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(29 KB) | Table 67. | Number of and percentage distribution of public and private elementary and secondary school teachers' educational attainment and experience, by selected characteristics: 1999-2000 |
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| | Percent of teachers, by highest degree earned | Percent of teachers, by years of
Selected | | | full-time teaching experience
characteristic | |___________________________________________________________________|____________________________________________
| Total\1\ | No |Associate |Bachelor's|Master's |Education |Doctor's | | | |
| | degree | | | |specialist\2\| |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
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Total .................|3,002,258 (19,416)| 0.5(0.04)| 0.2(0.02)|52.0(0.40)|41.9(0.38)| 4.8 (0.17)|0.7(0.06)| 12.9 0.27 |28.8(0.36)|28.5(0.33)|29.8(0.34)
|__________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_____________|_________|___________|__________|__________|__________
Sex | | | | | | | | | | |
Men .................| 753,939 (10,662)| 1.2(0.09)| 0.4(0.05)|49.7(0.62)|42.7(0.57)| 4.7 (0.25)|1.4(0.13)| 13.0(0.45)|28.1(0.54)|23.4(0.50)|35.6(0.62)
Women ...............|2,248,320 (16,043)| 0.3(0.04)| 0.1(0.02)|52.8(0.46)|41.6(0.43)| 4.8 (0.20)|0.5(0.06)| 12.9(0.33)|29.1(0.42)|30.2(0.39)|27.9(0.38)
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Race/ethnicity | | | | | | | | | | |
White, non-Hispanic .|2,531,578 (17,223)| 0.5(0.04)| 0.1(0.02)|51.2(0.41)|43.0(0.41)| 4.6 (0.19)|0.6(0.05)| 12.2(0.26)|28.1(0.39)|29.1(0.37)|30.6(0.35)
Black, non-Hispanic..| 227,505 (6,028)| 0.7(0.12)| 0.2(0.06)|51.1(1.13)|40.3(1.14)| 6.2 (0.63)|1.6(0.39)| 15.2(1.03)|27.6(1.08)|24.5(1.07)|32.7(1.33)
Hispanic.............| 169,025 (6,363)| 0.6(0.14)| 0.2(0.07)|65.5(1.64)|28.5(1.43)| 4.1 (0.68)|1.2(0.23)| 18.7(1.14)|39.1(1.71)|24.6(1.72)|17.7(1.66)
Asian or Pacific | | | | | | | | | | |
Islander ..........| 48,281 (2,658)| 0.3(0.12)| ‡ ‡ |50.1(2.55)|38.3(2.34)| 10.5 (1.42)|0.7(0.17)| 18.2(1.86)|34.9(2.44)|25.7(2.44)|21.2(1.93)
American Indian | | | | | | | | | | |
or Alaska Native ..| 25,869 (1,895)| 1.0(0.19)| 0.8(0.37)|52.4(2.77)|40.5(2.89)| 4.1 (0.84)|1.2(0.52)| 13.6(1.73)|25.3(2.38)|33.6(2.56)|27.4(3.02)
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Age | | | | | | | | | | |
Less than 30 ........| 509,452 (9,224)| 0.4(0.11)| 0.1(0.04)|77.9(0.70)|20.4(0.66)| 1.2 (0.21)|0.0(0.02)| 46.1(0.96)|53.9(0.96)| ‡ ‡ | ‡ ‡
