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(28 KB) | Table 68. | Highest degree earned, number of years teaching experience, and average class size for teachers in public elementary and secondary schools, by state: 1999-2000 |
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| | Percent of teachers, by highest degree | Percent of teachers, by years |Average class size\2\
| | earned\1\ | of full-time teaching experience |
| |__________________________________________|____________________________________________|_____________________
State | Total | | |Education | | | | | | |
| |Bachelor's| Master's | specia- | Doctor's| | | | | |
| | | | list\3\ | |Less than 3| 3 to 9 | 10 to 20| Over 20 |Elementary|Secondary
______________________|___________________|__________|__________|__________|_________|___________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12
______________________|___________________|__________|__________|____________________|___________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
United States .....|3,002,258(19,415.0)|52.0(0.40)|41.9(0.38)| 4.7(0.17)|0.7(0.06)| 12.9(0.27)|28.8(0.36)|28.5(0.33)|29.8(0.34)|21.1 (0.1)|23.6 (0.1)
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Alabama ..............| 50,605 (1,675.5)|41.2(1.59)|51.2(1.64)| 6.8(0.85)|0.2(0.10)| 12.7(0.83)|28.0(1.46)|32.3(1.50)|26.9(1.57)|18.6 (0.4)|22.2 (0.3)
Alaska ...............| 8,340 (279.2)|59.0(1.43)|36.9(1.24)| 2.1(0.28)|1.2(0.32)| 15.6(0.89)|31.0(1.34)|34.4(1.28)|18.9(1.16)|20.4 (0.3)|22.2 (0.7)
Arizona ..............| 48,557 (1,939.5)|50.8(1.72)|43.3(1.81)| 4.2(0.79)|1.1(0.37)| 16.3(1.54)|30.2(1.56)|31.9(2.07)|21.6(2.17)|24.3 (0.4)|25.9 (0.5)
Arkansas .............| 30,410 (807.2)|67.4(1.73)|29.0(1.63)| 2.1(0.41)|0.8(0.19)| 10.6(1.20)|25.4(1.71)|33.4(1.63)|30.6(1.51)|19.7 (0.3)|21.1 (0.7)
California ...........| 280,036 (8,100.7)|61.5(1.40)|30.3(1.36)| 6.5(0.70)|1.2(0.22)| 15.1(0.93)|33.9(1.43)|28.3(1.33)|22.7(1.16)|22.4 (0.4)|28.5 (0.3)
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Colorado .............| 42,352 (1,415.4)|45.8(1.86)|50.0(1.90)| 2.9(0.66)|0.8(0.28)| 15.6(1.21)|27.7(1.75)|27.1(1.48)|29.6(1.73)|23.1 (0.4)|24.6 (0.5)
Connecticut ..........| 42,178 (1,631.3)|16.7(1.04)|65.3(1.39)|15.6(1.06)|1.3(0.36)| 11.5(0.94)|26.7(1.25)|26.6(1.16)|35.2(1.38)|19.9 (0.3)|20.4 (0.3)
Delaware .............| 7,538 (911.1)|48.7(2.88)|43.5(2.47)| 4.9(1.16)|1.1(0.50)| 11.4(2.15)|36.3(2.06)|25.4(2.34)|26.9(2.83)|19.6 (0.4)|24.0 (0.8)
