Table 4. | Number of teachers in elementary and secondary schools, and instructional staff in postsecondary degree-granting institutions, by control of institution: Selected years, fall 1970 through fall 2014 |
[In thousands] |
__________________________________________________________________________________ | | Elementary and |Degree-granting institutions | All levels |secondary teachers\1\| instructional staff\2\ |_____________________|_____________________|____________________________ Year | Total|Public|Private| Total|Public|Private| Total| Public| Private _________|______|______|_______|______|______|_______|__________|________|________ 1 | 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10 _________|______|______|_______|______|______|_______|__________|________|________ 1970 ....| 2,766| 2,373| 393| 2,292| 2,059| 233| 474| 314| 160 1975 ....| 3,081| 2,641| 440| 2,453| 2,198|\3\ 255| 628| 443| 185 1980 ....| 3,171| 2,679| 492| 2,485| 2,184| 301|\3,4\ 686|\3,4\495|\3,4\191 1981 ....| 3,145| 2,636| 509| 2,440| 2,127|\3\ 313| 705| 509| 196 1982 ....| 3,168| 2,639| 529| 2,458| 2,133|\3\ 325|\3,4\ 710|\3,4\506|\3,4\204 | | | | | | | | | 1983 ....| 3,200| 2,651| 549| 2,476| 2,139| 337| 724| 512| 212 1984 ....| 3,225| 2,673| 552| 2,508| 2,168|\3\ 340|\3,4\ 717|\3,4\505|\3,4\212 1985 ....| 3,264| 2,709| 555| 2,549| 2,206| 343|\3,4\ 715|\3,4\503|\3,4\212 1986 ....| 3,314| 2,754| 560| 2,592| 2,244|\3\ 348|\3,4\ 722|\3,4\510|\3,4\212 1987 ....| 3,424| 2,831| 592| 2,631| 2,279|\3\ 352| 793| 553| 240 | | | | | | | | | 1988 ....| 3,472| 2,882| 590| 2,668| 2,323|\3\ 345| \3\ 804| \3\ 559| \3\ 245 1989 ....| 3,558| 2,934| 624| 2,734| 2,357|\3\ 377| 824| 577| 247 1990 ....| 3,570| 2,972| 599| 2,753| 2,398|\3\ 355| \3\ 817| \3\ 574| \3\ 244 1991 ....| 3,613| 3,013| 600| 2,787| 2,432|\3\ 355| \4\ 826| 581| 245 1992 ....| 3,699| 3,080| 620| 2,822| 2,459|\3\ 363| \3\ 877| \3\ 621| \3\ 257 | | | | | | | | | 1993 ....| 3,785| 3,154| 631| 2,870| 2,504|\3\ 366| 915| 650| 265 1994 ....| 3,849| 3,205| 644| 2,926| 2,552|\3\ 374| \3\ 923| \3\ 653| \3\ 270 1995 ....| 3,910| 3,255| 655| 2,978| 2,598|\3\ 380| 932| 657| 275 1996 ....| 4,009| 3,339| 669| 3,054| 2,667|\3\ 387| \3\ 954| \3\ 672| \3\ 282 1997 ....| 4,124| 3,441| 683| 3,134| 2,746| 388| 990| 695| 295 | | | | | | | | | 1998 ....| 4,221| 3,527| 694| 3,221| 2,830|\3\ 391| \3\ 999| \3\ 697| \3\ 303 1999 ....| 4,334| 3,624| 710| 3,306| 2,911| 395| 1,028| 713| 315 2000 ....| 4,398| 3,682| 716| 3,331| 2,941|\3\ 390| \3\ 1,067| \3\ 741| \3\ 326 2001 ....| 4,503| 3,771| 732| 3,390| 3,000| 390| 1,113| 771| 342 2002\3\ .| 4,585| 3,826| 759| 3,428| 3,034| 394| \3\ 1,157| \3\ 792| \3\ 365 | | | | | | | | | 2003\5\ .| 4,622| 3,841| 781| 3,447| 3,049| 399| 1,175| 793| 382 2004\5\ .| --- | --- | --- | 3,501| 3,100| 401| --- | ---| --- 2005\5\ .| --- | --- | --- | 3,526| 3,122| 404| --- | ---| --- 2006\5\ .| --- | --- | --- | 3,570| 3,161| 409| --- | ---| --- 2007\5\ .| --- | --- | --- | 3,601| 3,188| 413| --- | ---| --- | | | | | | | | | 2008\5\ .| --- | --- | --- | 3,625| 3,209| 416| --- | ---| --- 2009\5\ .| --- | --- | --- | 3,650| 3,230| 420| --- | ---| --- 2010\5\ .| --- | --- | --- | 3,680| 3,256| 424| --- | ---| --- 2011\5\ .| --- | --- | --- | 3,718| 3,288| 430| --- | ---| --- 2012\5\ .| --- | --- | --- | 3,769| 3,333| 436| --- | ---| --- | | | | | | | | | 2013\5\ .| --- | --- | --- | 3,825| 3,382| 443| --- | ---| --- 2014\5\ .| --- | --- | --- | 3,887| 3,437| 451| --- | ---| --- _________|______|______|_______|______|______|_______|__________|________|________ |
---Not available. \1\Includes teachers in local public school systems and in most private schools (religiously affiliated and nonsectarian). Teachers are reported in terms of full- time equivalents. \2\Beginning in 1996-97, data are for degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions are 2-year and 4-year institutions that were eligible to participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Includes full-time and part-time faculty with the rank of instructor or above in colleges, universities, professional schools, and 2-year colleges. Excludes teaching assistants. \3\Estimated. \4\Inclusion of institutions is not consistent with surveys for 1987 and later years. \5\Projected. NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Headcounts are used to report data for degree-granting institutions instructional staff. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of Public Elementary and Secondary Day Schools, 1970 and 1975; The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1980 through 2003; Projections of Education Statistics to 2014; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Staff" survey, 1970 and 1975; 1987 through 2003 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Staff Survey" (IPEDS-S:87-99), and Winter 2001-02 and Winter 2003-04; and U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission, EEO-6, 1981 and 1983; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared August 2005.)
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