| Table 6. Number and percentage of regular full-time school teachers and average number of hours per week that regular full-time teachers spent on selected activities during a typical full week, by school type and selected school characteristics: 2007–08 |
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| Average hours per week | |||||||||||
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| Percent of teachers who are regular full-time teachers1 | Required to work to receive base pay during a typical full week | Spent delivering instruction to a class of students2 | Total hours spent on all teaching and other school- related activities during a typical full week | ||||||||
| School type and selected school characteristic | Number of regular full-time teachers1 | ||||||||||
| All schools | 3,505,500 | 89.9 | 38.2 | 30.2 | 52.7 | ||||||
| All public schools | 3,114,700 | 91.5 | 38.1 | 30.2 | 52.8 | ||||||
| School classification | |||||||||||
| Traditional public | 3,049,200 | 91.5 | 38.1 | 30.2 | 52.8 | ||||||
| Charter school | 65,500 | 90.4 | 39.7 | 31.1 | 54.4 | ||||||
| Community type | |||||||||||
| City | 819,600 | 92.9 | 38.0 | 30.4 | 52.9 | ||||||
| Suburban | 1,083,300 | 90.2 | 37.7 | 29.7 | 52.6 | ||||||
| Town | 431,400 | 92.3 | 38.7 | 30.8 | 52.7 | ||||||
| Rural | 780,400 | 91.4 | 38.6 | 30.6 | 53.1 | ||||||
| School level | |||||||||||
| Elementary | 1,936,400 | 90.2 | 38.1 | 30.6 | 52.4 | ||||||
| Secondary | 1,032,800 | 93.9 | 38.3 | 29.4 | 53.7 | ||||||
| Combined | 145,500 | 92.7 | 38.3 | 30.9 | 52.4 | ||||||
| Student enrollment | |||||||||||
| Less than 100 | 39,900 | 81.9 | 38.5 | 31.1 | 51.3 | ||||||
| 100-199 | 106,600 | 85.8 | 38.4 | 31.2 | 52.3 | ||||||
| 200-499 | 908,300 | 88.2 | 38.0 | 30.7 | 52.3 | ||||||
| 500-749 | 780,200 | 92.3 | 38.2 | 30.4 | 52.9 | ||||||
| 750-999 | 456,400 | 93.4 | 38.0 | 30.4 | 52.5 | ||||||
| 1,000 or more | 823,200 | 94.8 | 38.3 | 29.4 | 53.7 | ||||||
| Percent of K-12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches |
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| 0-34 | 1,336,600 | 89.8 | 38.0 | 29.5 | 53.1 | ||||||
| 35-49 | 533,500 | 92.6 | 38.3 | 30.4 | 52.8 | ||||||
| 50-74 | 667,200 | 92.3 | 38.4 | 30.7 | 52.6 | ||||||
| 75 or more | 523,700 | 94.4 | 37.9 | 31.3 | 52.5 | ||||||
| School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program |
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| 53,700 | 84.7 | 37.7 | 29.3 | 51.4 | |||||||
| All BIE schools | 4,100 | 94.3 | 40.0 | 32.3 | 52.1 | ||||||
| All private schools | 386,800 | 79.0 | 38.8 | 30.1 | 52.1 | ||||||
| School classification | |||||||||||
| Catholic | 131,500 | 82.5 | 38.1 | 30.3 | 52.8 | ||||||
| Other religious | 152,900 | 76.0 | 39.1 | 30.4 | 51.5 | ||||||
| Nonsectarian | 102,300 | 79.4 | 39.3 | 29.4 | 52.0 | ||||||
| Community type | |||||||||||
| City | 163,500 | 80.4 | 38.8 | 29.9 | 52.3 | ||||||
| Suburban | 140,600 | 78.3 | 38.6 | 30.1 | 52.0 | ||||||
| Town | 29,800 | 80.4 | 38.4 | 31.0 | 51.3 | ||||||
| Rural | 52,900 | 75.9 | 39.6 | 30.6 | 52.0 | ||||||
| School level | |||||||||||
| Elementary | 166,900 | 78.9 | 38.6 | 31.2 | 51.5 | ||||||
| Secondary | 60,600 | 77.6 | 38.5 | 28.4 | 54.0 | ||||||
| Combined | 159,200 | 79.7 | 39.1 | 29.7 | 52.0 | ||||||
| Student enrollment | |||||||||||
| Less than 100 | 65,300 | 74.5 | 38.5 | 31.3 | 49.7 | ||||||
| 100-199 | 70,900 | 74.2 | 38.7 | 30.7 | 51.3 | ||||||
| 200-499 | 136,100 | 79.5 | 39.0 | 30.4 | 52.5 | ||||||
| 500-749 | 56,600 | 84.4 | 38.9 | 29.5 | 53.4 | ||||||
| 750 or more | 57,900 | 85.1 | 38.6 | 28.1 | 53.4 | ||||||
| Percent of K-12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches |
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| 0-34 | 74,100 | 77.0 | 38.4 | 30.7 | 52.6 | ||||||
| 35-49 | 16,200 | 75.2 | 38.8 | 29.8 | 51.2 | ||||||
| 50-74 | 9,400 | 81.8 | 38.4 | 31.2 | 52.2 | ||||||
| 75 or more | 17,400 | 91.7 | 38.3 | 30.4 | 49.5 | ||||||
| School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program |
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| 269,600 | 79.0 | 38.9 | 29.9 | 52.1 | |||||||
| 1 A regular full-time teacher is any teacher whose primary position in a school is not an itinerant teacher, a long-term substitute, a short-term substitute, a student teacher, a teacher aide, an administrator, a library media specialistor librarian, another type of professional staff (e.g., counselor, curriculum coordinator, social worker) or support staff (e.g., secretary), or a part-time teacher. | |||||||||||
| 2 Hours spent delivering instruction to a class of students is included in the total hours per week paid by regular base pay. | |||||||||||
| NOTE: BIE school refers to schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) that are operated by the BIE, a tribe, or a private contractor and not by a regular school district. | |||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Teacher, BIE School Teacher, and Private School Teacher Data Files," 2007–08. | |||||||||||
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