Number and percentage distribution of public school teachers, by reported level of agreement with the statement, 'There is a great deal of cooperative effort among the staff members' and state: 2007

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Number and percentage distribution of public school teachers, by reported level of agreement with the statement, 'There is a great deal of cooperative effort among the staff members' and state: 2007–08

State	Number of teachers	Percent of teachers who
State	Number of teachers	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree
United States	3,404,500	40.3	44.0	12.8	2.9

Alabama	53,200	41.9	42.1	12.5	3.6
Alaska	8,100	41.9	43.5	11.8	2.7
Arizona	66,500	41.3	39.7	15.8	3.3
Arkansas	35,800	45.4	42.5	10.3	1.8	!
California	310,000	42.8	38.4	15.6	3.1

Colorado	50,100	44.2	41.6	10.5	3.7	!
Connecticut	50,100	39.9	45.1	13.2	1.8	!
Delaware	8,300	37.4	47.1	12.1	3.4	!
District of Columbia	4,400	34.8	40.9	15.8	8.5
Florida	177,200	39.8	43.9	13.1	3.1	!

Georgia	121,900	47.0	40.8	10.5	1.7	!
Hawaii	12,800	30.7	46.9	16.0	6.3	!
Idaho	16,200	44.3	41.5	11.7	2.5
Illinois	145,000	40.7	45.7	10.2	3.4
Indiana	68,400	41.8	42.2	13.1	2.9	!

Iowa	39,600	37.5	49.9	10.3	2.3
Kansas	37,700	40.1	42.5	13.7	3.8	!
Kentucky	44,400	41.2	45.0	12.0	1.8	!
Louisiana	48,100	45.8	39.0	10.4	4.8
Maine	17,800	35.6	46.0	16.3	2.1	!

Maryland	59,900	38.3	43.7	14.5	3.5	!
Massachusetts	80,400	39.2	44.1	13.4	3.3	!
Michigan	98,300	43.5	40.8	12.7	3.0
Minnesota	64,000	39.4	43.6	13.7	3.2
Mississippi	35,500	40.4	42.6	13.1	3.9

Missouri	73,300	47.9	41.0	8.9	2.1
Montana	12,700	40.2	44.3	12.6	2.8
Nebraska	23,200	38.8	44.0	14.8	2.5
Nevada	23,700	37.6	47.4	10.7	4.4	!
New Hampshire	17,400	32.8	49.8	13.7	3.7

New Jersey	124,500	41.5	47.5	9.5	1.5	!
New Mexico	22,700	31.2	45.3	18.8	4.7
New York	228,100	33.2	48.9	15.2	2.7
North Carolina	96,000	35.2	42.7	17.2	5.0	!
North Dakota	8,900	43.3	42.2	11.8	2.6	!

Ohio	134,300	35.6	46.7	13.4	4.3
Oklahoma	46,500	44.0	43.7	9.5	2.9
Oregon	31,700	40.1	42.0	13.8	4.1
Pennsylvania	136,900	45.4	42.1	10.7	1.8
Rhode Island	13,200	33.3	44.5	17.9	4.3	!

South Carolina	49,000	43.8	44.1	10.4	1.8	!
South Dakota	10,600	39.2	44.1	14.6	2.2	!
Tennessee	67,100	45.9	40.5	11.5	2.1	!
Texas	340,400	38.9	46.2	11.8	3.1	!
Utah	27,200	49.5	41.3	7.0	2.2	!

Vermont	10,200	33.9	50.4	13.1	2.7	!
Virginia	94,000	37.8	45.1	14.6	2.6	!
Washington	58,100	42.3	47.5	8.8	1.5	!
West Virginia	22,900	39.2	47.7	11.0	2.1	!
Wisconsin	70,100	31.0	51.3	14.9	2.8	!
Wyoming	7,900	36.9	45.0	15.0	3.1
! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 30 percent or more of the estimate's value.
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 Data File," 2007–08.

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