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 2016
[In thousands]

Year	All levels			Elementary and secondary teachers1				Degree-granting institutions instructional staff2
	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	255	3	628		443		185
1980	3,171	2,679	492	2,485	2,184	301		686	3,4	495	3,4	191	3,4
1981	3,145	2,636	509	2,440	2,127	313	3	705		509		196
1982	3,168	2,639	529	2,458	2,133	325	3	710	3,4	506	3,4	204	3,4
1983	3,200	2,651	549	2,476	2,139	337		724		512		212
1984	3,225	2,673	552	2,508	2,168	340	3	717	3,4	505	3,4	212	3,4
1985	3,264	2,709	555	2,549	2,206	343		715	3,4	503	3,4	212	3,4
1986	3,314	2,754	560	2,592	2,244	348	3	722	3,4	510	3,4	212	3,4
1987	3,424	2,831	592	2,631	2,279	352	3	793		553		240
1988	3,472	2,882	590	2,668	2,323	345	3	804	3	559	3	245	3
1989	3,537	2,934	603	2,713	2,357	356	3	824		577		247
1990	3,576	2,972	604	2,759	2,398	361	3	817	3	574	3	244	3
1991	3,623	3,013	610	2,797	2,432	365	3	826		581		245
1992	3,703	3,080	624	2,827	2,459	368	3	877	3	621	3	257	3
1993	3,790	3,154	636	2,874	2,504	370	3	915		650		265
1994	3,848	3,205	643	2,925	2,552	373	3	923	3	653	3	270	3
1995	3,906	3,255	651	2,974	2,598	376	3	932		657		275
1996	4,006	3,339	666	3,051	2,667	384	3	954	3	672	3	282	3
1997	4,127	3,441	687	3,138	2,746	391		990		695		295
1998	4,230	3,527	703	3,230	2,830	400	3	999	3	697	3	303	3
1999	4,347	3,624	723	3,319	2,911	408		1,028		713		315
2000	4,433	3,682	750	3,366	2,941	424	3	1,067	3	741	3	326	3
2001	4,554	3,771	783	3,440	3,000	441		1,113		771		342
2002	4,632	3,829	803	3,476	3,034	442	3	1,156	3	795	3	361	3
2003	4,664	3,841	823	3,490	3,049	441		1,175		793		382
2004	4,775	3,909	865	3,537	3,090	447	5	1,237	3	819	3	418	3
2005	4,878	3,978	900	3,588	3,137	451	5	1,290		841		449
20065	—	—	—	3,637	3,177	460		—		—		—
20075	—	—	—	3,679	3,213	466		—		—		—
20085	—	—	—	3,725	3,252	473		—		—		—
20095	—	—	—	3,770	3,289	480		—		—		—
20105	—	—	—	3,812	3,325	487		—		—		—
20115	—	—	—	3,857	3,363	494		—		—		—
20125	—	—	—	3,913	3,410	502		—		—		—
20135	—	—	—	3,971	3,461	511		—		—		—
20145	—	—	—	4,038	3,518	520		—		—		—
20155	—	—	—	4,107	3,578	529		—		—		—
20165	—	—	—	4,180	3,642	538		—		—		—

— 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 Data through 1995 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions grant associate's or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. The degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, but it includes more 2-year col­leges and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not grant degrees. (See Guide to Sources for details.) 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; Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1980 through 2005; Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 1989–90 through 2003–04; Projections of Education Statistics to 2016; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Staff" survey, 1970 and 1975; 1987 through 2005 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Staff Survey" (IPEDS-S:87–99), and Winter 2001–02 through Winter 2005–06; U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission, EEO-6, 1981 and 1983; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared August 2007.)