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District budgets are the No. 1 source of stress for superintendents of small school districts, while superintendents of larger districts said the intrusion of political issues and opinions into education is their biggest problem, according to the latest Rand American School District Panel survey.
Rand researchers surveyed 190 school district superintendents this spring. The annual survey is part of the research company’s State of the Superintendent Series.
Small districts have fewer than 3,000 students, and large districts more than 10,000 for the purposes of the study.
Key findings:
Superintendents of large districts said that external and internal communications take up most of their time, while superintendents at small districts said budgets, school facility maintenance and operations are the most time consuming.
The percentage of superintendents reporting that political issues and opinions are causing them stress declined from 88% in 2023 to 60% this year.
About 6 out of 10 superintendents reported that the stress of their job is worth it.
This story was originally published by EdSource.
