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| Table 70. | Percentage of public school teachers of grades 9 through 12, by field of main teaching assignment and selected demographic and educational characteristics: 2003–04 |
| Teacher characteristic | Total | Field of main teaching assignment | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Arts and music | English or language arts |
Foreign languages | Health and physical education |
Mathematics | Natural sciences | Social sciences | Special education | Vocational/ technical |
All other | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Number of teachers (in thousands) |
988.1 | (19.27) | 79.5 | (2.92) | 143.2 | (5.13) | 56.7 | (2.11) | 67.0 | (2.85) | 127.2 | (3.53) | 109.5 | (4.38) | 115.5 | (3.42) | 113.3 | (5.03) | 137.1 | (4.49) | 39.0 | (1.92) |
| Total | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) |
| Sex | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Male | 44.1 | (0.46) | 45.5 | (1.71) | 26.1 | (1.18) | 21.9 | (1.82) | 63.1 | (2.25) | 45.1 | (1.24) | 51.3 | (1.40) | 65.1 | (1.26) | 27.9 | (1.28) | 50.1 | (1.31) | 47.6 | (2.62) |
| Female | 55.9 | (0.46) | 54.5 | (1.71) | 73.9 | (1.18) | 78.1 | (1.82) | 36.9 | (2.25) | 54.9 | (1.24) | 48.7 | (1.40) | 34.9 | (1.26) | 72.1 | (1.28) | 49.9 | (1.31) | 52.4 | (2.62) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| White | 84.7 | (0.89) | 89.1 | (1.26) | 86.7 | (1.10) | 72.0 | (2.88) | 87.9 | (1.30) | 83.1 | (1.48) | 85.8 | (1.22) | 87.1 | (1.23) | 83.5 | (1.69) | 85.3 | (1.10) | 79.1 | (1.90) |
| Black | 7.1 | (0.40) | 5.5 | (0.96) | 6.9 | (0.78) | 4.5 | (0.98) | 6.1 | (0.92) | 6.8 | (0.64) | 6.5 | (0.66) | 5.9 | (0.72) | 9.4 | (1.08) | 8.9 | (0.91) | 9.6 | (1.35) |
| Hispanic | 5.4 | (0.55) | 3.6 | (0.87) | 3.8 | (0.55) | 20.8 | (2.29) | 3.8 | (0.89) | 6.3 | (1.14) | 4.0 | (0.73) | 3.6 | (0.76) | 4.8 | (1.11) | 3.9 | (0.56) | 7.7 | (1.61) |
| Asian | 1.3 | (0.13) | 0.7 | (0.25) | 1.1 | (0.28) | 1.5 | (0.44) | 0.5 | (0.16) | 2.5 | (0.41) | 2.0 | (0.43) | 1.3 | (0.35) | 0.8 | (0.18) | 0.4 | (0.18) | 2.1 | (0.63) |
| Pacific Islander | 0.2 | (0.04) | ‡ | (†) | 0.1 | (0.07) | ‡ | (†) | 0.2 | (0.10) | 0.1 | (0.07) | 0.3 | (0.14) | 0.3 | (0.16) | 0.3 | (0.16) | 0.1 | (0.07) | ‡ | (†) |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 0.6 | (0.06) | 0.5 | (0.12) | 0.7 | (0.15) | 0.2 | (0.08) | 0.9 | (0.34) | 0.5 | (0.13) | 0.4 | (0.13) | 1.0 | (0.35) | 0.5 | (0.17) | 0.8 | (0.25) | 1.0 | (0.30) |
| More than one race | 0.7 | (0.06) | 0.5 | (0.16) | 0.7 | (0.17) | 1.0 | (0.31) | 0.6 | (0.29) | 0.7 | (0.18) | 1.0 | (0.20) | 0.9 | (0.28) | 0.7 | (0.21) | 0.5 | (0.13) | 0.4 | (0.29) |
| Age | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Under 30 years | 15.1 | (0.45) | 17.3 | (1.41) | 17.7 | (0.93) | 15.2 | (1.39) | 16.2 | (1.84) | 16.7 | (1.00) | 15.8 | (1.02) | 17.4 | (1.01) | 13.1 | (1.15) | 9.4 | (0.77) | 11.8 | (1.91) |
| 30 to 39 years | 24.5 | (0.49) | 24.7 | (1.56) | 24.8 | (1.16) | 27.5 | (1.89) | 26.9 | (1.60) | 27.8 | (1.15) | 26.6 | (1.29) | 27.1 | (1.37) | 22.0 | (1.21) | 18.8 | (0.86) | 18.1 | (1.95) |
