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Table 75. Mobility of public and private elementary and secondary teachers, by selected school and teacher characteristics: 1987-88 to 1994-95

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                             |                   Percentage distribution of public school teachers          ||Percentage distribution of private school teachers
                             |______________________________________________________________________________||__________________________________________________
                             |                         |                         |                          || 1987-88 | 1990-91 |   1993-94 to 1994-95
                             |  1987-88 to 1988-89     |   1990-91 to 1991-92    |   1993-94 to 1994-95     ||   to    |   to    |
                             |                         |                         |                          || 1988-89 | 1991-92 |
       Characteristic        |_________________________|_________________________|__________________________||_________|_________|______________________________
                             |Remained|Remained | Left |Remained|Remained | Left |Remained|Remained|  Left  ||  Left   |  Left   |Remained | Remained |  Left
                             |teaching|in teach-|teach-|teaching|in teach-|teach-|teaching|in teach| teach- || teach-  | teach-  |teaching |in teach- | teach-
                             | in the | ing but | ing  | in the | ing but | ing  | in the |ing but |  ing   ||   ing   |   ing   | in the  | ing but  |   ing
                             |  same  | changed |      |  same  | changed |      |  same  |changed |        ||         |         |  same   | changed  |
                             | school | schools |      | school | schools |      | school |schools |        ||         |         | school  | schools  |
_____________________________|________|_________|______|________|_________|______|________|________|________||_________|_________|_________|__________|_________
              1              |   2    |    3    |  4   |   5    |    6    |  7   |   8    |   9    |   10   ||   11    |   12    |   13    |    14    |   15
_____________________________|________|_________|______|________|_________|______|________|________|________||_________|_________|_________|__________|_________
Total .......................|   86.5 |     7.9 |  5.6 |   87.6 |     7.3 |  5.1 |   86.3 |    7.2 |    6.6 ||    12.7 |    12.3 |    82.3 |      5.8 |    11.9
                             |________|_________|______|________|_________|______|________|________|________||_________|_________|_________|__________|_________
Sex                          |        |         |      |        |         |      |        |        |        ||         |         |         |          |
  Male ......................|   87.7 |     7.3 |  5.1 |   89.1 |     6.4 |  4.5 |   88.2 |    6.6 |    5.2 ||    10.2 |    12.1 |    82.1 |      4.8 |    13.1
  Female ....................|   86.1 |     8.1 |  5.8 |   87.1 |     7.6 |  5.3 |   85.6 |    7.4 |    7.1 ||    13.4 |    12.3 |    82.4 |      6.1 |    11.6
                             |        |         |      |        |         |      |        |        |        ||         |         |         |          |
Race/ethnicity               |        |         |      |        |         |      |        |        |        ||         |         |         |          |
  White, non-Hispanic .......|   86.5 |     7.8 |  5.7 |   87.6 |     7.3 |  5.1 |   86.7 |    6.8 |    6.5 ||    12.1 |    12.0 |    82.5 |      5.7 |    11.7
