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| Table 209.50. | Percentage of public school teachers of grades 9 through 12, by field of main teaching assignment and selected demographic and educational characteristics: School year 2020-21 |
| [Standard errors appear in parentheses] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Selected demographic or educational characteristic | Total | Field of main teaching assignment | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arts and music | English or language arts | Foreign languages | Health and physical education | Mathematics and computer science | Natural sciences | Social sciences | Special education | Vocational/ technical | All other | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of teachers (in thousands) |
1,231.2 | (32.24) | 106.4 | (4.06) | 182.8 | (6.99) | 68.4 | (3.39) | 53.7 | (2.98) | 169.9 | (6.02) | 146.1 | (4.54) | 148.5 | (5.20) | 166.4 | (6.72) | 134.7 | (5.36) | 54.4 | (2.92) | |||||||||||
Total |
100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | |||||||||||
Sex |
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| Male | 40.2 | (0.46) | 43.6 | (1.63) | 25.9 | (1.26) | 29.1 | (1.92) | 59.3 | (2.38) | 42.0 | (1.21) | 45.7 | (1.33) | 59.4 | (1.33) | 25.3 | (1.32) | 45.8 | (1.71) | 34.8 | (2.18) | |||||||||||
| Female | 59.8 | (0.46) | 56.4 | (1.63) | 74.1 | (1.26) | 70.9 | (1.92) | 40.7 | (2.38) | 58.0 | (1.21) | 54.3 | (1.33) | 40.6 | (1.33) | 74.7 | (1.32) | 54.2 | (1.71) | 65.2 | (2.18) | |||||||||||
Race/ethnicity |
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| American Indian/Alaska Native | 0.5 | (0.08) | 0.4 | ! | (0.21) | 0.4 | ! | (0.14) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 0.5 | ! | (0.17) | 0.5 | ! | (0.20) | 0.6 | ! | (0.26) | ‡ | (†) | 0.9 | ! | (0.28) | ‡ | (†) | |||||
| Asian | 2.5 | (0.18) | 1.6 | (0.38) | 1.8 | (0.39) | 3.3 | ! | (1.03) | 1.5 | ! | (0.68) | 5.0 | (0.55) | 3.6 | (0.51) | 1.4 | (0.35) | 1.6 | (0.33) | 1.2 | (0.31) | 4.3 | (1.18) | |||||||||
| Black | 5.8 | (0.31) | 4.1 | (0.71) | 5.3 | (0.64) | 4.2 | (1.11) | 6.6 | (1.40) | 5.7 | (0.64) | 5.6 | (0.70) | 4.5 | (0.63) | 7.5 | (0.72) | 7.8 | (0.83) | 7.4 | (1.75) | |||||||||||
| Hispanic | 8.3 | (0.36) | 5.7 | (0.77) | 7.3 | (0.66) | 26.5 | (1.85) | 9.2 | (1.38) | 7.1 | (0.77) | 6.7 | (0.73) | 7.8 | (0.71) | 6.8 | (0.68) | 6.7 | (0.76) | 12.3 | (1.61) | |||||||||||
| Pacific Islander | 0.3 | (0.05) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 0.8 | ! | (0.32) | ‡ | (†) | 0.2 | ! | (0.09) | ‡ | (†) | 0.3 | ! | (0.13) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ||||||||
| White | 80.8 | (0.56) | 86.4 | (1.24) | 83.4 | (1.00) | 62.4 | (2.15) | 80.6 | (2.06) | 80.0 | (1.08) | 81.4 | (1.10) | 84.1 | (1.05) | 81.8 | (1.11) | 81.4 | (1.19) | 72.4 | (2.45) | |||||||||||
