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Table 4. Number of teachers in elementary and secondary schools, and instructional staff in postsecondary degree-granting institutions, by control of institution: Selected years, fall 1970 through fall 2014

[In thousands]
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         |                     |    Elementary and   |Degree-granting institutions
         |      All levels     |secondary teachers\1\|   instructional staff\2\
         |_____________________|_____________________|____________________________
Year     | Total|Public|Private| Total|Public|Private|     Total|  Public| Private
_________|______|______|_______|______|______|_______|__________|________|________
1        |     2|     3|      4|     5|     6|      7|         8|       9|      10
_________|______|______|_______|______|______|_______|__________|________|________
1970 ....| 2,766| 2,373|    393| 2,292| 2,059|    233|       474|     314|     160
1975 ....| 3,081| 2,641|    440| 2,453| 2,198|\3\ 255|       628|     443|     185
1980 ....| 3,171| 2,679|    492| 2,485| 2,184|    301|\3,4\  686|\3,4\495|\3,4\191
1981 ....| 3,145| 2,636|    509| 2,440| 2,127|\3\ 313|       705|     509|     196
1982 ....| 3,168| 2,639|    529| 2,458| 2,133|\3\ 325|\3,4\  710|\3,4\506|\3,4\204
         |      |      |       |      |      |       |          |        |
1983 ....| 3,200| 2,651|    549| 2,476| 2,139|    337|       724|     512|     212
1984 ....| 3,225| 2,673|    552| 2,508| 2,168|\3\ 340|\3,4\  717|\3,4\505|\3,4\212
1985 ....| 3,264| 2,709|    555| 2,549| 2,206|    343|\3,4\  715|\3,4\503|\3,4\212
1986 ....| 3,314| 2,754|    560| 2,592| 2,244|\3\ 348|\3,4\  722|\3,4\510|\3,4\212
1987 ....| 3,424| 2,831|    592| 2,631| 2,279|\3\ 352|       793|     553|     240
         |      |      |       |      |      |       |          |        |
1988 ....| 3,472| 2,882|    590| 2,668| 2,323|\3\ 345| \3\   804| \3\ 559| \3\ 245
1989 ....| 3,558| 2,934|    624| 2,734| 2,357|\3\ 377|       824|     577|     247
1990 ....| 3,570| 2,972|    599| 2,753| 2,398|\3\ 355| \3\   817| \3\ 574| \3\ 244
1991 ....| 3,613| 3,013|    600| 2,787| 2,432|\3\ 355| \4\   826|     581|     245
1992 ....| 3,699| 3,080|    620| 2,822| 2,459|\3\ 363| \3\   877| \3\ 621| \3\ 257
         |      |      |       |      |      |       |          |        |
1993 ....| 3,785| 3,154|    631| 2,870| 2,504|\3\ 366|       915|     650|     265
1994 ....| 3,849| 3,205|    644| 2,926| 2,552|\3\ 374| \3\   923| \3\ 653| \3\ 270
1995 ....| 3,910| 3,255|    655| 2,978| 2,598|\3\ 380|       932|     657|     275
1996 ....| 4,009| 3,339|    669| 3,054| 2,667|\3\ 387| \3\   954| \3\ 672| \3\ 282
1997 ....| 4,124| 3,441|    683| 3,134| 2,746|    388|       990|     695|     295
         |      |      |       |      |      |       |          |        |
1998 ....| 4,221| 3,527|    694| 3,221| 2,830|\3\ 391| \3\   999| \3\ 697| \3\ 303
1999 ....| 4,334| 3,624|    710| 3,306| 2,911|    395|     1,028|     713|     315
2000 ....| 4,398| 3,682|    716| 3,331| 2,941|\3\ 390| \3\ 1,067| \3\ 741| \3\ 326
2001 ....| 4,503| 3,771|    732| 3,390| 3,000|    390|     1,113|     771|     342
2002\3\ .| 4,585| 3,826|    759| 3,428| 3,034|    394| \3\ 1,157| \3\ 792| \3\ 365
         |      |      |       |      |      |       |          |        |
2003\5\ .| 4,622| 3,841|    781| 3,447| 3,049|    399|     1,175|     793|     382
2004\5\ .|  --- |  --- |   --- | 3,501| 3,100|    401|      --- |     ---|     ---
2005\5\ .|  --- |  --- |   --- | 3,526| 3,122|    404|      --- |     ---|     ---
2006\5\ .|  --- |  --- |   --- | 3,570| 3,161|    409|      --- |     ---|     ---
2007\5\ .|  --- |  --- |   --- | 3,601| 3,188|    413|      --- |     ---|     ---
         |      |      |       |      |      |       |          |        |
2008\5\ .|  --- |  --- |   --- | 3,625| 3,209|    416|      --- |     ---|     ---
2009\5\ .|  --- |  --- |   --- | 3,650| 3,230|    420|      --- |     ---|     ---
2010\5\ .|  --- |  --- |   --- | 3,680| 3,256|    424|      --- |     ---|     ---
2011\5\ .|  --- |  --- |   --- | 3,718| 3,288|    430|      --- |     ---|     ---
2012\5\ .|  --- |  --- |   --- | 3,769| 3,333|    436|      --- |     ---|     ---
         |      |      |       |      |      |       |          |        |
2013\5\ .|  --- |  --- |   --- | 3,825| 3,382|    443|      --- |     ---|     ---
2014\5\ .|  --- |  --- |   --- | 3,887| 3,437|    451|      --- |     ---|     ---
_________|______|______|_______|______|______|_______|__________|________|________
---Not available.
\1\Includes teachers in local public school systems and in most private schools (religiously affiliated and nonsectarian). Teachers are reported in terms of full- time equivalents.
\2\Beginning in 1996-97, data are for degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions are 2-year and 4-year institutions that were eligible to participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Includes full-time and part-time faculty with the rank of instructor or above in colleges, universities, professional schools, and 2-year colleges. Excludes teaching assistants.
\3\Estimated.
\4\Inclusion of institutions is not consistent with surveys for 1987 and later years.
\5\Projected.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Headcounts are used to report data for degree-granting institutions instructional staff.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of Public Elementary and Secondary Day Schools, 1970 and 1975; The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1980 through 2003; Projections of Education Statistics to 2014; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Staff" survey, 1970 and 1975; 1987 through 2003 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Staff Survey" (IPEDS-S:87-99), and Winter 2001-02 and Winter 2003-04; and U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission, EEO-6, 1981 and 1983; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared August 2005.)


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