Table 7. Percentage of regular full-time school teachers, average base salary and earnings from salary supplements during the current school year for regular full-time teachers, by school type and selected school characteristics: 2007–08 |
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School type and selected school characteristic | Percent of teachers who are regular full- time teachers1 | Average annual base teaching salary of regular full-time teachers | Average annual earnings from all sources2 | Salary supplements | |||||||||||||||||
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Extracurricular activities in same school system | Other school sources (merit pay bonus, state supplement, other) | Job outside the school system | |||||||||||||||||||
Percent | Average amount | Percent | Average amount | Percent | Average amount | ||||||||||||||||
All schools | 89.9 | $48,100 | $50,400 | 42.0 | $2,600 | 15.2 | $2,000 | 16.6 | $5,300 | ||||||||||||
All public schools | 91.5 | 49,600 | 51,900 | 43.7 | 2,600 | 16.1 | 2,000 | 16.3 | 5,300 | ||||||||||||
School classification | |||||||||||||||||||||
Traditional public | 91.5 | 49,800 | 52,100 | 43.9 | 2,600 | 15.9 | 2,000 | 16.2 | 5,300 | ||||||||||||
Charter school | 90.4 | 40,800 | 42,700 | 32.4 | 2,000 | 23.5 | 1,600 | 19.4 | 4,700 | ||||||||||||
Community type | |||||||||||||||||||||
City | 92.9 | 51,200 | 53,500 | 40.3 | 2,600 | 17.0 | 2,200 | 15.6 | 5,700 | ||||||||||||
Suburban | 90.2 | 54,200 | 56,600 | 46.1 | 2,600 | 14.2 | 2,000 | 16.7 | 5,200 | ||||||||||||
Town | 92.3 | 45,200 | 47,400 | 41.9 | 2,600 | 16.1 | 2,000 | 16.1 | 4,800 | ||||||||||||
Rural | 91.4 | 44,000 | 46,300 | 44.8 | 2,500 | 17.7 | 1,900 | 16.5 | 5,100 | ||||||||||||
School level | |||||||||||||||||||||
Elementary | 90.2 | 49,400 | 51,100 | 37.7 | 1,900 | 16.3 | 1,900 | 14.3 | 4,800 | ||||||||||||
Secondary | 93.9 | 50,900 | 54,300 | 54.6 | 3,500 | 15.7 | 2,300 | 19.8 | 5,900 | ||||||||||||
Combined | 92.7 | 43,800 | 46,200 | 46.0 | 2,700 | 16.3 | 2,000 | 18.1 | 4,700 | ||||||||||||
Student enrollment | |||||||||||||||||||||
Less than 100 | 81.9 | 43,900 | 46,400 | 34.5 | 2,300 | 18.9 | 2,200 | 19.0 | 6,600 | ||||||||||||
100-199 | 85.8 | 44,200 | 46,500 | 42.7 | 2,700 | 14.3 | 2,000 | 17.7 | 4,700 | ||||||||||||
200-499 | 88.2 | 47,900 | 49,800 | 39.5 | 2,100 | 14.2 | 1,900 | 14.8 | 5,000 | ||||||||||||
500-749 | 92.3 | 49,400 | 51,300 | 40.6 | 2,100 | 16.8 | 2,000 | 15.0 | 5,000 | ||||||||||||
750-999 | 93.4 | 50,100 | 52,200 | 43.9 | 2,400 | 17.9 | 1,900 | 15.1 | 4,900 | ||||||||||||
1,000 or more | 94.8 | 52,400 | 55,700 | 51.7 | 3,500 | 16.5 | 2,300 | 19.5 | 5,900 | ||||||||||||
Percent of K-12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches |
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0-34 | 89.8 | 51,800 | 54,200 | 47.8 | 2,700 | 13.6 | 2,100 | 17.2 | 5,200 | ||||||||||||
35-49 | 92.6 | 47,200 | 49,500 | 42.0 | 2,600 | 18.1 | 2,100 | 17.3 | 5,400 | ||||||||||||
50-74 | 92.3 | 47,400 | 49,600 | 41.5 | 2,500 | 17.8 | 2,000 | 16.1 | 5,300 | ||||||||||||
75 or more | 94.4 | 49,200 | 51,100 | 38.4 | 2,200 | 18.3 | 1,900 | 12.8 | 5,100 | ||||||||||||
School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program |
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84.7 | 52,200 | 54,800 | 36.9 | 2,800 | 14.0 | 2,000 | 19.2 | 6,800 | |||||||||||||
