Table 70.

Mobility of public and private elementary and secondary teachers, by selected teacher and school characteristics: Selected years, 1987–88 through 2000–01

Selected characteristic	Percent of public school teachers												Percent of private school teachers
	Left teaching						1999–2000 to 2000–01						Left teaching						1999–2000 to 2000–01
	1987–88 to 1988–89		1990–91 to 1991–92		1993–94 to 1994–95		Remained in same school		Changed schools		Left teaching		1987–88 to 1988–89		1990–91 to 1991–92		1993–94 to 1994–95		Remained in same school		Changed schools		Left teaching
1	2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13
Total	5.6	(0.30)	5.1	(0.36)	6.6	(0.34)	84.9	(0.58)	7.7	(0.45)	7.4	(0.37)	12.7	(0.85)	12.3	(0.80)	11.9	(0.70)	79.1	(0.83)	8.4	(0.49)	12.5	(0.69)
Sex
Male	5.1	(0.52)	4.5	(0.60)	5.2	(0.32)	86.7	(0.88)	6.0	(0.69)	7.4	(0.67)	10.2	(1.72)	12.1	(1.91)	13.1	(1.20)	81.1	(1.60)	7.2	(0.79)	11.7	(1.48)
Female	5.8	(0.39)	5.3	(0.48)	7.1	(0.44)	84.3	(0.73)	8.3	(0.52)	7.4	(0.45)	13.4	(0.92)	12.3	(0.84)	11.6	(0.78)	78.5	(0.92)	8.8	(0.57)	12.8	(0.76)
Race/ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	5.7	(0.32)	5.1	(0.37)	6.5	(0.36)	85.0	(0.59)	7.6	(0.44)	7.5	(0.45)	12.1	(0.90)	12.0	(0.86)	11.7	(0.69)	79.0	(0.87)	8.7	(0.53)	12.3	(0.73)
Black, non-Hispanic	5.1	(1.84)	6.1	(1.45)	6.6	(1.48)	84.3	(2.36)	8.3	(1.77)	7.4	(1.60)	34.7	(8.35)	19.3	(6.76)	12.6	(4.52)	83.2	(5.44)	2.1	(0.98)	14.8	(5.09)
Hispanic	2.9	(0.84)	4.4	(0.99)	9.1	(2.14)	85.4	(2.12)	7.1	(1.17)	7.5	(1.67)	21.3	(6.46)	13.6	(4.32)	14.6	(4.31)	81.5	(3.41)	8.9	(2.07)	9.6	(2.85)
Asian/Pacific Islander	4.2	(2.77)	7.0	(5.37)	2.4	(0.71)	81.7	(7.70)	16.2	(7.37)	2.1	(0.87)	8.8	(10.39)	12.2	(6.51)	17.5	(8.67)	68.6	(12.71)	7.2	(2.61)	24.2	(12.23)
American Indian/Alaska Native	3.1	(1.70)	1.7	(0.77)	3.5	(1.06)	87.7	(5.51)	4.7	(2.61)	7.6	(3.68)	17.5	(15.61)	16.5	(18.44)	38.5	(20.33)	76.9	(15.48)	2.9	(10.53)	20.2	(12.71)
Age
Less than 25	4.3	(0.91)	9.1	(2.30)	3.8	(1.05)	76.4	(3.56)	14.4	(2.48)	9.3	(2.20)	19.0	(3.79)	23.8	(4.91)	20.0	(4.19)	58.5	(4.40)	11.5	(2.04)	29.9	(4.24)
25 to 29	9.0	(1.18)	9.0	(1.21)	10.0	(1.25)	74.1	(2.39)	16.2	(2.14)	9.7	(1.39)	17.6	(2.42)	17.8	(2.27)	13.1	(1.35)	67.9	(2.63)	13.6	(1.55)	18.6	(2.07)