District of Columbia .| 5,712 (129.1)|41.8(1.28)|46.4(1.43)| 5.5(0.62)|5.0(0.76)| 14.6(1.25)|20.6(1.44)|23.2(1.50)|41.6(2.19)|21.6 (0.3)|21.3 (0.4)
Florida ..............| 128,634 (5,065.3)|61.0(1.87)|33.6(1.90)| 3.0(0.68)|1.2(0.39)| 11.6(0.95)|30.3(1.57)|28.8(1.35)|29.4(1.41)|23.3 (0.4)|26.6 (0.6)
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Georgia ..............| 88,161 (2,744.9)|50.1(2.10)|37.6(2.03)|10.8(1.18)|0.4(0.15)| 13.0(1.20)|33.4(2.19)|27.6(1.77)|26.0(1.81)|19.8 (0.5)|24.4 (0.5)
Hawaii ...............| 12,112 (228.3)|50.2(1.91)|23.9(1.64)|24.6(1.62)|0.6(0.26)| 16.0(1.45)|33.4(1.66)|24.8(1.88)|25.8(1.33)|23.2 (0.3)|24.3 (0.3)
Idaho ................| 14,451 (207.5)|70.3(0.83)|26.7(0.82)| 1.3(0.19)|1.2(0.20)| 13.0(0.73)|27.3(1.00)|31.6(0.76)|28.1(1.08)|22.0 (0.3)|22.7 (0.3)
Illinois .............| 137,213 (3,796.9)|46.8(2.23)|48.9(1.82)| 3.3(0.71)|0.8(0.30)| 11.6(1.01)|27.2(1.38)|26.5(1.40)|34.6(1.63)|22.2 (0.5)|23.8 (0.3)
Indiana...............| 61,184 (1,325.4)|31.8(1.36)|63.6(1.39)| 4.2(0.57)|0.2(0.10)| 11.1(1.06)|24.5(1.50)|23.4(1.33)|41.1(1.81)|21.2 (0.5)|23.1 (0.3)
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Iowa .................| 38,116 (934.5)|66.0(1.77)|32.3(1.74)| 1.4(0.41)| ‡ ‡ | 10.5(1.00)|26.2(1.30)|26.9(1.39)|36.4(1.51)|19.9 (0.4)|21.9 (0.6)
Kansas ...............| 34,134 (790.3)|60.9(1.54)|36.8(1.57)| 1.8(0.36)| ‡ ‡ | 15.7(1.26)|25.9(1.71)|31.3(1.54)|27.1(1.31)|18.3 (0.4)|20.9 (0.3)
Kentucky .............| 42,879 (1,134.3)|27.5(1.72)|54.0(2.09)|16.9(1.32)|1.2(0.46)| 10.1(0.85)|31.3(1.66)|33.5(1.33)|25.1(1.52)|20.7 (0.4)|23.6 (0.4)
Louisiana ............| 50,806 (2,093.3)|63.7(2.82)|29.3(2.74)| 6.2(1.22)|0.4(0.18)| 10.3(2.06)|30.6(2.90)|31.0(2.73)|28.2(2.90)|18.8 (0.5)|22.6 (0.5)
Maine ................| 17,536 (592.0)|66.3(1.20)|29.2(1.21)| 2.7(0.43)| ‡ ‡ | 10.5(0.86)|20.3(1.38)|32.8(1.66)|36.4(1.51)|17.9 (0.4)|18.5 (0.2)
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Maryland .............| 54,583 (1,421.7)|45.3(2.03)|48.5(2.21)| 5.0(0.94)|0.5(0.08)| 13.9(1.43)|30.8(1.93)|25.3(1.97)|30.0(2.00)|22.1 (0.6)|25.7 (0.3)
Massachusetts ........| 78,260 (2,543.8)|38.6(2.02)|54.8(1.82)| 3.5(0.56)|1.6(0.40)| 11.9(0.89)|24.9(1.44)|24.9(1.64)|38.3(1.41)|20.8 (0.4)|21.4 (0.3)
Michigan .............| 100,232 (4,327.5)|42.7(2.03)|52.2(1.91)| 4.4(0.80)|0.4(0.22)| 13.2(1.17)|30.5(1.63)|25.3(1.55)|31.0(1.75)|21.9 (0.8)|25.2 (0.4)
Minnesota ............| 57,791 (4,131.4)|54.4(2.15)|40.8(2.23)| 4.5(1.08)| ‡ ‡ | 16.4(1.38)|28.1(1.76)|25.0(1.78)|30.5(1.71)|21.7 (0.4)|25.3 (0.5)