  Total minority ............|   87.0 |     8.6 |  4.4 |   87.5 |     7.1 |  5.3 |   83.7 |    9.5 |    6.8 ||    21.4 |    15.4 |    79.2 |      --- |    14.8
    Black, non-Hispanic .....|   86.2 |     8.8 |  5.1 |   85.5 |     8.3 |  6.1 |   84.9 |    8.5 |    6.6 ||    34.7 |    19.3 |    82.3 |      --- |    12.6
    Hispanic ................|   88.9 |     8.2 |  2.9 |   89.6 |     6.0 |  4.4 |   79.4 |   11.5 |    9.1 ||    21.3 |    13.6 |    77.2 |      --- |    14.6
                             |        |         |      |        |         |      |        |        |        ||         |         |         |          |
Age                          |        |         |      |        |         |      |        |        |        ||         |         |         |          |
  Less than 25 ..............|   78.7 |    17.0 |  4.3 |   73.8 |    17.2 |  9.1 |   81.1 |   15.2 |    3.8 ||    19.0 |    23.8 |    67.4 |     12.6 |    20.0
  25 to 29 ..................|   75.0 |    16.1 |  9.0 |   76.6 |    14.3 |  9.0 |   76.3 |   13.7 |   10.0 ||    17.6 |    17.8 |    76.1 |     10.8 |    13.1
  30 to 39 ..................|   85.2 |     9.0 |  5.8 |   85.9 |     9.9 |  4.2 |   84.8 |    8.6 |    6.7 ||    12.4 |    13.7 |    77.6 |      7.5 |    14.9
  40 to 49 ..................|   91.2 |     6.4 |  2.4 |   92.5 |     5.5 |  2.0 |   89.9 |    6.1 |    3.9 ||    10.5 |     7.7 |    87.2 |      4.1 |     8.7
  50 to 59 ................  |   90.4 |     3.9 |  5.7 |   89.3 |     4.0 |  6.7 |   88.9 |    4.8 |    6.3 ||    11.3 |     9.6 |    89.3 |      2.4 |     8.2
  60 to 64 ..................|   72.0 |     4.5 | 23.4 |   71.0 |     2.2 | 26.8 |   68.0 |    1.5 |   30.5 ||    16.9 |    17.8 |    84.9 |      2.0 |    13.1
  65 and over ...............|   83.3 |     --- | 16.7 |   48.9 |    10.3 | 40.9 |   63.2 |    --- |   34.1 ||     7.9 |    20.7 |    56.6 |      --- |    41.9
                             |        |         |      |        |         |      |        |        |        ||         |         |         |          |
Full-time teaching experience|        |         |      |        |         |      |        |        |        ||         |         |         |          |
  Less than 1 year ..........|   76.9 |    11.5 | 11.6 |   51.5 |    31.3 | 17.2 |   79.7 |   11.1 |    9.3 ||    27.4 |    28.4 |    70.3 |      7.6 |    22.1
  1 to 3 years ..............|   77.4 |    14.3 |  8.3 |   79.7 |    13.1 |  7.2 |   79.6 |   12.7 |    7.8 ||    15.9 |    16.7 |    72.3 |     10.3 |    17.3
    1 year ..................|   77.3 |    14.2 |  8.5 |   79.0 |    12.6 |  8.4 |   81.2 |   12.4 |    6.4 ||    18.8 |    18.8 |    66.7 |     11.6 |    21.7
    2 years .................|   78.8 |    13.6 |  7.6 |   78.7 |    14.1 |  7.1 |   76.4 |   14.6 |    9.1 ||    14.6 |    15.8 |    71.9 |     11.2 |    17.0
    3 years .................|   76.0 |    15.2 |  8.8 |   81.6 |    12.4 |  5.9 |   81.4 |   10.8 |    7.8 ||    14.3 |    14.7 |    79.8 |      7.8 |    12.4
  4 to 9 years ..............|   82.9 |    11.1 |  6.0 |   84.8 |     9.9 |  5.3 |   83.0 |    9.9 |    7.1 ||    12.8 |    12.7 |    81.2 |      7.0 |    11.9
  10 to 19 years ............|   89.3 |     6.7 |  4.0 |   91.0 |     6.5 |  2.4 |   89.1 |    6.6 |    4.4 ||    11.4 |     6.2 |    89.7 |      2.4 |     7.9
  20 to 24 years ............|   93.6 |     4.1 |  2.2 |   93.3 |     3.3 |  3.4 |   92.5 |    2.8 |    4.6 ||     7.4 |     4.7 |    92.3 |      2.5 |     5.2
  25 years or more ..........|   84.9 |     4.1 | 11.0 |   85.9 |     3.1 | 11.0 |   84.9 |    4.1 |   11.1 ||     7.4 |    14.6 |    85.5 |      2.9 |    11.6