30 to 39	5.8	(0.59)	4.2	(0.76)	6.7	(0.94)	84.9	(1.08)	8.6	(0.75)	6.5	(0.88)	12.4	(1.59)	13.7	(1.65)	14.9	(1.54)	77.5	(1.88)	8.8	(1.08)	13.7	(1.52)
40 to 49	2.4	(0.32)	2.0	(0.31)	3.9	(0.54)	88.7	(0.98)	6.7	(0.70)	4.6	(0.62)	10.5	(1.63)	7.7	(1.03)	8.7	(1.02)	83.8	(1.58)	7.7	(0.86)	8.5	(1.34)
50 to 59	5.7	(0.82)	6.7	(0.95)	6.3	(0.77)	88.1	(1.05)	3.8	(0.60)	8.1	(0.80)	11.3	(2.45)	9.6	(1.90)	8.2	(1.53)	88.9	(1.43)	5.2	(1.02)	5.9	(0.90)
60 to 64	23.4	(0.82)	26.8	(4.30)	30.5	(4.78)	72.1	(5.72)	2.2	(1.00)	25.7	(5.44)	16.9	(5.93)	17.8	(4.62)	13.1	(2.74)	71.0	(5.64)	10.9	(4.76)	18.1	(3.72)
65 and over	16.7	(4.90)	40.9	(13.80)	34.1	(7.79)	80.4	(5.83)	3.1	(1.81)	16.6	(5.44)	7.9	(3.16)	20.7	(5.83)	41.9	(8.67)	70.6	(7.60)	#	(†)	29.4	(7.60)
Full- and part-time teaching experience
1 year or less	7.9	(0.96)	7.0	(1.31)	5.7	(0.82)	75.1	(2.56)	14.4	(1.73)	10.5	(1.93)	15.9	(2.73)	22.8	(2.85)	18.2	(2.12)	58.9	(4.37)	12.2	(1.97)	28.9	(3.95)
2 years	7.3	(1.81)	9.5	(1.89)	9.1	(1.51)	77.5	(2.83)	14.0	(2.66)	8.5	(1.94)	18.2	(3.32)	19.5	(3.19)	23.6	(2.72)	70.1	(3.45)	7.3	(1.24)	22.5	(3.24)
3 years	9.3	(1.50)	6.6	(1.24)	9.8	(1.42)	79.6	(2.71)	12.8	(1.98)	7.5	(1.60)	15.4	(3.80)	19.0	(3.35)	12.8	(2.15)	68.0	(3.40)	14.1	(2.49)	17.8	(2.49)
4 to 10 years	6.4	(0.89)	5.3	(0.89)	6.8	(0.94)	82.5	(1.16)	10.3	(1.02)	7.3	(0.72)	14.0	(1.91)	12.4	(1.73)	13.1	(1.51)	76.3	(1.87)	11.1	(1.14)	12.6	(1.37)
11 to 20 years	3.5	(0.42)	2.3	(0.30)	4.9	(0.64)	88.5	(1.08)	6.3	(0.76)	5.2	(0.74)	11.5	(1.73)	6.6	(1.00)	7.1	(0.93)	87.2	(1.36)	5.9	(0.76)	6.9	(1.13)
21 to 25 years	3.5	(0.87)	4.2	(0.87)	4.0	(0.81)	90.7	(1.10)	5.1	(0.88)	4.2	(0.68)	5.2	(2.36)	3.3	(1.40)	6.0	(1.64)	88.0	(1.99)	6.5	(1.41)	5.5	(1.32)
More than 25 years	11.3	(1.63)	11.0	(1.34)	12.0	(1.04)	86.1	(1.37)	2.5	(0.75)	11.4	(1.05)	8.4	(2.03)	15.0	(3.24)	12.7	(2.53)	85.9	(2.08)	4.1	(1.59)	10.0	(1.40)
Level taught
Elementary	5.5	(0.39)	4.8	(0.45)	6.4	(0.53)	84.8	(0.74)	8.4	(0.57)	6.8	(0.45)	12.5	(0.99)	11.3	(1.02)	11.5	(0.96)	78.4	(0.91)	8.3	(0.46)	13.4	(0.84)
Secondary	5.6	(0.42)	5.5	(0.62)	6.7	(0.53)	85.2	(0.95)	6.2	(0.66)	8.6	(0.71)	12.9	(2.38)	13.3	(1.51)	12.6	(1.51)	82.5	(1.55)	9.0	(1.52)	8.5	(0.90)
School size
