Table 210.50.

Percentage of public and private elementary and secondary schools hiring for at least one open teaching position, and among schools with at least one opening schoolwide, percentage hiring in various subject-matter fields, by selected school characteristics: School years 2011-12, 2015-16, and 2020-21

[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Selected school characteristic	Total, schools hiring for at least one open teaching position			Among schools with at least one open teaching position, percent of schools hiring in offered subject-matter field1
				General elementary			Special education			English or language arts			Social studies			Computer science			Mathematics			Biology or life sciences			Physical sciences			English as a second language or bilingual education			Foreign languages			Music or art			Career or technical education			Physical education or health			Other
1	2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9			10			11			12			13			14			15			16
Public schools
2011-12	66.2		(0.74)	78.8		(1.09)	50.6		(0.93)	42.1		(0.87)	31.7		(0.93)	14.2		(0.74)	40.4		(0.97)	29.0		(1.08)	25.7		(1.09)	21.5		(0.98)	27.6		(0.91)	29.2		(0.88)	19.7		(0.78)	---		(†)	25.1		(0.96)
2015-16	77.8		(0.62)	83.1		(0.75)	61.7		(0.78)	47.3		(0.77)	36.8		(0.87)	16.2		(0.76)	46.9		(0.85)	33.3		(0.78)	29.2		(0.74)	26.4		(0.78)	28.3		(0.89)	34.8		(0.82)	22.8		(0.83)	---		(†)	25.9		(0.80)
2020-21
Total	79.7		(0.54)	79.2		(0.81)	63.6		(0.78)	46.1		(0.85)	35.3		(0.81)	19.5		(0.68)	43.9		(0.89)	31.2		(0.83)	28.7		(0.80)	26.5		(0.77)	25.6		(0.70)	31.6		(0.77)	23.9		(0.72)	26.5		(0.70)	---		(†)
School level
Elementary	77.7		(0.87)	85.7		(0.81)	62.0		(1.16)	30.4		(1.36)	21.2		(1.26)	13.0		(0.98)	26.7		(1.24)	14.7		(1.27)	13.2		(1.11)	26.2		(1.13)	13.5		(1.05)	29.4		(1.17)	6.8		(0.89)	22.9		(0.96)	---		(†)
Middle	86.4		(1.00)	47.5		(2.96)	67.0		(1.56)	58.6		(1.64)	46.9		(1.72)	22.2		(1.48)	54.5		(1.77)	39.7		(1.58)	33.9		(1.65)	25.9		(1.56)	28.4		(1.71)	34.5		(1.66)	23.2		(1.50)	29.1		(1.40)	---		(†)
Secondary/high	80.3		(1.01)	25.8		(5.10)	63.8		(1.44)	59.7		(1.53)	46.7		(1.36)	25.7		(1.27)	60.4		(1.63)	44.1		(1.44)	42.7		(1.51)	28.5		(1.49)	39.0		(1.35)	32.3		(1.29)	42.2		(1.65)	31.4		(1.35)	---		(†)
Combined/other	78.9		(2.20)	71.4		(2.86)	66.3		(2.42)	50.2		(2.77)	37.9		(2.67)	25.5		(2.82)	48.1		(2.91)	36.6		(2.79)	35.1		(2.95)	24.1		(2.91)	27.8		(2.84)	37.2		(3.02)	28.6		(2.96)	31.2		(2.53)	---		(†)
School size
Less than 150	58.4		(2.56)	56.3		(3.76)	58.1		(3.23)	37.3		(3.84)	26.3		(3.26)	17.1		(3.21)	33.6		(3.70)	23.4		(3.23)	20.2		(3.26)	23.0		(4.07)	16.9		(3.04)	29.3		(3.15)	19.5		(2.79)	26.6		(3.33)	---		(†)
150 to 349	76.6		(1.27)	77.5		(1.58)	53.4		(1.81)	32.8		(1.74)	21.2		(1.62)	10.6		(1.24)	28.7		(1.53)	18.3		(1.59)	16.8		(1.51)	17.6		(1.47)	15.2		(1.33)	25.4		(1.66)	14.3		(1.49)	20.2		(1.40)	---		(†)
350 to 499	80.6		(1.15)	81.8		(1.50)	61.3		(1.58)	35.5		(1.72)	25.5		(1.66)	15.1		(1.47)	33.2		(1.75)	22.3		(1.73)	21.3		(1.81)	24.8		(1.58)	16.5		(1.50)	29.4		(1.74)	16.3		(1.50)	23.0		(1.47)	---		(†)
