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(63KB)| Table 65. | Highest degree earned and years of full-time teaching experience for teachers in public and private elementary and secondary schools, by selected teacher characteristics: 1999–2000 and 2003–04 |
| Selected characteristic | Number of teachers, 1999–2000 (in thousands) |
Number of teachers, 2003–04 (in thousands) | Percent of teachers, by highest degree earned, 2003–04 | Percent of teachers, by years of full-time teaching experience, 2003–04 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Less than bachelor's | Bachelor's | Master's | Education specialist1 | 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 | (19.4) | 3,251 | (29.2) | 1.1 | (0.08) | 50.8 | (0.56) | 40.9 | (0.56) | 6.0 | (0.19) | 1.2 | (0.11) | 12.2 | (1.23) | 32.9 | (0.34) | 28.4 | (0.59) | 26.5 | (0.77) | |
| Sex | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Males | 754 | (10.7) | 813 | (13.3) | 2.6 | (0.21) | 50.2 | (0.90) | 40.5 | (0.83) | 5.1 | (0.35) | 1.7 | (0.26) | 12.0 | (1.22) | 33.9 | (0.75) | 25.4 | (0.74) | 28.8 | (0.95) | |
| Females | 2,248 | (16.0) | 2,438 | (23.5) | 0.6 | (0.07) | 51.0 | (0.61) | 41.1 | (0.61) | 6.3 | (0.23) | 1.0 | (0.10) | 12.3 | (1.26) | 32.6 | (0.43) | 29.5 | (0.69) | 25.7 | (0.84) | |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| White | 2,532 | (17.2) | 2 | 2,702 | (30.1) | 1.0 | (0.08) | 49.8 | (0.60) | 42.3 | (0.58) | 5.9 | (0.22) | 1.1 | (0.09) | 11.5 | (1.20) | 32.0 | (0.36) | 29.1 | (0.58) | 27.4 | (0.81) |
| Black | 228 | (6.0) | 2 | 257 | (11.0) | 1.8 | (0.39) | 52.3 | (1.48) | 38.3 | (1.69) | 5.6 | (0.56) | 2.0 | (0.64) | 14.9 | (1.56) | 35.5 | (1.53) | 22.1 | (1.30) | 27.6 | (1.78) |
| Hispanic | 169 | (6.4) | 2 | 202 | (11.3) | 1.3 | (0.36) | 63.7 | (2.14) | 26.7 | (2.03) | 6.9 | (1.17) | 1.4 | (0.51) | 16.8 | (1.87) | 39.5 | (1.89) | 28.8 | (2.26) | 15.0 | (1.58) |
| Asian | 48 | (2.7) | 3 | 42 | (2.5) | 0.5 | (0.19) | 45.5 | (3.04) | 40.6 | (3.23) | 10.4 | (1.66) | 3.1 | (1.09) | 15.9 | (2.26) | 41.6 | (3.52) | 26.0 | (2.90) | 16.5 | (1.71) |
| Pacific Islander | — | (†) | 6 | (0.8) | ‡ | (†) | 47.7 | (6.35) | 39.6 | (6.85) | 10.7 | (3.21) | 1.2 | (0.84) | 17.5 | (4.14) | 45.9 | (6.35) | 19.0 | (6.33) | 17.6 | (4.24) | |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 26 | (1.9) | 2 | 17 | (1.2) | 1.8 | (0.55) | 52.9 | (3.44) | 40.8 | (3.55) | 3.7 | (0.95) | 0.8 | (0.34) | 14.4 | (3.29) | 31.2 | (3.25) | 30.1 | (3.61) | 24.3 | (3.75) |
