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| Table H116. Average class size for grade 9 through 12 public school teachers and percentage distribution of class size, by school type and main teaching assignment: 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| School type and main teaching assignment | Average class size | 15 or fewer students | 16–20 students | 21–30 students | More than 30 students | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 23 | 24.3 | 19.9 | 41.0 | 14.8 | |||||||||||||||||||
| School type1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Regular | 23 | 21.9 | 20.4 | 43.0 | 14.8 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Career or technical | 20 | 35.4 | 26.3 | 27.6 | 10.7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Other2 | 19 | 46.3 | 15.0 | 26.4 | 12.3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Main teaching assignment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career and technical education (CTE), total | 20 | 32.8 | 25.6 | 32.1 | 9.5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nonoccupational CTE | 20 | 32.0 | 26.1 | 33.1 | 8.8 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Occupational education | 20 | 33.4 | 25.1 | 31.3 | 10.2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Agriculture and natural resources | 18 | 49.0 | 21.9 | 21.7 | 7.4 | ! | ||||||||||||||||||
| Business | 20 | 26.6 | 27.7 | 39.5 | 6.2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Communications and design | 25 | 20.8 | 21.6 | 40.4 | 17.2 | ! | ||||||||||||||||||
| Computer and information sciences | 18 | 36.5 | 22.3 | 32.3 | ‡ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Construction, architecture, and engineering technologies | 18 | 44.3 | 26.2 | 22.4 | 7.1 | ! | ||||||||||||||||||
| Consumer, culinary, and public services | 22 | 43.4 | 21.4 | 15.3 | ! | 20.0 | ! | |||||||||||||||||
| Health sciences | 21 | 33.1 | 20.4 | ! | 30.0 | 16.5 | ! | |||||||||||||||||
| Manufacturing | 19 | 36.8 | 30.6 | 21.2 | ! | ‡ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Marketing | 22 | 17.5 | ! | 24.4 | 44.1 | ‡ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Repair and transportation | 20 | 25.8 | 34.0 | 32.0 | 8.3 | ! | ||||||||||||||||||
| Academic education | 24 | 16.3 | 21.0 | 47.9 | 14.9 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Other3 | 21 | 46.4 | 12.0 | 23.2 | 18.4 | |||||||||||||||||||
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! Interpret data with caution. Estimate is unstable because the standard error represents more than 30 percent of the estimate. ‡ Reporting standards not met. 1 Excludes 9 percent of teachers with unspecified school type. 2 Other school types include special program emphasis schools, special education schools, and alternative/other schools. 3 Other teaching assignments include special education; health education; physical education; military science or Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC); religious studies, theology, or divinity; and other unspecified teaching assignments. NOTE: 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 Questionnaire,” 2007–08. |
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