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Table 210.31. Mobility of private elementary and secondary teachers, by selected teacher and school characteristics: Selected years, 1987-88 through 2008-09
[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Selected teacher or school characteristic Percent of private school teachers
Left teaching 2007-08 to 2008-09
1987-88 to 1988-89 1993-94 to 1994-95 1999-2000 to 2000-01 2003-04 to 2004-05 Remained in same school Changed schools Left teaching
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Total 12.7   (0.85) 11.9   (0.70) 12.5   (0.69) 13.6   (2.18) 79.2   (1.72) 4.9   (0.60) 15.9   (1.53)
Sex                                          
Male 10.2   (1.72) 13.1   (1.20) 11.7   (1.48) 14.2   (2.06) 80.0   (3.42) 5.7   (1.29) 14.3   (3.11)
Female 13.4   (0.92) 11.6   (0.78) 12.8   (0.76) 13.4   (2.88) 78.9   (1.84) 4.7   (0.68) 16.4   (1.63)
                                           
Race/ethnicity                                          
White 12.1   (0.90) 11.7   (0.69) 12.3   (0.73) 13.0   (2.33) 80.7   (1.82) 4.6   (0.59) 14.7   (1.59)
Black 34.7   (8.35) 12.6 ! (4.52) 14.8 ! (5.09)   (†) 67.2   (10.90) 8.6 ! (3.78) 24.2 ! (10.11)
Hispanic 21.3 ! (6.46) 14.6   (4.31) 9.6   (2.85) 22.1   (5.72) 69.2   (8.37)   (†) 23.7 ! (7.18)
Asian/Pacific Islander   (†) 17.5 ! (8.67)   (†) 7.6 ! (2.84)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Asian   (†)   (†)   (†) 7.8 ! (3.01)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Pacific Islander   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
American Indian/Alaska
        Native
  (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Two or more races   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
                                           
Age                                          
Less than 25 19.0   (3.79) 20.0   (4.19) 29.9   (4.24) 18.0   (3.41) 67.0   (8.95) 6.5 ! (2.81) 26.5 ! (8.04)
25 to 29 17.6   (2.42) 13.1   (1.35) 18.6   (2.07) 21.2   (4.00) 69.7   (5.70) 11.6   (3.14) 18.7   (5.07)
30 to 39 12.4   (1.59) 14.9   (1.54) 13.7   (1.52) 14.2   (1.81) 76.9   (3.73) 4.9   (1.42) 18.2   (3.35)
40 to 49 10.5   (1.63) 8.7   (1.02) 8.5   (1.34) 10.7   (2.08) 83.7   (2.93) 5.4   (1.22) 10.9   (2.81)
50 to 59 11.3   (2.45) 8.2   (1.53) 5.9   (0.90)   (†) 85.2   (2.11) 2.4   (0.63) 12.4   (2.06)
60 to 64 16.9 ! (5.93) 13.1   (2.74) 18.1   (3.72) 20.7   (5.27) 79.2   (6.44)   (†) 17.6 ! (5.93)
65 and over 7.9 ! (3.16) 41.9   (8.67) 29.4   (7.60) 21.2 ! (7.31) 74.7   (9.34)   (†) 23.3 ! (8.67)
                                           
Full- and part-time
        teaching experience
                                         
1 year or less 15.9   (2.73) 18.2   (2.12) 28.9   (3.95) 20.2   (4.36) 66.1   (8.45)   (†) 29.8   (7.86)
2 years 18.2   (3.32) 23.6   (2.72) 22.5   (3.24)   (†) 72.8   (8.46) 6.5 ! (2.18) 20.7 ! (8.57)
3 years 15.4   (3.80) 12.8   (2.15) 17.8   (2.49) 15.3   (2.47) 73.9   (6.77) 9.6   (2.75) 16.5 ! (6.35)
4 to 10 years 14.0   (1.91) 13.1   (1.51) 12.6   (1.37) 16.0   (2.54) 76.9   (2.63) 6.9   (1.44) 16.3   (2.13)
11 to 20 years 11.5   (1.73) 7.1   (0.93) 6.9   (1.13) 8.2   (1.75) 83.4   (3.12) 3.1   (0.90) 13.5   (2.88)
21 to 25 years 5.2 ! (2.36) 6.0   (1.64) 5.5   (1.32) 8.9 ! (4.25) 88.7   (3.19) 2.7 ! (1.23) 8.6 ! (2.88)
More than 25 years 8.4   (2.03) 12.7   (2.53) 10.0   (1.40) 8.5   (1.77) 84.4   (3.25) 2.9 ! (1.01) 12.7   (2.95)
                                           
