Elementary and Secondary Education
School Characteristics and Climate
Table A-32-1. Number and percentage of public and private school teacher stayers, movers, and leavers: Various school years 1988-89 through 2008-09
| |
Number |
|
Percent |
| Sector and year |
Total base year teachers1 |
|
Stayers |
|
Movers |
|
Leavers |
|
Stayers |
|
Movers |
|
Leavers |
|
| Public |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1988–89 |
2,386,500 |
|
2,065,800 |
|
188,400 |
|
132,300 |
|
86.5 |
|
7.9 |
|
5.6 |
|
| 1991–92 |
2,553,500 |
|
2,237,300 |
|
185,700 |
|
130,500 |
|
87.6 |
|
7.3 |
|
5.1 |
|
| 1994–95 |
2,555,800 |
|
2,205,300 |
|
182,900 |
|
167,600 |
|
86.3 |
|
7.2 |
|
6.6 |
|
| 2000–01 |
2,994,700 |
|
2,542,200 |
|
231,000 |
|
221,400 |
|
84.9 |
|
7.7 |
|
7.4 |
|
| 2004–05 |
3,214,900 |
|
2,684,200 |
|
261,100 |
|
269,600 |
|
83.5 |
|
8.1 |
|
8.4 |
|
| 2008–09 |
3,380,300 |
|
2,854,900 |
|
255,700 |
|
269,800 |
|
84.5 |
|
7.6 |
|
8.0 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Private |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1988–89 |
311,900 |
|
242,500 |
|
29,700 |
|
39,700 |
|
77.8 |
|
9.5 |
|
12.7 |
|
| 1991–92 |
353,800 |
|
287,100 |
|
23,200 |
|
43,500 |
|
81.1 |
|
6.6 |
|
12.3 |
|
| 1994–95 |
376,900 |
|
310,100 |
|
21,700 |
|
45,000 |
|
82.3 |
|
5.8 |
|
11.9 |
|
| 2000–01 |
448,600 |
|
354,800 |
|
37,600 |
|
56,200 |
|
79.1 |
|
8.4 |
|
12.5 |
|
| 2004–05 |
465,300 |
|
374,600 |
|
27,600 |
|
63,100 |
|
80.5 |
|
5.9 |
|
13.6 |
|
| 2008–09 |
487,300 |
|
386,000 |
|
24,000 |
|
77,300 |
|
79.2 |
|
4.9 |
|
15.9 |
|
| 1 Base year refers to the year in which the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) was administered. The SASS is administered a year prior to the Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS). The total number of base year teachers for any year is slightly lower than in previously published counts, as all teachers who responded to SASS but were ineligible for the TFS (e.g., because they died or moved out of the country) were removed from the weighted count of base year teachers. |
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| NOTE: Stayers are those teachers who remained at the same school. Movers are those teachers who moved to a different school. Leavers are those teachers who left the profession. For more information on the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), see supplemental note 3. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. |
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| SOURCE: Keigher, A. (2010). Teacher Attrition and Mobility: Results From the 2008–09 Teacher Follow-up Survey (NCES 2010-353), data from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS), "Current Teacher Data File” and "Former Teacher Data File,” 1988–89, 1991–92, 1994–95, 2000–2001, 2004–05, and 2008–09. |
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