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Table 86.Principals in public and private elementary and secondary schools, by selected characteristics: 1993-94

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                       |        |       Percent of principals, by       |Average years of |Average annual salary of principals,
                       |        |        highest degree earned\2\       |  experience     |   by length of school year
       Selected        |Total\1\|_______________________________________|_________________|
    characteristics    |        |Bache-|Master's|Education |  Doctor's  |  As a   | Other |____________________________________
                       |        |lor's |        |specialist| and first- |principal|       |        |10 months|   11   |   12
                       |        |      |        |          |professional|         |       | Total  | or less | months | months
_______________________|________|______|________|__________|____________|_________|_______|________|_________|________|________
           1           |   2    |  3   |   4    |    5     |     6      |    7    |   8   |   9    |   10    |   11   |   12
_______________________|________|______|________|__________|____________|_________|_______|________|_________|________|________
                       |                                                   Public schools
                       |_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Total .................| 79,618 |  1.4 |   63.4 |     25.8 |        9.3 |     8.7 |  19.8 |$54,858 | $50,103 |$53,117 |$58,399
  Men .................| 52,114 |  1.1 |   65.1 |     24.7 |        9.1 |    10.3 |  20.6 | 54,922 |  49,545 | 52,946 | 58,492
  Women .............. | 27,505 |  2.0 |   60.2 |     27.9 |        9.8 |     5.6 |  18.2 | 54,736 |  50,908 | 53,439 | 58,195
                       |        |      |        |          |            |         |       |        |         |        |
Race/ethnicity         |        |      |        |          |            |         |       |        |         |        |
  White, non-Hispanic .| 67,081 |  1.5 |   62.8 |     26.5 |        9.2 |     9.0 |  19.5 | 54,466 |  48,797 | 52,893 | 58,311
  Black, non-Hispanic .|  8,018 |  0.0 |   64.4 |     23.7 |       11.9 |     7.1 |  21.4 | 57,669 |  58,346 | 54,061 | 58,836
  Hispanic ............|  3,269 |  2.7 |   74.5 |     17.3 |        5.5 |     6.3 |  21.2 | 55,862 |  50,035 | 54,898 | 59,597
  Asian or Pacific     |        |      |        |          |            |         |       |        |         |        |
    Islander ..........|    620 |  6.7 |   50.9 |     25.4 |       17.0 |     5.6 |  22.0 | 59,447 |  56,916 | 64,890 | 59,115
  American Indian or   |        |      |        |          |            |         |       |        |         |        |
    Alaskan Native ....|    631 |  1.1 |   65.8 |     24.8 |        8.2 |     8.2 |  20.5 | 51,117 |  46,401 | 49,121 | 55,337
                       |        |      |        |          |            |         |       |        |         |        |
Age                    |        |      |        |          |            |         |       |        |         |        |
  Under 40 ............|  5,936 |  4.5 |   71.2 |     18.9 |        5.3 |     2.8 |  16.0 | 46,542 |  41,817 | 46,877 | 49,779
  40 to 44 ............| 14,571 |  1.6 |   65.4 |     26.2 |        6.7 |     5.0 |  19.0 | 52,038 |  48,033 | 49,581 | 55,443
  45 to 49 ............| 25,427 |  0.9 |   59.8 |     30.0 |        9.3 |     7.1 |  20.7 | 55,423 |  50,663 | 53,705 | 58,872
  50 to 54 ............| 18,868 |  1.0 |   63.9 |     24.9 |       10.3 |    10.3 |  21.1 | 56,559 |  52,464 | 54,279 | 59,643
  55 or over ..........| 14,817 |  1.4 |   63.8 |     22.4 |       12.4 |    15.1 |  19.1 | 57,826 |  52,414 | 56,355 | 62,148
                       |        |      |        |          |            |         |       |        |         |        |
