–08.

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