| More than one race | — | (†) | 24 | (2.2) | 0.5 | (0.32) | 49.2 | (5.18) | 37.3 | (4.96) | 11.2 | (2.70) | 1.8 | (0.75) | 17.0 | (3.72) | 36.5 | (4.77) | 25.8 | (4.97) | 20.7 | (3.70) | |
| Age | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Less than 30 | 509 | (9.2) | 540 | (27.4) | 0.5 | (0.08) | 76.6 | (1.22) | 21.3 | (1.25) | 1.6 | (0.26) | 0.1 | (0.04) | 41.7 | (2.58) | 58.3 | (2.58) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | |
| 30 to 39 | 661 | (9.8) | 798 | (14.5) | 0.8 | (0.12) | 53.4 | (0.89) | 41.0 | (0.88) | 4.2 | (0.31) | 0.6 | (0.13) | 10.6 | (1.16) | 55.3 | (0.98) | 34.2 | (1.00) | ‡ | (†) | |
| 40 to 49 | 953 | (10.3) | 840 | (14.3) | 1.5 | (0.17) | 46.2 | (0.77) | 44.5 | (0.84) | 6.2 | (0.41) | 1.5 | (0.25) | 6.8 | (0.82) | 23.5 | (0.67) | 44.5 | (1.03) | 25.2 | (0.69) | |
| 50 to 59 | 786 | (12.6) | 942 | (26.0) | 1.2 | (0.14) | 40.0 | (0.78) | 47.8 | (0.74) | 9.3 | (0.46) | 1.7 | (0.19) | 2.8 | (0.32) | 11.3 | (0.53) | 26.1 | (0.75) | 59.8 | (1.08) | |
| 60 or more | 93 | (4.0) | 131 | (4.8) | 1.4 | (0.27) | 35.7 | (1.83) | 49.4 | (2.08) | 10.3 | (1.18) | 3.2 | (0.72) | 2.1 | (0.43) | 7.3 | (0.95) | 25.0 | (1.59) | 65.5 | (1.78) | |
| Level | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elementary | 1,602 | (13.5) | 1,716 | (25.8) | 0.4 | (0.07) | 52.0 | (0.75) | 40.6 | (0.68) | 6.2 | (0.33) | 0.8 | (0.15) | 11.5 | (1.76) | 33.5 | (0.55) | 29.4 | (0.83) | 25.7 | (1.16) | |
| General | 1,019 | (13.6) | 1,130 | (29.8) | 0.4 | (0.08) | 55.0 | (0.95) | 38.1 | (0.81) | 5.7 | (0.44) | 0.8 | (0.19) | 11.1 | (1.80) | 34.2 | (0.75) | 29.0 | (0.84) | 25.8 | (1.17) | |
| Arts/music | [4] | (†) | 101 | (5.3) | 0.3 | (0.14) | 52.8 | (2.48) | 42.8 | (2.45) | 3.5 | (0.86) | 0.7 | (0.37) | 12.5 | (2.54) | 28.4 | (2.05) | 32.7 | (2.40) | 26.4 | (2.78) | |
| English | 33 | (2.8) | 70 | (5.1) | ‡ | (†) | 40.6 | (4.09) | 48.7 | (4.24) | 9.4 | (1.60) | 1.3 | (0.57) | 8.5 | (2.34) | 28.8 | (3.47) | 34.4 | (3.69) | 28.3 | (3.09) | |
| ESL/bilingual | [4] | (†) | 25 | (3.6) | ‡ | (†) | 51.2 | (6.39) | 33.1 | (5.69) | 15.0 | (5.02) | ‡ | (†) | 11.5 | (4.11) | 44.7 | (7.64) | 31.3 | (6.50) | 12.5 | (3.86) | |
| Health/physical ed | [4] | (†) | 73 | (5.0) | ‡ | (†) | 59.5 | (3.48) | 36.1 | (3.32) | 3.9 | (1.22) | 0.4 | (0.26) | 10.6 | (2.49) | 25.1 | (2.52) | 29.8 | (2.62) | 34.5 | (3.46) | |
