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Table 209.25. | Number and percentage of public elementary and secondary school teachers who met licensing/certification requirements and of public school teachers who had less than 2 years of teaching experience, by state: 2011-12 |
Total number of public school teachers |
Met all state licensing/ certification requirements1 |
Had less than 2 years of teaching experience2 | |||||||
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State | Total | In first year of teaching | In second year of teaching | ||||||
Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | ||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
United States | 3,129,363 | 3,046,577 | 97.4 | 310,298 | 9.9 | 172,611 | 5.5 | 137,686 | 4.4 |
Alabama | 47,371 | 46,905 | 99.0 | 3,431 | 7.2 | 1,854 | 3.9 | 1,577 | 3.3 |
Alaska | 7,800 | 7,764 | 99.5 | 1,114 | 14.3 | 655 | 8.4 | 458 | 5.9 |
Arizona | 55,527 | 53,722 | 96.7 | 7,796 | 14.0 | 4,195 | 7.6 | 3,602 | 6.5 |
Arkansas | 33,803 | 33,354 | 98.7 | 3,778 | 11.2 | 1,464 | 4.3 | 2,314 | 6.8 |
California | 264,566 | 261,721 | 98.9 | 17,213 | 6.5 | 9,484 | 3.6 | 7,729 | 2.9 |
Colorado | 48,479 | 47,399 | 97.8 | 5,262 | 10.9 | 2,738 | 5.6 | 2,524 | 5.2 |
Connecticut | 43,467 | 42,851 | 98.6 | 3,677 | 8.5 | 2,034 | 4.7 | 1,643 | 3.8 |
Delaware | 9,573 | 9,323 | 97.4 | 1,140 | 11.9 | 592 | 6.2 | 548 | 5.7 |
District of Columbia | 5,745 | 5,165 | 89.9 | 1,449 | 25.2 | 842 | 14.7 | 607 | 10.6 |
Florida | 179,972 | 153,680 | 85.4 | 42,145 | 23.4 | 34,944 | 19.4 | 7,201 | 4.0 |
Georgia | 111,877 | 109,979 | 98.3 | 7,759 | 6.9 | 5,079 | 4.5 | 2,680 | 2.4 |
Hawaii | 11,142 | 10,777 | 96.7 | 1,454 | 13.0 | 853 | 7.7 | 602 | 5.4 |
Idaho | 14,589 | 14,463 | 99.1 | 1,389 | 9.5 | 738 | 5.1 | 651 | 4.5 |
Illinois | 133,397 | 131,897 | 98.9 | 14,078 | 10.6 | 8,155 | 6.1 | 5,923 | 4.4 |
Indiana | 61,053 | 60,688 | 99.4 | 7,561 | 12.4 | 2,941 | 4.8 | 4,620 | 7.6 |
Iowa | 35,676 | 35,642 | 99.9 | 2,997 | 8.4 | 1,565 | 4.4 | 1,432 | 4.0 |
Kansas | 34,039 | 33,654 | 98.9 | 3,119 | 9.2 | 1,693 | 5.0 | 1,425 | 4.2 |
Kentucky | 42,747 | 42,645 | 99.8 | 4,875 | 11.4 | 2,444 | 5.7 | 2,431 | 5.7 |
Louisiana | 46,810 | 45,581 | 97.4 | 3,996 | 8.5 | 2,191 | 4.7 | 1,805 | 3.9 |
Maine | 14,567 | 14,326 | 98.3 | 1,030 | 7.1 | 561 | 3.9 | 469 | 3.2 |
Maryland | 61,834 | 59,349 | 96.0 | 5,968 | 9.7 | 2,777 | 4.5 | 3,191 | 5.2 |
Massachusetts | 71,204 | 68,828 | 96.7 | 7,491 | 10.5 | 3,982 | 5.6 | 3,509 | 4.9 |
Michigan | 82,811 | 82,490 | 99.6 | 6,211 | 7.5 | 2,534 | 3.1 | 3,676 | 4.4 |
Minnesota | 54,806 | 54,199 | 98.9 | 4,948 | 9.0 | 2,729 | 5.0 | 2,219 | 4.0 |
Mississippi | 32,807 | 32,488 | 99.0 | 4,222 | 12.9 | 2,300 | 7.0 | 1,922 | 5.9 |
Missouri | 65,759 | 63,733 | 96.9 | 7,018 | 10.7 | 3,976 | 6.0 | 3,042 | 4.6 |
Montana | 10,831 | 10,781 | 99.5 | 1,284 | 11.9 | 489 | 4.5 | 795 | 7.3 |
