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                             |Percentage distribution of public school teachers  ||Percentage distribution of private school teachers
                             |---------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------
                             |  1987-88 to 1988-89     |   1990-91 to 1991-92    ||  1987-88 to 1988-89     |   1990-91 to 1991-92
       Characteristic        |-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------
                             |Remained|Remained | Left |Remained|Remained | Left ||Remained|Remained | Left |Remained|Remained | Left
                             |teaching|in teach-|teach-|teaching|in teach-|teach-||teaching|in teach-|teach-|teaching|in teach-|teach-
                             | in the | ing but | ing  | in the | ing but | ing  || in the | ing but | ing  | in the | ing but | ing
                             |  same  | changed |      |  same  | changed |      ||  same  | changed |      |  same  | changed |
                             | school | schools |      | school | schools |      || school | schools |      | school | schools |
-----------------------------|--------|---------|------|--------|---------|------||--------|---------|------|--------|---------|------
              1              |   2    |    3    |  4   |   5    |    6    |  7   ||   8    |    9    |  10  |   11   |   12    |  13
-----------------------------|--------|---------|------|--------|---------|------||--------|---------|------|--------|---------|------
Total .......................|   86.5 |     7.9 |  5.6 |   87.6 |     7.3 |  5.1 ||   77.8 |     9.5 | 12.7 |   81.1 |     6.6 | 12.3
                             |--------|---------|------|--------|---------|------||--------|---------|------|--------|---------|------
Sex                          |        |         |      |        |         |      ||        |         |      |        |         |
  Male ......................|   87.7 |     7.3 |  5.1 |   89.1 |     6.4 |  4.5 ||   83.7 |     6.1 | 10.2 |   81.6 |     6.3 | 12.1
  Female ....................|   86.1 |     8.1 |  5.8 |   87.1 |     7.6 |  5.3 ||   76.2 |    10.4 | 13.4 |   81.0 |     6.6 | 12.3
                             |        |         |      |        |         |      ||        |         |      |        |         |
Race/ethnicity               |        |         |      |        |         |      ||        |         |      |        |         |
  White, non-Hispanic .......|   86.5 |     7.8 |  5.7 |   87.6 |     7.3 |  5.1 ||   78.7 |     9.2 | 12.1 |   81.3 |     6.7 | 12.0
  Total minority ............|   87.0 |     8.6 |  4.4 |   87.5 |     7.1 |  5.3 ||   64.4 |    14.2 | 21.4 |   79.3 |     5.3 | 15.4
    Black, non-Hispanic .....|   86.2 |     8.8 |  5.1 |   85.5 |     8.3 |  6.1 ||   29.6 |    35.7 | 34.7 |   78.4 |     2.4 | 19.3
    Hispanic ................|   88.9 |     8.2 |  2.9 |   89.6 |     6.0 |  4.4 ||   68.6 |    10.2 | 21.3 |   77.4 |     9.0 | 13.6
                             |        |         |      |        |         |      ||        |         |      |        |         |
Age                          |        |         |      |        |         |      ||        |         |      |        |         |
  Less than 25 ..............|   78.7 |    17.0 |  4.3 |   73.8 |    17.2 |  9.1 ||   63.2 |    17.9 | 19.0 |   62.4 |    13.8 | 23.8
  25 to 29 ..................|   75.0 |    16.1 |  9.0 |   76.6 |    14.3 |  9.0 ||   64.8 |    17.5 | 17.6 |   70.4 |    11.8 | 17.8
  30 to 39 ..................|   85.2 |     9.0 |  5.8 |   85.9 |     9.9 |  4.2 ||   78.5 |     9.1 | 12.4 |   78.7 |     7.5 | 13.7
  40 to 49 ..................|   91.2 |     6.4 |  2.4 |   92.5 |     5.5 |  2.0 ||   82.0 |     7.5 | 10.5 |   87.2 |     5.2 |  7.7
  50 to 59 ................  |   90.4 |     3.9 |  5.7 |   89.3 |     4.0 |  6.7 ||   82.3 |     6.4 | 11.3 |   87.0 |     3.3 |  9.6
  60 to 64 ..................|   72.0 |     4.5 | 23.4 |   71.0 |     2.2 | 26.8 ||   79.8 |     3.3 | 16.9 |   81.1 |     1.1 | 17.8
  65 and over ...............|   83.3 |     0.0 | 16.7 |   48.9 |    10.3 | 40.9 ||   88.2 |     3.9 |  7.9 |   73.4 |     5.9 | 20.7
                             |        |         |      |        |         |      ||        |         |      |        |         |
Full-time teaching experience|        |         |      |        |         |      ||        |         |      |        |         |
