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Of public schools that had teaching vacancies for the current school year, percentage with vacancies in various fields, by selected school characteristics: 2011–12

Selected
school characteristic		   General elementary   Special education   English/
Language arts		   Social studies   Computer science   Math-ematics   Biology
or life sciences		   Physical sciences   English as a Second Language (ESL)1   Foreign languages   Music or art   Career or technical education  
All public schools    76.8 49.4 41.1 31.0 13.9 39.5 28.4 25.2 21.0 27.1 28.7 19.3  
   
School classification                             
Traditional public    76.4 49.2 40.0 29.8 13.2 38.0 27.2 23.7 20.2 26.1 28.4 19.2  
Charter school    82.6 54.2 56.6 48.4 26.3 61.8 46.2 46.9 37.2 42.8 33.7 21.4  
                             
Community type                             
City   79.7 53.0 44.3 37.4 18.8 44.8 34.3 29.8 32.5 30.8 31.2 19.8  
Suburban   75.8 50.9 43.3 29.9 12.5 38.5 30.0 24.3 19.7 32.3 27.6 17.8  
Town   80.0 48.6 37.3 24.7 13.4 38.9 24.7 22.7 17.1 23.4 26.8 20.5  
Rural   73.6 45.6 38.5 29.6 11.8 36.4 24.3 23.4 13.8 21.6 28.3 19.7  
                             
School level                               
Primary   82.9 45.5 20.4 14.4 10.7 19.2 12.6 8.8 21.3 13.5 26.3 3.2  
Middle    41.5 57.2 59.5 39.9 15.2 52.6 36.2 25.0 18.3 28.2 32.0 17.3  
High   18.6 ! 51.9 57.2 47.1 15.3 56.5 41.1 41.7 22.3 41.5 29.3 35.7  
Combined    62.8 51.8 45.3 34.7 22.6 48.4 36.9 37.6 22.6 33.6 36.0 23.7  
                             
Student enrollment                             
Less than 100    57.4 47.0 42.2 34.0 20.6 42.6 36.4 31.1 20.9 19.9 22.3 29.4  
100–199    62.7 36.0 32.9 24.7 8.1 31.6 22.1 23.0 9.9 14.1 ! 20.4 17.1  
200–499    78.6 42.9 29.5 22.1 12.5 30.8 20.7 16.9 18.0 21.1 27.5 11.2  
500–749    78.1 51.5 39.0 27.0 13.6 33.4 23.1 19.5 21.1 23.6 28.8 17.4  
750–999    81.0 59.9 53.4 35.1 14.6 51.8 35.9 28.1 25.2 30.2 30.6 18.8  
1,000 or more    76.4 65.6 69.3 58.4 18.8 64.6 50.1 49.5 29.9 48.4 36.2 37.4  
                             
Percent of K–12 students who were approved
for free or reduced–price lunches		                                                  
0-34   75.9   51.7   44.6   32.2   13.8   39.2   28.6   25.7   16.9   30.8   29.1   20.0  
35-49   74.7   49.2   36.9   27.9   11.9   34.2   24.2   22.1   13.5   24.5   25.5   18.1  
50-74   77.1   48.7   41.0   30.7   11.3   40.9   26.7   24.8   22.4   23.8   28.9   16.1  
75 or more   79.7   48.2   40.0   32.0   18.8   42.0   32.3   25.6   30.6   25.9   30.9   19.4  
                                       
School did not participate in free
or reduced–price lunch program		   66.8   42.2   40.1   32.9   16.3   41.8   36.6   37.9   22.9   37.1   22.7   43.3  
! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 percent and 50 percent (i.e., the standard error is at least 30 percent and less than 50 percent of the estimate).
1 English as a Second Language (ESL) also includes English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and/or bilingual education.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Data File," 2011–12.

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