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| Selected public school district characteristic | Average number of teachers who were newly hired for grades K–12 and comparable ungraded levels | Percent of districts that required selected criteria when considering teaching applicants | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full standard state certification for field to be taught | At least emergency or temporary state certification or endorsement for field to be taught | Graduation from a state- approved teacher education program | College major or minor in field to be taught | Passing score on a STATE test of basic skills | Passing score on a STATE test of subject knowledge | Passing score on a local DISTRICT test of basic skills or subject knowledge | Passing score on the Praxis Series Core Battery Test of Professional Knowledge | Passing score on the Praxis II: Subject Assessment in a specific content area | ||
| All public school districts | 18.5 | 77.4 | 70.9 | 66.4 | 62.6 | 64.1 | 58.2 | 3.7 | 29.1 | 26.9 |
| District size | ||||||||||
| 1 school | 2.7 | 76.9 | 61.9 | 68.0 | 67.0 | 60.9 | 54.3 | 5.4 | 19.1 | 15.5 |
| 2–3 schools | 5.4 | 79.0 | 71.0 | 66.9 | 63.4 | 64.5 | 59.4 | 3.5 | 28.1 | 25.8 |
| 4–5 schools | 11.8 | 77.2 | 72.8 | 64.5 | 59.0 | 65.0 | 60.1 | 2.1 | 32.0 | 30.6 |
| 6–9 schools | 20.1 | 77.8 | 78.8 | 66.2 | 62.0 | 67.8 | 62.1 | 2.8 | 38.7 | 36.9 |
| 10–19 schools | 43.7 | 75.4 | 81.9 | 66.7 | 58.2 | 66.4 | 59.1 | 3.1 | 43.2 | 43.1 |
| 20 or more schools | 191.2 | 73.1 | 81.0 | 59.4 | 49.8 | 64.8 | 56.7 | 2.3 | 39.2 | 40.8 |
| Community type | ||||||||||
| Central city | 51.6 | 66.2 | 65.1 | 59.8 | 59.3 | 64.3 | 53.2 | 7.4 | 22.5 | 22.8 |
| Urban fringe/large town | 24.5 | 77.7 | 74.9 | 65.4 | 60.0 | 68.8 | 63.6 | 3.7 | 33.1 | 29.7 |
| Rural/small town | 6.4 | 79.2 | 68.2 | 68.7 | 65.7 | 59.7 | 54.1 | 2.9 | 26.7 | 25.2 |
| District K–12 enrollment | ||||||||||
| Less than 250 | 2.1 | 73.8 | 59.1 | 69.2 | 59.9 | 53.2 | 44.2 | 5.0 | 11.8 | 9.4 |
| 250–999 | 3.9 | 77.3 | 69.1 | 65.9 | 65.5 | 64.3 | 59.7 | 4.2 | 25.3 | 21.5 |
| 1,000–1,999 | 8.6 | 79.8 | 71.3 | 65.7 | 64.6 | 68.3 | 62.5 | 2.8 | 36.3 | 33.8 |
| 2,000–4,999 | 18.7 | 80.5 | 79.5 | 67.2 | 64.1 | 69.1 | 65.0 | 2.3 | 40.2 | 38.9 |
| 5,000–9,999 | 39.5 | 77.3 | 79.9 | 65.8 | 57.9 | 68.9 | 63.4 | 3.4 | 42.3 | 44.5 |
| 10,000 or more | 173.6 | 72.1 | 82.4 | 60.1 | 49.8 | 66.8 | 57.2 | 3.3 | 38.3 | 39.4 |
| Percent of K–12 students in district who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches | ||||||||||
| Less than 5 | 26.1 | 82.4 | 75.7 | 51.8 | 57.1 | 71.5 | 71.7 | 0.6 | 38.5 | 40.7 |
| 5–24.9 | 17.9 | 83.3 | 73.5 | 69.4 | 67.7 | 66.0 | 60.9 | 4.1 | 32.1 | 27.5 |
| 25–49.9 | 19.8 | 77.1 | 69.8 | 67.0 | 60.8 | 62.1 | 56.9 | 2.7 | 27.2 | 25.2 |
| 50–74.9 | 18.4 | 74.0 | 73.4 | 67.7 | 59.9 | 65.4 | 57.9 | 3.4 | 31.6 | 30.9 |
| 75 or more | 21.7 | 75.5 | 71.2 | 65.2 | 61.3 | 68.5 | 60.6 | 3.8 | 29.2 | 27.6 |
| District did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program | 4.3 | 69.4 | 54.8 | 58.3 | 69.4 | 52.9 | 45.0 | 10.3 | 14.1 | 11.3 |
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey, 2003–04, District Data File. |
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