Number and percentage of 1987–88, 1990–91, 1993–94, and 1999–2000 public and private K–12 teachers who did not teach in the same school the following year, by turnover categories
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1987–88
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1990–91
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1993–94
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1999–2000
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| Turnover categories |
Number |
Percent |
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Number |
Percent |
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Number |
Percent |
|
Number |
Percent |
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| Total turnover at the end of the year |
391,000 |
14 |
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383,000 |
13 |
|
418,000 |
14 |
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546,000 |
16 |
| Transfers at the end of the year |
218,000 |
8 |
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209,000 |
7 |
|
205,000 |
7 |
|
269,000 |
8 |
| Leavers |
173,000 |
6 |
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174,000 |
6 |
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213,000 |
7 |
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278,000 |
8 |
| Retired |
35,000 |
1 |
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46,000 |
2 |
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48,000 |
2 |
|
66,000 |
2 |
| Took other job |
64,000 |
2 |
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56,000 |
2 |
|
90,000 |
3 |
|
126,000 |
4 |
| Went back to school |
11,000 |
# |
|
13,000 |
# |
|
8,000 |
# |
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12,000 |
# |
| Left for family reasons |
48,000 |
2 |
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33,000 |
1 |
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35,000 |
1 |
|
47,000 |
1 |
| Other |
14,000 |
1 |
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25,000 |
1 |
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30,000 |
1 |
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26,000 |
1 |
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# Rounds to zero.
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NOTE: All numbers are estimates with confidence intervals varying from ± 2,000 to ± 34,000. Denominator used to calculate the percentage is the total number of teachers in the workforce during the TFS year. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS), “Current Teacher Questionnaire” and “Former Teacher Questionnaire,” 1988–89, 1991–92, 1994–95, and 2000–2001.
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