Table 3.7. Number and percentage distribution of public elementary and secondary school teachers, by locale and selected characteristics: 2003

Status of Education in Rural America

NCES 2007-040
June 2007

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Table 3.7.

Number and percentage distribution of public elementary and secondary school teachers, by locale and selected characteristics: 2003–04

Selected characteristic	Total	City	Suburban	Town	Rural
Total	3,240,000	914,000	1,120,000	472,000	739,000
Percentage distribution	100.0	28.2	34.5	14.6	22.8

Sex	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Male	25.1	24.3	25.0	26.6	25.2
Female	74.9	75.7	75.0	73.4	74.8

Race/ethnicity	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
White	83.1	70.9	85.2	87.8	91.9
Black	7.9	15.0	6.0	4.8	4.1
Hispanic	6.2	10.1	6.4	5.1	1.9
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.5	2.5	1.5	1.0	0.6
American Indian/Alaska Native	0.6	0.5	0.3 !	0.8	1.0
More than one race	0.7	1.1	0.7	0.5	0.5

Age	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Less than 30	16.6	17.0	17.5	14.2	16.2
30 to 39	24.5	25.0	25.0	22.7	24.3
40 to 49	25.9	24.4	24.3	28.5	28.3
50 to 59	29.0	29.1	29.1	31.1	27.5
60 or more	4.0	4.5	4.1	3.4	3.8

Highest degree earned	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
No degree	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.8	1.0
Associate's	0.3	0.4 !	0.2 !	0.2 !	0.3
Bachelor's	50.8	49.4	47.3	54.4	55.5
Master's	40.9	40.6	44.2	38.8	37.5
Education specialist ¹	6.0	7.0	6.3	5.0	5.0
Doctor's	1.2	1.7	1.2	0.8 !	0.7

Level	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Elementary	52.6	55.3	53.6	51.5	48.7
Secondary	47.4	44.7	46.4	48.5	51.3

Subject ²
Elementary	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
General	66.0	66.3	66.2	65.0	65.6
English	4.1	3.4	3.8	4.6	5.3
English as a second language	1.5	2.4 !	1.6	1.0 !	0.3 !
Mathematics	1.1	0.8 !	0.5 !	1.5 !	2.2 !
Special education	13.7	15.2	13.4	13.5	12.4
Other elementary	13.6	11.9	14.5	14.3	14.3

Secondary	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
English	17.6	18.0	17.4	17.1	17.5
English as a second language	1.2	2.3 !	1.2	0.7 !	0.3 !
Foreign language	4.8	4.9	5.8	4.0	3.7
Mathematics	13.9	13.8	14.2	13.8	13.5
Science	12.3	13.2	12.8	11.1	11.5
Social sciences	11.6	11.5	11.6	11.8	11.8
Special education	11.3	11.2	12.0	11.6	10.4
Vocational/technical	11.0	9.6	9.6	12.1	13.9
Other secondary	16.3	15.5	15.4	17.8	17.4
! Interpret data with caution. ¹ Includes certificate of advanced graduate studies. ² Main teaching assignment. NOTE: Includes part-time and full-time teachers. Race/ethnicity categories exclude persons of Hispanic origin unless otherwise specified. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey, "Teacher Questionnaire," 2003–04.