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| Table 209.24. | Number and percentage distribution of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools, by whether they entered teaching through an alternative route to certification program and selected teacher and school characteristics: 2017-18 |
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| Selected teacher or school characteristic |
Number of teachers (in thousands) | Percentage distribution of teachers, by teacher or school characteristic |
Percentage distribution of teachers, by alternative route status |
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| Total | Entered through alternative route program? |
Total | Entered through alternative route program? |
Total | Entered through alternative route program? |
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| Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,545 | (23.5) | 659 | (10.3) | 2,886 | (22.3) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 18.6 | (0.28) | 81.4 | (0.28) | |||||||||
| Sex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Male | 834 | (11.6) | 215 | (5.6) | 618 | (9.9) | 23.5 | (0.28) | 32.6 | (0.71) | 21.4 | (0.29) | 100.0 | (†) | 25.8 | (0.57) | 74.2 | (0.57) | |||||||||
| Female | 2,712 | (20.2) | 444 | (8.6) | 2,268 | (19.2) | 76.5 | (0.28) | 67.4 | (0.71) | 78.6 | (0.29) | 100.0 | (†) | 16.4 | (0.30) | 83.6 | (0.30) | |||||||||
Race/ethnicity |
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| White | 2,811 | (22.7) | 438 | (7.9) | 2,373 | (20.9) | 79.3 | (0.35) | 66.5 | (0.79) | 82.2 | (0.34) | 100.0 | (†) | 15.6 | (0.26) | 84.4 | (0.26) | |||||||||
| Black | 239 | (7.4) | 85 | (4.1) | 153 | (5.8) | 6.7 | (0.20) | 12.9 | (0.56) | 5.3 | (0.19) | 100.0 | (†) | 35.8 | (1.32) | 64.2 | (1.32) | |||||||||
| Hispanic | 331 | (9.2) | 102 | (4.6) | 229 | (7.2) | 9.3 | (0.26) | 15.5 | (0.62) | 7.9 | (0.25) | 100.0 | (†) | 30.8 | (1.06) | 69.2 | (1.06) | |||||||||
| Asian | 75 | (3.5) | 14 | (1.2) | 61 | (3.3) | 2.1 | (0.10) | 2.2 | (0.18) | 2.1 | (0.11) | 100.0 | (†) | 19.2 | (1.52) | 80.8 | (1.52) | |||||||||
| Pacific Islander | 8 | (1.0) | 2 | (0.5) | 6 | (0.9) | 0.2 | (0.03) | 0.3 | (0.08) | 0.2 | (0.03) | 100.0 | (†) | 26.7 | (5.70) | 73.3 | (5.70) | |||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native |
18 | (1.7) | 3 | (0.8) | 15 | (1.5) | 0.5 | (0.05) | 0.5 | (0.12) | 0.5 | (0.05) | 100.0 | (†) | 19.0 | (3.72) | 81.0 | (3.72) | |||||||||
| Two or more races | 63 | (3.1) | 14 | (1.2) | 49 | (2.7) | 1.8 | (0.09) | 2.1 | (0.19) | 1.7 | (0.09) | 100.0 | (†) | 21.7 | (1.72) | 78.3 | (1.72) | |||||||||
Main teaching assignment |
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| Elementary education | 1,153 | (17.3) | 139 | (5.5) | 1,014 | (15.6) | 32.5 | (0.45) | 21.2 | (0.73) | 35.1 | (0.47) | 100.0 | (†) | 12.1 | (0.42) | 87.9 | (0.42) | |||||||||
| Special education | 433 | (7.7) | 80 | (3.4) | 353 | (7.2) | 12.2 | (0.19) | 12.2 | (0.49) | 12.2 | (0.23) | 100.0 | (†) | 18.5 | (0.74) | 81.5 | (0.74) | |||||||||
| Arts and music | 229 | (5.9) | 35 | (2.1) | 195 | (5.4) | 6.5 | (0.16) | 5.2 | (0.31) | 6.7 | (0.18) | 100.0 | (†) | 15.1 | (0.85) | 84.9 | (0.85) | |||||||||