Mississippi ..........| 33,097 (978.5)|58.1(1.50)|37.0(1.42)| 3.9(0.58)|0.4(0.10)| 11.7(0.81)|24.4(1.29)|33.5(1.18)|30.4(1.33)|20.3 (0.3)|22.3 (0.3)
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Missouri .............| 64,094 (1,967.1)|49.2(2.44)|46.6(2.14)| 2.6(0.51)|0.3(0.22)| 15.1(1.37)|31.4(2.91)|26.6(2.15)|26.9(2.12)|20.7 (0.6)|21.0 (0.4)
Montana ..............| 11,937 (364.0)|70.4(1.27)|25.7(1.23)| 2.8(0.33)|0.6(0.20)| 10.9(0.74)|25.9(1.23)|33.4(1.03)|29.8(1.34)|17.9 (0.3)|20.1 (0.4)
Nebraska .............| 23,119 (810.3)|59.2(1.46)|38.8(1.45)| 1.7(0.34)|0.2(0.12)| 10.6(0.88)|25.2(1.20)|30.5(1.14)|33.6(1.12)|17.2 (0.2)|21.4 (0.6)
Nevada ...............| 17,273 (710.1)|52.4(1.41)|43.9(1.31)| 2.7(0.52)| ‡ ‡ | 14.9(1.14)|35.1(1.62)|25.7(1.67)|24.3(1.70)|20.6 (0.3)|27.4 (0.6)
New Hampshire ........| 14,985 (603.5)|51.9(2.40)|44.4(2.36)| 2.4(0.75)|0.8(0.34)| 15.1(1.77)|22.4(1.87)|31.5(2.28)|31.0(2.25)|19.9 (0.5)|21.9 (0.6)
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New Jersey ...........| 98,310 (2,148.3)|58.4(1.84)|34.7(1.85)| 6.4(0.75)|0.3(0.08)| 11.7(1.07)|25.1(1.42)|26.0(1.42)|37.1(1.59)|20.2 (0.3)|21.4 (0.3)
New Mexico ...........| 21,188 (866.7)|56.1(2.89)|39.1(3.18)| 2.7(0.99)|1.1(0.54)| 12.5(1.86)|38.6(2.91)|26.5(2.44)|22.4(2.62)|19.8 (0.6)|23.3 (0.5)
New York .............| 208,313 (5,519.9)|21.8(1.59)|68.4(1.63)| 8.3(1.02)|1.5(0.46)| 14.1(1.32)|25.3(1.71)|27.6(1.30)|33.0(2.02)|21.8 (0.6)|22.9 (0.5)
North Carolina .......| 86,020 (2,587.9)|67.5(2.21)|29.5(2.12)| 1.0(0.39)|0.4(0.17)| 17.2(1.47)|28.5(2.48)|25.2(1.73)|29.1(2.23)|20.8 (0.5)|22.4 (0.5)
North Dakota .........| 9,252 (358.3)|77.8(0.88)|20.0(0.89)| 1.4(0.26)|0.3(0.10)| 12.1(0.75)|25.1(1.22)|30.4(1.32)|32.3(1.32)|17.4 (0.4)|18.7 (0.3)
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Ohio .................| 123,370 (4,136.8)|50.4(1.80)|45.7(2.01)| 2.1(0.61)|0.6(0.31)| 12.0(0.97)|26.4(1.44)|29.0(1.77)|32.6(2.13)|22.8 (0.5)|23.9 (0.7)
Oklahoma .............| 45,830 (1,644.1)|63.5(1.84)|33.3(1.78)| 2.6(0.67)|0.4(0.27)| 10.6(1.39)|30.9(1.86)|32.1(2.09)|26.4(1.66)|18.7 (0.5)|22.2 (0.5)
Oregon ...............| 28,584 (1,475.4)|50.0(2.74)|46.5(2.82)| 2.6(0.50)|0.7(0.15)| 14.0(1.34)|28.2(2.23)|32.7(1.85)|25.1(2.08)|23.7 (0.5)|25.6 (0.5)
Pennsylvania .........| 126,915 (4,490.8)|49.5(2.27)|45.2(2.27)| 4.1(0.97)|0.3(0.12)| 9.7(1.20)|25.2(1.84)|27.5(1.68)|37.6(2.08)|22.2 (0.6)|23.2 (0.7)