| Two or more races | 1.7 | (0.12) | 1.7 | (0.41) | 1.7 | (0.34) | 2.1 | ! | (0.81) | 1.4 | ! | (0.44) | 1.5 | (0.28) | 1.9 | (0.35) | 1.3 | (0.32) | 2.0 | (0.35) | 1.9 | (0.37) | 1.6 | ! | (0.52) | ||||||||
Age |
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| Under 30 | 12.2 | (0.33) | 16.0 | (1.23) | 13.5 | (0.96) | 9.3 | (1.29) | 9.6 | (1.28) | 15.3 | (0.94) | 12.8 | (0.91) | 13.5 | (1.07) | 10.1 | (0.81) | 7.8 | (0.78) | 9.7 | (1.45) | |||||||||||
| 30 to 39 | 25.9 | (0.47) | 27.3 | (1.52) | 26.6 | (1.18) | 25.8 | (1.89) | 28.5 | (2.06) | 26.5 | (1.10) | 25.9 | (1.22) | 28.0 | (1.18) | 23.8 | (1.27) | 23.8 | (1.30) | 21.4 | (1.87) | |||||||||||
| 40 to 49 | 28.6 | (0.45) | 27.0 | (1.54) | 28.4 | (1.28) | 28.6 | (1.86) | 29.4 | (1.92) | 28.1 | (1.18) | 29.5 | (1.20) | 27.5 | (1.15) | 30.0 | (1.17) | 28.3 | (1.43) | 30.7 | (2.51) | |||||||||||
| 50 to 59 | 23.4 | (0.48) | 19.3 | (1.25) | 23.6 | (1.76) | 24.1 | (1.86) | 24.2 | (2.04) | 23.0 | (1.18) | 22.7 | (1.09) | 22.6 | (1.16) | 23.6 | (1.25) | 27.2 | (1.49) | 24.7 | (1.97) | |||||||||||
| 60 and over | 9.9 | (0.43) | 10.3 | (1.04) | 7.8 | (0.78) | 12.2 | (1.22) | 8.3 | (1.29) | 7.0 | (0.69) | 9.1 | (0.79) | 8.4 | (0.91) | 12.6 | (1.63) | 12.9 | (1.06) | 13.5 | (1.77) | |||||||||||
Age at which first began to teach full time or part time |
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| 25 or under | 50.4 | (0.50) | 57.2 | (1.59) | 55.0 | (1.41) | 47.9 | (2.09) | 55.2 | (2.16) | 59.0 | (1.23) | 49.8 | (1.42) | 52.5 | (1.55) | 44.3 | (1.49) | 37.2 | (1.66) | 41.3 | (2.45) | |||||||||||
| 26 to 35 | 31.9 | (0.45) | 28.6 | (1.32) | 30.6 | (1.17) | 33.1 | (1.90) | 37.5 | (2.18) | 25.7 | (1.05) | 34.1 | (1.31) | 33.6 | (1.44) | 34.5 | (1.52) | 33.1 | (1.48) | 34.1 | (2.14) | |||||||||||
| 36 to 45 | 11.7 | (0.32) | 9.9 | (0.92) | 10.1 | (0.75) | 11.9 | (1.39) | 4.8 | (0.89) | 11.3 | (0.90) | 11.1 | (0.87) | 8.6 | (0.76) | 13.7 | (1.01) | 18.2 | (1.20) | 16.7 | (1.93) | |||||||||||
| 46 to 55 | 4.8 | (0.20) | 3.7 | (0.64) | 3.1 | (0.41) | 5.0 | (0.87) | 1.3 | ! | (0.54) | 3.6 | (0.42) | 4.0 | (0.52) | 4.2 | (0.54) | 6.1 | (0.74) | 9.4 | (0.81) | 7.5 | (1.16) | ||||||||||
| 56 or over | 1.1 | (0.12) | 0.6 | ! | (0.24) | 1.2 | (0.29) | 2.0 | ! | (0.69) | 1.3 | ! | (0.58) | 0.5 | ! | (0.20) | 1.0 | (0.28) | 1.0 | (0.26) | 1.3 | (0.36) | 2.1 | (0.57) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||
Years of full-time and part-time teaching experience |
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| Less than 3 | 6.9 | (0.27) | 7.8 | (0.86) | 7.2 | (0.69) | 5.4 | (1.04) | 7.0 | (1.19) | 6.3 | (0.59) | 6.5 | (0.74) | 7.3 | (0.90) | 4.9 | (0.56) | 9.9 | (1.07) | 6.6 | (1.19) | |||||||||||
