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| Table 65. - | Public and private elementary and secondary teachers and pupil/teacher ratios, by level: Fall 1955 to fall 1998 |
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| Public and private elementary | Public elementary and | Private elementary and
| and secondary | secondary | secondary
|_______________________________|_______________________________|______________________________
| Kinder- | | | Kinder- | | |Kinder- | |
Year | garten | | | garten | | |garten | |
| to |Elementary|Secondary| to |Elementary|Secondary| to |Elementary|Secondary
| grade 12 | | | grade 12 | | |grade 12 | |
_________|__________|__________|_________|__________|__________|_________|_________|__________|_________
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
_________|__________|__________|_________|__________|__________|_________|_________|__________|_________
| Number of teachers, in thousands
|______________________________________________________________________________________________
1955 ....| 1,286 | 827 | 459 | 1,141 | 733 | 408 |\1\ 145 |\1\ 94 |\1\ 51
1960 ....| 1,600 | 991 | 609 | 1,408 | 858 | 550 |\1\ 192 |\1\ 133 |\1\ 59
1965 ....| 1,933 | 1,112 | 822 | 1,710 | 965 | 746 | 223 | 147 | 76
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1970 ....| 2,292 | 1,283 | 1,009 | 2,059 | 1,130 | 929 | 233 | 153 | 80
1971 ....| 2,293 | 1,263 | 1,030 | 2,063 | 1,111 | 952 |\1\ 230 |\1\ 152 |\1\ 78
1972 ....| 2,337 | 1,296 | 1,041 | 2,106 | 1,142 | 964 |\1\ 231 |\1\ 154 |\1\ 77
1973 ....| 2,372 | 1,308 | 1,064 | 2,136 | 1,151 | 985 |\1\ 236 |\1\ 157 |\1\ 79
1974 ....| 2,410 | 1,330 | 1,079 | 2,165 | 1,166 | 998 |\1\ 245 |\1\ 164 |\1\ 81
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1975 ....| 2,453 | 1,353 | 1,100 | 2,198 | 1,181 | 1,017 |\1\ 255 |\1\ 172 |\1\ 83
1976 ....| 2,457 | 1,351 | 1,106 | 2,189 | 1,168 | 1,021 | 268 | 183 | 85
1977 ....| 2,488 | 1,375 | 1,113 | 2,209 | 1,185 | 1,024 | 279 | 190 | 89
1978 ....| 2,479 | 1,376 | 1,103 | 2,207 | 1,191 | 1,016 | 272 | 185 | 87
1979 ....| 2,461 | 1,379 | 1,082 | 2,185 | 1,191 | 994 |\1\ 276 |\1\ 188 |\1\ 88
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1980 ....| 2,485 | 1,401 | 1,084 | 2,184 | 1,189 | 995 | 301 | 212 | 89
1981 ....| 2,440 | 1,404 | 1,037 | 2,127 | 1,183 | 945 |\1\ 313 |\1\ 221 |\1\ 92
1982 ....| 2,458 | 1,413 | 1,045 | 2,133 | 1,182 | 951 |\1\ 325 |\1\ 231 |\1\ 94
1983 ....| 2,476 | 1,426 | 1,050 | 2,139 | 1,186 | 953 | 337 | 240 | 97
1984 ....| 2,508 | 1,451 | 1,057 | 2,168 | 1,208 | 960 |\1\ 340 |\1\ 243 |\1\ 97
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1985 ....| 2,549 | 1,483 | 1,066 | 2,206 | 1,237 | 969 | 343 | 246 | 97
1986 ....| 2,592 | 1,521 | 1,071 | 2,244 | 1,271 | 973 |\1\ 348 |\1\ 250 |\1\ 98
1987 ....| 2,631 | 1,563 | 1,068 | 2,279 | 1,306 | 973 |\1\ 353 |\1\ 257 |\1\ 95
1988 ....| 2,668 | 1,604 | 1,064 | 2,323 | 1,353 | 970 |\1\ 345 |\1\ 251 |\1\ 94
1989 ....| 2,734 | 1,662 | 1,072 | 2,357 | 1,387 | 970 |\1\ 377 |\1\ 275 |\1\ 102
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1990 ....| 2,753 | 1,683 | 1,070 | 2,398 | 1,429 | 969 |\1\ 355 |\1\ 254 |\1\ 101
1991 ....| 2,787 | 1,722 | 1,065 | 2,432 | 1,468 | 964 |\1\ 355 |\1\ 254 |\1\ 101
1992 ....| 2,822 | 1,752 | 1,070 | 2,459 | 1,492 | 967 |\1\ 363 |\1\ 260 |\1\ 103
1993 ....| 2,870 | 1,775 | 1,095 | 2,504 | 1,513 | 991 |\1\ 366 |\1\ 262 |\1\ 104
1994 ....| 2,926 | 1,791 | 1,135 | 2,552 | 1,525 | 1,027 |\1\ 374 |\1\ 266 |\1\ 108
1995 ....| 2,978 | 1,794 | 1,184 | 2,598 | 1,525 | 1,073 |\1\ 380 |\1\ 269 |\1\ 111
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1996 ....| 3,053 | 1,856 | 1,197 | 2,666 | 1,582 | 1,084 |\1\ 387 |\1\ 274 |\1\ 113
1997\2\ .| 3,103 | 1,882 | 1,222 | 2,710 | 1,604 | 1,106 |\1\ 394 |\1\ 278 |\1\ 116
