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(80KB)| Table 209.30. | Highest degree earned, years of full-time teaching experience, and average class size for teachers in public elementary and secondary schools, by state: 2011-12 |
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| State | Total number of teachers (in thousands) | Percent of teachers, by highest degree earned | Percent of teachers, by years of full-time teaching experience | Average class size, by level of instruction1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Less than bachelor's | Bachelor's | Master's | Education specialist2 or doctor's | Less than 3 | 3 to 9 | 10 to 20 | Over 20 | Elementary | Secondary | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| United States | 3,385.2 | (41.42) | 3.8 | (0.24) | 39.9 | (0.52) | 47.7 | (0.57) | 8.7 | (0.28) | 9.0 | (0.29) | 33.3 | (0.52) | 36.4 | (0.51) | 21.3 | (0.54) | 21.2 | (0.18) | 26.8 | (0.22) | ||||||||||
| Alabama | 45.0 | (2.61) | 3.8 | ! | (1.51) | 34.5 | (2.69) | 52.8 | (2.81) | 8.9 | (1.64) | 8.0 | (1.28) | 30.9 | (2.75) | 39.2 | (2.85) | 21.9 | (2.34) | 19.2 | (0.42) | 27.4 | (0.94) | |||||||||
| Alaska | 7.5 | (0.70) | 4.4 | ! | (1.78) | 45.6 | (4.44) | 41.9 | (4.01) | 8.2 | (2.37) | 12.9 | (3.30) | 30.8 | (4.15) | 39.6 | (4.16) | 16.7 | (3.76) | 18.3 | (1.35) | 18.7 | (1.22) | |||||||||
| Arizona | 61.7 | (2.61) | 4.6 | (1.16) | 44.4 | (3.67) | 44.1 | (3.49) | 6.9 | (1.71) | 16.4 | (2.29) | 38.0 | (2.75) | 28.5 | (2.60) | 17.2 | (2.02) | 24.1 | (0.67) | 27.7 | (0.96) | ||||||||||
| Arkansas | 37.7 | (2.01) | 3.7 | ! | (1.45) | 54.7 | (3.36) | 35.0 | (3.13) | 6.6 | (1.72) | 11.5 | (2.03) | 28.9 | (3.38) | 32.3 | (3.93) | 27.3 | (3.37) | 20.4 | (0.73) | 25.4 | (1.69) | |||||||||
| California | 285.5 | (7.27) | 4.8 | (0.91) | 43.4 | (2.33) | 39.2 | (2.18) | 12.7 | (1.56) | 9.4 | (1.29) | 29.1 | (2.13) | 42.3 | (2.25) | 19.1 | (1.89) | 25.0 | (0.52) | 32.0 | (0.53) | ||||||||||
| Colorado | 55.9 | (3.14) | 2.8 | ! | (1.00) | 36.1 | (3.51) | 49.9 | (4.26) | 11.2 | (2.79) | 10.8 | (2.25) | 33.4 | (3.50) | 42.9 | (3.96) | 12.9 | (2.51) | 22.8 | (1.29) | 29.1 | (1.25) | |||||||||
| Connecticut | 44.9 | (2.51) | ‡ | (†) | 15.3 | (1.86) | 64.4 | (3.01) | 17.7 | (2.37) | 10.0 | (1.43) | 29.1 | (2.66) | 37.1 | (2.43) | 23.8 | (3.34) | 19.6 | (0.68) | 22.0 | (0.71) | ||||||||||
| Delaware | 9.3 | (0.70) | 4.0 | ! | (1.50) | 34.5 | (4.36) | 49.7 | (4.55) | 11.8 | (2.85) | 12.6 | (3.31) | 35.0 | (3.59) | 33.8 | (4.04) | 18.6 | (2.75) | 20.3 | (0.82) | 25.8 | (2.09) | |||||||||
| District of Columbia | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ||||||||||
| Florida | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ||||||||||
| Georgia | 123.3 | (3.97) | 3.4 | ! | (1.15) | 29.5 | (3.48) | 43.5 | (3.79) | 23.6 | (3.00) | 6.3 | (1.70) | 34.2 | (3.42) | 39.8 | (3.34) | 19.7 | (2.58) | 21.0 | (0.91) | 27.5 | (1.42) | |||||||||
| Hawaii | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ||||||||||
| Idaho | 16.3 | (1.83) | 4.6 | (1.37) | 55.6 | (3.30) | 35.3 | (3.18) | 4.4 | (1.20) | 10.4 | (1.93) | 30.4 | (3.18) | 35.2 | (3.02) | 24.0 | (2.89) | 24.5 | (0.63) | 25.4 | (2.13) | ||||||||||