| 3 to 9 | 28.1 | (0.49) | 28.9 | (1.53) | 26.2 | (1.21) | 27.1 | (2.01) | 23.1 | (1.86) | 29.2 | (1.13) | 28.2 | (1.28) | 27.1 | (1.15) | 30.2 | (1.39) | 29.5 | (1.19) | 28.3 | (2.49) | |||||||||||
| 10 to 20 | 37.5 | (0.52) | 35.6 | (1.49) | 38.6 | (1.46) | 38.0 | (2.10) | 34.0 | (2.24) | 38.2 | (1.22) | 37.7 | (1.34) | 37.0 | (1.33) | 38.1 | (1.27) | 36.0 | (1.75) | 39.4 | (2.58) | |||||||||||
| Over 20 | 27.6 | (0.56) | 27.7 | (1.52) | 27.9 | (1.80) | 29.5 | (2.06) | 35.9 | (2.13) | 26.4 | (1.14) | 27.7 | (1.28) | 28.5 | (1.29) | 26.8 | (1.39) | 24.6 | (1.48) | 25.6 | (2.23) | |||||||||||
Highest degree earned |
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| Less than bachelor's degree |
1.9 | (0.18) | 0.7 | ! | (0.28) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 0.4 | ! | (0.20) | ‡ | (†) | 0.5 | ! | (0.16) | 12.9 | (1.24) | 2.9 | (0.84) | ||||||||
| Bachelor's degree | 33.7 | (0.69) | 41.8 | (1.71) | 30.7 | (1.31) | 28.2 | (1.86) | 41.9 | (2.26) | 36.9 | (1.64) | 29.8 | (1.28) | 34.6 | (1.45) | 29.3 | (1.40) | 35.1 | (1.64) | 34.3 | (2.42) | |||||||||||
| Master's degree | 53.7 | (0.75) | 48.2 | (1.77) | 57.5 | (1.52) | 60.2 | (2.27) | 49.5 | (2.37) | 54.1 | (1.62) | 58.1 | (1.37) | 54.8 | (1.54) | 54.4 | (1.55) | 44.4 | (1.63) | 51.9 | (2.53) | |||||||||||
| Education specialist1 | 8.5 | (0.28) | 7.2 | (0.81) | 9.1 | (0.78) | 7.8 | (0.99) | 7.6 | (1.50) | 6.0 | (0.60) | 7.7 | (0.78) | 7.7 | (0.75) | 14.6 | (0.97) | 6.2 | (0.67) | 9.0 | (1.21) | |||||||||||
| Doctor's degree | 2.3 | (0.17) | 2.1 | (0.51) | 2.4 | (0.44) | 2.8 | (0.69) | ‡ | (†) | 2.6 | (0.44) | 4.1 | (0.51) | 2.7 | (0.54) | 1.3 | (0.31) | 1.4 | (0.33) | 1.9 | ! | (0.58) | ||||||||||
Major field of study in bachelor's or higher degree2 |
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| Arts and music | 9.8 | (0.31) | 88.8 | (1.01) | 3.2 | (0.47) | 6.9 | (1.09) | 2.4 | (0.69) | 1.0 | (0.26) | 0.5 | ! | (0.18) | 1.4 | (0.33) | 2.2 | (0.40) | 3.3 | (0.48) | 2.2 | ! | (0.67) | |||||||||
| Education, elementary instruction |
6.9 | (0.31) | 3.6 | (0.59) | 4.7 | (0.56) | 5.6 | (0.93) | 3.6 | (0.81) | 4.5 | (0.49) | 2.3 | (0.37) | 1.6 | (0.32) | 20.5 | (1.32) | 5.5 | (1.37) | 22.3 | (2.19) | |||||||||||
| Education, secondary instruction |
26.4 | (0.49) | 12.9 | (1.06) | 37.4 | (1.44) | 28.1 | (1.88) | 12.4 | (1.56) | 35.9 | (1.29) | 37.9 | (1.29) | 38.7 | (1.45) | 8.9 | (0.75) | 14.6 | (1.03) | 16.2 | (1.81) | |||||||||||
| Education, special education |
13.1 | (0.42) | 1.7 | (0.40) | 6.3 | (1.45) | 2.5 | ! | (0.93) | 3.2 | ! | (1.10) | 3.9 | (0.48) | 1.7 | (0.36) | 4.3 | (0.56) | 71.6 | (1.57) | 3.2 | (0.62) | 10.5 | (1.35) | |||||||||
