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Table 4. Teachers in elementary and secondary schools, and instructional staff in degree-granting institutions, by control of institution: Selected years, fall 1970 to fall 2013 [In thousands] 

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         |                     |   Elementary and    | Degree-granting institutions
  Year   |     All levels      |secondary teachers\1\|   instructional 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|\3,4\  804|\3,4\559|\3,4\245
1989 ....| 3,558| 2,934|    624| 2,734| 2,357|\3\ 377|\4\    824|\4\  577|\4\  247
1990 ....| 3,570| 2,972|    599| 2,753| 2,398|\3\ 355|\3,4\  817|\3,4\574|\3,4\244
1991 ....| 3,613| 3,013|    600| 2,787| 2,432|\3\ 355|\4\    826|\4\  581|\4\  245
1992 ....| 3,699| 3,080|    620| 2,822| 2,459|\3\ 363|\3,4\  877|\3,4\621|\3,4\257
         |      |      |       |      |      |       |          |        |
1993 ....| 3,785| 3,154|    631| 2,870| 2,504|\3\ 366|\4\    915|\4\  650|\4\  265
1994 ....| 3,849| 3,205|    644| 2,926| 2,552|\3\ 374|\3,4\  923|\3,4\653|\3,4\270
1995 ....| 3,910| 3,255|    655| 2,978| 2,598|\3\ 380|\4\    932|\4\  657|\4\  275
1996 ....| 4,009| 3,339|    669| 3,054| 2,667|\3\ 387|\3,4\  954|\3,4\672|\3,4\282
1997 ....| 4,124| 3,441|    683| 3,134| 2,746|    388|\4\    990|\4\  695|\4\  295
         |      |      |       |      |      |       |          |        |
1998 ....| 4,221| 3,527|    694| 3,221| 2,830|\3\ 391|\3,4\  999|\3,4\697|\3,4\303
1999 ....| 4,334| 3,624|    710| 3,306| 2,911|    395|\4\  1,028|\4\  713|\4\  315
2000 ....| 4,399| 3,682|    716| 3,332| 2,941|\3\ 390|\3,4\1,067|\3,4\741|\3,4\326
2001 ....| 4,501| 3,769|    733| 3,388| 2,998|    390|\4\  1,113|\4\  771|\4\  342
2002\3\ .|   ---|   ---|    ---| 3,369| 2,983|    385|       ---|     ---|     ---
         |      |      |       |      |      |       |          |        |
2003\5\ .|   ---|   ---|    ---| 3,364| 2,980|    384|       ---|     ---|     ---
2004\5\ .|   ---|   ---|    ---| 3,367| 2,983|    384|       ---|     ---|     ---
2005\5\ .|   ---|   ---|    ---| 3,369| 2,983|    386|       ---|     ---|     ---
2006\5\ .|   ---|   ---|    ---| 3,390| 3,001|    389|       ---|     ---|     ---
2007\5\ .|   ---|   ---|    ---| 3,407| 3,016|    391|       ---|     ---|     ---
         |      |      |       |      |      |       |          |        |
2008\5\ .|   ---|   ---|    ---| 3,446| 3,051|    395|       ---|     ---|     ---
2009\5\  |   ---|   ---|    ---| 3,474| 3,076|    398|       ---|     ---|     ---
2010\5\  |   ---|   ---|    ---| 3,492| 3,091|    401|       ---|     ---|     ---
2011\5\  |   ---|   ---|    ---| 3,513| 3,110|    403|       ---|     ---|     ---
2012\5\  |   ---|   ---|    ---| 3,540| 3,133|    407|       ---|     ---|     ---
2013\5\  |   ---|   ---|    ---| 3,572| 3,162|    411|       ---|     ---|     ---
_________|______|______|_______|______|______|_______|__________|________|________

---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\Beginning in 1996-97, data are for degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions are 2-year and 4-year institutions that were eligible to participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. 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\Definitional coverage 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. Headcounts used to report data for teachers and instructional staff.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of Public Elementary and Secondary Day Schools, 1970 and 1975; The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1980 through 2001; Projections of Education Statistics, various years; Higher Education General Information Survey, (HEGIS), "Fall Staff" survey; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Staff," 1987 through 1999 and Winter 2001-02 surveys; and U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission (EEO-6), 1981 and 1983; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared September 2003.)


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