Superintendent Placements

Searches resulting in a superintendent’s appointment come through several different routes, including a national search consultant, a state-level search consultant, the school board itself or even without a formal search.

In a 2022 survey of 467 superintendents in New York state, 19 percent landed in their roles following a search by a national or state consultant with another 49 percent receiving appointments following intermediate agency-led searches. Among Black superintendents, 60 percent reported coming through national and state consultants, and of Hispanic/Latino superintendents, 23 percent said their searches were run by the local school board.

SOURCE: Mini-Snapshot, New York State Council of School Superintendents