| Mathematics | 26 | (2.5) | 19 | (2.3) | ‡ | (†) | 50.1 | (6.56) | 44.7 | (6.16) | 4.2 | (2.44) | ‡ | (†) | 13.5 | (4.00) | 29.9 | (5.31) | 30.2 | (5.32) | 26.5 | (5.31) | |
| Science | [4] | (†) | 19 | (3.0) | ‡ | (†) | 50.4 | (7.93) | 40.8 | (7.92) | 7.9 | (4.59) | ‡ | (†) | 9.3 | (3.30) | 27.4 | (5.91) | 33.3 | (8.23) | 30.0 | (6.65) | |
| Special education | 210 | (5.8) | 240 | (20.6) | 0.7 | (0.31) | 41.0 | (1.66) | 48.9 | (1.77) | 8.6 | (0.86) | 0.8 | (0.48) | 14.2 | (1.92) | 35.8 | (1.49) | 27.2 | (1.53) | 22.7 | (1.74) | |
| Other elementary | 314 | (8.4) | 40 | (3.5) | 0.8 | (0.28) | 42.9 | (4.07) | 50.0 | (4.27) | 6.1 | (1.68) | ‡ | (†) | 9.8 | (2.43) | 34.2 | (4.41) | 32.1 | (4.53) | 24.0 | (3.83) | |
| Secondary | 1,401 | (17.7) | 1,534 | (26.0) | 1.8 | (0.13) | 49.4 | (0.64) | 41.3 | (0.66) | 5.8 | (0.22) | 1.7 | (0.12) | 13.0 | (0.71) | 32.3 | (0.51) | 27.4 | (0.58) | 27.3 | (0.54) | |
| Arts/music | [5] | (†) | 112 | (4.1) | 0.7 | (0.22) | 55.5 | (2.01) | 37.2 | (1.91) | 5.1 | (0.61) | 1.4 | (0.39) | 12.5 | (1.16) | 30.5 | (1.70) | 28.0 | (1.62) | 29.1 | (1.59) | |
| English | 235 | (5.0) | 269 | (9.0) | 0.3 | (0.09) | 51.1 | (1.40) | 40.1 | (1.28) | 6.8 | (0.60) | 1.7 | (0.34) | 14.2 | (0.99) | 33.2 | (1.18) | 25.4 | (1.15) | 27.2 | (1.10) | |
| ESL/bilingual | [5] | (†) | 18 | (2.5) | ‡ | (†) | 43.6 | (6.06) | 49.4 | (5.91) | 5.4 | (1.73) | 1.6 | (0.80) | 18.9 | (3.61) | 33.6 | (5.19) | 28.9 | (5.96) | 18.6 | (5.49) | |
| Foreign language | [5] | (†) | 73 | (3.3) | 0.4 | (0.16) | 48.0 | (2.13) | 43.8 | (2.29) | 5.5 | (0.86) | 2.3 | (0.64) | 13.8 | (1.41) | 36.2 | (1.90) | 27.7 | (1.70) | 22.3 | (2.09) | |
| Health/physical ed | [5] | (†) | 102 | (4.3) | 0.5 | (0.18) | 55.9 | (1.83) | 38.1 | (1.91) | 4.7 | (0.89) | 0.8 | (0.20) | 9.9 | (1.56) | 29.6 | (1.89) | 29.0 | (2.20) | 31.5 | (1.79) | |
| Mathematics | 191 | (4.3) | 213 | (5.5) | 0.3 | (0.11) | 51.6 | (1.36) | 42.0 | (1.30) | 4.7 | (0.58) | 1.3 | (0.27) | 14.2 | (1.53) | 32.2 | (1.31) | 28.0 | (1.29) | 25.5 | (1.17) | |
| Science | 159 | (3.7) | 189 | (6.8) | 0.2 | (0.08) | 48.4 | (1.78) | 44.2 | (1.77) | 4.4 | (0.43) | 2.8 | (0.49) | 12.5 | (1.02) | 34.0 | (1.38) | 28.3 | (1.19) | 25.2 | (1.13) | |
| Social studies | 147 | (4.3) | 178 | (5.7) | 0.4 | (0.22) | 51.1 | (1.56) | 42.1 | (1.40) | 4.6 | (0.52) | 1.7 | (0.39) | 12.0 | (0.92) | 34.4 | (1.26) | 23.4 | (1.26) | 30.2 | (1.28) | |
