Table 5. Percentage distribution of school teachers, by highest degree earned, school type, and selected school characteristics: 2007

Characteristics of Public, Private, and Bureau of Indian Education Elementary and Secondary School Teachers in the United States: Results From the 2007–08 Schools and Staffing Survey

NCES 2009-324
June 2009

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Table 5. Percentage distribution of school teachers, by highest degree earned, school type, and selected school characteristics: 2007–08

School type and selected school characteristic					Higher than a master's degree¹
	Less than bachelor's		Bachelor's degree	Master's degree
	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


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

	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


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

	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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