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Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS)


Table 1.  Percentage of public schools with teaching vacancies in this school year and percentage of those schools that used various ways of filling or eliminating the vacancy, by school level and selected school characteristics: 1999–2000

Level and selected characteristics Schools with teaching vacancies Schools with teaching vacancies
Hired a fully- qualified teacher Hired a less than fully-
qualified teacher
Added sections to other teachers' loads Assigned teacher of another subject or grade level Assigned admin-
istrator or counselor to teach
Used long- or short-term substitute Expanded some class sizes Cancelled planned course offerings
ALL PUBLIC
 SCHOOLS
83.2 93.5 18.2 8.3 9.7 2.8 31.4 12.4 3.5
 
Community type
Central city
82.5 90.0 22.0 8.8 13.0 3.0 47.3 13.8 3.7
Urban fringe/large town86.5 94.7 16.1 8.1 7.5 2.1 30.3 11.9 3.0
Rural/small town
79.1 94.3 18.3 8.3 10.3 3.8 20.4 12.1 4.1
 
School enrollment
Fewer than 200
65.8 90.9 15.0 7.7 10.5 6.2 24.1 9.2 3.8
200–499
81.4 94.2 13.8 4.6 8.0 2.4 23.9 10.0 2.9
500–749
90.0 93.7 18.3 5.4 7.3 2.3 33.6 11.9 2.0
750–999
93.9 94.1 21.0 10.1 11.2 1.4 41.6 15.7 2.6
1000, or more
94.5 93.1 33.3 26.5 18.2 2.6 50.1 22.3 9.2
 
Minority enrollment
Less than 30%
83.0 96.4 13.3 7.8 8.0 2.8 22.6 12.0 3.4
30% or more
83.6 89.3 25.1 9.2 12.0 3.0 43.9 13.0 3.6
                   
ELEMENTARY
82.3 93.4 15.8 3.7 7.0 2.0 29.6 9.4 1.6
Community type
Central city
82.7 89.6 20.0 4.9 11.0 2.7 45.9 11.4 2.7
Urban fringe/large town86.2 94.5 14.2 3.1 5.2 1.6 27.1 8.6 0.9
Rural/small town
75.3 95.1 14.6 3.5 6.4 2.0 17.5 8.9 2.0
 
School enrollment
Fewer than 100
61.0 89.9 18.3 3.7 3.6 6.1 18.8 6.5 0.9
100–199
64.7 93.5 11.4 3.9 7.5 2.2 23.9 4.4 1.6
200–349
78.6 94.1 11.7 2.2 6.3 1.1 22.0 9.5 2.8
350–499
81.5 94.5 11.3 2.0 6.2 1.9 23.2 8.0 1.1
500, or more
90.5 92.8 20.3 5.1 7.9 2.0 37.6 11.1 1.5
 
Minority enrollment
Less than 30%
81.3 96.8 10.6 2.8 4.8 1.9 19.6 8.9 1.3
30% or more
83.6 89.0 22.6 4.8 9.9 2.1 42.6 10.0 2.1
                   
SECONDARY
87.5 94.2 23.6 20.6 16.0 4.4 35.9 20.5 8.4
Community type
Central city
86.0 92.6 28.4 24.2 19.6 4.2 51.9 23.4 7.9
Urban fringe/large town88.4 95.3 21.3 22.8 14.1 3.0 39.3 21.4 9.0
Rural/small town
87.3 93.7 24.1 16.6 16.4 6.0 24.9 18.2 7.9
 
School enrollment
Fewer than 200
71.2 91.0 13.2 12.5 14.9 8.4 23.1 13.8 7.7
200–499
87.2 93.8 23.4 16.3 14.9 5.8 28.3 16.4 7.5
500–749
94.3 94.6 24.9 15.5 12.7 2.3 37.1 20.5 5.9
750–999
93.4 96.1 20.4 18.0 15.9 1.5 37.1 24.5 6.3
1000, or more
95.8 95.6 31.0 33.3 19.6 2.9 49.1 26.8 11.7
 
Minority enrollment
Less than 30%
87.5 95.7 18.6 19.0 15.0 4.4 29.3 19.2 8.0
30% or more
87.4 91.2 33.5 23.8 17.9 4.4 48.7 23.0 9.1
                   
COMBINED73.5 90.0 24.5 11.6 16.8 8.6 33.6 13.5 4.2
Community type
Central city
64.0 83.9 34.0 11.7 22.4 4.0 53.9 14.9 2.4
Urban fringe/large town
76.9 94.4 22.5 16.0 15.7 11.6 37.5 19.0 6.0
Rural/small town
76.3 90.2 21.6 9.3 15.0 8.8 23.2 10.1 3.9
 
School enrollment
Fewer than 100
57.7 81.6 22.6 6.9 14.4 11.2 36.2 7.8 1.6
100–199
74.9 91.7 27.8 15.0 21.0 10.6 33.0 21.0 6.4
200–349
84.4 94.0 29.2 7.3 17.8 7.7 36.7 11.4 4.3
350–499
87.3 97.0 23.3 15.0 21.1 6.6 26.9 19.4 9.0
500, or more
93.1 94.7 21.0 17.2 13.8 4.5 30.8 14.2 3.8
 
Minority enrollment
Less than 30%
79.2 93.7 23.2 10.3 13.7 5.8 24.5 11.2 4.4
30% or more
68.4 86.2 25.8 13.0 20.0 11.4 43.0 15.9 4.0
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey, 1999–2000 "Public School Survey" and "Public Charter School Survey."

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