Comparison of Principal Public and Private High School Performance

—The purpose of this study is to know the description of the performance of principals in improving the performance of public and private high school teachers in one city in Eastern Indonesia, as well as differences in performance. This research was conducted by using descriptive method and quantitative approach, and supported by library research. Data collection techniques using questionnaires, which became the population is the teachers of Public and Private High School one of the City in Eastern Indonesia with a sample of 164 respondents for Public High School and 92 respondents for Private High School. Based on the calculation using Weight Means Score (WMS) formula, it is found that the performance of public and private high school principals in improving teacher performance is in very good category. The performance of private high school principals is higher than public high school, but the difference is not very significant. It can be concluded that the performance of school principals in improving the performance of teachers of Public and Private High School one of the City of Indonesia in the East has been evenly distributed.