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 2031

[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	4,941	4,020	921	3,619	3,166	453	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	5,038	4,044	994	3,529	3,099	429	3	1,510	3	945	3	565	3
2011	5,049	4,057	991	3,524	3,103	421		1,524		954		570
2012	5,072	4,067	1,004	3,540	3,109	431	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
2018	5,195	4,152	1,044	3,652	3,170	482	3	1,543		982		561
2019	5,228	4,182	1,046	3,679	3,198	481		1,549		984		565
2020	5,136	4,112	1,024	3,677	3,196	481		1,489		941		548
20215	---	---	---	3,698	3,214	483		1,499		945		554
20226	---	---	---	3,656	3,176	480		---		---		---
20236	---	---	---	3,662	3,181	481		---		---		---
20246	---	---	---	3,684	3,200	484		---		---		---
20256	---	---	---	3,688	3,203	485		---		---		---
20266	---	---	---	3,674	3,191	484		---		---		---
20276	---	---	---	3,674	3,189	485		---		---		---
20286	---	---	---	3,671	3,186	485		---		---		---
20296	---	---	---	3,673	3,187	486		---		---		---
20306	---	---	---	3,672	3,186	486		---		---		---
20316	---	---	---	3,676	3,188	487		---		---		---

---Not available.

1Includes teachers in local public school systems and in most private schools (religiously affiliated and nonsectarian). Teachers are reported in terms of full-time equivalents.

2Includes 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.

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

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

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

6Projected.

NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Projections in this table were calculated after the onset of the coronavirus pandemic and take into account the expected impacts of the pandemic. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

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 2021; Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 1989-90 through 2019-20; Elementary and Secondary Teacher Projection Model, through 2031; 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 2022, Human Resources component, Fall Staff section; U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission, EEO-6, 1981 and 1983; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared May 2023.)