Percentage of public elementary and secondary schools with a teaching vacancy in selected teaching fields, by the school's reported level of difficulty in filling the vacancy, teaching field, and locale: 2007

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Table C.1.c.-1 Percentage of public elementary and secondary schools with a teaching vacancy in selected teaching fields, by the school's reported level of difficulty in filling the vacancy, teaching field, and locale: 2007–08

Teaching field and school locale	Easy		Somewhat difficult			Very difficult or could not fill the vacancy
	Easy		Somewhat difficult			Total			Very difficult			Could not fill the vacancy
	Percent	Standard error	Percent		Standard error	Percent		Standard error	Percent		Standard error	Percent		Standard error
General elementary
Total	74.2	(1.43)	21.7		(1.41)	4.1		(0.58)	3.8		(0.60)	0.3	!	(0.14)
City	68.4	(3.20)	24.9		(2.92)	6.7		(1.56)	6.1		(1.56)	0.5	!	(0.33)
Suburban	79.0	(2.33)	17.4		(2.21)	3.5	!	(1.40)	3.5	!	(1.41)	‡		(†)
Town	75.2	(3.87)	22.9		(3.77)	1.9	!	(0.95)	1.7	!	(0.68)	‡		(†)
Rural	73.7	(2.89)	22.7		(2.85)	3.7		(0.79)	3.2		(0.79)	0.4	!	(0.20)

Special education
Total	32.6	(1.43)	38.2		(1.43)	29.3		(1.41)	26.0		(1.42)	3.3		(0.48)
City	34.3	(3.08)	34.6		(3.30)	31.2		(3.24)	27.6		(2.99)	3.5	!	(1.10)
Suburban	31.3	(2.72)	41.9		(2.87)	26.8		(2.60)	24.2		(2.51)	2.6		(0.66)
Town	34.2	(4.29)	35.6		(4.02)	30.2		(3.53)	26.8		(3.53)	3.4		(0.93)
Rural	31.7	(2.76)	38.4		(2.51)	29.9		(2.55)	26.1		(2.42)	3.8		(1.04)

English/language arts
Total	58.6	(1.75)	31.7		(1.72)	9.7		(1.07)	8.2		(0.91)	1.6	!	(0.61)
City	61.6	(3.58)	29.3		(3.28)	9.1		(2.18)	6.0		(1.38)	3.1	!	(1.76)
Suburban	63.6	(3.36)	27.3		(3.14)	9.1		(2.58)	7.9	!	(2.48)	1.2	!	(0.71)
Town	58.7	(4.67)	30.5		(4.53)	10.8		(2.47)	10.5		(2.48)	0.2	!	(0.14)
Rural	52.2	(3.26)	37.5		(3.06)	10.3		(1.48)	9.0		(1.31)	1.3	!	(0.89)

Social studies
Total	68.2	(2.49)	26.3		(2.04)	5.5		(1.50)	5.1		(1.50)	0.4	!	(0.26)
City	71.0	(4.81)	25.1		(4.46)	3.9	!	(1.67)	3.7	!	(1.69)	‡		(†)
Suburban	72.4	(3.89)	22.5		(3.43)	5.1	!	(2.44)	4.1	!	(2.38)	1.0	!	(0.79)
Town	65.4	(6.29)	31.3		(6.28)	3.4	!	(1.81)	3.0	!	(1.75)	‡		(†)
Rural	63.5	(4.69)	28.4		(3.45)	8.1	!	(3.72)	8.0	!	(3.71)	‡		(†)

Computer science
Total	43.0	(3.71)	35.7		(3.55)	21.3		(2.75)	17.0		(2.34)	4.3	!	(1.50)
City	44.6	(6.51)	33.0		(5.99)	22.5		(5.35)	14.5		(4.00)	8.0	!	(4.34)
Suburban	43.6	(7.96)	38.4		(7.58)	18.0		(5.37)	17.6	!	(5.40)	0.4	!	(0.37)
Town	42.0	(12.33)	35.6	!	(12.47)	22.4	!	(8.89)	20.4	!	(8.85)	2.0	!	(1.48)
Rural	41.6	(5.29)	35.4		(5.17)	23.0		(3.89)	17.4		(3.26)	5.7	!	(2.47)

Mathematics
Total	35.0	(1.91)	34.1		(1.96)	31.0		(1.91)	28.5		(1.90)	2.4		(0.41)
City	35.5	(4.43)	32.2		(3.79)	32.3		(3.80)	29.2		(3.90)	3.1	!	(0.98)
Suburban	39.1	(3.61)	31.0		(3.22)	29.9		(3.55)	27.9		(3.60)	2.0	!	(0.89)
Town	35.8	(5.25)	37.2		(6.10)	27.1		(4.54)	24.7		(4.40)	2.4	!	(0.86)
Rural	31.0	(3.59)	36.5		(2.71)	32.5		(2.93)	30.3		(2.76)	2.3	!	(0.75)