30 to 39 ............| 660,811 (9,770)| 0.5(0.08)| 0.1(0.02)|56.7(0.82)|38.5(0.79)| 3.8 (0.32)|0.4(0.06)| 11.5(0.53)|51.5(0.83)|37.0(0.77)| ‡ ‡
40 to 49 ............| 953,230 (10,260)| 0.5(0.07)| 0.2(0.04)|46.8(0.66)|46.9(0.64)| 4.9 (0.28)|0.7(0.07)| 5.9 0.32 |19.3(0.50)|41.4(0.66)|33.4(0.56)
50 to 59 ............| 785,739 (12,632)| 0.5(0.06)| 0.2(0.04)|39.4(0.89)|51.3(0.89)| 7.2 (0.37)|1.4(0.17)| 2.4(0.20)| 7.7(0.36)|24.9(0.60)|65.0(0.67)
60 or more ..........| 93,026 (3,990)| 1.0(0.24)| 0.6(0.19)|35.4(1.82)|52.7(2.06)| 7.8 (1.23)|2.6(0.52)| 1.7(0.46)| 5.4(0.74)|21.1(1.77)|71.8(1.79)
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Level | | | | | | | | | | |
Elementary ..........|1,601,688 (13,466)| 0.2(0.04)| 0.1(0.02)|54.4(0.65)|40.3(0.61)| 4.6 (0.26)|0.4(0.08)| 12.7(0.40)|29.3(0.52)|30.1(0.54)|28.0(0.49)
General ...........|1,018,544 (13,591)| 0.1(0.05)| 0.0(0.03)|57.7(0.74)|37.8(0.67)| 4.0 (0.27)|0.4(0.09)| 12.3(0.48)|29.1(0.67)|29.3(0.66)|29.3(0.71)
English ...........| 33,066 (2,800)| ‡ ‡ | ‡ ‡ |43.2(4.00)|46.4(3.92)| 8.4 (2.72)| ‡ ‡ | 12.5(2.82)|20.9(0.30)|33.5(3.46)|33.0(3.71)
Mathematics .......| 25,582 (2,463)| ‡ ‡ | ‡ ‡ |62.8(4.04)|31.9(4.33)| 4.6 (2.06)|0.7(0.46)| 12.1(0.29)|24.0(3.86)|27.1(0.41)|36.8(4.25)
Special education .| 210,436 (5,807)| 0.3(0.15)| ‡ ‡ |43.9(1.39)|48.5(1.35)| 6.8 (0.75)|0.5(0.25)| 12.4(0.84)|33.3(1.42)|33.4(1.61)|21.0(1.01)
Other elementary ..| 314,059 (8,361)| 0.2(0.07)| 0.1(0.09)|51.4(1.52)|42.9(1.40)| 4.8 (0.57)|0.6(0.20)| 14.0(0.88)|28.4(1.18)|30.2(1.28)|27.4(1.28)
Secondary ...........|1,400,571 (17,698)| 0.9(0.06)| 0.3(0.03)|49.2(0.47)|43.7(0.44)| 4.9 (0.19)|1.1(0.08)| 13.2(0.31)|28.3(0.47)|26.6(0.36)|31.9(0.42)
English ...........| 235,220 (5,021)| 0.1(0.05)| 0.0 0.02 |49.8(1.19)|44.0(1.19)| 5.0 (0.49)|1.0(0.15)| 13.8(0.64)|27.4(0.89)|24.3(0.93)|34.5(1.02)
Mathematics .......| 191,214 (4,308)| 0.1(0.03)| ‡ ‡ |51.6(1.01)|43.7(1.01)| 3.8 (0.37)|0.9(0.18)| 12.9(0.87)|32.4(1.10)|23.9(0.91)|30.7(0.96)
Science ...........| 159,488 (3,729)| 0.5(0.26)| 0.0(0.02)|47.4(1.19)|46.4(1.15)| 4.0 (0.45)|1.7(0.24)| 14.5(0.88)|30.6(1.10)|25.2(1.04)|29.6(1.13)
Social studies ....| 146,957 (4,258)| 0.0(0.01)| ‡ ‡ |51.1(1.23)|43.0(1.20)| 4.3 (0.48)|1.5(0.27)| 14.2(0.88)|28.9(1.14)|22.8(1.11)|34.1(1.23)
Special education .| 99,004 (2,316)| 0.3(0.08)| 0.1(0.05)|43.5(1.36)|46.3(1.26)| 9.0 (0.65)|0.8(0.20)| 11.9(0.86)|30.6(1.20)|31.5(1.33)|26.0(1.15)
Vocational/ | | | | | | | | | | |
