Teachers in elementary and secondary schools, and senior instructional staff in degree-granting institutions, by control of institution: Fall 1970 to fall 2011

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Table 4.

Teachers in elementary and secondary schools, and senior instructional staff in degree-granting institutions, by control of institution: Fall 1970 to fall 2011
[In thousands]

_______________________________________________________________________________
         |                     |   Elementary and    |   Higher education
         |     All levels      |secondary teachers\1\| senior instructional
  Fall   |                     |                     |       staff\2\
         |_____________________|_____________________|_________________________
         |Total |Public|Private|Total |Public|Private| Total   |Public |Private
_________|______|______|_______|______|______|_______|_________|_______|_______
    1    |  2   |  3   |   4   |  5   |  6   |   7   |   8     |   9   |   10
_________|______|______|_______|______|______|_______|_________|_______|_______
1970 ....|2,766 |2,373 |   393 |2,292 |2,059 |   233 |     474 |   314 |   160
1975 ....|3,081 |2,641 |   440 |2,453 |2,198 |\3\255 |     628 |   443 |   185
1980 ....|3,171 |2,679 |   492 |2,485 |2,184 |   301 |\3\  686 |\3\495 |\3\191
1981 ....|3,145 |2,636 |   509 |2,440 |2,127 |\3\313 |     705 |   509 |   196
1982 ....|3,168 |2,639 |   529 |2,458 |2,133 |\3\325 |\3\  710 |\3\506 |\3\204
         |      |      |       |      |      |       |         |       |
1983 ....|3,200 |2,651 |   549 |2,476 |2,139 |   337 |     724 |   512 |   212
1984 ....|3,225 |2,673 |   552 |2,508 |2,168 |\3\340 |\3\  717 |\3\505 |\3\212
1985 ....|3,264 |2,709 |   555 |2,549 |2,206 |   343 |\3\  715 |\3\503 |\3\212
1986 ....|3,314 |2,754 |   560 |2,592 |2,244 |\3\348 |\3\  722 |\3\510 |\3\212
1987 ....|3,424 |2,831 |   592 |2,631 |2,279 |\3\352 |\4\  793 |\4\553 |\4\240
         |      |      |       |      |      |       |         |       |
1988 ....|3,472 |2,882 |   590 |2,668 |2,323 |\3\345 |\3\  804 |\3\559 |\3\245
1989 ....|3,558 |2,934 |   624 |2,734 |2,357 |\3\377 |     824 |   577 |   247
1990 ....|3,570 |2,972 |   599 |2,753 |2,398 |\3\355 |\3\  817 |\3\574 |\3\244
1991 ....|3,613 |3,013 |   600 |2,787 |2,432 |\3\355 |     826 |   581 |   245
1992 ....|3,699 |3,080 |   620 |2,822 |2,459 |\3\363 |\3\  877 |\3\621 |\3\257
         |      |      |       |      |      |       |         |       |
1993 ....|3,785 |3,154 |   631 |2,870 |2,504 |\3\366 |     915 |   650 |   265
1994 ....|3,849 |3,205 |   644 |2,926 |2,552 |\3\374 |\3\  923 |\3\653 |\3\270
1995 ....|3,910 |3,255 |   655 |2,978 |2,598 |\3\380 |     932 |   657 |   275
1996 ....|4,008 |3,339 |   669 |3,054 |2,667 |\3\387 |\3\  954 |\3\672 |\3\282
1997 ....|4,124 |3,441 |   683 |3,134 |2,746 |   388 |     990 |   695 |   295
         |      |      |       |      |      |       |         |       |
1998 ....|4,220 |3,527 |   694 |3,221 |2,830 |\3\391 |\3\  999 |\3\697 |\3\303
1999 ....|4,332 |3,620 |   712 |3,304 |2,907 |\3\397 |   1,028 |   713 |   315
2000\5\ .|4,420 |3,680 |   740 |3,381 |2,953 |   428 |   1,039 |   727 |   312
2001\5\ .|  --- |  --- |   --- |3,551 |3,119 |   432 |     --- |   --- |   ---
2002\5\ .|  --- |  --- |   --- |3,541 |3,111 |   430 |     --- |   --- |   ---
         |      |      |       |      |      |       |         |       |
2003\5\ .|  --- |  --- |   --- |3,564 |3,132 |   432 |     --- |   --- |   ---
2004\5\ .|  --- |  --- |   --- |3,590 |3,155 |   435 |     --- |   --- |   ---
2005\5\ .|  --- |  --- |   --- |3,576 |3,142 |   434 |     --- |   --- |   ---
2006\5\ .|  --- |  --- |   --- |3,594 |3,159 |   436 |     --- |   --- |   ---
2007\5\ .|  --- |  --- |   --- |3,600 |3,164 |   436 |     --- |   --- |   ---
         |      |      |       |      |      |       |         |       |
2008\5\ .|  --- |  --- |   --- |3,600 |3,164 |   436 |     --- |   --- |   ---
2009\5\  |  --- |  --- |   --- |3,619 |3,180 |   439 |     --- |   --- |   ---
2010\5\  |  --- |  --- |   --- |3,633 |3,192 |   441 |     --- |   --- |   ---
2011\5\  |  --- |  --- |   --- |3,649 |3,206 |   443 |     --- |   --- |   ---
_________|______|______|_______|______|______|_______|_________|_______|_______

---Not available.
\1\Includes teachers in local public school systems and in most private schools (religiously affiliated and nonsectarian). 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.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. 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; Higher Education General Information Survey, (HEGIS), "Fall Staff" survey; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Staff" survey; and U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission (EEO-6); and unpublished data. (This table was prepared October 2001.)

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