Characteristics of Public School Districts in the United States:Results From the 2007–08 Schools and Staffing Survey

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Table 8. Average number of public school teachers and average number of public school teachers who were dismissed in the previous year or did not have their contracts renewed based on poor performance, by tenure status of teachers and selected public school district characteristics: 2007–08

Selected public school district characteristic	Average number of teachers	Average number of teachers in public school districts who were dismissed or did not have their contracts renewed	Average number of teachers in public schools who were dismissed or did not have their contracts renewed, by tenure status
Selected public school district characteristic	Average number of teachers		Teachers without tenure¹	Teachers with tenure²
All public school districts	211.4	4.4	1.4	3.0

District size
1 school	25.4	0.8	0.4	0.5
2-3 schools	68.7	1.9	0.4	1.5
4-5 schools	133.1	3.1	0.8	2.3
6-9 schools	243.3	7.1	1.9	5.3
10-19 schools	470.1	11.9	2.8	9.0
20 or more schools	2,061.0	27.5	13.1	14.4

Community type
City	463.4	7.9	3.1	4.8
Suburban	378.3	7.5	2.8	4.7
Town	152.7	3.9	0.7	3.2
Rural	87.8	2.2	0.6	1.6

District K-12 enrollment
Less than 250	14.1	0.8	0.3	0.6
250-999	44.8	1.3	0.4	0.9
1,000-1,999	107.1	3.1	0.7	2.3
2,000-4,999	231.0	6.1	1.5	4.6
5,000-9,999	477.8	9.1	3.2	5.9
10,000 or more	1,939.2	30.1	12.2	17.9

Percent of K-12 students in district who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches
0-34	224.5	4.9	1.2	3.6
35-49	260.2	3.7	1.3	2.4
50-74	229.4	4.7	1.6	3.1
75 or more	170.4	6.1	2.7	3.4
District did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program	38.4	1.0	0.4	0.6	!
! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 30 percent or more of the estimate's value.
¹ Teachers who are often relatively inexperienced or novices. This includes teachers in their initial induction year, teachers who are on year-to-year contracts, and those teachers who havenot entered a more permanent status, traditionally referred to as tenure.
² Teachers who have satisfactorily completed a probationary period and were given a contract as a career or permanent employee.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School District Data File," 2007–08.

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