technical .......| 125,295 (3,247)| 6.2(0.48)| 1.9(0.23)|45.9(1.21)|40.7(1.35)| 4.7 (0.58)|0.5(0.11)| 11.0(0.81)|21.5(0.84)|31.0(1.20)|36.5(1.17)
Other secondary ...| 443,391 (8,533)| 0.7(0.09)| 0.3(0.05)|49.9(0.75)|43.2(0.73)| 4.9 (0.34)|1.0(0.16)| 12.9(0.50)|27.3(0.82)|28.4(0.72)|31.3(0.67)
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| Private schools
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Total .................| 449,057 (10,634)| 5.5(0.43)| 1.8(0.18)|57.5(0.64)|30.3(0.58)| 3.1 (0.19)|1.8(0.16)| 23.9(0.52)|31.0(0.55)|27.2(0.52)|17.8(0.45)
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Sex | | | | | | | | | | |
Men .................| 107,128 (3,835)| 3.8(0.49)| 1.0(0.23)|48.2(1.21)|38.5(1.19)| 3.7 (0.42)|4.9(0.49)| 25.3(1.08)|28.2(1.09)|22.7(1.08)|23.8(0.96)
Women ...............| 341,929 (7,694)| 6.1(0.52)| 2.0(0.22)|60.4(0.73)|27.8(0.64)| 2.9 (0.23)|0.8(0.12)| 23.5(0.60)|31.9(0.64)|28.6(0.57)|15.9(0.48)
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Race/ethnicity | | | | | | | | | | |
White, non-Hispanic .| 402,012 (9,625)| 4.8(0.38)| 1.6(0.17)|57.8(0.64)|31.0(0.56)| 3.0 (0.20)|1.8(0.17)| 23.2(0.52)|31.0(0.55)|27.4(0.53)|18.5(0.49)
Black, non-Hispanic..| 16,530 (1,414)|13.1(2.53)| 6.4(1.76)|58.9(3.14)|18.4(2.74)| 2.5 (1.01)|0.7(0.33)| 32.3(3.45)|30.1(3.85)|22.5(2.68)|15.1(2.27)
Hispanic.............| 21,024 (1,520)|11.7(2.34)| 1.9(0.60)|54.6(3.02)|26.4(3.27)| 3.9 (0.86)|1.5(0.49)| 29.7(2.91)|33.0(3.07)|28.7(3.68)| 8.7(1.49)
Asian or Pacific | | | | | | | | | | |
Islander ..........| 7,012 (615)| 7.2(1.94)| 1.8(0.79)|50.0(3.21)|33.8(3.06)| 5.0 (1.17)|2.1(0.72)| 30.4(3.33)|32.8(3.43)|21.5(3.21)|15.3(2.76)
American Indian | | | | | | | | | | |
or Alaska Native ..| 2,480 (369)|17.4(6.91)| ‡ ‡ |46.4(6.60)|23.0(5.92)| 5.5 (2.28)| ‡ ‡ | 21.9(6.03)|26.2(6.05)|39.0(7.14)|12.9(4.08)
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Age | | | | | | | | | | |
Less than 30 ........| 86,535 (3,105)| 8.5(1.34)| 1.0(0.23)|75.7(1.58)|13.9(0.77)| 0.6 (0.15)|0.3(0.19)| 57.6(1.35)|42.1(1.36)| ‡ ‡ | ‡ ‡
30 to 39 ............| 100,650 (3,238)| 6.6(0.67)| 2.6(0.51)|58.9(1.36)|28.0(1.32)| 2.2 (0.36)|1.6(0.35)| 24.4(1.07)|46.5(1.38)|29.2(1.20)| ‡ ‡
40 to 49 ............| 130,906 (4,171)| 4.7(0.62)| 2.3(0.32)|56.0(1.29)|32.4(1.10)| 3.4 (0.43)|1.3(0.21)| 17.3(0.79)|30.6(1.10)|36.7(0.91)|15.4(0.75)
50 to 59 ............| 105,512 (3,157)| 3.6(0.52)| 1.2(0.31)|47.8(1.22)|40.0(1.11)| 4.6 (0.50)|2.9(0.36)| 8.9(0.78)|14.1(1.01)|37.6(1.27)|39.4(1.17)
