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| Table H113. Number of grade 9 through 12 public school teachers and percentage distribution of their main teaching assignment, by selected school characteristics: 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Percentage distribution of main teaching assignment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career and technical education (CTE) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Selected school characteristic | Number of teachers | Total | Family and consumer sciences education | General labor market preparation | Occupational education | Academic education | Other1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1,059,500 | 13.9 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 7.7 | 67.1 | 18.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| School type2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Regular | 846,200 | 13.2 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 7.0 | 67.9 | 19.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Career or technical | 31,500 | 56.3 | 2.4 | ! | 14.6 | 39.3 | 34.0 | 9.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Other3 | 86,200 | 7.9 | 0.9 | ! | 2.4 | 4.6 | 70.1 | 22.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| School size2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1–599 | 232,700 | 16.9 | 2.8 | 4.5 | 9.7 | 62.4 | 20.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 600–1,199 | 236,800 | 15.6 | 2.7 | 4.3 | 8.7 | 64.3 | 20.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1,200–1,999 | 295,700 | 12.8 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 6.8 | 69.4 | 17.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2,000 or more | 198,700 | 10.8 | 1.1 | 3.6 | 6.1 | 71.9 | 17.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Community type | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City | 271,000 | 11.1 | 1.6 | 3.7 | 5.9 | 70.7 | 18.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Suburb | 365,500 | 11.9 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 6.1 | 69.4 | 18.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Town | 141,700 | 17.6 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 10.7 | 63.2 | 19.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rural | 281,300 | 17.4 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 10.2 | 62.8 | 19.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Region | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northeast | 220,800 | 11.5 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 6.0 | 69.5 | 18.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Midwest | 250,700 | 16.1 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 8.4 | 63.4 | 20.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| South | 387,800 | 15.4 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 8.9 | 66.7 | 17.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| West | 200,200 | 11.0 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 6.6 | 69.9 | 19.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Percent of students who are American Indian, Asian, Black, or Hispanic4 |
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| 10 or less | 256,900 | 17.8 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 10.0 | 62.1 | 20.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11–30 | 255,900 | 13.0 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 7.5 | 68.6 | 18.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 31–50 | 158,800 | 13.4 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 7.0 | 68.7 | 17.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| More than 50 | 387,900 | 12.2 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 6.7 | 68.9 | 18.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Percent of students approved for free or reduced-price lunch5 |
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| 10 or less | 169,500 | 11.9 | 2.2 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 70.4 | 17.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11–30 | 325,700 | 13.9 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 8.0 | 67.9 | 18.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 31–50 | 277,700 | 14.4 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 7.7 | 66.1 | 19.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| More than 50 | 253,000 | 12.8 | 1.9 | 3.7 | 7.3 | 67.0 | 20.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Percent of students with an individualized education plan (IEP)6 |
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| 5 or less | 326,900 | 8.4 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 5.1 | 83.0 | 8.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6–10 | 241,100 | 15.7 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 9.4 | 75.1 | 9.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11–15 | 145,800 | 18.4 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 10.1 | 70.2 | 11.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| More than 15 | 271,900 | 18.0 | 3.9 | 5.3 | 8.9 | 50.5 | 31.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Percent of students who are limited-English-proficient (LEP)6 |
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| None | 514,800 | 15.8 | 2.3 | 4.5 | 8.9 | 68.0 | 16.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1–10 | 343,200 | 13.0 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 6.9 | 73.5 | 13.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| More than 10 | 127,600 | 12.1 | 1.6 | 3.9 | 6.6 | 70.3 | 17.7 | |||||||||||||||||
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! Interpret data with caution. Estimate is unstable because the standard error represents more than 30 percent of the estimate. 1 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. 2 Excludes 9 percent of teachers with unspecified school type and school size. 3 Other school types include special program emphasis schools, special education schools, and alternative/other schools. 4 American Indian includes Alaska Native; Asian includes Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian; Black includes African American; Hispanic includes Latino. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. 5 In 2007–08, 95.2 percent of public schools participated in the National School Lunch Program. 6 Excludes 7 percent of teachers who were team teaching or who taught pull-out classes. 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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