| English and language arts | 412 | (7.8) | 76 | (3.2) | 336 | (7.0) | 11.6 | (0.21) | 11.5 | (0.46) | 11.6 | (0.22) | 100.0 | (†) | 18.5 | (0.70) | 81.5 | (0.70) | |||||||||
| English as a second language | 72 | (3.9) | 17 | (2.0) | 55 | (3.2) | 2.0 | (0.11) | 2.6 | (0.30) | 1.9 | (0.11) | 100.0 | (†) | 23.7 | (2.33) | 76.3 | (2.33) | |||||||||
| Foreign languages | 95 | (3.6) | 27 | (1.9) | 69 | (3.1) | 2.7 | (0.10) | 4.1 | (0.28) | 2.4 | (0.10) | 100.0 | (†) | 28.1 | (1.65) | 71.9 | (1.65) | |||||||||
| Health education | 162 | (4.4) | 21 | (1.8) | 141 | (4.2) | 4.6 | (0.12) | 3.2 | (0.27) | 4.9 | (0.14) | 100.0 | (†) | 12.9 | (1.06) | 87.1 | (1.06) | |||||||||
| Mathematics and computer science |
301 | (6.6) | 74 | (3.3) | 227 | (5.5) | 8.5 | (0.18) | 11.2 | (0.47) | 7.9 | (0.19) | 100.0 | (†) | 24.5 | (0.91) | 75.5 | (0.91) | |||||||||
| Natural sciences | 242 | (5.8) | 71 | (2.7) | 171 | (5.0) | 6.8 | (0.16) | 10.8 | (0.40) | 5.9 | (0.16) | 100.0 | (†) | 29.3 | (0.97) | 70.7 | (0.97) | |||||||||
| Social sciences | 224 | (5.3) | 42 | (2.3) | 182 | (4.9) | 6.3 | (0.14) | 6.4 | (0.32) | 6.3 | (0.16) | 100.0 | (†) | 18.8 | (0.95) | 81.2 | (0.95) | |||||||||
| Career or technical education | 145 | (4.5) | 59 | (2.9) | 86 | (3.3) | 4.1 | (0.13) | 8.9 | (0.40) | 3.0 | (0.11) | 100.0 | (†) | 40.6 | (1.47) | 59.4 | (1.47) | |||||||||
| All others | 76 | (3.2) | 18 | (1.6) | 58 | (2.9) | 2.2 | (0.09) | 2.8 | (0.25) | 2.0 | (0.10) | 100.0 | (†) | 24.2 | (1.93) | 75.8 | (1.93) | |||||||||
School classification |
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| Traditional public | 3,340 | (23.8) | 607 | (10.0) | 2,733 | (22.4) | 94.2 | (0.22) | 92.0 | (0.43) | 94.7 | (0.20) | 100.0 | (†) | 18.2 | (0.28) | 81.8 | (0.28) | |||||||||
| Charter school | 206 | (7.7) | 53 | (2.9) | 153 | (5.8) | 5.8 | (0.22) | 8.0 | (0.43) | 5.3 | (0.20) | 100.0 | (†) | 25.6 | (0.96) | 74.4 | (0.96) | |||||||||
School level |
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| Elementary | 1,689 | (25.8) | 229 | (7.2) | 1,460 | (23.2) | 47.6 | (0.66) | 34.8 | (0.90) | 50.6 | (0.69) | 100.0 | (†) | 13.6 | (0.37) | 86.4 | (0.37) | |||||||||
| Middle | 629 | (18.9) | 133 | (6.2) | 496 | (15.3) | 17.7 | (0.52) | 20.1 | (0.90) | 17.2 | (0.52) | 100.0 | (†) | 21.1 | (0.73) | 78.9 | (0.73) | |||||||||
| High | 982 | (24.8) | 246 | (8.2) | 736 | (20.1) | 27.7 | (0.66) | 37.3 | (1.11) | 25.5 | (0.66) | 100.0 | (†) | 25.0 | (0.61) | 75.0 | (0.61) | |||||||||
| Combined | 246 | (9.2) | 51 | (2.7) | 194 | (7.5) | 6.9 | (0.26) | 7.8 | (0.40) | 6.7 | (0.26) | 100.0 | (†) | 20.9 | (0.78) | 79.1 | (0.78) | |||||||||
Percent of minority students in school1 |
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| Less than 10 percent | 396 | (11.8) | 40 | (2.7) | 356 | (10.8) | 11.4 | (0.34) | 6.3 | (0.42) | 12.5 | (0.38) | 100.0 | (†) | 10.1 | (0.60) | 89.9 | (0.60) | |||||||||
| 10 to 24 percent | 625 | (16.2) | 80 | (3.5) | 545 | (14.8) | 18.0 | (0.46) | 12.5 | (0.52) | 19.2 | (0.51) | 100.0 | (†) | 12.8 | (0.49) | 87.2 | (0.49) | |||||||||
| 25 to 49 percent | 828 | (19.0) | 138 | (5.2) | 691 | (16.6) | 23.8 | (0.56) | 21.6 | (0.79) | 24.3 | (0.59) | 100.0 | (†) | 16.6 | (0.52) | 83.4 | (0.52) | |||||||||
