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Digest of Education Statistics: 2004
Digest of Education Statistics: 2004

NCES 2006-005
October 2005


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 |Less than |   3 to 9 |  10 to 20|   Over 20
                       |                    |    degree|          |          |          |specialist\2\|         |          |          |          |
_______________________|____________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_____________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________
1                      |                   2|         3|         4|         5|         6|            7|        8|         9|        19|        11|        12
_______________________|____________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_____________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________
Public schools         |                    |          |          |          |          |             |         |          |          |          |
     Total ............|3,002,258 (19,415.7)| 0.5(0.04)| 0.2(0.02)|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)
                       |____________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_____________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________
Sex                    |                    |          |          |          |          |             |         |          |          |          |
  Males ...............|  753,939 (10,661.6)| 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)
  Females .............|2,248,320 (16,043.0)| 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)
                       |                    |          |          |          |          |             |         |          |          |          |
Race/ethnicity         |                    |          |          |          |          |             |         |          |          |          |
  White, non-Hispanic .|2,531,578 (17,223.2)| 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  (6,027.7)| 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)| 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/Pacific        |                    |          |          |          |          |             |         |          |          |          |
     Islander .........|   48,281  (2,657.6)| 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/     |                    |          |          |          |          |             |         |          |          |          |
     Alaska Native ....|   25,869  (1,894.6)| 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)
                       |                    |          |          |          |          |             |         |          |          |          |
Age                    |                    |          |          |          |          |             |         |          |          |          |
  Less than 30 ........|  509,452  (9,224.0)| 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  (9,769.8)| 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 (10,259.6)| 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 (12,632.3)| 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  (3,990.4)| 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)
                       |                    |          |          |          |          |             |         |          |          |          |
Level                  |                    |          |          |          |          |             |         |          |          |          |
  Elementary ..........|1,601,688 (13,465.8)| 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 (13,591.1)| 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  (2,800.3)|   ‡   (†)|   ‡   (†)|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  (2,462.6)|   ‡   (†)|   ‡   (†)|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  (5,807.1)| 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)| 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 (17,697.6)| 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  (5,021.4)| 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  (4,308.1)| 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  (3,729.5)| 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  (4,257.7)| 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  (2,316.1)| 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  (3,247.4)| 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  (8,532.9)| 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)
                       |                    |          |          |          |          |             |         |          |          |          |
                       |====================|==========|==========|==========|==========|=============|=========|==========|==========|==========|==========
Private schools        |                    |          |          |          |          |             |         |          |          |          |
     Total ............|  449,057 (10,633.5)| 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)
                       |____________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_____________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________
Sex                    |                    |          |          |          |          |             |         |          |          |          |
  Males ...............|  107,128  (3,835.5)| 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)
  Females .............|  341,929  (7,694.2)| 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)
                       |                    |          |          |          |          |             |         |          |          |          |
Race/ethnicity         |                    |          |          |          |          |             |         |          |          |          |
  White, non-Hispanic .|  402,012  (9,625.0)| 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  (1,413.8)|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  (1,520.3)|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/Pacific        |                    |          |          |          |          |             |         |          |          |          |
     Islander .........|    7,012    (615.4)| 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/     |                    |          |          |          |          |             |         |          |          |          |
     Alaska Native ....|    2,480    (369.4)|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)
                       |                    |          |          |          |          |             |         |          |          |          |
Age                    |                    |          |          |          |          |             |         |          |          |          |
  Less than 30 ........|   86,535  (3,105.3)| 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  (3,238.0)| 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  (4,171.2)| 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)| 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  (1,179.4)| 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)
                       |                    |          |          |          |          |             |         |          |          |          |
Level                  |                    |          |          |          |          |             |         |          |          |          |
  Elementary ..........|  260,824  (5,774.2)| 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  (4,024.9)| 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  (1,634.1)| 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  (2,216.1)| 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)| 3.3(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  (1,676.9)| 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  (1,550.5)| 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  (1,342.6)| 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  (1,075.4)|   ‡   (†)|   ‡   (†)|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    (962.6)|   ‡   (†)|   ‡   (†)|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    (558.1)|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  (2,618.8)| 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)
_______________________|____________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|_____________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________

†Not applicable.
‡Reporting standards not met.
\1\Data are based upon a sample survey and may not be strictly comparable with data reported elsewhere.
\2\Includes certificate of advanced graduate studies.

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 because of 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 Teacher Questionnaire," and "Charter Teacher Questionnaire," 1999-2000. (This table was prepared June 2003.)