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

Status of Education in Rural America

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Table A-3.7.

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

Selected characteristic	Total	City			Suburban			Town			Rural
Selected characteristic	Total	Large	Midsize	Small	Large	Midsize	Small	Fringe	Distant	Remote	Fringe	Distant	Remote
Total	3,240,000	435,000	190,000	289,000	924,000	109,000	84,000	144,000	191,000	138,000	300,000	283,000	156,000

Race/ethnicity	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
White	83.1	61.2	73.3	83.9	84.5	88.2	89.5	89.5	88.0	85.8	91.6	92.7	91.1
Black	7.9	20.0	15.3	7.2	6.5	3.7	2.8	3.4	6.8	3.6	4.1	4.2	3.8
Hispanic	6.2	13.0	8.6	6.7	6.5	5.4	6.2	5.1	3.4	7.4	2.1	1.6	2.2
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.5	3.7	1.5	1.2	1.5	2.1	0.7	0.8	0.8	1.6	1.0	0.2	0.4
American Indian/Alaska Native	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.6	1.2	0.6	0.8	2.1
More than one race	0.7	1.5	1.0	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.4

Age	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Less than 30	16.6	18.0	17.1	15.4	18.3	13.2	14.1	15.1	15.6	11.3	19.0	14.8	13.4
30 to 39	24.5	25.9	22.9	25.0	24.5	27.8	26.7	22.3	22.0	24.0	25.1	24.6	22.2
40 to 49	25.9	23.4	27.0	24.3	24.2	24.2	26.0	24.8	31.4	28.5	24.6	29.9	32.3
50 to 59	29.0	27.8	28.6	31.4	28.8	30.9	30.1	34.4	27.7	32.5	27.2	27.4	28.3
60 or more	4.0	4.9	4.3	3.8	4.2	3.9	3.0	3.4	3.3	3.7	4.1	3.3	3.8

Highest degree earned	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
No degree	0.8	0.9	0.6	0.9	0.6	0.7	1.5	0.5	0.8	1.0	1.3	0.8	0.7
Associate's	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.6	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.3
Bachelor's	50.8	49.4	49.5	49.4	45.5	56.5	56.1	51.5	54.4	57.3	52.1	55.5	62.4
Master's	40.9	40.5	39.9	41.3	46.0	35.2	36.8	41.0	39.5	35.6	40.4	37.6	31.7
Education specialist ¹	6.0	7.0	7.6	6.7	6.5	5.9	4.8	6.1	4.4	4.7	5.0	5.3	4.4
Doctor's	1.2	1.8	2.1	1.4	1.3	1.5	0.3	0.8	0.5	1.2	0.9	0.7	0.5
¹ Includes certificate of advanced graduate studies. 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.