| 50 to 74 percent | 683 | (19.6) | 128 | (5.8) | 555 | (16.8) | 19.6 | (0.52) | 20.1 | (0.82) | 19.5 | (0.53) | 100.0 | (†) | 18.7 | (0.68) | 81.3 | (0.68) | |||||||||
| 75 to 89 percent | 362 | (14.0) | 86 | (5.0) | 275 | (11.2) | 10.4 | (0.39) | 13.6 | (0.73) | 9.7 | (0.38) | 100.0 | (†) | 23.9 | (1.01) | 76.1 | (1.01) | |||||||||
| 90 percent or more | 587 | (17.3) | 166 | (6.3) | 421 | (13.4) | 16.9 | (0.48) | 26.0 | (0.85) | 14.8 | (0.46) | 100.0 | (†) | 28.3 | (0.74) | 71.7 | (0.74) | |||||||||
School locale |
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| City | 1,032 | (19.6) | 231 | (6.7) | 801 | (16.6) | 29.1 | (0.50) | 35.0 | (0.86) | 27.8 | (0.53) | 100.0 | (†) | 22.4 | (0.52) | 77.6 | (0.52) | |||||||||
| Suburban | 1,374 | (23.6) | 239 | (7.6) | 1,135 | (21.4) | 38.7 | (0.63) | 36.2 | (0.97) | 39.3 | (0.67) | 100.0 | (†) | 17.4 | (0.50) | 82.6 | (0.50) | |||||||||
| Town | 413 | (12.1) | 62 | (3.3) | 351 | (10.7) | 11.6 | (0.33) | 9.4 | (0.49) | 12.1 | (0.36) | 100.0 | (†) | 15.0 | (0.68) | 85.0 | (0.68) | |||||||||
| Rural | 727 | (18.6) | 127 | (5.2) | 600 | (16.1) | 20.5 | (0.51) | 19.3 | (0.73) | 20.8 | (0.54) | 100.0 | (†) | 17.5 | (0.58) | 82.5 | (0.58) | |||||||||
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch |
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| 0 to 25 | 665 | (19.1) | 93 | (4.8) | 572 | (17.2) | 18.8 | (0.52) | 14.1 | (0.71) | 19.8 | (0.57) | 100.0 | (†) | 14.0 | (0.62) | 86.0 | (0.62) | |||||||||
| 26 to 50 | 947 | (21.5) | 152 | (5.6) | 794 | (18.6) | 26.7 | (0.60) | 23.1 | (0.81) | 27.5 | (0.62) | 100.0 | (†) | 16.1 | (0.47) | 83.9 | (0.47) | |||||||||
| 51 to 75 | 817 | (18.2) | 157 | (6.3) | 660 | (15.7) | 23.0 | (0.50) | 23.8 | (0.88) | 22.9 | (0.52) | 100.0 | (†) | 19.2 | (0.64) | 80.8 | (0.64) | |||||||||
| 76 to 100 | 1,029 | (23.0) | 237 | (7.8) | 792 | (19.2) | 29.0 | (0.59) | 36.0 | (0.96) | 27.4 | (0.61) | 100.0 | (†) | 23.1 | (0.60) | 76.9 | (0.60) | |||||||||
| School does not participate | 87 | (6.5) | 20 | (2.0) | 68 | (5.4) | 2.5 | (0.18) | 3.0 | (0.29) | 2.3 | (0.19) | 100.0 | (†) | 22.5 | (1.75) | 77.5 | (1.75) | |||||||||
| †Not applicable. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Excludes the 2 percent of teachers for whom the percentage of minority enrollment in the school was not available. Minority enrollment is the combined enrollment of students who are Black, Hispanic, Asian, Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native, and of Two or more races. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Teachers were asked whether they entered teaching through an alternative route to certification program, which is a program that was designed to expedite the transition of nonteachers to a teaching career (for example, a state, district, or university alternative route to certification program). Data are based on a head count of full-time and part-time teachers rather than on the number of full-time-equivalent teachers reported in other tables. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education, National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), "Public School Teacher Data File," 2017-18. (This table was prepared May 2020.) |
