Table 4. - | Teachers in elementary and secondary schools, and senior instructional staff in institutions of higher education, by control of institution: Fall 1970 to fall 2008 [In thousands] |
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | All levels | Elementary and secondary teachers\1\ | Higher education | |_________________________________________________________________| senior instructional Fall | | Total | Elementary teachers | Secondary teachers | staff\2\ |_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_____________________|_______________________ |Total |Public|Private|Total |Public|Private|Total |Public|Private|Total |Public|Private| Total |Public |Private _________|______|______|_______|______|______|_______|______|______|_______|______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 _________|______|______|_______|______|______|_______|______|______|_______|______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______ 1970 ....|2,766 |2,373 | 393 |2,292 |2,059 | 233 |1,283 |1,130 | 153 |1,009 | 929 | 80 | 474 | 314 | 160 1975 ....|3,081 |2,641 | 440 |2,453 |2,198 |\3\255 |1,353 |1,181 |\3\172 |1,100 |1,017 |\3\ 83 | 628 | 443 | 185 1980 ....|3,171 |2,679 | 492 |2,485 |2,184 | 301 |1,401 |1,189 | 212 |1,084 | 995 | 89 |\3\686 |\3\495 |\3\191 1981 ....|3,145 |2,636 | 509 |2,440 |2,127 |\3\313 |1,404 |1,183 |\3\221 |1,037 | 945 |\3\ 92 | 705 | 509 | 196 1982 ....|3,168 |2,639 | 529 |2,458 |2,133 |\3\325 |1,413 |1,182 |\3\231 |1,045 | 951 |\3\ 94 |\3\710 |\3\506 |\3\204 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1983 ....|3,200 |2,651 | 549 |2,476 |2,139 | 337 |1,426 |1,186 | 240 |1,050 | 953 | 97 | 724 | 512 | 212 1984 ....|3,225 |2,673 | 552 |2,508 |2,168 |\3\340 |1,451 |1,208 |\3\243 |1,057 | 960 |\3\ 97 |\3\717 |\3\505 |\3\212 1985 ....|3,264 |2,709 | 555 |2,549 |2,206 | 343 |1,483 |1,237 | 246 |1,066 | 969 | 97 |\3\715 |\3\503 |\3\212 1986 ....|3,314 |2,754 | 560 |2,592 |2,244 |\3\348 |1,521 |1,271 |\3\250 |1,071 | 973 |\3\ 98 |\3\722 |\3\510 |\3\212 1987 ....|3,424 |2,831 | 593 |2,631 |2,279 |\3\353 |1,563 |1,306 |\3\257 |1,068 | 973 |\3\ 95 |\4\793 |\4\553 |\4\240 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1988 ....|3,472 |2,882 | 590 |2,668 |2,323 |\3\345 |1,604 |1,353 |\3\251 |1,064 | 970 |\3\ 94 |\3\804 |\3\559 |\3\245 1989 ....|3,558 |2,934 | 624 |2,734 |2,357 |\3\377 |1,662 |1,387 |\3\275 |1,072 | 970 |\3\102 | 824 | 577 | 247 1990 ....|3,570 |2,972 | 599 |2,753 |2,398 |\3\355 |1,683 |1,429 |\3\254 |1,070 | 969 |\3\101 |\3\817 |\3\574 |\3\244 1991 ....|3,613 |3,013 | 600 |2,787 |2,432 |\3\355 |1,722 |1,468 |\3\254 |1,065 | 964 |\3\101 | 826 | 581 | 245 1992 ....|3,699 |3,080 | 620 |2,822 |2,459 |\3\363 |1,752 |1,492 |\3\260 |1,070 | 967 |\3\103 |\3\877 |\3\621 |\3\257 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1993 ....|3,785 |3,154 | 631 |2,870 |2,504 |\3\366 |1,775 |1,513 |\3\262 |1,095 | 991 |\3\104 | 915 | 650 | 265 1994 ....|3,849 |3,205 | 644 |2,926 |2,552 |\3\374 |1,791 |1,525 |\3\266 |1,135 |1,027 |\3\108 |\3\923 |\3\653 |\3\270 1995 ....|3,910 |3,255 | 655 |2,978 |2,598 |\3\380 |1,794 |1,525 |\3\269 |1,184 |1,073 |\3\111 | 932 | 657 | 275 1996 ....|3,988 |3,323 | 665 |3,053 |2,666 |\3\387 |1,856 |1,582 |\3\274 |1,197 |1,084 |\3\113 |\3\935 |\3\657 |\3\278 1997\5\ .|4,040 |3,374 | 667 |3,103 |2,710 |\3\394 |1,882 |1,604 |\3\278 |1,222 |1,106 |\3\116 |\3\936 |\3\664 |\3\273 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1998\5\ .|4,079 |3,403 | 676 |3,126 |2,728 | 399 |1,894 |1,612 | 281 |1,233 |1,116 | 117 | 952 | 675 | 277 1999\5\ .|4,131 |3,446 | 684 |3,167 |2,764 | 404 |1,916 |1,632 | 285 |1,251 |1,132 | 119 | 963 | 682 | 280 2000\5\ .|4,182 |3,490 | 692 |3,211 |2,802 | 409 |1,939 |1,651 | 288 |1,272 |1,151 | 121 | 971 | 688 | 283 2001\5\ .| --- | --- | --- |3,245 |2,832 | 413 |1,957 |1,666 | 291 |1,288 |1,166 | 123 | --- | --- | --- 2002\5\ .| --- | --- | --- |3,284 |2,866 | 418 |1,972 |1,679 | 293 |1,312 |1,187 | 125 | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2003\5\ .| --- | --- | --- |3,325 |2,903 | 423 |1,989 |1,693 | 295 |1,336 |1,209 | 127 | --- | --- | --- 2004\5\ .| --- | --- | --- |3,362 |2,935 | 427 |2,001 |1,704 | 297 |1,361 |1,231 | 129 | --- | --- | --- 2005\5\ .| --- | --- | --- |3,394 |2,963 | 430 |2,012 |1,713 | 299 |1,382 |1,250 | 131 | --- | --- | --- 2006\5\ .| --- | --- | --- |3,418 |2,985 | 433 |2,021 |1,721 | 300 |1,397 |1,264 | 133 | --- | --- | --- 2007\5\ .| --- | --- | --- |3,441 |3,005 | 436 |2,033 |1,731 | 302 |1,408 |1,274 | 134 | --- | --- | --- 2008\5\ .| --- | --- | --- |3,460 |3,022 | 438 |2,047 |1,743 | 304 |1,413 |1,279 | 134 | --- | --- | --- _________|______|______|_______|______|______|_______|______|______|_______|______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______ |
\1\Includes teachers in local public school systems and in most private schools (religiously affiliated and
nonsectarian). Excludes subcollegiate departments of institutions of higher education, residential schools for
exceptional children, and federal schools. Teachers are reported in terms of full-time equivalents.
\2\Includes full-time and part-time faculty with the rank of instructor or above in colleges, universities, professional schools, teachers colleges, and 2-year colleges. Excludes teaching assistants. \3\Estimated. \4\Based on actual survey data. Methodology for this year and later years is not consistent with figures for earlier years. \5\Projected. ---Data not available. NOTE.--Because of rounding, details may not add to totals. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data; Projections of Education Statistics, various years; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Staff" survey; and U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Higher Education General Information (EE0-6) Survey (HEGIS), and unpublished data. (This table was prepared July 1998.) |