Percentage of public school districts that used pay incentives for various reasons, by selected public school district characteristics: 2011

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Percentage of public school districts that used pay incentives for various reasons, by selected public school district characteristics: 2011–12

Selected public school district characteristic	To reward teachers who have attained National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification	To reward excellence in teaching	To recruit or retain teachers to teach in a less desirable location		To recruit or retain teachers to teach in fields of shortage
All public school districts	24.5	11.3	5.6		13.5

District size
1 school	19.8	22.9	8.8		15.8
2-3 schools	17.0	3.8	2.4		7.6
4-5 schools	22.6	5.8	3.6		13.9
6-9 schools	32.8	4.9	2.6		11.2
10-19 schools	44.0	7.5	7.1		18.1
20 or more schools	54.0	10.5	15.0		28.3

Community type
City	27.1	34.8	11.3		20.6
Suburban	25.5	9.0	4.2		10.2
Town	26.9	6.1	3.8		12.1
Rural	22.6	6.7	5.1		13.1

District K-12 enrollment
Less than 250	17.5	16.3	8.3		16.1
250-999	18.8	14.3	5.4		11.2
1,000-1,999	22.3	6.5	2.9		9.6
2,000-4,999	32.7	5.6	3.0		12.6
5,000-9,999	41.2	7.1	6.5		18.6
10,000 or more	50.1	10.5	13.0		27.5

Percent of K-12 students in district who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches
0-34	22.2	3.7	2.6		8.2
35-49	23.0	6.7	3.0		9.8
50-74	25.9	7.9	5.8		16.0
75 or more	29.7	26.8	12.4		20.1
District did not participate in free or reduced- price lunch program	18.9	24.9	6.2	!	16.3

! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 percent and 50 percent (i.e., the standard error is at least 30 percent and less than 50 percent of the estimate).
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School District Data File," 2011–12.

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