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Number of public school teachers and percentage of public school teachers who taught limited-English proficiency (LEP) or English-language learner (ELL) students, by selected school and teacher characteristics: 2011–12

Selected school and teacher characteristics       Percent of teachers who taught ELL/LEP1 students  
  Total number of teachers   At least one ELL/LEP student   No ELL/LEP students  
All public schools   3,385,200 55.6 44.4
School Classification  
Traditional Public   3,269,500 55.6 44.4
Charter School   115,600 54.9 45.1
Community type  
City   958,800 67.4 32.6
Suburban   1,098,400 58.5 41.5
Town   411,400 49.6 50.4
Rural   916,600 42.4 57.6
School Level  
Primary   1,626,800 57.1 42.9
Middle   592,100 59.5 40.5
High   961,300 53.7 46.3
Combined   205,000 41.0 59.0
Student enrollment  
Less than 100   57,900 30.2 69.8
100–199   103,600 34.7 65.3
200–499   1,022,200 49.9 50.1
500–749   876,500 57.4 42.6
750–999   495,200 62.0 38.0
1,000 or more   829,700 61.3 38.7
Percent of K–12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches  
0–34   1,109,700 49.0 51.0
35–49   573,200 52.4 47.6
50–74   881,000 57.7 42.3
75 or more   757,400 66.4 33.6
School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program   63,900 41.6 58.4
Age  
Less than 30 years   517,700 55.3 44.7
30–39 years   979,400 57.0 43.0
40–49 years   849,400 56.5 43.5
50 or more years   1,038,600 53.6 46.4
Sex  
Male   801,600 55.2 44.8
Female   2,583,500 55.7 44.3
Race/ethnicity  
Hispanic, regardless of race   264,100 80.7 19.3
White, non-Hispanic   2,773,200 52.9 47.1
Black or African-American, non-Hispanic   231,100 52.5 47.5
Other   116,800 68.8 31.2
Teaching experience  
Less than 4 years   381,400 56.3 43.7
4–9 years   967,200 57.7 42.3
10–19 years   1,177,800 56.0 44.0
20 years or more   858,800 52.4 47.6
Highest level of education  
Less than a Bachelor's   128,400 57.6 42.4
Bachelor's degree   1,349,500 56.3 43.7
Master's degree   1,613,600 54.1 45.9
Higher than a Master's degree   293,600 59.8 40.2
1 Students of limited-English proficiency [LEP] or English-language learners [ELLs] are those whose native or dominant language is other than English and who have sufficient difficulty speaking, reading, writing, or understanding the English language as to deny them the opportunity to learn successfully in an English-speaking-only classroom.
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," 2011–12.

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