Type of school         |        |      |        |          |            |         |       |        |         |        |
  Elementary ..........| 53,688 |  1.5 |   64.2 |     25.7 |        8.6 |     8.9 |  17.9 | 54,160 |  50,306 | 52,929 | 57,617
  Secondary ...........| 23,187 |  1.1 |   62.0 |     25.9 |       11.0 |     8.2 |  24.1 | 56,711 |  49,231 | 53,779 | 60,186
  Combined ............|  2,743 |  2.6 |   60.2 |     27.9 |        9.4 |     7.5 |  21.4 | 52,843 |  50,729 | 51,878 | 54,075
                       |========|======|========|==========|============|=========|=======|========|=========|========|========
                       |                                                   Private schools
                       |_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Total .................| 25,015 | 27.8 |   55.3 |      8.8 |        6.3 |     8.8 |  13.1 | 29,714 |  20,347 | 31,661 | 32,288
  Men .................| 11,606 | 25.8 |   55.3 |      7.5 |       10.3 |     9.0 |  14.3 | 32,039 |  18,767 | 41,098 | 34,205
  Women .............. | 13,410 | 29.4 |   55.3 |      9.8 |        3.1 |     8.6 |  12.0 | 27,701 |  21,429 | 27,292 | 30,265
                       |        |      |        |          |            |         |       |        |         |        |
Race/ethnicity         |        |      |        |          |            |         |       |        |         |        |
  White, non-Hispanic .| 23,133 | 27.5 |   56.0 |      8.7 |        6.3 |     8.7 |  13.2 | 29,725 |  19,634 | 31,470 | 32,510
  Black, non-Hispanic .|  1,060 | 28.1 |   46.2 |     11.6 |        4.9 |     8.3 |   9.1 | 28,836 |   (\3\) | 30,563 |  (\3\)
  Hispanic ............|    524 | 34.5 |   44.0 |      9.2 |       12.1 |    10.1 |  17.2 | 31,101 |  21,557 | 34,697 |  (\3\)
                       |        |      |        |          |            |         |       |        |         |        |
Age                    |        |      |        |          |            |         |       |        |         |        |
  Under 40 ............|  4,794 | 44.4 |   42.7 |      9.6 |        1.6 |     3.5 |   9.7 | 24,427 |  16,320 | 33,527 | 27,349
  40 to 44 ............|  4,403 | 36.5 |   46.3 |      8.6 |        5.4 |     5.3 |  12.9 | 29,373 |  18,207 | 29,892 | 32,088
  45 to 49 ............|  5,144 | 23.1 |   61.4 |      8.4 |        5.7 |     8.3 |  13.7 | 32,691 |  22,875 | 31,782 | 36,009
  50 to 54 ............|  4,120 | 15.8 |   62.0 |      8.1 |       11.5 |     9.6 |  15.3 | 35,096 |  26,303 | 35,067 | 36,550
  55 or over ..........|  6,553 | 21.7 |   60.9 |      9.0 |        7.4 |    14.8 |  13.8 | 28,090 |  21,630 | 29,823 | 30,078
                       |        |      |        |          |            |         |       |        |         |        |
Type of school         |        |      |        |          |            |         |       |        |         |        |
  Elementary ..........| 13,355 | 27.6 |   57.2 |      8.4 |        5.0 |     9.4 |  11.4 | 27,151 |  22,721 | 29,583 | 28,215
  Secondary ...........|  4,890 | 21.1 |   56.5 |     11.4 |       10.0 |     8.1 |  17.4 | 37,300 |  21,086 | 34,918 | 40,131
  Combined ............|  6,770 | 33.4 |   50.3 |      7.6 |        6.2 |     8.0 |  13.3 | 29,290 |  14,876 | 39,671 | 32,765
_______________________|________|______|________|__________|____________|_________|_______|________|_________|________|________

\1\Total differs from data appearing in other tables because of varying survey processing procedures and time period coverages.
\2\Percentages for those with less than a bachelor's degree are not shown.
\3\Too few cases for reliable estimate.

NOTE.--Details may not add to 100 percent because of rounding and survey item nonresponse.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Schools and Staffing Survey, 1993-94." (This table was prepared July 1995.)


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