Jobs / Management and business operations / 11-9032.00
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary
Plan, direct, or coordinate the academic, administrative, or auxiliary activities of kindergarten, elementary, or secondary schools.
- US jobs
- 328,330
- Median wage
- $105,870 a year
- Job family
- Management and business operations
Can agents do the work of education administrators, kindergarten through secondary?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Management and business operations: Some tasks (first measured in the last 12 months)
Agents complete 20% or more of the tasks (or projects) on a direct benchmark.
Evidence: SOP-Bench, 72.4% of tasks completed.
1% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.
- 15%Develop educational programs, plans, or proceduresNot measured
- 8%Supervise personnel activitiesNot measured
- 7%Provide support or encouragement to othersNot measured
- 6%Advise others on educational or vocational mattersNot measured
- 6%Train others on operational or work proceduresNot measured
- 4%Advise others on business or operational mattersNot measured
- 4%Develop organizational policies, systems, or processesNot measured
- 4%Direct organizational operations, activities, or proceduresNot measured
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in management and business operations, not always this occupation's tasks.
Direct evidence
Work benchmarks mapped primary to this family. They set the step when they report how many tasks agents complete.
Also relevant
These benchmarks cover part of this family's work, or have no result yet. They do not set its step.
- 45.9%Claude Opus 4.6 · 16 Mar 2026Emerging
- 64.8%Claude Code + Opus 5.5 (max) · 6 Oct 2026Strong
Context only
These benchmarks span many occupations, or they test how agents behave. They give context but do not set the step.
- 42.9%TTE-MatrixAgent + DeepSeek-V3.2 · 10 Nov 2025Emerging
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Counsel and provide guidance to students regarding personal, academic, vocational, or behavioral issues.
- Confer with parents and staff to discuss educational activities, policies, and student behavior or learning problems.
- Observe teaching methods and examine learning materials to evaluate and standardize curricula and teaching techniques and to determine areas for improvement.
- Determine the scope of educational program offerings, and prepare drafts of course schedules and descriptions to estimate staffing and facility requirements.
- Enforce discipline and attendance rules.
- Recruit, hire, train, and evaluate primary and supplemental staff.
- Collaborate with teachers to develop and maintain curriculum standards, develop mission statements, and set performance goals and objectives.
- Set educational standards and goals, and help establish policies and procedures to carry them out.
- Evaluate curricula, teaching methods, and programs to determine their effectiveness, efficiency, and use, and to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.
- Plan and lead professional development activities for teachers, administrators, and support staff.
- Create school improvement plans, using student performance data.
- Determine allocations of funds for staff, supplies, materials, and equipment, and authorize purchases.
Other job titles for this occupation (28)
Athletic Director · Curriculum and Instruction Superintendent · Curriculum Director · Elementary Principal · K-12 Principal (Kindergarten Through Twelfth Grade Principal) · MS Principal (Middle School Principal) · School Administrator (School Admin) · School Superintendent · SPED Director (Special Education Director) · Superintendent · Assessment Coordinator · Athletic Coordinator · Educational Program Director · Elementary School Principal · Headmaster · Junior HS Principal (Junior High School Principal) · K-12 School Principal (Kindergarten Through Twelfth Grade School Principal) · K-8 School Principal (Kindergarten Through Eighth Grade School Principal) · PE Director (Physical Education Director) · Pupil Personnel Program Director · Pupil Personnel Services Director · School Coordinator · Secondary School Principal · Special Services Director · SPED Admin (Special Education Administrator) · SPED Coordinator (Special Education Coordinator) · SPED Superintendent (Special Education Superintendent) · Vice Principal