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Projections of Education Statistics to 2017

NCES 2008-078
September 2008


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

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Questionnaire," 1987–88 through 2003–04 and "Private School Teacher Questionnaire," 1987–88 through 2003–04; and unpublished tabulations.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.)