  Less than 1 year ..........|   76.9 |    11.5 | 11.6 |   51.5 |    31.3 | 17.2 ||   67.0 |     5.6 | 27.4 |   67.0 |     4.6 | 28.4
  1 to 3 years ..............|   77.4 |    14.3 |  8.3 |   79.7 |    13.1 |  7.2 ||   70.6 |    13.5 | 15.9 |   73.5 |     9.8 | 16.7
    1 year ..................|   77.3 |    14.2 |  8.5 |   79.0 |    12.6 |  8.4 ||   64.1 |    17.0 | 18.8 |   71.2 |    10.0 | 18.8
    2 years .................|   78.8 |    13.6 |  7.6 |   78.7 |    14.1 |  7.1 ||   73.5 |    12.0 | 14.6 |   75.0 |     9.2 | 15.8
    3 years .................|   76.0 |    15.2 |  8.8 |   81.6 |    12.4 |  5.9 ||   74.0 |    11.7 | 14.3 |   75.1 |    10.2 | 14.7
  4 to 9 years ..............|   82.9 |    11.1 |  6.0 |   84.8 |     9.9 |  5.3 ||   75.7 |    11.6 | 12.8 |   79.2 |     8.1 | 12.7
  10 to 19 years ............|   89.3 |     6.7 |  4.0 |   91.0 |     6.5 |  2.4 ||   81.1 |     7.5 | 11.4 |   88.6 |     5.3 |  6.2
  20 to 24 years ............|   93.6 |     4.1 |  2.2 |   93.3 |     3.3 |  3.4 ||   85.5 |     7.1 |  7.4 |   92.3 |     3.0 |  4.7
  25 years or more ..........|   84.9 |     4.1 | 11.0 |   85.9 |     3.1 | 11.0 ||   88.3 |     4.3 |  7.4 |   83.0 |     2.4 | 14.6
                             |        |         |      |        |         |      ||        |         |      |        |         |
Level taught                 |        |         |      |        |         |      ||        |         |      |        |         |
  Elementary ................|   85.0 |     9.5 |  5.5 |   87.1 |     8.1 |  4.8 ||   76.7 |    10.8 | 12.5 |   81.9 |     6.7 | 11.3
  Secondary .................|   88.1 |     6.2 |  5.6 |   88.2 |     6.4 |  5.5 ||   78.9 |     8.2 | 12.9 |   80.3 |     6.4 | 13.3
                             |        |         |      |        |         |      ||        |         |      |        |         |
School size                  |        |         |      |        |         |      ||        |         |      |        |         |
  Less than 150 .............|   85.6 |     9.8 |  4.5 |   86.6 |     8.1 |  5.3 ||   64.4 |    16.2 | 19.4 |   72.6 |    10.3 | 17.0
  150 to 299 ................|   84.6 |     9.9 |  5.4 |   88.0 |     7.7 |  4.3 ||   79.6 |     8.4 | 12.1 |   79.4 |     6.8 | 13.8
  300 to 499 ................|   86.9 |     7.5 |  5.6 |   85.8 |     8.5 |  5.7 ||   80.3 |     9.5 | 10.2 |   86.4 |     5.9 |  7.7
  500 to 749 ................|   86.8 |     7.5 |  5.7 |   87.7 |     7.6 |  4.7 ||   84.9 |     5.9 |  9.2 |   85.5 |     4.7 |  9.8
  750 or more ...............|   87.7 |     7.4 |  4.9 |   88.6 |     6.1 |  5.4 ||   82.2 |     4.9 | 12.8 |   91.0 |     2.3 |  6.7
                             |        |         |      |        |         |      ||        |         |      |        |         |
Percent minority enrollment  |        |         |      |        |         |      ||        |         |      |        |         |
  Less than 5% ..............|   88.0 |     6.9 |  5.1 |   89.6 |     5.7 |  4.6 ||   77.6 |     9.2 | 13.2 |   81.2 |     7.3 | 11.5
  5 to 19% ..................|   86.6 |     7.6 |  5.8 |   88.1 |     6.4 |  5.5 ||   82.2 |     7.4 | 10.3 |   82.0 |     5.8 | 12.2
  20 to 49% .................|   87.3 |     7.6 |  5.2 |   85.6 |     8.6 |  5.9 ||   71.8 |     9.3 | 18.9 |   82.4 |     5.3 | 12.2
  50% or more ...............|   85.0 |     9.7 |  5.3 |   86.2 |     8.9 |  4.9 ||   69.6 |    16.8 | 13.6 |   76.7 |    10.2 | 13.1
                             |        |         |      |        |         |      ||        |         |      |        |         |
Community type               |        |         |      |        |         |      ||        |         |      |        |         |
  Central city ..............|    --- |     --- |  --- |   88.8 |     6.4 |  4.8 ||    --- |     --- |  --- |   80.6 |     6.3 | 13.1
  Urban fringe/small town ...|    --- |     --- |  --- |   87.0 |     7.4 |  5.6 ||    --- |     --- |  --- |   84.0 |     6.5 |  9.4
  Rural/small town ..........|    --- |     --- |  --- |   86.0 |     8.7 |  5.3 ||    --- |     --- |  --- |   78.5 |     7.7 | 13.8
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SOURCES: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Characteristics of Stayers, Movers, and Leavers: Results from the Teacher Followup Survey: 1991-92. (This table was prepared May 1994.)