Digest of Education Statistics
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Table 66. Highest degree earned and years of full-time teaching experience for teachers in public and private elementary and secondary schools, by selected characteristics: 1999-2000
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                       |                    |                                                                    |        Percent of teachers, by years of
                       |                    |              Percent of teachers, by highest degree earned         |         full-time teaching experience
                       |                    |____________________________________________________________________|____________________________________________
Selected               |        Total number|          |           |          |          |    Education|         |           |          |          |
characteristic         |     of teachers\1\ | No degree|Associate's|Bachelor's|  Master's|specialist\2\| Doctor's|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 ............|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)
                       |                    |          |           |          |          |             |         |           |          |          |
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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 on 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 suppression. Standard errors appear in parentheses.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public Teacher Questionnaire," 1999-2000; "Private Teacher Questionnaire," 1999-2000; and "Charter Teacher Questionnaire," 1999-2000. (This table was prepared June 2003.)


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