500 to 749	84.2		(1.10)	84.9		(1.32)	66.6		(1.64)	50.0		(1.62)	38.4		(1.70)	20.6		(1.73)	45.8		(1.77)	28.9		(1.82)	27.9		(1.81)	28.0		(1.72)	25.4		(1.92)	31.1		(1.55)	22.9		(1.76)	27.9		(1.54)	---		(†)
750 or more	89.2		(0.86)	77.7		(1.94)	76.2		(1.27)	67.2		(1.44)	57.0		(1.54)	31.1		(1.47)	68.7		(1.40)	53.7		(1.51)	48.5		(1.51)	36.3		(1.50)	43.1		(1.33)	41.5		(1.34)	39.1		(1.49)	35.7		(1.38)	---		(†)
School locale
City	79.8		(1.10)	81.9		(1.37)	67.4		(1.58)	49.7		(1.52)	37.7		(1.61)	22.9		(1.56)	49.2		(1.67)	35.8		(1.54)	33.3		(1.58)	35.2		(1.61)	29.4		(1.55)	36.0		(1.54)	25.7		(1.67)	29.2		(1.32)	---		(†)
Suburban	81.4		(0.97)	80.2		(1.25)	66.1		(1.38)	46.6		(1.53)	37.2		(1.54)	20.2		(1.23)	43.8		(1.51)	32.3		(1.43)	28.4		(1.29)	27.0		(1.29)	28.4		(1.30)	28.7		(1.28)	21.0		(1.13)	26.6		(1.18)	---		(†)
Town	79.4		(1.49)	80.8		(2.08)	61.3		(2.00)	44.1		(2.02)	32.2		(1.94)	15.1		(1.44)	41.2		(2.19)	29.3		(1.79)	26.0		(1.78)	19.0		(1.80)	19.9		(1.79)	26.9		(1.66)	26.2		(1.84)	23.3		(1.51)	---		(†)
Rural	77.9		(1.18)	74.4		(1.92)	57.3		(1.65)	42.6		(1.77)	32.3		(1.55)	17.7		(1.36)	39.7		(1.67)	26.5		(1.55)	26.0		(1.68)	19.6		(1.39)	20.9		(1.49)	32.8		(1.71)	24.4		(1.62)	25.1		(1.38)	---		(†)
Percent of students      eligible for free or      reduced-price lunch
0 to 25	81.6		(1.59)	76.9		(2.07)	62.8		(1.67)	43.7		(2.01)	33.6		(2.00)	20.6		(1.82)	41.8		(1.90)	31.3		(2.01)	26.6		(1.78)	21.2		(1.82)	31.0		(1.93)	29.5		(1.83)	24.7		(1.88)	26.9		(1.79)	---		(†)
26 to 50	81.4		(1.19)	78.6		(1.76)	61.2		(1.66)	48.3		(1.72)	36.6		(1.77)	19.7		(1.38)	43.4		(1.69)	31.1		(1.72)	29.2		(1.54)	24.0		(1.34)	28.3		(1.55)	31.5		(1.53)	24.6		(1.35)	25.6		(1.32)	---		(†)
51 to 75	81.1		(1.36)	79.6		(2.15)	65.0		(1.74)	45.5		(2.22)	37.6		(2.06)	15.4		(1.41)	43.3		(2.09)	30.1		(1.68)	27.8		(1.64)	25.2		(1.83)	23.7		(1.84)	30.6		(1.65)	24.3		(1.75)	23.8		(1.63)	---		(†)
76 to 100	78.4		(0.93)	79.8		(1.27)	63.9		(1.20)	45.9		(1.34)	33.4		(1.19)	20.6		(1.10)	44.4		(1.47)	31.2		(1.46)	28.9		(1.46)	30.7		(1.25)	22.0		(1.21)	32.6		(1.30)	20.6		(1.15)	27.7		(1.16)	---		(†)
School does not      participate	73.9		(2.70)	82.6		(3.86)	69.1		(3.57)	46.7		(4.10)	42.8		(4.33)	22.4		(4.43)	50.9		(4.62)	36.4		(4.28)	35.2		(4.49)	26.1		(3.98)	29.8		(4.09)	34.4		(4.18)	39.8		(4.54)	30.2		(3.97)	---		(†)
Private schools
2011-12	57.8		(1.58)	76.5		(1.90)	32.2		(2.89)	43.2		(1.93)	31.8		(2.10)	20.4		(1.79)	41.3		(2.06)	30.8		(2.55)	29.5		(2.18)	13.0		(2.02)	37.9		(2.18)	36.0		(2.01)	8.1		(1.41)	---		(†)	32.7		(2.37)
2015-16	---		(†)	---		(†)	---		(†)	---		(†)	---		(†)	---		(†)	---		(†)	---		(†)	---		(†)	---		(†)	---		(†)	---		(†)	---		(†)	---		(†)	---		(†)
2020-21
Total	68.2		(1.39)	80.4		(1.65)	37.9		(2.12)	43.0		(1.81)	33.3		(1.75)	24.5		(1.67)	41.3		(1.75)	33.7		(1.79)	32.4		(1.72)	15.4		(2.00)	36.3		(1.71)	35.3		(1.72)	15.6		(2.44)	30.4		(1.65)	---		(†)
School level
Elementary/middle	54.8		(4.13)	78.0		(5.17)	22.2		(5.12)	32.8		(5.19)	21.3		(5.05)	22.6		(5.60)	31.0		(5.37)	24.3		(5.67)	16.0		(4.37)	‡		(†)	29.8		(4.65)	30.3		(4.63)	‡		(†)	35.8		(5.88)	---		(†)
