Table 2. Percentage distribution of school teachers, by race/ethnicity, school type, and selected school characteristics: 2007

Characteristics of Public, Private, and Bureau of Indian Education Elementary and Secondary School Teachers in the United States: Results From the 2007–08 Schools and Staffing Survey

NCES 2009-324
June 2009

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Table 2. Percentage distribution of school teachers, by race/ethnicity, school type, and selected school characteristics: 2007–08

		Race/ethnicity
									Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic
					American Indian/Alaska Native, non-Hispanic
											Hispanic, regardless of race		Two or more races, non-Hispanic¹
School type and selected school characteristic	Total number of teachers	White, non-Hispanic	Black, non-Hispanic				Asian, non-Hispanic
School type and selected school characteristic	Total number of teachers	White, non-Hispanic	Black, non-Hispanic				Asian, non-Hispanic
All schools	3,898,420	83.5	6.7		0.5		1.3		0.2		6.9		0.9

All public schools	3,404,520	83.1	7.0		0.5		1.2		0.2		7.1		0.9

School classification
Traditional public	3,332,090	83.3	6.9		0.5		1.2		0.2		7.0		0.9
Charter school	72,430	72.9	12.3		0.2	!	2.6	!	0.3	!	9.3		2.3

Community type
City	882,430	71.0	12.0		0.4		2.2		0.3	!	13.1		1.1
Suburban	1,200,730	84.6	6.3		0.2	!	1.4		0.2	!	6.2		1.1
Town	467,500	89.0	4.1		0.8		0.5	!	0.2	!	4.7		0.6
Rural	853,850	90.3	4.6		0.8		0.4		0.0	!	3.3		0.6

School level
Elementary	2,147,890	82.7	7.1		0.4		1.2		0.2	!	7.5		0.9
Secondary	1,099,770	83.5	6.9		0.5		1.3		0.2	!	6.8		0.9
Combined	156,870	86.3	7.2		1.1		0.6	!	0.2	!	3.0		1.5

Student enrollment
Less than 100	48,750	84.0	7.8		1.1	!	0.9	!	0.1	!	5.4	!	0.8	!
100-199	124,140	88.4	6.2		0.9	!	1.4	!	#		2.3	!	0.8	!
200-499	1,029,850	85.2	6.9		0.6		0.7		0.2	!	5.4		1.0
500-749	845,100	85.5	6.0		0.4		1.3	!	0.1	!	6.0		0.6
750-999	488,620	80.7	7.8		0.3	!	1.3		0.2	!	8.9		0.8
1,000 or more	868,070	78.9	7.9		0.4		1.7	!	0.2	!	9.8		1.1

Percent of K-12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches
0-34	1,487,880	91.9	2.9		0.3		0.9		0.1	!	3.0		0.9
35-49	576,040	85.4	6.4		0.4		1.0	!	0.1	!	5.9		0.8
50-74	722,520	78.6	9.2		0.5		1.6		0.3	!	8.9		1.0
75 or more	554,730	62.6	16.2		1.1		2.1		0.3	!	17.0		0.8
School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program	63,360	88.0	5.6		0.4	!	0.8	!	0.2	!	4.4	!	0.6	!

All BIE schools	4,360	47.3	1.4	!	39.1		1.3	!	0.7	!	4.3		5.9

All private schools	489,550	86.4	4.0		0.4		2.2		0.3	!	5.9		0.7

School classification
Catholic	159,380	88.8	2.1		0.4	!	1.2		0.2	!	6.9		0.5	!
Other religious	201,330	84.9	5.7		0.6	!	2.3		0.6	!	5.0		0.8
Nonsectarian	128,840	85.9	3.8		0.3	!	3.1		0.1	!	6.0		0.8	!

Community type
City	203,270	82.9	6.5		0.4	!	2.9		0.1	!	6.2		0.9
Suburban	179,520	86.9	2.9		0.2	!	2.2		0.2	!	6.8		0.8	!
Town	37,030	92.4	0.8	!	0.4	!	1.7	!	1.6	!	2.7	!	0.5	!
Rural	69,730	92.4	1.5	!	1.0	!	0.2	!	0.4	!	4.3		0.2	!

School level
Elementary	211,630	85.8	4.7		0.4	!	1.8		0.2	!	6.4		0.7
Secondary	78,150	89.2	2.4	!	0.6	!	2.0		0.1	!	5.1		0.6	!
Combined	199,770	86.0	3.9		0.4	!	2.6		0.5	!	5.6		0.8

Student enrollment
Less than 100	87,630	83.4	7.7		0.7	!	2.1		0.2	!	5.2		0.8	!
100-199	95,450	86.6	4.7		0.5	!	2.5		0.4	!	4.9		0.4	!
200-499	171,310	87.1	3.7		0.3	!	1.8		0.1	!	6.3		0.7
500-749	67,110	87.0	2.3	!	#		2.4		0.1	!	7.6		0.6	!
750 or more	68,060	87.8	1.0	!	0.8	!	2.6	!	1.0	!	5.5		1.2	!

Percent of K-12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches
0-34	96,270	93.4	1.9	!	0.2	!	0.4	!	0.1	!	3.6		0.4	!
35-49	21,610	86.1	4.0	!	#		2.1	!	0.3	!	5.9	!	1.6	!
50-74	11,510	74.7	11.1	!	3.2	!	2.3	!	#		8.0	!	0.6	!
75 or more	19,000	75.0	7.7	!	1.7	!	3.8	!	0.5	!	11.1	!	0.3	!
School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program	341,160	85.5	4.2		0.4	!	2.6		0.4	!	6.2		0.8
# Rounds to zero.
! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 30 percent or more of the estimate's value.
¹ Two or more races, non-Hispanic includes all non-Hispanic respondents who selected more than one race.
NOTE: Teachers include both full-time and part-time teachers. BIE school refers to schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) that are operated by the BIE, a tribe, or a private contractor and not by a regular school district. Black includes African American and Hispanic includes Latino. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Teacher, BIE School Teacher, and Private School Teacher Data Files," 2007–08.

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