
| Table A-27. Percentage distribution of full-time and part-time newly hired teachers, by age and control of school Selected years, 1987–88 through 2003–04 |
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| Control of school and school year | Age distribution | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Less than 25 years | 25-29 years | 30-39 years | 40-49 years | 50-59 years | 60-64 years | 65 years or more | ||
| Public | |||||||||
| 1987–88 | 100 | 18 | 24 | 33 | 21 | 4 | # | # | |
| 1990–91 | 100 | 17 | 24 | 31 | 21 | 6 | 1 | # | |
| 1993–94 | 100 | 16 | 29 | 25 | 25 | 5 | 1 | # | |
| 1999–2000 | 100 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2003–04 | 100 | 24 | 19 | 25 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 1 | |
| Private | |||||||||
| 1987–88 | 100 | 17 | 23 | 32 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 2 | |
| 1990–91 | 100 | 16 | 26 | 29 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1993–94 | 100 | 19 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1999–2000 | 100 | 19 | 17 | 24 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2003–04 | 100 | 17 | 16 | 23 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 2 | |
| # Rounds to zero. |
| NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. |
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Teacher Questionnaire," 1987–88 through 2003–04 and "Private School Teacher Questionnaire," 1987–88 through 2003–04; and unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared December 2007.) |