Table 209.25.

Number and percentage of public elementary and secondary school teachers who met licensing/certification requirements and of public school teachers who had less than 2 years of teaching experience, by state: 2011-12

	Total number of public school teachers	Met all state licensing/ certification requirements1		Had less than 2 years of teaching experience2
State				Total		In first year of teaching		In second year of teaching
		Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
United States	3,129,363	3,046,577	97.4	310,298	9.9	172,611	5.5	137,686	4.4
Alabama	47,371	46,905	99.0	3,431	7.2	1,854	3.9	1,577	3.3
Alaska	7,800	7,764	99.5	1,114	14.3	655	8.4	458	5.9
Arizona	55,527	53,722	96.7	7,796	14.0	4,195	7.6	3,602	6.5
Arkansas	33,803	33,354	98.7	3,778	11.2	1,464	4.3	2,314	6.8
California	264,566	261,721	98.9	17,213	6.5	9,484	3.6	7,729	2.9
Colorado	48,479	47,399	97.8	5,262	10.9	2,738	5.6	2,524	5.2
Connecticut	43,467	42,851	98.6	3,677	8.5	2,034	4.7	1,643	3.8
Delaware	9,573	9,323	97.4	1,140	11.9	592	6.2	548	5.7
District of Columbia	5,745	5,165	89.9	1,449	25.2	842	14.7	607	10.6
Florida	179,972	153,680	85.4	42,145	23.4	34,944	19.4	7,201	4.0
Georgia	111,877	109,979	98.3	7,759	6.9	5,079	4.5	2,680	2.4
Hawaii	11,142	10,777	96.7	1,454	13.0	853	7.7	602	5.4
Idaho	14,589	14,463	99.1	1,389	9.5	738	5.1	651	4.5
Illinois	133,397	131,897	98.9	14,078	10.6	8,155	6.1	5,923	4.4
Indiana	61,053	60,688	99.4	7,561	12.4	2,941	4.8	4,620	7.6
Iowa	35,676	35,642	99.9	2,997	8.4	1,565	4.4	1,432	4.0
Kansas	34,039	33,654	98.9	3,119	9.2	1,693	5.0	1,425	4.2
Kentucky	42,747	42,645	99.8	4,875	11.4	2,444	5.7	2,431	5.7
Louisiana	46,810	45,581	97.4	3,996	8.5	2,191	4.7	1,805	3.9
Maine	14,567	14,326	98.3	1,030	7.1	561	3.9	469	3.2
Maryland	61,834	59,349	96.0	5,968	9.7	2,777	4.5	3,191	5.2
Massachusetts	71,204	68,828	96.7	7,491	10.5	3,982	5.6	3,509	4.9
Michigan	82,811	82,490	99.6	6,211	7.5	2,534	3.1	3,676	4.4
Minnesota	54,806	54,199	98.9	4,948	9.0	2,729	5.0	2,219	4.0
Mississippi	32,807	32,488	99.0	4,222	12.9	2,300	7.0	1,922	5.9
Missouri	65,759	63,733	96.9	7,018	10.7	3,976	6.0	3,042	4.6
Montana	10,831	10,781	99.5	1,284	11.9	489	4.5	795	7.3
Nebraska	23,154	23,077	99.7	2,357	10.2	1,139	4.9	1,217	5.3
Nevada	23,309	23,283	99.9	1,689	7.2	922	4.0	767	3.3
New Hampshire	14,823	14,674	99.0	1,302	8.8	523	3.5	778	5.3
New Jersey	118,746	118,099	99.5	10,831	9.1	6,041	5.1	4,790	4.0
New Mexico	21,576	21,501	99.7	2,107	9.8	1,138	5.3	969	4.5
New York	210,866	202,327	96.0	13,019	6.2	6,804	3.2	6,214	2.9
North Carolina	99,775	97,748	98.0	11,287	11.3	6,264	6.3	5,023	5.0
North Dakota	8,552	8,543	99.9	973	11.4	449	5.2	524	6.1
Ohio	108,717	107,757	99.1	6,916	6.4	3,428	3.2	3,489	3.2
Oklahoma	43,318	43,223	99.8	4,557	10.5	2,436	5.6	2,121	4.9
Oregon	25,902	25,789	99.6	1,495	5.8	731	2.8	764	2.9
Pennsylvania	123,514	116,752	94.5	8,888	7.2	2,958	2.4	5,930	4.8
Rhode Island	10,708	10,662	99.6	550	5.1	325	3.0	225	2.1
South Carolina	46,357	45,899	99.0	4,382	9.5	2,453	5.3	1,929	4.2
South Dakota	9,221	8,824	95.7	858	9.3	476	5.2	382	4.1
Tennessee	68,957	66,543	96.5	7,721	11.2	4,074	5.9	3,647	5.3
Texas	328,306	323,531	98.5	34,390	10.5	16,178	4.9	18,211	5.5
Utah	25,051	24,081	96.1	3,002	12.0	1,550	6.2	1,452	5.8
Vermont	7,237	7,122	98.4	563	7.8	303	4.2	259	3.6
Virginia	90,839	88,345	97.3	8,802	9.7	4,851	5.3	3,951	4.3
Washington	53,585	52,532	98.0	2,888	5.4	1,360	2.5	1,528	2.9
West Virginia	19,291	18,503	95.9	1,615	8.4	781	4.0	834	4.3
Wisconsin	58,136	57,200	98.4	6,969	12.0	3,204	5.5	3,766	6.5
Wyoming	7,173	7,160	99.8	737	10.3	417	5.8	319	4.4

1 Requirements vary by state. Includes teachers who met all applicable state teacher certification requirements for a standard certificate (i.e., had a regular/standard certificate/license/endorsement issued by the state). Includes teachers who met the standard teacher education requirements, but had not completed a state-required probationary period. Excludes teachers with emergency, temporary, or provisional credentials.

2 The number of years of teaching experience includes the current year and any prior years teaching in any school, subject, or grade. Does not include any student teaching or other similar preparation experiences.

NOTE: Teachers reported in full-time equivalents (FTE). Due to differing survey procedures, data in this table differ from data in tables based on other survey systems.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, Civil Rights Data Collection, "2011-12 Classroom Teachers Estimations." (This table was prepared January 2016.)