60 or more ..........| 25,454 (1,179)| 3.8(0.98)| 1.0(0.46)|37.6(2.14)|44.8(2.28)| 7.5 (1.34)|5.4(1.33)| 4.5(0.91)| 4.9(1.06)|19.0(2.17)|71.6(2.28)
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Level | | | | | | | | | | |
Elementary ..........| 260,824 (5,774)| 7.2(0.59)| 2.4(0.28)|62.6(0.84)|24.6(0.65)| 2.6 (0.25)|0.7(0.16)| 24.2(0.73)|31.9(0.77)|28.7(0.69)|15.3(0.57)
General ...........| 167,728 (4,025)| 6.9(0.67)| 2.4(0.38)|66.0(1.04)|22.3(0.82)| 1.9 (0.25)|0.5(0.14)| 19.7(0.90)|31.3(1.01)|31.6(0.97)|17.4(0.72)
Special education .| 15,883 (1,634)| 3.0(1.25)| ‡ ‡ |49.0(3.77)|39.4(4.60)| 6.5 (1.81)| ‡ ‡ | 21.4(2.42)|43.9(3.15)|26.8(4.01)| 7.9(1.99)
Other elementary ..| 77,213 (2,216)| 8.6(0.95)| 2.5(0.33)|57.8(1.42)|26.6(1.18)| 3.3 (0.39)|1.2(0.41)| 34.5(1.17)|30.6(1.22)|22.6(1.15)|12.3(0.88)
Secondary ...........| 188,233 (6,244)| 3.3(0.41)| 0.9(0.17)|50.4(0.79)|38.3(0.89)| 3.7 (0.30)|3.3(0.30)| 23.6(0.70)|29.9(0.78)|25.2(0.76)|21.3(0.64)
English ...........| 33,393 (1,677)| 2.8(1.30)| 0.5(0.36)|51.0(2.39)|38.7(2.41)| 3.7 (1.00)|3.3(0.62)| 19.0(1.57)|32.7(2.34)|25.9(2.35)|22.4(1.55)
Mathematics .......| 33,094 (1,551)| 4.9(1.13)| 0.5(0.31)|54.3(2.15)|36.4(2.34)| 1.9 (0.48)|2.0(0.54)| 22.9(2.11)|32.7(2.20)|25.4(1.81)|18.9(1.44)
Science ...........| 22,915 (1,343)| 0.7(0.26)| ‡ ‡ |52.0(2.06)|40.3(1.92)| 2.2 (0.49)|4.7(0.83)| 23.8(1.93)|25.7(1.88)|25.8(2.09)|24.7(1.89)
Social studies ....| 18,583 (1,075)| ‡ ‡ | ‡ ‡ |48.7(2.38)|43.9(2.27)| 4.4 (0.92)|2.9(1.26)| 21.9(1.84)|25.6(2.03)|25.2(2.21)|27.3(2.32)
Special education .| 6,660 (963)| ‡ ‡ | ‡ ‡ |53.5(6.48)|37.9(5.78)| 6.2 (2.42)| ‡ ‡ | 27.0(4.59)|41.8(5.30)|18.4(3.35)|12.8(3.27)
Vocational/ | | | | | | | | | | |
technical .......| 4,286 (558)|14.2(6.14)| 3.6(2.66)|39.1(5.08)|40.1(5.81)| ‡ ‡ | ‡ ‡ | 21.8(4.05)|28.0(5.23)|22.3(5.05)|27.9(4.38)
Other secondary ...| 69,302 (2,619)| 3.9(0.62)| 1.7(0.36)|48.6(1.27)|36.8(1.27)| 4.9 (0.62)|4.1(0.56)| 26.3(1.22)|28.7(1.38)|25.4(1.14)|19.6(0.98)
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‡ Reporting standards not met. NOTE: Excludes prekindergarten teachers. Data are based on a head count of all teachers rather than on the number of full-time-equivalent teachers reported in other tables. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding and cell supression. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public Teacher Questionnaire," "Private A27 Teacher Questionnaire," and "Charter Teacher Questionnaire," 1999-2000. (This table was prepared June 2003.)
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