Elementary and Secondary Education

School Characteristics and Climate

Table A-32-2. Percentage distribution of teacher stayers, movers, and leavers, by school sector and selected school characteristics in the base year: School year 2008-09

	All school teachers				Public school teachers					Private school teachers
School characteristic in base year1	Stayers	Movers	Leavers		Stayers	Movers		Leavers		Stayers	Movers		Leavers
Total, number	3,240,900	279,700	347,100		2,854,900	255,700		269,800		386,000	24,000		77,300
Total, percentage	83.8	7.2	9.0		84.5	7.6		8.0		79.2	4.9		15.9
School classification
Traditional public	84.6	7.5	7.9		84.6	7.5		7.9		†	†		†
Public charter	76.2	11.4	12.5		76.2	11.4		12.5		†	†		†

School level
Elementary	84.3	7.6	8.1		84.8	7.7		7.5		78.9	6.4		14.6
Secondary	84.0	7.0	9.0		84.1	7.1		8.8		82.3	5.4	!	12.2
Combined	79.6	5.6	14.8		81.4	9.3		9.3	!	78.4	3.1		18.6

Enrollment size
Less than 300	79.2	8.7	12.0		81.7	10.4		7.9		75.2	6.0		18.8
300–499	83.2	7.5	9.4		83.0	7.9		9.1		84.9	3.4	!	11.7
500–999	85.7	7.0	7.2		85.7	7.2		7.1		86.1	4.4		9.4	!
1,000 or more	85.1	6.1	8.8		85.4	6.3		8.3		77.2	‡		20.9

Racial/ethnic concentration
More than 50 percent White	84.4	6.4	9.2		85.2	6.8		8.0		80.5	4.5		15.1
More than 50 percent Black	81.0	11.1	7.9		82.0	11.1		7.0		60.0	12.4	!	27.6	!
More than 50 percent Hispanic	86.3	8.2	5.5		86.4	8.2		5.4		84.7	‡		6.5	!
Other	81.3	7.7	11.0		82.0	8.1		9.9		75.1	4.8	!	20.1

Percentage of students in school eligible for free or reduced-price lunch

0–25 percent	85.8	5.6	8.7		86.3	5.6		8.1		78.5	4.9		16.6
26–50 percent	82.9	7.6	9.5		83.0	7.8		9.2		81.1	‡		15.9
51–75 percent	83.6	7.8	8.6		83.8	7.7		8.6		74.6	‡		11.8	!
76–100 percent	83.8	10.7	5.6		83.9	10.8		5.3		80.4	‡		‡
School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch
School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch	80.5	5.2	14.3		87.4	6.8	!	‡		79.3	4.9		15.8

Region
Northeast	85.3	5.0	9.8		86.2	4.9		8.9		80.3	5.0		14.7
Midwest	86.2	6.1	7.7		87.3	6.4		6.4		78.8	3.8		17.3
South	81.4	8.7	9.9		82.0	9.1		8.9		77.5	5.4		17.2
West	84.0	8.1	7.9		84.3	8.4		7.3		81.9	5.3		12.9

Locale
City	83.4	7.4	9.1		84.5	8.0		7.5		78.6	5.2		16.2
Suburban	83.6	7.1	9.3		84.3	7.5		8.3		79.1	4.8		16.2
Town	84.7	7.6	7.6	!	84.9	7.6		7.5	!	82.1	7.5	!	10.3
Rural	84.1	6.9	9.0		84.4	7.2		8.4		80.4	3.4	!	16.3
† Not applicable.
! Interpret with caution. The standard error of the estimate is equal to 30 percent or more of the estimate’s value.
‡ Reporting standards not met.
¹ Base year refers to the year in which the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) was administered. 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.
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. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. For more information on race/ethnicity, poverty, region, and locale, see supplemental note 1. For more information on the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), see supplemental note 3. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS), "Current Teacher Data File” and "Former Teacher Data File,” 2008–09.

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