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Table 66.Teachers in public and private elementary and secondary schools, by selected characteristics: 1993-94

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                       |          |       Percent of teachers, by highest degree earned       |    Percent of teachers, by years
       Selected        | Total\1\ |-----------------------------------------------------------|  of full-time teaching experience
    characteristics    |          |   No   |Associate|Bachelor's|Master's |Education |Doctor's|-------------------------------------
                       |          | degree |         |          |         |specialist|        |Less than 3| 3 to 9 |10 to 20|Over 20
-----------------------|----------|--------|---------|----------|---------|----------|--------|-----------|--------|--------|-------
           1           |    2     |   3    |    4    |    5     |    6    |    7     |   8    |     9     |   10   |   11   |  12
-----------------------|----------|--------|---------|----------|---------|----------|--------|-----------|--------|--------|-------
                       |                                                   Public schools
                       |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total .................|2,561,294 |    0.6 |     0.2 |     52.0 |    42.0 |      4.6 |    0.7 |       9.7 |   25.5 |   35.0 |  29.8
  Men .................|  694,098 |    1.3 |     0.4 |     46.2 |    45.7 |      5.1 |    1.3 |       8.9 |   21.6 |   29.9 |  39.6
  Women ...............|1,867,195 |    0.3 |     0.1 |     54.1 |    40.6 |      4.4 |    0.5 |      10.0 |   26.9 |   37.0 |  26.1
                       |          |        |         |          |         |          |        |           |        |        |
Race/ethnicity         |          |        |         |          |         |          |        |           |        |        |
  White, non-Hispanic .|2,216,605 |    0.5 |     0.1 |     51.8 |    42.5 |      4.4 |    0.7 |       9.4 |   25.5 |   35.2 |  30.0
  Black, non-Hispanic .|  188,371 |    0.5 |     0.2 |     48.4 |    44.6 |      5.4 |    0.9 |       8.5 |   20.9 |   35.6 |  35.3
  Hispanic ............|  108,744 |    0.9 |     0.5 |     62.8 |    29.8 |      4.6 |    1.4 |      16.7 |   32.1 |   34.1 |  17.1
  Asian or Pacific     |          |        |         |          |         |          |        |           |        |        |
    Islander ..........|   27,510 |    0.9 |     0.4 |     49.3 |    34.7 |     13.1 |    1.7 |      14.9 |   29.7 |   29.2 |  26.2
  American Indian      |          |        |         |          |         |          |        |           |        |        |
    or Alaskan Native .|   20,064 |    0.8 |     0.3 |     54.9 |    39.1 |      4.3 |    0.6 |      11.4 |   27.7 |   34.6 |  26.6
                       |          |        |         |          |         |          |        |           |        |        |
Age                    |          |        |         |          |         |          |        |           |        |        |
  Less than 30 ........|  479,413 |    0.6 |     0.1 |     76.3 |    21.5 |      1.5 |    0.1 |      33.9 |   61.8 |    4.3 | (\2\)
  30 to 39 ............|  761,670 |    0.4 |     0.2 |     52.8 |    42.0 |      4.0 |    0.5 |       7.0 |   28.5 |   62.3 |   2.2
  40 to 49 ............|  980,923 |    0.5 |     0.2 |     43.1 |    49.6 |      5.8 |    0.8 |       3.0 |   12.2 |   33.5 |  51.3
  50 or more ..........|  339,265 |    1.1 |     0.2 |     41.4 |    48.8 |      6.7 |    1.9 |       1.0 |    5.8 |   21.8 |  71.5
                       |          |        |         |          |         |          |        |           |        |        |
School type            |          |        |         |          |         |          |        |           |        |        |
  Elementary ..........|1,500,011 |    0.2 |     0.0 |     54.6 |    40.5 |      4.2 |    0.5 |       9.9 |   26.6 |   35.7 |  27.8
