A 1987 study by Mertz, McNeely, and Venditti revealed an increase in the number and percentage of females in administrative positions in 44 of the largest school districts in the United States from 1972 to 1986. This follow-up study investigates whether the findings from the preceding study were representative of the country as a whole or restricted to large school districts. Accordingly, a proportional selection of 20 school districts in Tennessee were investigated--two urban, six suburban, five medium-size city, and seven rural districts-- for 1972, 1982, and 1986. Data were analyzed by individual district, type of district, and the entire sample of 20 districts to see if there had been changes in the representation of females in each of nine administrative positions during this period. Aggregated data (by position) for the entire sample of 20 districts were compared with data from urban districts to see the statistical effects of urban districts. Although males continued to dominate administrative positions in all four types of districts, holding an average of 80 percent of the positions from 1972 to 1986, results showed that the percentage of females increased steadily in urban and rural districts, and irregularly in suburban and medium-city districts. These findings suggest that the increasing number of females in administrative positions in large districts nationwide do in fact reveal a general trend that is occurring in other kinds of districts, albeit more slowly. Bar charts compare the number of males and females by type of district, while a table shows the results of t-tests to determine the significance of changes in numbers of female position holders by time period and type of district. (TE)