Table 9.1. Percentage of public high school teachers with a college major and standard certification in their respective main teaching assignment in mathematics, English, and science, by race/ethnicity concentration of schools: 2007

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Table 9.1.

Percentage of public high school teachers with a college major and standard certification in their respective main teaching assignment in mathematics, English, and science, by race/ethnicity concentration of schools: 2007–08

		Major in main assignment				No major in main assignment
Subject and race/ethnicity concentration of school	Total	Total	Certified	Not certified		Total		Certified		Not certified
Main assignment in mathematics
All schools	100.0	71.6	59.8	11.8		28.4		16.2		12.2
Percentage of White enrollment
Less than 10 percent	100.0	70.6	47.0	23.7	!	29.4		10.1		19.2
50 percent or more	100.0	75.1	65.2	9.9		24.9		16.6		8.3
Percentage of Black enrollment
Less than 10 percent	100.0	75.9	64.4	11.5		24.1		15.1		9.0
50 percent or more	100.0	56.0	48.6	7.4	!	44.0		19.3		24.7
Percentage of Hispanic enrollment
Less than 10 percent	100.0	74.8	65.6	9.2		25.2		15.5		9.7
50 percent or more	100.0	70.3	44.8	25.6	!	29.7		15.0		14.7

Main assignment in English
All schools	100.0	81.9	66.6	15.4		18.1		9.7		8.4
Percentage of White enrollment
Less than 10 percent	100.0	75.6	56.6	19.0		24.4		11.8		12.6
50 percent or more	100.0	83.9	70.3	13.6		16.1		9.9		6.2
Percentage of Black enrollment
Less than 10 percent	100.0	81.8	67.6	14.2		18.2		10.4		7.8
50 percent or more	100.0	76.2	59.0	17.1		23.8		10.8	!	13.0
Percentage of Hispanic enrollment
Less than 10 percent	100.0	84.3	70.4	14.0		15.7		9.1		6.6
50 percent or more	100.0	72.8	53.2	19.6		27.2		12.0		15.2

Main assignment in science
All schools	100.0	83.6	70.5	13.1		16.4		11.9		4.5
Percentage of White enrollment
Less than 10 percent	100.0	82.5	62.3	20.2		17.5	!	11.9	!	5.6	!
50 percent or more	100.0	84.8	73.3	11.5		15.2		11.2		4.0
Percentage of Black enrollment
Less than 10 percent	100.0	84.4	72.7	11.7		15.6		11.1		4.6
50 percent or more	100.0	77.6	57.3	20.3		22.4		18.7		3.7	!
Percentage of Hispanic enrollment
Less than 10 percent	100.0	84.4	72.9	11.5		15.6		11.5		4.0
50 percent or more	100.0	80.5	64.7	15.7	!	19.5	!	10.6	!	8.9	!
! Interpret data with caution. NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey, Public School Teacher and Public School Data Files, 2007–08.

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