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Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS)


Table 4.  Percentage of private schools with teaching vacancies in this school year with one or more vacancies in various fields, by private school typology and NAIS membership: 1999–2000

NCES typology and
NAIS membership
General elemen-
tary
Special education English/ language arts Social studies Computer science Mathematics Biology or life sciences Physical sciences ESL, ESOL, or bilingual education Foreign languages
ALL PRIVATE SCHOOLS
91.2 48.9 57.2 47.1 44.6 52.0 45.9 39.6 20.0 53.9
 
NCES typology
Catholic
93.1 30.3 50.6 42.2 40.0 50.2 41.9 34.1 10.5 50.3
Parochial
94.3 26.2 44.8 35.0 36.9 43.3 35.7 31.4 6.1 47.8
Diocesan
91.9 32.7 54.9 46.9 37.0 51.5 44.5 32.7 10.2 45.0
Private order
86.6 46.5 62.7 58.8 58.9 73.9 58.9 46.6 24.8 64.3
                     
Other religious
91.4 35.2 59.5 47.5 48.3 51.4 50.9 44.2 27.8 48.7
Conservative Christian
91.4 37.8 64.0 51.6 43.3 55.7 51.4 45.7 18.8 48.7
Affiliated
91.5 34.3 53.5 46.0 49.0 41.3 48.3 41.5 23.5 46.1
Unaffiliated
91.2 31.6 58.5 42.4 55.4 56.4 53.2 44.7 44.6 52.0
                     
Nonsectarian
86.6 71.8 65.2 55.5 46.9 56.9 43.6 40.7 18.0 68.5
Regular
88.9 37.1 65.8 54.0 43.1 57.8 45.9 40.2 16.2 67.4
Special emphasis
84.2 60.1 57.5 50.3 40.0 51.0 35.9 39.8 13.0 73.7
Special education
80.4 97.5 84.2 74.5 74.5 68.1 55.3 47.0 47.1 53.8
 
NAIS membership
All members of National
  Association of
  Independent Schools
82.2 44.9 72.6 57.3 44.9 65.1 52.7 44.5 26.6 68.9
All non-members of
  National Association of
  Independent Schools
91.6 49.0 56.0 46.3 44.6 51.1 45.4 39.2 19.3 52.6
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey, 1999–2000 "Private School Survey."

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