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Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS)


Table 27.  Percentage distribution of private school principals by race/ethnicity, percentage minority, and affiliation stratum: 2003–04

  Race/ethnicity       
Affiliation stratum White, non-
Hispanic
Black, non-
Hispanic
  American Indian/
Alaska Native,
non-
Hispanic
  Asian, non-
Hispanic
  Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-
Hispanic
  Hispanic, single or multiple races   Multiple races, non-
Hispanic1
  Minority2  
All private schools  89.8 5.2   0.6   1.2   0.1 ! 3.0   0.2   10.2  
                               
Catholic- Parochial  93.4 2.2   #   0.5 ! #   3.8   0.1 ! 6.6  
Catholic- Diocesan  92.9 2.1 ! 0.1 ! 1.0 ! #   4.0   #   7.1  
Catholic- Private  92.7 1.0 ! #   #   #   6.3   #   7.3  
Amish               
Assembly of God  86.6 5.0 ! 4.0 ! #   #   4.0 ! 0.4 ! 13.4 !
Baptist  88.6 8.6   2.2 ! #   #   0.5 ! #   11.4  
Episcopal  89.6 4.3   1.8 ! 0.5 ! #   3.8 ! #   10.4  
Jewish  100.0 #   #   #   #   #   #   #  
Lutheran Church- Missouri Synod  97.0 3.0 ! #   #   #   #   #   3.0 !
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod  100.0 #   #   #   #   #   #   #  
Mennonite  99.4 0.6 ! #   #   #   #   #   0.6 !
Pentecostal  82.0 14.7   #   #   #   2.2 ! 1.1 ! 18.0  
Seventh-Day Adventist  73.6 17.7   #   2.5 ! #   6.3 ! #   26.4  
Other Religious  87.8 7.2   1.1 ! 1.4   #   1.8   0.7 ! 12.2  
Nonsectarian- Regular  86.2 8.4   #   1.9 ! 0.5 ! 2.9 ! 0.2 ! 13.8  
Nonsectarian- Special Emphasis  87.0 2.5 ! 1.0 ! 5.2   0.6 ! 3.7 ! #   13.0  
Nonsectarian- Special Education  87.7 4.8 ! #   #   #   7.5   #   12.3  
# Rounds to zero.
‡ Reporting standards not met. The base-weighted unit response rate was below 50 percent.
! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 50 percent or more of the estimate's value.
1 Multiple races, non-Hispanic includes all non-Hispanic respondents who selected more than one race.
2 Minority includes Black, non-Hispanic; American Indian/Alaska Native, non-Hispanic; Asian, non-Hispanic; Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic; Hispanic, single or multiple races; and multiple races, non-Hispanic.
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, Private School Principal Data File, 2003–04.

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