Rhode Island .........| 11,616 (295.0)|43.7(0.96)|51.7(0.98)| 4.3(0.55)| ‡ ‡ | 9.4(0.53)|26.2(0.92)|30.7(1.03)|33.8(0.88)|19.8 (0.3)|21.0 (0.2)
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South Carolina .......| 43,754 (1,378.2)|48.0(1.82)|43.3(1.88)| 6.9(0.91)|0.4(0.09)| 12.0(1.21)|28.1(1.73)|31.0(2.32)|29.0(1.91)|17.8 (0.4)|22.4 (0.3)
South Dakota .........| 11,708 (372.0)|75.4(1.51)|23.2(1.56)| 0.6(0.11)| ‡ ‡ | 12.9(0.88)|25.7(1.40)|35.5(1.08)|26.0(1.34)|18.6 (0.4)|19.6 (0.3)
Tennessee ............| 58,296 (2,258.9)|50.9(2.05)|41.1(2.09)| 6.1(1.09)|1.0(0.40)| 13.9(1.41)|30.7(2.23)|27.0(2.33)|28.4(2.23)|19.6 (0.4)|24.1 (0.4)
Texas ................| 266,661 (8,947.2)|69.7(1.45)|27.1(1.38)| 2.2(0.44)|0.3(0.08)| 12.5(1.22)|32.4(1.32)|31.2(1.85)|23.9(1.27)|18.3 (0.3)|22.3 (0.5)
Utah .................| 23,346 (934.5)|70.4(1.69)|23.5(1.75)| 3.2(0.59)|0.9(0.37)| 15.6(1.58)|31.5(2.06)|31.9(2.08)|21.0(1.85)|23.6 (0.3)|27.3 (0.6)
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Vermont ..............| 9,186 (450.8)|49.3(2.74)|46.1(2.35)| 4.4(1.09)| ‡ ‡ | 16.5(2.12)|24.2(2.64)|29.1(2.59)|30.2(2.23)|17.8 (0.6)|19.1 (0.8)
Virginia .............| 80,987 (5,065.7)|55.4(1.84)|40.8(1.63)| 1.9(0.42)|0.9(0.26)| 13.3(0.86)|28.1(1.43)|28.8(1.39)|29.8(1.36)|19.4 (0.5)|21.9 (0.4)
Washington ...........| 54,816 (1,742.5)|46.0(1.61)|46.8(1.56)| 5.1(0.57)|1.5(0.39)| 11.6(0.91)|28.7(1.55)|31.6(1.41)|28.2(1.28)|23.7 (0.4)|26.2 (0.4)
West Virginia.........| 22,571 (634.8)|37.5(1.70)|55.6(1.84)| 5.3(0.73)|0.6(0.21)| 5.6(0.62)|14.7(1.33)|31.0(1.75)|48.8(1.56)|19.0 (0.4)|21.1 (0.3)
Wisconsin ............| 67,362 (2,950.5)|56.5(1.84)|39.6(1.69)| 3.2(0.92)|0.4(0.24)| 12.8(1.25)|28.7(1.57)|26.4(1.77)|32.2(1.60)|20.8 (0.4)|23.6 (0.4)
Wyoming ..............| 7,848 (309.1)|69.8(1.82)|28.2(1.81)| 1.2(0.25)|0.7(0.25)| 10.4(0.78)|23.5(1.31)|33.5(1.74)|32.6(1.57)|17.7 (0.3)|20.4 (0.6)
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NOTE: Data are based on a head count of all teachers rather than on the number of full-time-equivalent teachers appearing in other tables. Excludes prekindergarten teachers. Standard errors appear in parentheses. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding, cell supression, and omitted categories (less than bachelor's). SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public Teacher Questionnaire," and "Charter Teacher Questionnaire," 1999-2000. (This table was prepared April 2003.)
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