| Table 5. Percentage distribution of school teachers, by highest degree earned, school type, and selected school characteristics: 2007–08 |
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| School type and selected school characteristic | Higher than a master's degree1 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Less than bachelor's | Bachelor's degree | Master's degree | |||||||
| All schools | 1.7 | 48.2 | 43.1 | 7.0 | |||||
| All public schools | 0.8 | 47.4 | 44.5 | 7.3 | |||||
| School classification | |||||||||
| Traditional public | 0.8 | 47.0 | 44.9 | 7.3 | |||||
| Charter school | 1.9 | 62.2 | 30.0 | 6.0 | |||||
| Community type | |||||||||
| City | 0.8 | 46.0 | 45.5 | 7.7 | |||||
| Suburban | 0.7 | 42.6 | 48.2 | 8.5 | |||||
| Town | 1.0 | 51.8 | 41.2 | 6.0 | |||||
| Rural | 0.9 | 53.0 | 40.3 | 5.8 | |||||
| School level | |||||||||
| Elementary | 0.2 | 48.4 | 44.3 | 7.1 | |||||
| Secondary | 1.9 | 44.3 | 45.9 | 7.9 | |||||
| Combined | 0.9 | 54.3 | 38.5 | 6.3 | |||||
| Student enrollment | |||||||||
| Less than 100 | 0.9 | ! | 56.0 | 34.0 | 9.1 | ||||
| 100-199 | 1.3 | 52.9 | 40.0 | 5.9 | |||||
| 200-499 | 0.5 | 48.0 | 45.0 | 6.5 | |||||
| 500-749 | 0.6 | 47.5 | 44.8 | 7.1 | |||||
| 750-999 | 0.8 | 49.8 | 42.5 | 6.8 | |||||
| 1,000 or more | 1.3 | 43.8 | 46.2 | 8.8 | |||||
| Percent of K-12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches |
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| 0-34 | 0.6 | 43.4 | 49.0 | 7.0 | |||||
| 35-49 | 0.8 | 50.0 | 42.6 | 6.5 | |||||
| 50-74 | 0.6 | 50.4 | 40.5 | 8.4 | |||||
| 75 or more | 0.8 | 51.9 | 40.3 | 7.1 | |||||
| School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program |
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| 5.9 | 42.4 | 41.1 | 10.7 | ||||||
| All BIE schools | 3.5 | 54.2 | 36.7 | 5.6 | |||||
| All private schools | 8.1 | 53.9 | 32.8 | 5.2 | |||||
| School classification | |||||||||
| Catholic | 3.0 | 58.2 | 35.1 | 3.8 | |||||
| Other religious | 13.6 | 54.2 | 27.6 | 4.6 | |||||
| Nonsectarian | 5.9 | 48.0 | 38.1 | 8.0 | |||||
| Community type | |||||||||
| City | 6.8 | 51.7 | 35.5 | 5.9 | |||||
| Suburban | 6.7 | 54.3 | 34.0 | 5.0 | |||||
| Town | 9.5 | 64.9 | 22.9 | 2.6 | ! | ||||
| Rural | 14.9 | 53.0 | 27.1 | 5.1 | |||||
| School level | |||||||||
| Elementary | 8.8 | 60.6 | 27.8 | 2.8 | |||||
| Secondary | 2.3 | ! | 44.5 | 44.8 | 8.5 | ||||
| Combined | 9.7 | 50.4 | 33.3 | 6.5 | |||||
| Student enrollment | |||||||||
| Less than 100 | 19.6 | 52.7 | 24.2 | 3.5 | |||||
| 100-199 | 7.8 | 58.6 | 29.9 | 3.6 | |||||
| 200-499 | 6.0 | 58.2 | 30.8 | 5.0 | |||||
| 500-749 | 3.8 | ! | 52.4 | 37.6 | 6.1 | ||||
| 750 or more | 3.3 | ! | 39.2 | 48.1 | 9.3 | ||||
| Percent of K-12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches |
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| 0-34 | 6.1 | 60.6 | 29.7 | 3.5 | |||||
| 35-49 | 7.4 | ! | 50.2 | 37.1 | 5.3 | ! | |||
| 50-74 | 9.0 | ! | 49.8 | 35.1 | 6.1 | ! | |||
| 75 or more | 18.9 | 45.6 | 31.0 | 4.4 | ! | ||||
| School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program |
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| 8.1 | 52.8 | 33.4 | 5.7 | ||||||
| ! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 30 percent or more of the estimate's value. | |||||||||
| 1 Higher than a master's degree is defined as teachers who completed any of the following: an educational specialist or professional diploma, a certificate of private advanced graduate studies, or a doctorate or first professional degree. | |||||||||
| NOTE: Teachers include both full-time and part-time teachers. BIE school refers to schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) that are operated by the BIE, a tribe, or acontractor and not by a regular school district. 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, BIE School Teacher, and PrivateSchool Teacher Data Files," 2007–08. | |||||||||
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