| 40 to 49 years | 25.6 | (0.41) | 26.5 | (1.66) | 19.6 | (1.12) | 19.7 | (1.70) | 28.1 | (2.02) | 24.4 | (1.18) | 25.9 | (1.45) | 21.4 | (1.27) | 30.6 | (1.48) | 31.6 | (1.17) | 30.6 | (2.55) |
| 50 to 59 years | 29.6 | (0.50) | 27.1 | (1.67) | 31.5 | (1.18) | 32.8 | (1.90) | 25.5 | (1.69) | 27.0 | (1.24) | 25.6 | (1.25) | 29.8 | (1.30) | 29.5 | (1.48) | 34.6 | (1.10) | 32.2 | (2.45) |
| 60 years and over | 5.1 | (0.19) | 4.3 | (0.79) | 6.4 | (0.59) | 4.8 | (0.72) | 3.3 | (0.58) | 4.2 | (0.41) | 6.0 | (0.74) | 4.2 | (0.54) | 4.8 | (0.77) | 5.5 | (0.54) | 7.4 | (1.23) |
| Age at which first began to teach full time or part time |
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| 25 or under | 56.0 | (0.53) | 64.6 | (1.67) | 56.5 | (1.24) | 56.2 | (2.14) | 70.1 | (1.98) | 61.1 | (1.24) | 51.4 | (1.60) | 56.3 | (1.54) | 53.3 | (1.66) | 47.5 | (1.43) | 43.9 | (2.35) |
| 26 to 35 | 28.1 | (0.49) | 24.2 | (1.33) | 30.0 | (1.21) | 26.8 | (1.81) | 25.2 | (1.83) | 23.3 | (1.18) | 32.3 | (1.53) | 30.9 | (1.41) | 29.9 | (1.48) | 28.8 | (1.03) | 24.6 | (1.82) |
| 36 to 45 | 11.4 | (0.30) | 9.2 | (1.16) | 9.8 | (0.69) | 13.2 | (1.62) | 3.5 | (0.79) | 10.6 | (0.87) | 11.1 | (0.94) | 9.3 | (0.92) | 12.1 | (0.86) | 16.9 | (0.92) | 20.5 | (1.97) |
| 46 to 55 | 4.1 | (0.22) | 1.8 | (0.52) | 3.4 | (0.44) | 3.4 | (0.82) | 1.0 | (0.47) | 4.2 | (0.58) | 4.6 | (0.71) | 3.3 | (0.52) | 4.4 | (0.57) | 6.2 | (0.67) | 10.7 | (1.50) |
| 56 or over | 0.4 | (0.06) | 0.2 | (0.11) | 0.3 | (0.11) | 0.4 | (0.22) | ‡ | (†) | 0.9 | (0.26) | 0.6 | (0.27) | 0.3 | (0.08) | 0.3 | (0.11) | 0.7 | (0.22) | 0.2 | (0.20) |
| Years of full-time teaching experience | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Less than 3 years | 12.6 | (0.67) | 11.9 | (1.18) | 14.1 | (0.98) | 13.2 | (1.41) | 9.8 | (1.47) | 12.7 | (1.30) | 13.1 | (0.86) | 12.3 | (0.79) | 12.0 | (1.58) | 12.6 | (1.15) | 14.5 | (1.67) |
| 3 to 9 years | 32.2 | (0.43) | 32.1 | (1.86) | 33.0 | (1.28) | 33.8 | (1.68) | 26.5 | (1.56) | 32.6 | (1.40) | 33.4 | (1.29) | 35.3 | (1.30) | 32.7 | (1.32) | 28.2 | (1.05) | 36.0 | (2.50) |
| 10 to 20 years | 27.1 | (0.41) | 27.2 | (1.69) | 23.3 | (0.98) | 29.0 | (1.91) | 29.3 | (1.96) | 28.7 | (1.44) | 28.8 | (1.14) | 23.0 | (1.26) | 29.4 | (1.64) | 27.7 | (1.09) | 28.4 | (1.95) |
| Over 20 years | 28.0 | (0.54) | 28.8 | (1.75) | 29.6 | (1.10) | 24.1 | (1.81) | 34.3 | (1.69) | 26.0 | (1.21) | 24.7 | (1.30) | 29.5 | (1.33) | 25.9 | (1.58) | 31.5 | (1.41) | 21.2 | (2.05) |
| Highest college degree | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Less than bachelor's degree | 2.6 | (0.20) | 0.8 | (0.28) | 0.3 | (0.09) | 0.4 | (0.15) | 0.7 | (0.27) | 0.3 | (0.08) | 0.3 | (0.14) | 0.6 | (0.29) | 0.6 | (0.21) | 14.1 | (1.17) | 6.7 | (1.44) |
| Bachelor's degree | 47.9 | (0.60) | 55.5 | (1.86) | 49.3 | (1.27) | 46.3 | (2.00) | 54.8 | (2.09) | 50.8 | (1.37) | 43.5 | (1.38) | 50.1 | (1.46) | 43.0 | (1.43) | 44.0 | (1.08) | 41.4 | (2.53) |
| Master's degree | 42.0 | (0.71) | 37.4 | (1.72) | 41.2 | (1.29) | 46.0 | (2.08) | 39.4 | (2.17) | 43.7 | (1.32) | 46.8 | (1.53) | 43.1 | (1.38) | 43.9 | (1.56) | 36.4 | (1.37) | 44.8 | (2.40) |
