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| Table H118. Average age of grade 9 through 12 public school teachers and percentage distribution of teachers' age, by school type and main teaching assignment: 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Percentage distribution of age | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School type and main teaching assignment | Average age | Younger than 30 | 30–49 | 50–54 | 55 or older | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 44 | 14.6 | 49.2 | 13.0 | 23.2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| School type1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Regular | 43 | 15.0 | 49.6 | 12.9 | 22.5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Career or technical | 47 | 7.7 | 43.9 | 17.1 | 31.4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Other2 | 45 | 12.1 | 45.7 | 14.6 | 27.6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Main teaching assignment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career and technical education (CTE), total | 46 | 10.4 | 44.9 | 16.5 | 28.2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nonoccupational CTE | 47 | 9.5 | 41.7 | 17.6 | 31.2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Occupational education | 46 | 11.2 | 47.5 | 15.6 | 25.7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Agriculture and natural resources | 42 | 25.7 | 41.0 | 15.0 | 18.3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Business | 46 | 9.7 | 49.5 | 14.3 | 26.5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Communications and design | 44 | 15.4 | ! | 46.9 | 14.6 | ! | 23.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Computer and information sciences | 47 | ‡ | 52.3 | 18.1 | 22.7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Construction, architecture, and engineering technologies | 49 | 6.1 | ! | 45.9 | 15.0 | 33.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Consumer, culinary, and public services | 48 | ‡ | 48.6 | 19.9 | ! | 28.1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Health sciences | 45 | ‡ | 50.6 | 15.6 | ! | 25.4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Manufacturing | 46 | 7.4 | ! | 52.1 | 16.8 | ! | 23.6 | ! | ||||||||||||||||
| Marketing | 44 | 11.7 | ! | 50.8 | 14.5 | ! | 23.1 | ! | ||||||||||||||||
| Repair and transportation | 49 | ‡ | 43.2 | 18.2 | 34.6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Academic education | 43 | 16.5 | 49.7 | 11.7 | 22.1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Other3 | 45 | 11.0 | 50.6 | 15.2 | 23.2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| ! 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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