Number, average age, and sex of public and BIA school principals, by selected school characteristics: 1999

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Number, average age, and sex of public and BIA school principals, by selected school characteristics: 1999–2000

			Sex
Selected school characteristic	Number of principals	Average age of principals	Male	Female
Selected school characteristic	Number of principals	Average age of principals	Percent	Percent
All public schools	83,790	49.3	56.2	43.8

School classification
Traditional public	82,800	49.3	56.4	43.6
Charter school	990	48.3	46.0	54.0

Community type
Central city	20,100	50.4	43.5	56.5
Urban fringe/large town	37,680	49.4	54.8	45.2
Rural/small town	26,020	48.2	68.2	31.8

School level
Elementary	60,110	49.3	48.2	51.8
Secondary	20,450	49.2	78.2	21.8
Combined	3,230	49.3	66.9	33.1

Student enrollment
Less than 100	6,340	49.0	58.9	41.1
100-199	7,950	48.2	66.5	33.5
200-499	31,890	49.0	53.6	46.4
500-749	21,370	49.5	49.9	50.1
750-999	7,750	50.6	58.0	42.0
1,000 or more	8,490	49.9	69.0	31.0

All BIA schools	120	51.9	63.9	36.1
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. BIA school refers to schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) that are operated by the BIA, a tribe, or a private contractor and not by a regular school district.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Principal, BIA School Principal, and Charter School Principal Data Files," 1999–2000.

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