  Secondary ...........|  813,348 |    1.2 |     0.4 |     46.7 |    45.5 |      5.1 |    1.1 |       9.0 |   22.8 |   34.3 |  33.9
  Combined ............|   68,331 |    0.9 |     0.3 |     54.7 |    37.8 |      5.6 |    0.8 |      12.6 |   27.2 |   35.4 |  24.8
                       |==========|========|=========|==========|=========|==========|========|===========|========|========|=======
                       |                                                   Private schools
                       |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total .................|  378,365 |    5.2 |     1.5 |     59.0 |    29.8 |      2.9 |    1.7 |      20.9 |   33.9 |   29.6 |  15.6
  Men .................|   93,130 |    4.4 |     0.9 |     47.3 |    40.6 |      2.6 |    4.3 |      21.7 |   28.2 |   28.7 |  21.4
  Women ...............|  285,235 |    5.4 |     1.7 |     62.8 |    26.3 |      3.0 |    0.8 |      20.6 |   35.8 |   29.9 |  13.7
                       |          |        |         |          |         |          |        |           |        |        |
Race/ethnicity         |          |        |         |          |         |          |        |           |        |        |
  White, non-Hispanic .|  347,811 |    4.8 |     1.3 |     59.4 |    30.2 |      2.6 |    1.6 |      20.4 |   33.6 |   30.0 |  16.0
  Black, non-Hispanic .|   11,664 |    8.3 |     3.7 |     55.8 |    26.4 |      4.8 |    1.0 |      26.9 |   34.9 |   27.9 |  10.3
  Hispanic ............|   12,221 |   11.1 |     4.9 |     57.4 |    19.9 |      4.4 |    2.3 |      25.5 |   41.8 |   21.6 |  11.1
  Asian or Pacific     |          |        |         |          |         |          |        |           |        |        |
    Islander ..........|    5,167 |    6.8 |     0.9 |     46.1 |    36.8 |      5.7 |    3.6 |      26.1 |   34.6 |   26.6 |  12.7
  American Indian      |          |        |         |          |         |          |        |           |        |        |
    or Alaskan Native .|    1,502 |    3.4 |     6.0 |     49.4 |    16.1 |     25.1 |    0.0 |      29.4 |   42.8 |   17.9 |   9.9
                       |          |        |         |          |         |          |        |           |        |        |
Age                    |          |        |         |          |         |          |        |           |        |        |
  Less than 30 ........|  102,157 |    7.2 |     1.3 |     74.5 |    14.9 |      1.7 |    0.5 |      42.9 |   54.3 |    2.7 | (\2\)
  30 to 39 ............|  108,748 |    5.0 |     1.6 |     57.7 |    31.0 |      3.1 |    1.6 |      19.1 |   35.3 |   44.6 |   1.0
  40 to 49 ............|  115,812 |    3.6 |     1.9 |     53.1 |    35.9 |      3.4 |    2.2 |       9.5 |   25.2 |   42.1 |  23.2
  50 or more ..........|   51,648 |    5.0 |     1.0 |     44.0 |    43.3 |      3.7 |    3.0 |       6.6 |   10.2 |   22.9 |  60.3
                       |          |        |         |          |         |          |        |           |        |        |
School type            |          |        |         |          |         |          |        |           |        |        |
  Elementary ..........|  171,754 |    4.9 |     1.8 |     67.0 |    23.0 |      2.6 |    0.7 |      22.5 |   35.2 |   28.4 |  13.9
  Secondary ...........|   61,787 |    1.2 |     0.6 |     46.5 |    45.6 |      3.0 |    3.2 |      19.0 |   28.2 |   30.2 |  22.6
  Combined ............|  106,106 |    7.9 |     1.9 |     54.4 |    30.4 |      3.4 |    2.1 |      20.2 |   35.9 |   30.4 |  13.5
-----------------------|----------|--------|---------|----------|---------|----------|--------|-----------|--------|--------|-------

\1\Data are based upon a sample survey and may not be strictly comparable with data reported elsewhere.

\2\Less than .05 percent.

NOTE.--Excludes prekindergarten teachers. Details may not add to totals because of survey item nonresponse and rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Schools and Staffing Survey, 1993-94." (This table was prepared August 1995.)


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