| Education, other | 18.2 | (0.44) | 11.7 | (1.07) | 17.2 | (1.01) | 19.1 | (1.79) | 23.6 | (1.92) | 18.9 | (0.99) | 16.5 | (1.03) | 21.3 | (1.14) | 18.6 | (1.09) | 19.0 | (1.49) | 18.1 | (1.87) | |||||||||||
| English and language arts |
17.1 | (0.37) | 5.3 | (0.73) | 76.9 | (1.03) | 14.4 | (1.41) | 4.0 | (1.02) | 2.1 | (0.35) | 2.2 | (0.44) | 6.6 | (0.69) | 13.0 | (0.91) | 4.0 | (0.58) | 16.2 | (1.64) | |||||||||||
| Foreign languages | 5.5 | (0.24) | 1.7 | (0.42) | 2.1 | (0.35) | 71.9 | (1.85) | 1.9 | ! | (0.71) | 1.1 | (0.24) | 0.7 | ! | (0.28) | 1.1 | (0.28) | 1.0 | (0.26) | 0.3 | ! | (0.15) | 10.5 | (1.87) | ||||||||
| Health and physical education |
7.3 | (0.26) | 1.2 | (0.32) | 1.9 | ! | (0.68) | 2.5 | (0.61) | 78.3 | (1.75) | 3.8 | (0.53) | 4.8 | (0.56) | 4.7 | (0.56) | 6.8 | (0.61) | 4.0 | (0.55) | 8.6 | (1.25) | ||||||||||
| Mathematics and computer science |
10.1 | (0.26) | 0.3 | ! | (0.17) | 0.4 | ! | (0.16) | 1.3 | ! | (0.57) | ‡ | (†) | 63.1 | (1.17) | 2.7 | (0.41) | 0.9 | (0.25) | 1.8 | (0.34) | 2.8 | (0.50) | 4.4 | (1.17) | ||||||||
| Natural sciences | 12.7 | (0.29) | 0.9 | ! | (0.30) | 0.7 | ! | (0.21) | 2.0 | ! | (0.65) | 3.3 | (0.91) | 9.1 | (0.72) | 80.6 | (1.12) | 1.5 | ! | (0.67) | 3.0 | (0.52) | 5.6 | (0.62) | 5.8 | (1.05) | |||||||
| Social sciences | 20.2 | (0.40) | 3.6 | (0.61) | 13.3 | (1.44) | 15.8 | (1.54) | 8.7 | (1.28) | 10.0 | (0.81) | 7.1 | (0.71) | 80.0 | (1.10) | 22.1 | (1.22) | 8.8 | (0.87) | 18.7 | (1.83) | |||||||||||
| Vocational/technical education |
14.1 | (0.32) | 3.9 | (0.60) | 4.8 | (0.48) | 8.0 | (1.05) | 8.2 | (1.25) | 13.1 | (1.02) | 8.7 | (0.78) | 6.0 | (0.66) | 9.7 | (0.91) | 61.8 | (1.59) | 13.3 | (1.54) | |||||||||||
| Other field | 6.7 | (0.28) | 3.2 | (0.53) | 8.8 | (0.94) | 15.0 | (1.58) | 4.1 | (0.92) | 4.8 | (0.48) | 4.5 | (0.61) | 5.2 | (0.64) | 5.4 | (0.59) | 4.1 | (0.62) | 25.1 | (2.11) | |||||||||||
| No degree | 1.9 | (0.18) | 0.7 | ! | (0.28) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 0.4 | ! | (0.20) | ‡ | (†) | 0.5 | ! | (0.16) | 12.9 | (1.24) | 2.9 | (0.84) | ||||||||
| †Not applicable. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| !Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1Education specialist degrees or certificates are generally awarded for 1 year's work beyond the master's level. Includes certificates of advanced graduate studies. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2Data may sum to more than 100 percent because (1) a teacher who reported more than one major is represented in more than one field of study and (2) a teacher with multiple degrees in different fields of study is represented in more than one field of study. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), "Public School Teacher Data File," 2020-21. (This table was prepared March 2023.) |