Level taught                                          
Elementary 12.5   (0.99) 11.5   (0.96) 13.4   (0.84) 14.4   (3.64) 79.8   (1.91) 5.9   (0.88) 14.3   (1.80)
Secondary 12.9   (2.38) 12.6   (1.51) 8.5   (0.90) 12.5   (1.35) 78.6   (2.64) 3.8   (0.93) 17.6   (2.44)
                                           
School size                                          
Less than 150 16.6   (1.72) 14.8   (1.43) 14.6   (1.45) 22.7   (6.32) 72.8   (3.77) 6.2   (1.43) 21.0   (3.32)
150 to 349 10.9   (1.62) 12.6   (1.21) 13.1   (1.24) 12.4   (1.40) 78.9   (2.92) 5.5   (1.35) 15.7   (2.38)
350 to 499 10.7   (2.63) 12.1   (1.95) 10.3   (1.26) 9.8   (1.40) 85.4   (2.87)   (†) 11.5   (2.59)
500 to 749 9.6   (2.07) 7.1   (1.27) 11.1   (1.91) 9.8   (2.63) 86.7   (3.74) 3.8   (1.09) 9.6 ! (3.36)
750 or more 12.9   (3.14) 6.2   (1.18) 10.8   (1.64) 4.9   (0.90) 79.8   (5.61)   (†) 16.6   (4.87)
                                           
Percent of students who
      are Black, Hispanic,
      Asian, Pacific
      Islander, American
      Indian/Alaska Native,
       or Two or more races
                                         
Less than 5 percent 13.2   (1.67) 11.0   (1.06) 12.3   (1.07)   (†) 81.4   (3.29) 5.4   (1.40) 13.2   (2.87)
5 to 19 percent 10.3   (1.37) 11.1   (1.07) 11.4   (1.10) 12.5   (1.54) 78.9   (2.43) 5.0   (0.91) 16.1   (2.22)
20 to 49 percent 18.9   (4.18) 15.6   (2.28) 13.8   (1.82) 15.6   (2.00) 79.0   (3.19) 3.0   (0.84) 18.0   (2.97)
50 percent or more 13.6   (2.85) 13.2   (2.15) 14.7   (2.34) 18.5   (4.47) 77.0   (4.01) 7.3 ! (2.41) 15.6   (3.44)
                                           
Locale                                          
City   (†)   (†)   (†) 11.4   (1.42) 78.6   (2.81) 5.2   (0.96) 16.2   (2.55)
Suburban   (†)   (†)   (†) 12.4   (1.34) 79.1   (2.96) 4.8   (0.98) 16.2   (2.71)
Town   (†)   (†)   (†) 18.0   (3.63) 82.1   (4.47) 7.5 ! (2.43) 10.3   (3.08)
Rural   (†)   (†)   (†) 15.2   (3.30) 80.4   (4.50) 3.4 ! (1.59) 16.3   (3.86)
—Not available.
†Not applicable.
!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.
‡Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.
NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), Characteristics of Stayers, Movers, and Leavers: Results From the Teacher Follow-up Survey 1994-95; Teacher Attrition and Mobility: Results From the Teacher Follow-up Survey: 2000-01; "Private School Teacher Data File," 2003-04 and 2007-08; and Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS), "Current and Former Teacher Data Files," 2004-05 and 2008-09. (This table was prepared October 2014.)

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