Table 5.Average hours per week that school principals spent on all school-related activities and interacting with students, by school type and selected school characteristics: 2011

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Table 5. Average hours per week that school principals spent on all school-related activities and interacting with students, by school type and selected school characteristics: 2011–12


	Average hours per week¹
Selected school characteristic	All school-related activities	Interacting with students
All schools	57.0	22.2

All public schools	58.1	22.5

School classification
Traditional public	58.0	22.4
Charter school	59.2	23.2

Community type
City	59.5	23.3
Suburban	58.0	20.8
Town	58.2	23.9
Rural	56.9	22.6

School level
Primary	57.7	21.1
Middle	58.3	23.1
High	59.8	25.3
Combined	55.7	23.6

Student enrollment
Less than 100	50.4	20.8
100-199	55.1	23.4
200-499	58.2	22.7
500-749	58.7	22.2
750-999	59.8	21.7
1,000 or more	61.8	23.2

Percent of K-12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches
0-34	58.1	20.4
35-49	58.9	23.2
50-74	57.6	23.3
75 or more	58.9	24.1
School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program	50.8	19.2

All private schools	53.2	21.2

School classification
Catholic	56.7	19.6
Other religious	51.8	22.8
Nonsectarian	52.3	19.6

Community type
City	55.1	19.4
Suburban	54.1	21.0
Town	50.9	22.0
Rural	50.5	23.5

School level
Elementary	53.4	20.8
Secondary	56.1	22.1
Combined	52.0	21.4

Student enrollment
Less than 100	49.6	23.7
100-199	54.9	20.3
200-499	57.8	18.1
500-749	57.7	15.1
750 or more	60.2	16.9
¹ Includes hours spent during the school day, before and after school, and on the weekends.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Library Media Center Data File," 2011–12.

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