Table 105.40.

Number of teachers in elementary and secondary schools, and faculty in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by control of institution: Selected years, fall 1970 through fall 2029

[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	2,832	592	2,631	2,279	352		793		553		240
1988	3,472	2,882	590	2,668	2,323	345		804	3	559	3	245	3
1989	3,537	2,934	603	2,713	2,357	356		824		577		247
1990	3,577	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		826		581		245
1992	3,700	3,080	621	2,823	2,459	364	3	877	3	621	3	257	3
1993	3,784	3,154	629	2,868	2,504	364		915		650		265
1994	3,846	3,205	640	2,922	2,552	370	3	923	3	653	3	270	3
1995	3,906	3,255	651	2,974	2,598	376		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	4,432	3,683	750	3,366	2,941	424	3	1,067	3	741	3	325	3
2001	4,554	3,771	783	3,440	3,000	441		1,113		771		342
2002	4,631	3,829	802	3,476	3,034	442	3	1,155	3	794	3	361	3
2003	4,663	3,840	823	3,490	3,049	441		1,174		792		382
2004	4,773	3,909	863	3,536	3,091	445	3	1,237	3	818	3	418	3
2005	4,883	3,984	899	3,593	3,143	450		1,290		841		449
2006	4,944	4,020	924	3,622	3,166	456	3	1,322	3	853	3	468	3
2007	5,028	4,077	951	3,656	3,200	456		1,372		877		495
2008	5,063	4,106	957	3,670	3,222	448	3	1,393	3	884	3	509	3
2009	5,086	4,123	963	3,647	3,210	437		1,439		914		525
2010	5,022	4,044	978	3,512	3,099	413	3	1,510	3	945	3	565	3
2011	5,032	4,057	975	3,508	3,103	405		1,524		954		570
2012	5,049	4,067	981	3,517	3,109	408	3	1,531	3	958	3	573	3
2013	5,101	4,082	1,018	3,555	3,114	441		1,545		969		577
2014	5,146	4,102	1,044	3,594	3,132	461	3	1,552	3	970	3	582	3
2015	5,185	4,122	1,063	3,633	3,151	482		1,552		971		581
2016	5,199	4,144	1,055	3,653	3,169	483	3	1,546		974		572
2017	5,198	4,142	1,055	3,652	3,170	482		1,546		973		573
20185	5,182	4,137	1,044	3,639	3,157	482		1,543		981		562
20196	---	---	---	3,661	3,176	485		---		---		---
20206	---	---	---	3,670	3,184	486		---		---		---
20216	---	---	---	3,684	3,197	488		---		---		---
20226	---	---	---	3,708	3,217	491		---		---		---
20236	---	---	---	3,731	3,237	494		---		---		---
20246	---	---	---	3,758	3,260	498		---		---		---
20256	---	---	---	3,786	3,284	502		---		---		---
20266	---	---	---	3,813	3,307	506		---		---		---
20276	---	---	---	3,842	3,332	510		---		---		---
20286	---	---	---	3,880	3,364	516		---		---		---
20296	---	---	---	3,909	3,390	520		---		---		---

---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 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. Headcounts are used to report data for faculty. 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.

3 Estimated on the basis of enrollment and staff counts in adjacent years.

4 Inclusion of institutions is not consistent with surveys for 1987 and later years.

5 Data for elementary and secondary schools are projected; data for degree-granting institutions are actual.

6 Projected.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

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 2017; Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 1989-90 through 2017-18; Elementary and Secondary Teacher Projection Model, 1973 through 2029; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Staff" survey, 1970 and 1975; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Staff Survey" (IPEDS-S:87-99); IPEDS Winter 2001-02 through Winter 2011-12, Human Resources component, Fall Staff section; IPEDS Spring 2014 through Spring 2019, Human Resources component, Fall Staff section; U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission, EEO-6, 1981 and 1983; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared December 2019.)