| Special education | 99 | (2.3) | 174 | (7.5) | 0.4 | (0.13) | 42.3 | (1.38) | 45.1 | (1.38) | 10.7 | (0.94) | 1.5 | (0.38) | 12.1 | (1.50) | 31.6 | (1.25) | 29.9 | (1.46) | 26.4 | (1.72) | |
| Vocational/technical | 125 | (3.2) | 169 | (5.7) | 11.8 | (0.99) | 44.8 | (1.34) | 37.6 | (1.46) | 4.4 | (0.52) | 1.4 | (0.41) | 12.6 | (1.22) | 28.7 | (1.34) | 28.8 | (1.15) | 30.0 | (1.59) | |
| Other secondary | 443 | (8.5) | 36 | (2.1) | 7.5 | (1.56) | 45.6 | (2.63) | 40.2 | (2.71) | 5.7 | (1.20) | 1.0 | (0.40) | 15.0 | (2.41) | 32.3 | (2.81) | 26.7 | (2.50) | 26.0 | (2.61) | |
| Private schools | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 449 | (10.6) | 467 | (10.3) | 9.2 | (4.41) | 55.5 | (2.90) | 29.5 | (1.35) | 3.6 | (0.54) | 2.2 | (0.26) | 24.8 | (2.75) | 33.0 | (1.23) | 23.9 | (1.19) | 18.3 | (1.87) | |
| Sex | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Males | 107 | (3.8) | 110 | (8.4) | 6.5 | (1.13) | 49.1 | (1.49) | 36.5 | (1.60) | 3.8 | (0.84) | 4.0 | (0.99) | 25.6 | (2.49) | 32.3 | (1.78) | 21.4 | (1.85) | 20.6 | (1.48) | |
| Females | 342 | (7.7) | 357 | (14.3) | 10.1 | (5.69) | 57.4 | (3.92) | 27.3 | (1.53) | 3.5 | (0.54) | 1.7 | (0.30) | 24.6 | (3.07) | 33.2 | (1.54) | 24.7 | (1.43) | 17.6 | (2.11) | |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| White | 402 | (9.6) | 2 | 411 | (12.0) | 8.5 | (4.85) | 55.5 | (2.98) | 30.4 | (1.63) | 3.5 | (0.60) | 2.1 | (0.26) | 23.7 | (3.38) | 33.0 | (1.49) | 24.2 | (1.28) | 19.0 | (2.15) |
| Black | 17 | (1.4) | 2 | 19 | (2.9) | 17.9 | (5.49) | 60.2 | (5.17) | 16.9 | (3.17) | 2.9 | (1.00) | 2.1 | (0.98) | 29.8 | (4.02) | 31.2 | (7.94) | 20.9 | (5.01) | 18.2 | (3.36) |
| Hispanic | 21 | (1.5) | 2 | 23 | (3.1) | 13.5 | (2.34) | 55.5 | (3.71) | 25.9 | (3.05) | 2.5 | (1.59) | 2.6 | (1.52) | 35.2 | (3.46) | 33.3 | (3.63) | 22.1 | (3.09) | 9.4 | (2.53) |
| Age | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Less than 30 | 87 | (3.1) | 88 | (3.7) | 13.5 | (1.65) | 70.6 | (1.87) | 14.3 | (1.40) | 0.8 | (0.42) | 0.8 | (0.37) | 55.3 | (2.87) | 44.5 | (2.81) | 0.3 | (0.14) | ‡ | (†) | |
| 30 to 39 | 101 | (3.2) | 103 | (5.8) | 9.3 | (2.85) | 57.5 | (2.93) | 28.1 | (3.04) | 3.3 | (0.53) | 1.8 | (0.46) | 26.3 | (3.66) | 52.3 | (2.44) | 21.4 | (2.33) | ‡ | (†) | |
| 40 to 49 | 131 | (4.2) | 119 | (7.1) | 9.8 | (4.12) | 52.8 | (3.22) | 30.5 | (1.92) | 3.9 | (0.88) | 3.1 | (0.64) | 20.1 | (2.16) | 30.5 | (3.43) | 37.1 | (1.75) | 12.3 | (1.59) | |