| Education specialist1 | 5.6 | (0.23) | 4.7 | (0.76) | 7.3 | (0.77) | 5.1 | (0.80) | 3.9 | (0.73) | 3.9 | (0.48) | 5.0 | (0.56) | 4.2 | (0.48) | 10.6 | (0.97) | 4.4 | (0.51) | 5.7 | (1.15) |
| Doctorate or first professional | 2.0 | (0.15) | 1.6 | (0.48) | 1.9 | (0.35) | 2.1 | (0.73) | 1.2 | (0.31) | 1.4 | (0.27) | 4.5 | (0.76) | 2.1 | (0.40) | 1.9 | (0.42) | 1.2 | (0.32) | 1.4 | (0.47) |
| Undergraduate field of study2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arts and music | 8.3 | (0.21) | 87.7 | (0.96) | 1.9 | (0.26) | 2.2 | (0.79) | 0.4 | (0.15) | 0.8 | (0.18) | 0.5 | (0.19) | 0.9 | (0.26) | 2.1 | (0.37) | 1.7 | (0.38) | 3.0 | (0.73) |
| Education, instruction | 8.4 | (0.24) | 2.5 | (0.39) | 9.8 | (0.70) | 6.1 | (0.71) | 1.9 | (0.41) | 10.0 | (0.70) | 6.8 | (0.68) | 10.7 | (0.79) | 17.6 | (1.00) | 3.0 | (0.36) | 13.0 | (1.54) |
| Education, other | 5.1 | (0.23) | 0.6 | (0.32) | 1.2 | (0.23) | 1.2 | (0.60) | 0.5 | (0.25) | 0.7 | (0.18) | 0.4 | (0.16) | 0.3 | (0.09) | 38.3 | (1.55) | 0.6 | (0.19) | 3.2 | (0.66) |
| English and language arts | 13.3 | (0.35) | 3.8 | (0.64) | 71.0 | (1.15) | 7.7 | (0.91) | 1.1 | (0.48) | 1.4 | (0.35) | 0.7 | (0.28) | 3.4 | (0.58) | 7.5 | (0.77) | 1.8 | (0.33) | 11.6 | (1.80) |
| Foreign languages | 4.5 | (0.21) | 0.1 | (0.05) | 1.2 | (0.25) | 65.3 | (1.88) | 0.2 | (0.10) | 0.3 | (0.12) | 0.1 | (0.10) | 1.3 | (0.44) | 0.9 | (0.54) | 0.3 | (0.14) | 5.4 | (1.03) |
| Health and physical education | 9.8 | (0.30) | 0.8 | (0.25) | 2.1 | (0.37) | 2.6 | (0.85) | 85.6 | (1.20) | 4.5 | (0.55) | 6.0 | (0.72) | 6.5 | (0.70) | 5.9 | (0.71) | 2.4 | (0.37) | 11.3 | (1.78) |
| Mathematics and computer science | 8.6 | (0.21) | ‡ | (†) | 0.6 | (0.20) | 1.0 | (0.33) | 0.3 | (0.15) | 61.3 | (1.29) | 1.4 | (0.28) | 0.5 | (0.21) | 0.6 | (0.19) | 0.8 | (0.20) | 4.0 | (0.96) |
| Natural sciences | 10.7 | (0.37) | 0.3 | (0.12) | 0.7 | (0.26) | 1.3 | (0.51) | 1.7 | (0.52) | 8.2 | (0.66) | 77.5 | (1.22) | 0.9 | (0.25) | 1.2 | (0.21) | 2.2 | (0.33) | 4.7 | (1.00) |
| Social sciences | 14.8 | (0.31) | 1.8 | (0.31) | 7.3 | (0.65) | 8.0 | (1.18) | 4.0 | (0.69) | 6.4 | (0.65) | 3.0 | (0.42) | 71.4 | (1.23) | 16.8 | (1.09) | 4.3 | (0.51) | 21.1 | (1.89) |
| Vocational/technical education | 12.7 | (0.30) | 1.2 | (0.31) | 2.3 | (0.44) | 2.4 | (0.77) | 3.6 | (0.73) | 5.3 | (0.61) | 2.5 | (0.44) | 2.5 | (0.39) | 6.4 | (0.64) | 67.7 | (1.50) | 11.7 | (1.28) |
| Other | 3.9 | (0.21) | 1.2 | (0.37) | 2.0 | (0.41) | 2.4 | (0.86) | 0.8 | (0.27) | 0.9 | (0.24) | 1.0 | (0.28) | 1.7 | (0.47) | 2.9 | (0.62) | 15.2 | (1.18) | 11.0 | (1.74) |
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† Not applicable. ‡ Reporting standards not met. 1 Education specialist degrees or certificates are generally awarded for 1 year's work beyond the master's level. 2 Data are for bachelor's degrees and major fields of study only. NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. 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), "Public Teacher Questionnaire," 2003–04. (This table was prepared July 2006.) |