                             |        |         |      |        |         |      |        |        |        ||         |         |         |          |
Level taught                 |        |         |      |        |         |      |        |        |        ||         |         |         |          |
  Elementary ................|   85.0 |     9.5 |  5.5 |   87.1 |     8.1 |  4.8 |   86.0 |    7.6 |    6.4 ||    12.5 |    11.3 |    82.4 |      6.1 |    11.5
  Secondary .................|   88.1 |     6.2 |  5.6 |   88.2 |     6.4 |  5.5 |   86.6 |    6.7 |    6.7 ||    12.9 |    13.3 |    82.2 |      5.2 |    12.6
                             |        |         |      |        |         |      |        |        |        ||         |         |         |          |
School size                  |        |         |      |        |         |      |        |        |        ||         |         |         |          |
  Less than 150 .............|   85.6 |     9.8 |  4.5 |   86.6 |     8.1 |  5.3 |   78.6 |   10.3 |   11.1 ||    19.4 |    17.0 |    76.0 |      7.9 |    16.2
  150 to 299 ................|   84.6 |     9.9 |  5.4 |   88.0 |     7.7 |  4.3 |   85.8 |    7.0 |    7.1 ||    12.1 |    13.8 |    79.6 |      8.0 |    12.4
  300 to 499 ................|   86.9 |     7.5 |  5.6 |   85.8 |     8.5 |  5.7 |   86.2 |    7.3 |    6.5 ||    10.2 |     7.7 |    84.3 |      3.2 |    12.5
  500 to 749 ................|   86.8 |     7.5 |  5.7 |   87.7 |     7.6 |  4.7 |   85.3 |    7.1 |    7.6 ||     9.2 |     9.8 |    89.6 |      3.3 |     7.1
  750 or more ...............|   87.7 |     7.4 |  4.9 |   88.6 |     6.1 |  5.4 |   87.7 |    6.6 |    5.7 ||    12.8 |     6.7 |    89.6 |      4.2 |     6.2
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Percent minority enrollment  |        |         |      |        |         |      |        |        |        ||         |         |         |          |
  Less than 5% ..............|   88.0 |     6.9 |  5.1 |   89.6 |     5.7 |  4.6 |   87.1 |    4.9 |    8.0 ||    13.2 |    11.5 |    83.9 |      5.1 |    11.0
  5 to 19% ..................|   86.6 |     7.6 |  5.8 |   88.1 |     6.4 |  5.5 |   87.3 |    6.7 |    6.0 ||    10.3 |    12.2 |    84.8 |      4.2 |    11.1
  20 to 49% .................|   87.3 |     7.6 |  5.2 |   85.6 |     8.6 |  5.9 |   86.6 |    7.2 |    6.2 ||    18.9 |    12.2 |    77.0 |      7.4 |    15.6
  50% or more ...............|   85.0 |     9.7 |  5.3 |   86.2 |     8.9 |  4.9 |   83.6 |    9.6 |    6.8 ||    13.6 |    13.1 |    75.8 |     10.9 |    13.2
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Community type               |        |         |      |        |         |      |        |        |        ||         |         |         |          |
  Central city ..............|    --- |     --- |  --- |   86.3 |     8.6 |  5.2 |   86.1 |    7.6 |    6.3 ||     --- |    12.7 |    83.4 |      5.7 |    10.9
  Urban fringe/small town ...|    --- |     --- |  --- |   87.2 |     7.3 |  5.5 |   86.3 |    7.2 |    6.5 ||     --- |    10.6 |    81.9 |      5.5 |    12.6
  Rural/small town ..........|    --- |     --- |  --- |   88.8 |     6.4 |  4.8 |   86.4 |    6.8 |    6.8 ||     --- |    13.9 |    80.0 |      6.4 |    13.6
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NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Characteristics of Stayers, Movers, and Leavers: Results from the Teacher Followup Survey: 1994-95. (This table was prepared April 1997.)


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