| 50 to 59 | 106 | (3.2) | 121 | (11.1) | 6.3 | (11.09) | 49.9 | (6.72) | 36.9 | (4.08) | 4.4 | (0.86) | 2.5 | (0.50) | 10.5 | (8.31) | 17.7 | (2.13) | 31.0 | (3.77) | 40.8 | (6.01) | |
| 60 or more | 25 | (1.2) | 37 | (4.7) | 7.0 | (7.76) | 40.6 | (3.30) | 41.5 | (6.98) | 7.5 | (2.23) | 3.4 | (1.10) | 9.9 | (1.86) | 9.8 | (6.91) | 21.7 | (3.54) | 58.6 | (8.29) | |
| Level | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elementary | 261 | (5.8) | 263 | (17.5) | 12.0 | (6.69) | 60.5 | (5.01) | 23.3 | (1.53) | 3.2 | (0.67) | 0.9 | (0.22) | 25.4 | (3.89) | 33.2 | (1.77) | 25.0 | (1.80) | 16.5 | (2.56) | |
| General | 168 | (4.0) | 174 | (17.1) | 13.0 | (9.87) | 63.2 | (6.93) | 20.5 | (2.69) | 2.5 | (0.55) | 0.9 | (0.26) | 19.6 | (6.79) | 35.4 | (3.85) | 26.5 | (2.76) | 18.5 | (3.30) | |
| Arts/music | [4] | (†) | 21 | (2.5) | 14.7 | (2.34) | 52.3 | (3.30) | 27.4 | (3.74) | 5.5 | (1.79) | ‡ | (†) | 49.0 | (3.59) | 27.9 | (3.68) | 16.5 | (2.58) | 6.6 | (1.55) | |
| English | [4] | (†) | 8 | (1.1) | 3.7 | (4.12) | 53.4 | (5.93) | 36.1 | (5.31) | 3.7 | (1.84) | 3.2 | (1.74) | 23.8 | (4.36) | 27.9 | (4.83) | 26.9 | (4.79) | 21.3 | (4.29) | |
| Health/physical ed | [4] | (†) | 14 | (1.8) | 11.3 | (2.75) | 67.6 | (6.95) | 18.1 | (4.54) | 1.9 | (0.95) | ‡ | (†) | 42.4 | (6.89) | 25.2 | (7.73) | 22.6 | (6.65) | 9.8 | (2.36) | |
| Mathematics | [4] | (†) | 6 | (0.7) | 4.8 | (3.39) | 60.3 | (6.26) | 33.4 | (6.21) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 24.2 | (5.49) | 31.5 | (7.05) | 21.9 | (4.92) | 22.4 | (4.55) | |
| Science | [4] | (†) | 5 | (0.8) | ‡ | (†) | 74.2 | (7.13) | 19.6 | (6.90) | 4.0 | (1.98) | ‡ | (†) | 26.1 | (7.54) | 28.1 | (6.05) | 24.0 | (6.83) | 21.8 | (7.19) | |
| Special education | 16 | (1.6) | 12 | (2.3) | 5.6 | (2.55) | 52.2 | (8.01) | 33.3 | (11.81) | 8.9 | (4.04) | ‡ | (†) | 26.1 | (8.02) | 41.8 | (7.02) | 22.9 | (4.46) | 9.3 | (3.39) | |
| Other elementary | 77 | (2.2) | 24 | (3.5) | 13.3 | (2.96) | 47.8 | (6.61) | 32.3 | (9.54) | 4.5 | (1.43) | 2.0 | (1.03) | 37.3 | (6.33) | 25.4 | (12.04) | 24.0 | (4.85) | 13.3 | (3.14) | |
| Secondary | 188 | (6.2) | 204 | (13.4) | 5.7 | (1.30) | 49.0 | (1.44) | 37.4 | (1.43) | 4.1 | (0.49) | 3.9 | (0.55) | 24.1 | (1.62) | 32.7 | (1.39) | 22.5 | (1.54) | 20.7 | (1.10) | |
| Arts/music | [5] | (†) | 18 | (1.9) | 7.1 | (2.15) | 50.3 | (4.71) | 38.6 | (4.67) | 3.4 | (1.80) | ‡ | (†) | 28.6 | (4.14) | 33.6 | (5.12) | 23.7 | (4.05) | 14.1 | (3.24) | |