Secondary/high	75.7		(2.36)	‡		(†)	43.1		(4.09)	53.6		(2.77)	42.0		(2.81)	25.1		(3.11)	53.7		(3.20)	42.2		(3.03)	43.4		(2.99)	14.8		(3.15)	51.4		(2.69)	35.5		(2.96)	18.2		(3.59)	30.1		(2.82)	---		(†)
Combined/other	71.2		(1.78)	82.7		(1.53)	39.4		(2.69)	42.4		(2.18)	33.2		(2.06)	24.7		(2.08)	40.3		(2.12)	33.4		(2.13)	32.8		(2.11)	17.2		(2.64)	33.9		(2.22)	36.3		(2.11)	14.4		(2.25)	29.2		(1.96)	---		(†)
School size
Less than 150	60.0		(2.07)	77.5		(2.84)	42.9		(3.26)	40.7		(2.97)	33.4		(2.97)	25.6		(2.98)	42.3		(3.04)	34.6		(3.17)	35.0		(3.06)	17.1		(3.52)	31.6		(2.78)	35.5		(2.90)	19.1		(4.36)	35.6		(2.94)	---		(†)
150 to 349	78.7		(2.09)	82.8		(2.17)	32.5		(3.93)	39.0		(2.80)	27.5		(2.72)	24.1		(2.70)	35.1		(2.61)	29.0		(2.39)	26.1		(2.39)	14.0		(2.69)	36.2		(2.80)	33.7		(2.62)	9.8		(2.22)	25.3		(2.43)	---		(†)
350 to 499	88.7		(2.33)	85.4		(3.61)	28.8		(5.73)	51.8		(4.46)	31.2		(4.11)	18.8		(3.86)	38.2		(3.92)	40.2		(4.34)	30.9		(3.54)	7.6	!	(3.52)	38.6		(4.22)	33.7		(3.97)	8.0	!	(3.13)	24.0		(3.81)	---		(†)
500 to 749	88.9		(2.91)	87.8		(4.19)	33.7		(5.82)	54.8		(5.16)	52.3		(4.88)	23.9		(4.43)	53.5		(4.52)	35.0		(4.64)	37.2		(4.52)	17.9	!	(5.74)	46.4		(5.30)	42.2		(5.07)	14.6	!	(5.27)	23.5		(4.12)	---		(†)
750 or more	81.1		(6.82)	89.6		(6.05)	41.3		(7.91)	66.5		(5.18)	57.2		(5.26)	31.6		(5.61)	72.1		(4.71)	44.7		(5.74)	49.0		(5.49)	20.0	!	(7.64)	66.0		(5.20)	40.3		(5.47)	29.2		(7.88)	27.1		(4.91)	---		(†)
School locale
City	71.3		(2.23)	81.4		(2.63)	37.2		(3.31)	43.2		(2.89)	35.7		(2.74)	25.3		(2.95)	37.6		(2.81)	32.9		(2.82)	30.0		(2.71)	13.6		(2.68)	38.7		(2.87)	32.0		(2.80)	14.8		(2.68)	30.2		(2.70)	---		(†)
Suburban	72.0		(2.13)	82.0		(2.06)	41.5		(3.34)	43.4		(2.46)	30.7		(2.46)	22.3		(2.29)	41.5		(2.49)	34.5		(2.55)	33.7		(2.41)	10.9		(2.48)	35.4		(2.27)	35.6		(2.48)	15.6		(2.90)	28.2		(2.31)	---		(†)
Town	62.0		(4.30)	78.2		(4.29)	‡		(†)	34.3		(5.69)	20.8		(4.45)	29.6		(6.61)	38.4		(5.65)	21.5		(5.07)	35.2		(6.13)	16.5	!	(5.85)	31.9		(6.02)	33.3		(5.47)	‡		(†)	26.0		(4.77)	---		(†)
Rural	60.5		(3.93)	77.2		(4.77)	35.4		(5.96)	45.6		(4.88)	39.3		(4.87)	25.8		(5.54)	49.3		(4.87)	39.1		(5.49)	33.5		(5.10)	26.6		(7.03)	35.1		(5.12)	42.1		(5.26)	21.6	!	(9.41)	37.4		(5.46)	---		(†)

---Not available.

†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.

1Data refer to the percentage of schools that were hiring for at least one open teaching position in a particular subject-matter field, among schools with at least one opening schoolwide and offering that particular subject. An open teaching position in a school may or may not have been filled before the start of the school year. Only schools that offer a subject can hire for an opening in that field.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Data File" and "Private School Data File," 2011-12; and National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), "Public School Data File," 2015-16 and 2020-21, and "Private School Data File," 2020-21. (This table was prepared December 2022.)