Nebraska | 23,154 | 23,077 | 99.7 | 2,357 | 10.2 | 1,139 | 4.9 | 1,217 | 5.3 |
Nevada | 23,309 | 23,283 | 99.9 | 1,689 | 7.2 | 922 | 4.0 | 767 | 3.3 |
New Hampshire | 14,823 | 14,674 | 99.0 | 1,302 | 8.8 | 523 | 3.5 | 778 | 5.3 |
New Jersey | 118,746 | 118,099 | 99.5 | 10,831 | 9.1 | 6,041 | 5.1 | 4,790 | 4.0 |
New Mexico | 21,576 | 21,501 | 99.7 | 2,107 | 9.8 | 1,138 | 5.3 | 969 | 4.5 |
New York | 210,866 | 202,327 | 96.0 | 13,019 | 6.2 | 6,804 | 3.2 | 6,214 | 2.9 |
North Carolina | 99,775 | 97,748 | 98.0 | 11,287 | 11.3 | 6,264 | 6.3 | 5,023 | 5.0 |
North Dakota | 8,552 | 8,543 | 99.9 | 973 | 11.4 | 449 | 5.2 | 524 | 6.1 |
Ohio | 108,717 | 107,757 | 99.1 | 6,916 | 6.4 | 3,428 | 3.2 | 3,489 | 3.2 |
Oklahoma | 43,318 | 43,223 | 99.8 | 4,557 | 10.5 | 2,436 | 5.6 | 2,121 | 4.9 |
Oregon | 25,902 | 25,789 | 99.6 | 1,495 | 5.8 | 731 | 2.8 | 764 | 2.9 |
Pennsylvania | 123,514 | 116,752 | 94.5 | 8,888 | 7.2 | 2,958 | 2.4 | 5,930 | 4.8 |
Rhode Island | 10,708 | 10,662 | 99.6 | 550 | 5.1 | 325 | 3.0 | 225 | 2.1 |
South Carolina | 46,357 | 45,899 | 99.0 | 4,382 | 9.5 | 2,453 | 5.3 | 1,929 | 4.2 |
South Dakota | 9,221 | 8,824 | 95.7 | 858 | 9.3 | 476 | 5.2 | 382 | 4.1 |
Tennessee | 68,957 | 66,543 | 96.5 | 7,721 | 11.2 | 4,074 | 5.9 | 3,647 | 5.3 |
Texas | 328,306 | 323,531 | 98.5 | 34,390 | 10.5 | 16,178 | 4.9 | 18,211 | 5.5 |
Utah | 25,051 | 24,081 | 96.1 | 3,002 | 12.0 | 1,550 | 6.2 | 1,452 | 5.8 |
Vermont | 7,237 | 7,122 | 98.4 | 563 | 7.8 | 303 | 4.2 | 259 | 3.6 |
Virginia | 90,839 | 88,345 | 97.3 | 8,802 | 9.7 | 4,851 | 5.3 | 3,951 | 4.3 |
Washington | 53,585 | 52,532 | 98.0 | 2,888 | 5.4 | 1,360 | 2.5 | 1,528 | 2.9 |
West Virginia | 19,291 | 18,503 | 95.9 | 1,615 | 8.4 | 781 | 4.0 | 834 | 4.3 |
Wisconsin | 58,136 | 57,200 | 98.4 | 6,969 | 12.0 | 3,204 | 5.5 | 3,766 | 6.5 |
Wyoming | 7,173 | 7,160 | 99.8 | 737 | 10.3 | 417 | 5.8 | 319 | 4.4 |
1 Requirements vary by state. Includes teachers who met all applicable state teacher certification requirements for a standard certificate (i.e., had a regular/standard certificate/license/endorsement issued by the state). Includes teachers who met the standard teacher education requirements, but had not completed a state-required probationary period. Excludes teachers with emergency, temporary, or provisional credentials. | |||||||||
2 The number of years of teaching experience includes the current year and any prior years teaching in any school, subject, or grade. Does not include any student teaching or other similar preparation experiences. | |||||||||
NOTE: Teachers reported in full-time equivalents (FTE). Due to differing survey procedures, data in this table differ from data in tables based on other survey systems. | |||||||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, Civil Rights Data Collection, "2011-12 Classroom Teachers Estimations." (This table was prepared January 2016.) |