| Illinois | 140.9 | (9.09) | 2.7 | ! | (0.81) | 32.6 | (2.53) | 57.8 | (2.44) | 7.0 | (1.34) | 9.3 | (1.56) | 36.4 | (2.59) | 34.4 | (2.85) | 20.0 | (2.51) | 22.9 | (1.26) | 27.7 | (1.00) | |||||||||
| Indiana | 64.0 | (2.98) | 2.2 | (0.52) | 43.6 | (3.04) | 47.4 | (3.29) | 6.9 | (1.45) | 10.0 | (1.92) | 26.1 | (2.42) | 35.6 | (3.01) | 28.3 | (3.02) | 21.4 | (0.45) | 27.3 | (1.07) | ||||||||||
| Iowa | 36.1 | (2.28) | 3.5 | ! | (1.22) | 52.8 | (3.89) | 39.7 | (3.60) | 4.1 | ! | (1.26) | 8.8 | (1.85) | 29.0 | (2.98) | 33.0 | (2.77) | 29.2 | (2.55) | 20.3 | (0.93) | 27.4 | (1.35) | ||||||||
| Kansas | 36.5 | (2.27) | 3.8 | (0.83) | 43.8 | (3.52) | 47.0 | (3.66) | 5.4 | (1.38) | 12.5 | (2.98) | 27.4 | (3.00) | 32.7 | (3.15) | 27.4 | (2.83) | 20.4 | (0.86) | 24.6 | (1.21) | ||||||||||
| Kentucky | 46.8 | (2.51) | 5.1 | (1.22) | 17.5 | (2.24) | 57.5 | (2.58) | 20.0 | (2.11) | 10.1 | (1.83) | 32.2 | (2.82) | 38.5 | (2.81) | 19.2 | (2.02) | 23.3 | (1.92) | 26.6 | (1.09) | ||||||||||
| Louisiana | 44.5 | (2.39) | 3.5 | ! | (1.72) | 61.9 | (3.12) | 27.0 | (2.68) | 7.6 | (1.55) | 8.6 | (1.51) | 31.2 | (3.13) | 33.4 | (3.31) | 26.8 | (3.10) | 19.0 | (0.80) | 23.4 | (0.78) | |||||||||
| Maine | 18.4 | (0.90) | 4.9 | ! | (1.60) | 46.3 | (3.41) | 42.8 | (3.30) | 6.0 | (1.36) | 5.8 | (1.47) | 24.1 | (2.57) | 39.4 | (3.32) | 30.6 | (2.81) | 17.6 | (0.64) | 19.9 | (1.76) | |||||||||
| Maryland | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ||||||||||
| Massachusetts | 79.2 | (4.42) | 3.9 | (1.08) | 21.8 | (2.33) | 67.5 | (2.54) | 6.8 | (1.48) | 12.4 | (1.96) | 33.4 | (3.04) | 36.8 | (3.02) | 17.4 | (3.09) | 19.9 | (1.72) | 24.5 | (1.18) | ||||||||||
| Michigan | 96.7 | (3.73) | 2.3 | (0.55) | 29.8 | (2.50) | 62.9 | (2.52) | 5.0 | (1.40) | 7.3 | (1.00) | 31.4 | (2.68) | 42.7 | (2.44) | 18.7 | (2.12) | 23.8 | (0.93) | 28.9 | (0.81) | ||||||||||
| Minnesota | 62.3 | (2.99) | 4.4 | (0.77) | 35.3 | (2.06) | 50.1 | (1.87) | 10.2 | (1.40) | 9.5 | (1.20) | 27.4 | (2.05) | 40.3 | (2.14) | 22.9 | (2.00) | 22.8 | (0.70) | 29.9 | (0.86) | ||||||||||
| Mississippi | 37.6 | (2.11) | 5.3 | (1.45) | 54.4 | (3.87) | 35.2 | (3.57) | 5.1 | (1.51) | 10.3 | (1.97) | 41.0 | (3.45) | 30.5 | (3.35) | 18.2 | (3.18) | 21.6 | (1.01) | 22.8 | (1.15) | ||||||||||
| Missouri | 68.7 | (2.34) | 4.4 | (0.91) | 33.3 | (2.90) | 57.5 | (2.96) | 4.8 | (0.94) | 10.4 | (1.90) | 35.3 | (2.21) | 35.2 | (2.31) | 19.2 | (2.31) | 20.2 | (0.83) | 26.8 | (1.18) | ||||||||||
| Montana | 12.4 | (0.90) | 6.4 | (1.52) | 55.2 | (3.34) | 34.6 | (3.39) | 3.8 | ! | (1.66) | 9.6 | (2.33) | 31.3 | (3.17) | 30.5 | (3.04) | 28.6 | (3.65) | 18.9 | (0.80) | 21.7 | (1.81) | |||||||||
| Nebraska | 23.9 | (1.73) | 5.5 | (1.31) | 44.9 | (3.29) | 45.9 | (3.15) | 3.7 | (0.98) | 10.6 | (1.74) | 27.2 | (2.52) | 34.6 | (2.63) | 27.6 | (2.54) | 17.9 | (0.72) | 23.5 | (0.99) | ||||||||||
| Nevada | 25.2 | (2.63) | 4.5 | ! | (1.85) | 25.1 | (3.92) | 49.8 | (4.26) | 20.6 | (3.23) | 6.5 | ! | (2.17) | 39.0 | (4.02) | 36.2 | (4.29) | 18.2 | (3.55) | 25.3 | (1.41) | 34.5 | (1.54) | ||||||||