1998\3\ .| 3,126 | 1,894 | 1,233 | 2,728 | 1,612 | 1,116 | 399 | 281 | 117
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| Pupil/teacher ratios
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1955 ....| 27.4 | 31.4 | 20.3 | 26.9 | 30.2 | 20.9 |\1\ 31.7 |\1\ 40.4 |\1\ 15.7
1960 ....| 26.4 | 29.4 | 21.4 | 25.8 | 28.4 | 21.7 |\1\ 30.7 |\1\ 36.1 |\1\ 18.6
1965 ....| 25.1 | 28.4 | 20.6 | 24.7 | 27.6 | 20.8 | 28.3 | 33.3 | 18.4
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1970 ....| 22.4 | 24.6 | 19.5 | 22.3 | 24.3 | 19.8 | 23.0 | 26.5 | 16.4
1971 ....| 22.4 | 25.0 | 19.1 | 22.3 | 24.9 | 19.3 |\1\ 22.6 |\1\ 25.7 |\1\ 16.7
1972 ....| 21.7 | 23.9 | 18.9 | 21.7 | 23.9 | 19.1 |\1\ 21.6 |\1\ 24.0 |\1\ 16.9
1973 ....| 21.3 | 23.0 | 19.1 | 21.3 | 23.0 | 19.3 |\1\ 21.2 |\1\ 23.6 |\1\ 16.5
1974 ....| 20.8 | 22.6 | 18.5 | 20.8 | 22.6 | 18.7 |\1\ 20.4 |\1\ 22.6 |\1\ 16.0
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1975 ....| 20.3 | 21.7 | 18.6 | 20.4 | 21.7 | 18.8 |\1\ 19.6 |\1\ 21.5 |\1\ 15.7
1976 ....| 20.1 | 21.7 | 18.3 | 20.2 | 21.8 | 18.5 | 19.3 | 20.9 | 15.8
1977 ....| 19.6 | 20.9 | 17.9 | 19.7 | 21.1 | 18.2 | 18.4 | 20.0 | 15.1
1978 ....| 19.2 | 20.9 | 17.1 | 19.3 | 21.0 | 17.3 | 18.7 | 20.2 | 15.6
1979 ....| 19.0 | 20.5 | 17.0 | 19.1 | 20.6 | 17.2 |\1\ 18.1 |\1\ 19.7 |\1\ 14.8
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1980 ....| 18.6 | 20.1 | 16.6 | 18.7 | 20.4 | 16.8 | 17.7 | 18.8 | 15.0
1981 ....| 18.7 | 20.0 | 16.8 | 18.8 | 20.3 | 16.9 |\1\ 17.6 |\1\ 18.6 |\1\ 15.2
1982 ....| 18.4 | 19.8 | 16.4 | 18.6 | 20.2 | 16.6 |\1\ 17.2 |\1\ 18.2 |\1\ 14.9
1983 ....| 18.2 | 19.6 | 16.2 | 18.4 | 19.9 | 16.4 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 14.4
1984 ....| 17.9 | 19.3 | 16.0 | 18.1 | 19.7 | 16.1 |\1\ 16.8 |\1\ 17.7 |\1\ 14.4
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1985 ....| 17.6 | 19.1 | 15.6 | 17.9 | 19.5 | 15.8 | 16.2 | 17.1 | 14.0
1986 ....| 17.4 | 18.8 | 15.5 | 17.7 | 19.3 | 15.7 |\1\ 15.7 |\1\ 16.5 |\1\ 13.6
1987 ....| 17.3 | 18.8 | 15.0 | 17.6 | 19.3 | 15.2 |\1\ 15.5 |\1\ 16.5 |\1\ 13.1
1988 ....| 17.0 | 18.6 | 14.7 | 17.3 | 19.0 | 14.9 |\1\ 15.2 |\1\ 16.1 |\1\ 12.8
1989 ....| 16.8 | 18.4 | 14.3 | 17.2 | 19.0 | 14.6 |\1\ 14.2 |\1\ 15.1 |\1\ 11.7
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1990 ....| 16.9 | 18.5 | 14.3 | 17.2 | 18.9 | 14.6 |\1\ 14.7 |\1\ 16.1 |\1\ 11.3
1991 ....| 17.0 | 18.4 | 14.6 | 17.3 | 18.8 | 15.0 |\1\ 14.6 |\1\ 16.0 |\1\ 11.1
1992 ....| 17.1 | 18.4 | 14.8 | 17.4 | 18.8 | 15.2 |\1\ 14.8 |\1\ 16.2 |\1\ 11.3
1993 ....| 17.1 | 18.5 | 14.7 | 17.4 | 18.9 | 15.1 |\1\ 14.9 |\1\ 16.3 |\1\ 11.5
1994 ....| 17.0 | 18.6 | 14.4 | 17.3 | 19.0 | 14.8 |\1\ 15.0 |\1\ 16.4 |\1\ 11.4
1995 ....| 17.0 | 18.9 | 14.1 | 17.3 | 19.3 | 14.4 |\1\ 15.0 |\1\ 16.5 |\1\ 11.4
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1996 ... | 16.8 | 18.4 | 14.3 | 17.1 | 18.8 | 14.6 |\1\ 14.9 |\1\ 16.4 |\1\ 11.5
1997\2\ .| 16.7 | 18.3 | 14.2 | 17.0 | 18.6 | 14.5 | 14.9 | 16.3 | 11.4
1998\3\ .| 16.9 | 18.5 | 14.4 | 17.2 | 18.9 | 14.7 | 14.9 | 16.3 | 11.4
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\1\Estimated.
\2\Preliminary data. \3\Projected. NOTE.--Data for teachers are expressed in full-time equivalents. Distribution of unclassified teachers by level is estimated. Distribution of elementary and secondary school teachers by level is determined by reporting units. Kindergarten includes a relatively small number of nursery school teachers and students. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of Public Elementary and Secondary Day Schools; Common Core of Data surveys; and Projections of Education Statistics to 2008. (This table was prepared July 1998.) |
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