Less than 150	7.3	(1.36)	4.4	(0.69)	6.4	(1.15)	78.1	(4.06)	12.4	(3.03)	9.5	(2.29)	16.6	(1.72)	16.3	(1.87)	14.8	(1.43)	75.4	(2.16)	9.9	(1.39)	14.6	(1.45)
150 to 349	4.8	(0.45)	3.9	(0.53)	7.8	(1.03)	85.1	(1.45)	8.2	(0.90)	6.7	(0.99)	10.9	(1.62)	13.3	(1.42)	12.6	(1.21)	78.0	(1.34)	8.8	(0.71)	13.1	(1.24)
350 to 499	6.1	(0.98)	6.4	(1.03)	5.8	(0.73)	85.1	(1.55)	7.6	(1.07)	7.4	(0.85)	10.7	(2.63)	6.3	(1.47)	12.1	(1.95)	83.2	(1.63)	6.5	(0.98)	10.3	(1.26)
500 to 749	5.6	(0.77)	4.7	(0.68)	7.6	(0.67)	84.7	(1.18)	8.2	(0.77)	7.1	(0.78)	9.6	(2.07)	9.8	(2.11)	7.1	(1.27)	81.9	(2.10)	7.1	(0.96)	11.1	(1.91)
750 or more	5.0	(0.48)	5.4	(0.54)	5.7	(0.57)	85.5	(0.99)	6.8	(0.67)	7.7	(0.74)	12.9	(3.14)	6.7	(2.58)	6.2	(1.18)	81.6	(2.04)	7.6	(1.60)	10.8	(1.64)
Percent minority enrollment
Less than 5 percent	5.8	(0.60)	4.5	(0.51)	7.1	(0.68)	86.2	(0.95)	7.3	(0.72)	6.5	(0.78)	12.7	(1.27)	12.2	(1.35)	11.2	(0.99)	75.4	(2.16)	81.6	(2.04)	7.1	(0.96)
5 to 19 percent	5.8	(0.74)	5.5	(0.73)	6.0	(0.71)	86.4	(1.02)	6.7	(0.91)	6.9	(0.66)	10.3	(1.37)	12.2	(1.40)	11.1	(1.07)	78.0	(1.34)	9.9	(1.39)	7.6	(1.60)
20 to 49 percent	5.2	(0.64)	5.9	(0.73)	6.2	(0.82)	82.5	(1.45)	8.0	(0.92)	9.5	(1.09)	18.9	(4.18)	12.2	(2.01)	15.6	(2.28)	83.2	(1.63)	8.8	(0.71)	14.6	(1.45)
50 percent or more	5.3	(0.66)	4.9	(0.66)	6.9	(0.72)	83.7	(1.01)	9.0	(0.84)	7.3	(0.68)	13.6	(2.85)	13.1	(2.35)	13.2	(2.15)	81.9	(2.10)	6.5	(0.98)	13.1	(1.24)
Community type
Central city	4.6	(0.59)	5.2	(0.65)	6.3	(0.64)	84.8	(1.26)	8.1	(1.01)	7.1	(0.65)	13.5	(1.67)	12.7	(1.40)	10.9	(0.75)	79.1	(1.19)	8.8	(0.80)	12.1	(0.96)
Urban fringe/large town	5.6	(0.59)	5.5	(0.75)	6.5	(0.70)	83.7	(0.99)	8.0	(0.66)	8.3	(0.77)	11.5	(1.51)	10.6	(1.21)	12.6	(1.32)	80.6	(1.26)	7.6	(0.81)	11.8	(1.23)
Rural/small town	5.7	(0.52)	4.8	(0.39)	6.8	(0.59)	86.7	(0.78)	7.0	(0.53)	6.3	(0.52)	15.0	(1.78)	13.9	(1.81)	13.6	(1.46)	75.2	(2.77)	9.2	(1.65)	15.5	(1.92)

† Not applicable. # Rounds to zero. NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), Charac­teristics of Stayers, Movers, and Leavers: Results From the Teacher Follow-up Survey 1994–95; Teacher Attrition and Mobility: Results From the Teacher Follow-up Survey: 2000–01; and unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared October 2005.)