Section 5. Elementary and Secondary Teachers: Teachers in Elementary and Secondary Schools

Figure H. Actual and middle alternative projected numbers for elementary and secondary teachers: Selected years, 1990–2015

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SOURCE: U.S. Dept. of Education, NCES, The NCES Common Core of Data surveys, various years; Private School Universe Survey, various years; and Elementary and Secondary Teacher Model. (See reference table 32.)

Total elementary and secondary teachers

The total number of elementary and secondary teachers (figure H; reference figure 29 and table 32)

• increased 25 percent between 1990 and 2003; and
• is projected to increase an additional 17 percent between 2003 and 2015 in the middle alternative projections.

Figure I. Actual and middle alternative projected numbers for elementary and secondary teachers, by control of school: Selected years, 1990–2015

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SOURCE: U.S. Dept. of Education, NCES, The NCES Common Core of Data surveys, various years; Private School Universe Survey, various years; and Elementary and Secondary Teacher Model. (See reference table 32.)

Public school teachers

The number of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools (figure I; reference figure 29 and table 32)

• increased 27 percent between 1990 and 2003; and
• is projected to increase an additional 16 percent between 2003 and 2015 in the middle alternative projections.

Private school teachers

The number of teachers in private elementary and secondary schools

• increased 12 percent between 1990 and 2003; and
• is projected to increase an additional 7 percent between 2003 and 2015 in the middle alternative projections.