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Projections of Education Statistics to 2017

NCES 2008-078
September 2008


Figure 29.  Actual and middle alternative projected numbers for elementary and secondary teachers, by control of school: Fall 1992 through fall 2017
 
Actual and middle alternative projected numbers for elementary and secondary teachers, by control of school: Fall 1992 through fall 2017
NOTE: Private school teacher numbers and public and private school new teacher hires numbers for some years are estimated. Teachers reported in full-time equivalents. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Mean absolute percentage errors of selected education statistics can be found in table A2, appendix A.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), “State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education,” 1992–93 through 2005–06; Private School Universe Survey (PSS), selected years, 1993–94 through 2005–06; Elementary and Secondary Teacher Model, 1973–2004. (This figure was prepared December 2007.)