Percentage distribution of school teachers, by highest degree earned, school type, and selected school characteristics: 2011

Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS)

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Percentage distribution of school teachers, by highest degree earned, school type, and selected school characteristics: 2011–12

Selected public school district characteristic	No bachelor's	Bachelor's degree	Master's degree	Higher than a master's degree¹
All schools	4.4	40.9	46.2	8.5

All public schools	3.8	39.9	47.7	8.7

School classification
Traditional public	3.8	39.4	48.0	8.8
Charter school	4.1	52.3	37.3	6.3

Community type
City	‡	‡	‡	‡
Suburban	3.3	34.7	52.2	9.8
Town	3.8	44.0	45.0	7.2
Rural	4.6	45.5	42.3	7.6

School level
Primary	3.2	41.2	47.3	8.4
Middle	3.5	38.8	48.5	9.2
High	4.8	36.8	49.6	8.8
Combined	5.1	46.9	39.4	8.6

School enrollment
Less than 100	4.7	49.1	36.9	9.3
100-199	5.2	48.8	39.3	6.7
200-499	3.2	40.5	48.5	7.9
500-749	3.7	40.1	47.3	8.8
750–999	3.3	41.6	46.4	8.8
1,000 or more	4.7	36.1	49.5	9.7

Percent of K-12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches
0-34	3.5	33.3	54.1	9.1
35-49	4.1	39.5	47.3	9.1
50-74	3.9	46.0	42.1	8.1
75 or more	3.5	42.9	45.2	8.4
School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program	9.0	36.3	45.5	9.2

All private schools	8.4	48.5	35.8	7.3

School classification
Catholic	5.8	51.7	36.5	6.1
Other religious	‡	‡	‡	‡
Nonsectarian	‡	‡	‡	‡

Community type
City	8.5	44.9	38.7	7.9
Suburban	‡	‡	‡	‡
Town	10.3	53.7	29.7	6.3
Rural	‡	‡	‡	‡

School level
Elementary	8.4	52.8	32.7	6.1
Secondary	5.4	40.9	45.0	8.7
Combined	‡	‡	‡	‡

School enrollment
Less than 100	‡	‡	‡	‡
100-199	‡	‡	‡	‡
200-499	5.1	48.5	39.0	7.5
500-749	‡	46.7	40.7	5.8
750 or more	‡	‡	‡	‡

! 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).
‡ Reporting standards not met. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 50 percent or greater (i.e., the standard error is 50 percent or more of the estimate) or the response rate is below 50 percent.
¹ Based on the school year the teacher started teaching at the current school. Caution should be used in comparing to the 2007-08 survey results because 2007-08 teachers were instructed, "If you had a break in service of one year or more, please report the year that you returned to this school," whereas no such instruction was given in the 2011-12 survey.
NOTE: Teachers include both full-time and part-time teachers. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding and because some data are not shown.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Teacher Data File," 2011–12.

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