| English | 33 | (1.7) | 38 | (2.8) | 4.3 | (3.58) | 48.6 | (2.87) | 38.6 | (3.19) | 5.1 | (1.24) | 3.3 | (1.03) | 19.5 | (2.11) | 30.5 | (4.45) | 25.0 | (3.07) | 24.9 | (3.01) | |
| Foreign language | [5] | (†) | 18 | (2.1) | 4.2 | (5.86) | 47.7 | (5.46) | 36.6 | (6.02) | 4.6 | (2.24) | 6.9 | (2.32) | 25.3 | (4.07) | 34.1 | (5.96) | 23.9 | (4.10) | 16.8 | (3.43) | |
| Health/physical ed | [5] | (†) | 9 | (1.0) | 10.4 | (3.83) | 63.7 | (5.46) | 24.5 | (4.98) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 32.0 | (5.74) | 29.7 | (5.25) | 19.9 | (5.64) | 18.4 | (4.54) | |
| Mathematics | 33 | (1.6) | 31 | (3.2) | 3.7 | (1.51) | 49.6 | (3.23) | 41.8 | (2.84) | 2.6 | (1.44) | 2.3 | (1.39) | 17.3 | (2.82) | 28.5 | (3.01) | 24.5 | (2.88) | 29.7 | (3.55) | |
| Science | 23 | (1.3) | 27 | (1.8) | 1.9 | (0.98) | 47.4 | (3.64) | 41.0 | (3.57) | 3.8 | (1.36) | 5.9 | (1.48) | 25.3 | (2.96) | 35.1 | (2.94) | 19.0 | (2.68) | 20.6 | (2.56) | |
| Social studies | 19 | (1.1) | 27 | (2.4) | 3.5 | (1.15) | 48.3 | (3.65) | 39.7 | (3.69) | 2.6 | (0.82) | 5.8 | (1.48) | 19.8 | (4.74) | 35.5 | (3.03) | 23.4 | (3.79) | 21.4 | (2.79) | |
| Special education | 7 | (1.0) | 7 | (1.5) | 2.6 | (1.30) | 52.1 | (6.47) | 36.4 | (7.21) | 7.8 | (2.79) | ‡ | (†) | 20.7 | (4.89) | 47.0 | (9.66) | 20.3 | (7.13) | 12.0 | (4.84) | |
| Vocational/technical | 4 | (0.6) | 5 | (0.9) | 24.9 | (8.13) | 45.2 | (7.34) | 20.9 | (4.91) | 4.7 | (2.75) | 4.3 | (3.63) | 39.5 | (7.42) | 23.1 | (5.27) | 22.1 | (5.55) | 15.4 | (4.57) | |
| Other secondary | 69 | (2.6) | 24 | (2.7) | 11.8 | (3.39) | 45.7 | (3.96) | 31.5 | (3.71) | 6.2 | (1.69) | 4.7 | (1.49) | 33.7 | (3.94) | 32.9 | (3.82) | 18.8 | (3.52) | 14.6 | (2.43) | |
| —Not available. † Not applicable. ‡ Reporting standards not met. 1 Includes certificate of advanced graduate studies. 2 Data are only roughly comparable to 2003–04, because the new category of more than one race was introduced in 2003–04. 3 Includes Pacific Islander. 4 Included under other elementary. 5 Included under other secondary. NOTE: Excludes prekindergarten teachers. Data are based on a head count of full-time and part-time 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. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic origin. 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 and 2003–04; ""Private Teacher Questionnaire," 1999–2000 and 2003–04; and "Charter Teacher Questionnaire," 1999–2000. (This table was prepared September 2006.) |