Biology or life sciences
Total	30.1	(2.00)	38.9		(2.04)	31.0		(2.20)	28.6		(2.08)	2.4	!	(0.80)
City	30.7	(4.26)	35.6		(4.62)	33.7		(4.21)	28.4		(3.75)	5.3	!	(2.77)
Suburban	33.4	(4.35)	37.1		(4.93)	29.5		(5.14)	28.4		(5.09)	1.1	!	(0.61)
Town	33.4	(4.72)	43.6		(5.66)	23.0		(4.65)	21.8		(4.51)	1.3	!	(0.76)
Rural	25.0	(2.68)	40.8		(4.10)	34.2		(4.11)	32.4		(4.12)	1.8	!	(0.82)

Physical sciences
Total	28.8	(2.74)	39.9		(2.60)	31.3		(2.20)	28.9		(2.18)	2.3		(0.58)
City	32.7	(5.06)	37.6		(5.58)	29.7		(4.39)	26.8		(4.15)	2.9	!	(1.48)
Suburban	31.9	(5.02)	38.6		(4.85)	29.5		(4.38)	28.4		(4.50)	1.1	!	(0.58)
Town	24.1	(5.58)	46.2		(7.35)	29.7		(6.18)	26.2		(5.71)	3.5	!	(1.73)
Rural	24.4	(4.34)	40.5		(4.10)	35.1		(3.20)	32.3		(3.05)	2.8	!	(1.26)

English as a second language
Total	32.3	(2.68)	39.7		(2.88)	28.0		(2.43)	25.2		(2.32)	2.8		(0.72)
City	37.3	(5.31)	45.2		(6.20)	17.6		(3.74)	15.5		(3.42)	2.1	!	(1.06)
Suburban	34.8	(5.32)	33.3		(4.97)	31.8		(6.01)	29.2		(5.86)	2.7	!	(1.40)
Town	26.3	(7.05)	43.4		(8.68)	30.3		(7.78)	28.6		(7.45)	1.7	!	(1.41)
Rural	25.7	(5.78)	36.3		(6.54)	37.9		(7.00)	33.0		(6.50)	5.0	!	(2.24)

Foreign languages
Total	32.5	(2.61)	34.2		(2.09)	33.3		(2.42)	28.8		(2.30)	4.6		(0.91)
City	37.2	(5.14)	34.8		(4.40)	28.0		(4.42)	23.3		(4.46)	4.7	!	(2.12)
Suburban	36.0	(3.75)	39.0		(3.29)	25.0		(4.01)	23.7		(4.03)	1.3	!	(0.69)
Town	24.5	(5.63)	46.2		(6.26)	29.3		(4.80)	25.0		(4.62)	4.3	!	(2.15)
Rural	28.2	(4.77)	25.0		(3.40)	46.8		(4.63)	39.1		(4.23)	7.8		(1.89)

Music or art
Total	49.1	(1.86)	35.7		(1.97)	15.3		(1.35)	12.5		(1.34)	2.7		(0.60)
City	50.3	(4.56)	35.9		(4.65)	13.8		(2.77)	10.1		(2.34)	3.8	!	(1.78)
Suburban	56.9	(4.11)	31.1		(4.08)	12.0		(2.68)	9.8		(2.66)	2.2	!	(0.98)
Town	43.6	(5.13)	42.6		(4.89)	13.8		(2.88)	12.4		(2.86)	1.4	!	(0.96)
Rural	42.8	(3.25)	37.2		(3.37)	20.1		(2.21)	17.1		(1.98)	3.0		(0.86)

Vocational or technical education
Total	33.7	(2.59)	36.8		(2.67)	29.5		(2.38)	24.0		(2.32)	5.5		(1.41)
City	32.1	(5.10)	40.8		(5.24)	27.1		(5.05)	16.1		(3.50)	11.0	!	(4.66)
Suburban	35.8	(6.14)	36.7		(5.36)	27.5		(6.27)	24.1		(6.52)	3.3	!	(2.23)
Town	26.3	(4.67)	39.7		(6.01)	34.1		(5.91)	32.0		(5.85)	2.1	!	(1.01)
Rural	36.6	(3.67)	33.3		(3.82)	30.1		(3.84)	24.8		(3.33)	5.4	!	(2.09)

†Not applicable.

!Interpret data with caution (estimates are unstable).

‡Reporting standards not met.

NOTE: For more details on urban-centric locale categories, see http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ruraled/page2.asp. Percentage distribution may not sum to 100 because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey, "Public School Questionnaire" 2007–08.

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