Administrator Ethnicity

November 2007

Available data about school and district administrators come from the Professional Assignment Information Form (PAIF) that administrators and teachers fill out each year for the California Department of Education. Geared toward teachers rather than administrators, the data have limitations but give information on gender and ethnicity. The majority (58%) of administrators are female, compared wth 72% of the state's teachers. More than two-thirds (69%) are white, compared with 72% of teachers. Teacher and administrator ethnicity are similar, with one exception. Almost 5% of California's teachers are African American, compared with 8% of the state's administrators.

More than two-thirds of California's administrators are white

Data: California Department of Education
EdSource 11/07

Note: The category of "other" includes Filipino, Native American/Alaska Native, and multiple/no response.