Table 16. Of schools that had teaching vacancies in various fields for the current school year, percentage that found it very difficult or were not able to fill the vacancies in these fields, by school type and selected school characteristics: 2003

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Table 16. Of schools that had teaching vacancies in various fields for the current school year, percentage that found it very difficult or were not able to fill the vacancies in these fields, by school type and selected school characteristics: 2003–04

School type and selected school characteristic	General elemen- tary	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 lang- uages	Music or art	Vocational or technical education
All schools	4.1	29.5	7.6	3.7	17.7	27.1	20.4	26.7	30.7	30.1	17.8	27.7

All public schools	3.9	29.2	8.1	4.0	16.3	28.8	20.9	27.7	31.4	33.6	19.1	27.9

School classification
Traditional public	3.6	29.2	8.3	3.8	16.0	28.7	20.7	27.9	31.5	34.0	19.1	27.9
Charter school	12.6	27.1	2.5	8.6	24.9	32.6	27.9	22.7	25.6	23.1	20.2	23.9

Community type
Central city	5.7	31.0	7.6	4.8	16.5	34.7	27.2	28.0	27.9	30.3	16.6	27.9
Urban fringe/large town	2.9	26.6	7.0	2.3	14.6	25.1	17.4	26.6	30.0	30.0	16.9	27.1
Rural/small town	3.9	33.1	11.4	6.3	20.9	29.6	20.9	29.7	42.7	48.7	26.1	29.1

School level
Elementary	3.9	28.3	7.4	3.7	8.0	23.8	19.6	22.5	30.0	33.9	17.3	27.4
Secondary	5.5	30.8	7.7	3.2	23.1	32.4	21.9	31.0	31.0	31.6	21.5	27.2
Combined	1.9	32.5	14.5	10.1	29.1	30.5	20.8	24.8	62.7	47.3	24.6	34.0

Student enrollment
Less than 100	6.3	37.5	10.6	7.9	27.6	24.6	17.0	23.2	48.6	55.4	33.7	31.4
100–199	2.9	29.2	19.6	8.1	21.3	34.7	29.6	40.6	36.2	47.9	29.0	27.1
200–499	4.3	26.8	12.5	3.8	10.7	29.1	17.4	25.4	34.8	44.1	21.5	22.1
500–749	3.9	27.5	4.4	2.8	13.2	27.0	21.3	27.0	34.5	38.5	17.2	27.4
750–999	2.5	31.9	2.2	5.0	15.1	25.3	20.9	25.7	25.3	27.8	15.8	29.7
1,000 or more	1.9	32.7	7.8	3.2	22.9	31.0	21.9	28.9	26.5	24.4	14.5	31.1

All BIA schools	20.2	65.9	18.5	16.2	49.6	51.3	48.0	32.3	21.8	46.2	26.5	58.3

All private schools	4.8	33.9	5.5	2.4	20.6	20.8	18.8	24.1	16.3	22.1	13.8	24.6

School classification
Catholic	4.7	16.0	6.1	0.4	21.6	22.8	21.5	24.3	#	22.0	17.4	58.2
Other religious	5.0	10.8	6.2	4.2	22.9	19.2	19.6	24.3	24.1	24.8	15.2	11.2
Nonsectarian	4.3	48.5	3.5	1.6	14.7	21.2	15.0	23.6	15.1	17.9	6.6	35.4

Community type
Central city	3.4	35.2	3.9	1.5	21.9	23.3	21.0	25.9	18.9	21.0	9.4	14.3
Urban fringe/large town	4.9	31.6	6.5	2.4	18.5	20.4	17.9	23.7	17.1	20.2	16.7	36.0
Rural/small town	8.6	47.9	6.1	5.0	25.2	14.0	15.9	20.3	11.7	34.2	14.4	16.1

School level
Elementary	5.4	22.4	7.7	0.7	20.5	19.0	16.2	19.2	24.8	22.8	11.9	12.7
Secondary	#	44.0	4.5	3.2	8.7	24.5	19.2	31.2	#	25.0	13.2	42.7
Combined	3.4	39.7	3.7	3.4	24.4	20.7	20.6	24.8	14.7	20.2	17.2	19.0

Student enrollment
Less than 100	6.9	49.4	7.7	3.1	15.5	19.5	16.6	17.9	42.1	21.6	10.4	28.7
100–199	4.2	21.8	5.2	1.8	18.3	20.5	15.7	20.1	4.8	26.4	15.4	10.8
200–499	3.4	13.3	5.3	3.0	29.5	24.6	21.9	26.3	6.3	22.9	17.9	28.1
500–749	2.8	31.6	4.6	2.3	7.5	14.3	22.2	36.0	#	15.1	13.7	15.1
750 or more	2.9	14.5	1.0	#	14.7	17.9	18.2	34.8	#	17.9	4.7	21.4
# Rounds to zero.
¹ English as a Second Language (ESL) also includes English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and/or bilingual education.
NOTE: BIA school refers to schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) that are operated by the BIA, a tribe, or a private contractor and not by a regular school district.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey, 2003–04, Public School, BIA School, and Private School Data Files.

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