| New Hampshire | 15.7 | (1.05) | 3.0 | ! | (1.12) | 40.2 | (3.49) | 48.7 | (3.55) | 8.1 | (1.82) | 8.1 | (1.54) | 32.8 | (3.41) | 31.5 | (3.57) | 27.5 | (3.54) | 20.4 | (3.09) | 21.7 | (1.16) | |||||||||
| New Jersey | 125.2 | (4.16) | 3.0 | (0.74) | 48.5 | (2.47) | 40.8 | (2.30) | 7.6 | (1.60) | 7.3 | (1.24) | 35.4 | (2.45) | 37.4 | (2.66) | 20.0 | (2.03) | 18.5 | (0.81) | 23.9 | (0.68) | ||||||||||
| New Mexico | 21.7 | (2.83) | 4.3 | ! | (2.01) | 43.3 | (3.80) | 42.1 | (3.72) | 10.3 | (2.82) | 8.0 | ! | (2.46) | 30.9 | (3.73) | 40.3 | (5.11) | 20.8 | (5.19) | 19.8 | (0.76) | 23.7 | (1.58) | ||||||||
| New York | 241.4 | (14.58) | 2.8 | ! | (1.00) | 4.4 | (1.09) | 84.2 | (1.56) | 8.6 | (1.32) | 5.3 | (1.38) | 30.0 | (2.81) | 45.5 | (2.35) | 19.1 | (2.41) | 20.7 | (1.36) | 25.1 | (0.96) | |||||||||
| North Carolina | 104.3 | (5.71) | 4.1 | ! | (1.57) | 54.2 | (3.16) | 33.8 | (2.80) | 7.8 | (1.84) | 8.4 | (1.52) | 35.8 | (3.13) | 34.8 | (3.05) | 21.1 | (2.74) | 18.8 | (0.65) | 25.8 | (1.25) | |||||||||
| North Dakota | 10.3 | (0.74) | 6.9 | (1.63) | 59.2 | (3.08) | 30.1 | (2.60) | 3.9 | (1.13) | 12.2 | (2.09) | 24.6 | (3.06) | 30.6 | (3.28) | 32.6 | (3.45) | 17.8 | (0.60) | 19.2 | (1.41) | ||||||||||
| Ohio | 122.1 | (4.29) | 5.3 | (1.17) | 24.0 | (1.79) | 64.5 | (2.16) | 6.2 | (1.28) | 7.1 | (1.11) | 28.8 | (2.48) | 40.8 | (2.67) | 23.3 | (2.00) | 21.3 | (0.99) | 26.7 | (0.85) | ||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 46.2 | (2.49) | 4.3 | (1.04) | 65.6 | (2.66) | 26.9 | (2.56) | 3.2 | ! | (1.12) | 9.8 | (1.84) | 30.1 | (2.58) | 36.9 | (2.93) | 23.3 | (2.27) | 20.7 | (0.56) | 23.7 | (0.88) | |||||||||
| Oregon | 31.8 | (1.28) | 4.2 | ! | (1.53) | 26.3 | (3.18) | 59.8 | (3.62) | 9.7 | (1.94) | 7.2 | (1.54) | 37.0 | (3.58) | 35.6 | (3.58) | 20.2 | (2.45) | 26.4 | (0.96) | 30.0 | (1.05) | |||||||||
| Pennsylvania | 148.8 | (7.48) | 4.5 | ! | (1.94) | 32.9 | (2.52) | 53.9 | (3.34) | 8.7 | (1.77) | 6.2 | (1.78) | 37.0 | (2.55) | 35.8 | (2.17) | 21.0 | (2.30) | 22.4 | (0.99) | 25.2 | (0.96) | |||||||||
| Rhode Island | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ||||||||||
| South Carolina | 51.8 | (1.76) | 3.0 | ! | (1.34) | 28.8 | (3.14) | 57.9 | (3.95) | 10.3 | (2.15) | 8.4 | (1.58) | 30.5 | (3.22) | 32.3 | (3.54) | 28.9 | (3.38) | 19.1 | (0.75) | 26.0 | (1.98) | |||||||||
| South Dakota | 10.8 | (0.92) | 2.3 | ! | (0.73) | 68.8 | (3.52) | 26.6 | (3.13) | 2.3 | ! | (1.14) | 8.8 | (1.65) | 24.6 | (2.76) | 32.9 | (3.63) | 33.7 | (3.38) | 20.4 | (0.66) | 22.3 | (1.31) | ||||||||
| Tennessee | 76.5 | (2.91) | 4.4 | ! | (1.52) | 35.1 | (3.54) | 46.3 | (3.44) | 14.2 | (2.83) | 10.6 | (1.80) | 34.0 | (3.66) | 34.1 | (3.48) | 21.3 | (3.28) | 17.7 | (0.52) | 26.9 | (1.60) | |||||||||
| Texas | 350.8 | (22.99) | 3.3 | (0.65) | 66.4 | (2.09) | 25.8 | (2.12) | 4.6 | (0.77) | 8.9 | (0.95) | 40.4 | (2.05) | 31.1 | (1.88) | 19.7 | (1.74) | 18.2 | (0.82) | 26.9 | (1.07) | ||||||||||
| Utah | 27.9 | (1.67) | 4.2 | (1.10) | 56.8 | (3.96) | 27.3 | (3.88) | 11.7 | ! | (3.94) | 15.0 | (2.43) | 39.9 | (4.49) | 25.6 | (4.52) | 19.5 | (3.12) | 27.4 | (2.09) | 31.5 | (1.29) | |||||||||