All BIE schools | 94.3 | 41,500 | 43,200 | 37.5 | 2,400 | 11.5 | 1,300 | 14.4 | 5,000 | ||||||||||||
All private schools | 79.0 | 36,300 | 38,200 | 28.1 | 2,700 | 8.1 | 1,900 | 19.5 | 5,900 | ||||||||||||
School classification | |||||||||||||||||||||
Catholic | 82.5 | 37,100 | 39,100 | 32.9 | 2,700 | 5.7 | 2,400 | 18.4 | 5,600 | ||||||||||||
Other religious | 76.0 | 31,900 | 33,900 | 23.6 | 2,800 | 9.2 | 1,700 | 20.9 | 6,300 | ||||||||||||
Nonsectarian | 79.4 | 41,700 | 43,600 | 28.5 | 2,700 | 9.4 | 1,800 | 18.9 | 5,600 | ||||||||||||
Community type | |||||||||||||||||||||
City | 80.4 | 38,200 | 40,300 | 30.9 | 2,700 | 9.1 | 2,100 | 19.5 | 5,700 | ||||||||||||
Suburban | 78.3 | 38,100 | 40,300 | 28.6 | 2,700 | 7.2 | 1,600 | 19.4 | 6,700 | ||||||||||||
Town | 80.4 | 28,600 | 30,000 | 24.8 | 2,500 | 8.5 | 1,200 | ! | 19.3 | 3,900 | |||||||||||
Rural | 75.9 | 29,500 | 31,100 | 19.9 | 2,800 | 7.0 | 2,200 | ! | 19.8 | 5,600 | |||||||||||
School level | |||||||||||||||||||||
Elementary | 78.9 | 34,100 | 35,600 | 18.3 | 2,800 | 6.4 | 1,900 | 16.9 | 5,200 | ||||||||||||
Secondary | 77.6 | 42,700 | 45,900 | 50.5 | 2,600 | 8.9 | 2,600 | 25.2 | 6,200 | ||||||||||||
Combined | 79.7 | 36,000 | 38,100 | 29.8 | 2,700 | 9.5 | 1,600 | 20.1 | 6,400 | ||||||||||||
Student enrollment | |||||||||||||||||||||
Less than 100 | 74.5 | 28,400 | 29,500 | 8.5 | 2,000 | 7.4 | 1,500 | ! | 18.6 | 5,500 | |||||||||||
100-199 | 74.2 | 32,700 | 34,400 | 21.5 | 2,600 | 6.3 | 2,100 | ! | 20.2 | 5,000 | |||||||||||
200-499 | 79.5 | 35,800 | 37,800 | 25.7 | 2,600 | 9.0 | 1,900 | 20.0 | 6,100 | ||||||||||||
500-749 | 84.4 | 40,200 | 42,300 | 40.0 | 2,700 | 6.9 | 1,900 | ! | 18.2 | 5,600 | |||||||||||
750 or more | 85.1 | 46,600 | 49,800 | 52.0 | 3,000 | 9.9 | 1,800 | ! | 19.9 | 7,400 | |||||||||||
Percent of K-12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches |
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0-34 | 77.0 | 33,900 | 35,400 | 26.9 | 2,400 | 7.2 | 1,800 | 14.8 | 5,400 | ||||||||||||
35-49 | 75.2 | 39,800 | 41,500 | 15.8 | 1,900 | 11.2 | ! | 1,400 | ! | 19.5 | 6,600 | ||||||||||
50-74 | 81.8 | 34,200 | 35,700 | 13.3 | 5,400 | ! | 7.5 | 600 | ! | 17.0 | 4,600 | ||||||||||
75 or more | 91.7 | 36,100 | 37,600 | 16.1 | 3,200 | 10.0 | ! | 1,800 | ! | 24.7 | 3,600 | ! | |||||||||
School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program |
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79.0 | 36,800 | 38,900 | 30.4 | 2,700 | 8.0 | 2,000 | 20.6 | 6,200 | |||||||||||||
! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 30 percent or more of the estimate's value. | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 A regular full-time teacher is any teacher whose primary position in a school is not an itinerant teacher, a long-term substitute, a short-term substitute, a student teacher, a teacher aide, an administrator, a library media specialist or librarian, another type of professional staff (e.g., counselor, curriculum coordinator, social worker) or support staff (e.g., secretary), or a part-time teacher. | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 Average annual earnings from all sources is defined as the weighted mean of all income sources during the school year for all regular full-time teachers. | |||||||||||||||||||||
NOTE: 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. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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