| Vermont | 9.4 | (0.34) | 6.6 | (1.46) | 35.4 | (2.78) | 52.0 | (2.87) | 6.0 | (1.59) | 12.9 | (1.60) | 22.1 | (2.38) | 37.0 | (2.56) | 28.0 | (2.73) | 16.6 | (0.40) | 19.8 | (1.25) | ||||||||||
| Virginia | 88.5 | (3.35) | 3.3 | ! | (1.07) | 47.5 | (3.08) | 41.6 | (3.17) | 7.6 | (1.26) | 9.1 | (1.68) | 31.5 | (3.20) | 34.2 | (2.73) | 25.2 | (2.43) | 20.4 | (1.27) | 23.8 | (0.90) | |||||||||
| Washington | 55.5 | (3.15) | 2.9 | (0.59) | 23.1 | (2.61) | 62.9 | (2.92) | 11.1 | (1.96) | 6.2 | (1.45) | 32.2 | (3.00) | 34.8 | (2.82) | 26.8 | (3.03) | 23.7 | (0.60) | 29.7 | (0.99) | ||||||||||
| West Virginia | 24.2 | (0.79) | 3.1 | (0.90) | 46.6 | (4.82) | 43.2 | (4.71) | 7.1 | (1.73) | 12.0 | (2.26) | 31.2 | (4.12) | 30.5 | (3.82) | 26.3 | (3.24) | 18.7 | (1.00) | 24.0 | (1.65) | ||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 66.8 | (3.42) | 2.7 | (0.79) | 36.7 | (2.96) | 55.1 | (2.98) | 5.5 | (1.41) | 10.5 | (1.67) | 26.2 | (3.12) | 42.1 | (3.24) | 21.3 | (2.73) | 20.8 | (0.55) | 27.9 | (0.95) | ||||||||||
| Wyoming | 8.5 | (0.57) | 7.0 | ! | (3.08) | 44.3 | (4.47) | 41.2 | (4.18) | 7.5 | ! | (2.74) | 7.6 | ! | (2.62) | 25.2 | (4.09) | 35.1 | (3.73) | 32.1 | (4.30) | 17.0 | (1.05) | 19.6 | (1.22) | |||||||
| †Not applicable. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| !Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡Reporting standards not met. Data may be suppressed because the response rate is under 50 percent, there are too few cases for a reliable estimate, or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Elementary teachers are those who taught self-contained classes at the elementary level, and secondary teachers are those who taught departmentalized classes (e.g., science, art, social science, or other course subjects) at the secondary level. Teachers were classified as elementary or secondary on the basis of the grades they taught, rather than on the level of the school in which they taught. In general, elementary teachers include those teaching prekindergarten through grade 5 and those teaching multiple grades, with a preponderance of grades taught being kindergarten through grade 6. In general, secondary teachers include those teaching any of grades 7 through 12 and those teaching multiple grades, with a preponderance of grades taught being grades 7 through 12 and usually with no grade taught being lower than grade 5. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 Education specialist degrees or certificates are generally awarded for 1 year’s work beyond the master’s level. Includes certificate of advanced graduate studies. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Data are based on a head count of all teachers rather than on the number of full-time-equivalent teachers appearing in other tables. Excludes prekindergarten teachers. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding and cell suppression. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Teacher Data File," 2011-12. (This table was prepared May 2013.) |
