Percentage distribution of teachers by race/ethnicity, school type, and selected main teaching assignment: 2020–21

		Race/ethnicity
School type and selected main teaching assignment	Percent of teachers	American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic		Asian, non-Hispanic		Black or African American, non-Hispanic		Hispanic, regardless of race		Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic		White, non-Hispanic	Two or more races, non-Hispanic
All schools	100.0	0.4		2.4		5.8		9.4		0.2		80.2	1.7
Selected main teaching assignment
General education¹	47.9	0.3		2.4		6.0		9.4		0.1		80.3	1.5
Humanities²	18.4	0.4		2.2		5.1		13.0		0.2		77.5	1.6
Arts and music³	7.1	0.3	!	1.8		4.0		6.8		‡		85.0	2.1
Behavioral & social sciences⁴	2.7	1.1	!	1.8		4.8		8.6		0.3	!	82.3	1.1
Career, technical, & vocational education⁵	3.9	0.9		1.2		7.7		6.9		‡		81.3	1.9
Mathematics & computer science⁶	8.1	0.4		4.3		6.2		8.1		0.1	!	79.0	1.8
Natural sciences⁷	6.8	0.4		3.1		5.0		6.6		0.2	!	82.8	1.8
Other⁸	5.2	0.3	!	1.6		8.1		7.9		0.2	!	79.4	2.5

Public schools	100.0	0.4		2.4		6.1		9.5		0.2		79.9	1.6
Selected main teaching assignment
General education¹	48.6	0.3		2.3		6.2		9.6		0.1		79.9	1.5
Humanities²	18.1	0.5		2.1		5.5		13.2		0.2		77.0	1.6
Arts and music³	6.8	0.3	!	1.7		4.1		6.6		‡		85.1	2.1
Behavioral & social sciences⁴	2.7	1.1	!	1.8		4.9		8.7		0.3	!	81.9	1.2
Career, technical, & vocational education⁵	4.3	0.9		1.2		7.9		6.8		‡		81.2	1.9
Mathematics & computer science⁶	7.9	0.5		4.5		6.6		8.0		0.1	!	78.6	1.7
Natural sciences⁷	6.7	0.5		3.2		5.4		6.7		0.2	!	82.2	1.8
Other⁸	4.8	0.1	!	1.6		8.5		7.7		0.3	!	79.7	2.1

Private schools	100.0	0.2	!	2.6		3.7		8.4		‡		83.1	2.0
Selected main teaching assignment
General education¹	41.7	‡		2.5		4.3		7.3		‡		83.8	1.9
Humanities²	20.5	‡		3.2		2.2		11.9		‡		81.2	1.4
Arts and music³	9.7	‡		2.9	!	3.7	!	7.4		‡		84.1	1.9	!
Behavioral & social sciences⁴	2.4	‡		‡		‡		7.7	!	‡		85.9	‡
Career, technical, & vocational education⁵	0.9	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		87.1	‡
Mathematics & computer science⁶	9.3	‡		2.6		3.8	!	8.5		‡		82.2	2.4	!
Natural sciences⁷	7.3	‡		2.4		2.1	!	5.8		‡		87.9	1.8	!
Other⁸	8.2	‡		1.6	!	5.8		9.0		‡		78.2	4.4	!

! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 percent and 50 percent (i.e., the standard error is at least 30 percent and less than 50 percent of the estimate).

‡ Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the CV for this estimate is 50 percent or greater (i.e., the standard error is 50 percent or more of the estimate).

¹General education includes early childhood or pre-K, elementary grades, middle grades, and special education.

²Humanities includes art history, communications, composition, English, language arts, literature or literary criticism, reading, ESL or bilingual education, foreign languages, area or ethnic studies, government or civics, history, Native American studies, and philosophy.

³Arts and music includes art or arts and crafts, dance, drama or theatre, and music.

⁴Behavioral & social sciences includes social studies, anthropology, economics, geography, political science, psychology, sociology, and other social sciences.

⁵Career, technical, & vocational education includes agriculture and natural resources, business management, business support, marketing and distribution, healthcare occupations, construction trades, engineering, or science technologies, mechanics and repair, manufacturing or precision production, communications and related technologies, personal and public services, family and consumer sciences education, industrial arts or technology education, and other career or technical education.

⁶Mathematics & computer science includes algebra I, algebra II, algebra III, basic and general mathematics, business and applied math, calculus and pre-calculus, computer science, geometry, pre-algebra, statistics and probability, and trigonometry.

⁷Natural sciences includes sciences (general), biology or life sciences, chemistry, earth science, engineering, integrated science, physical sciences, physics, and other natural sciences.

⁸Other includes journalism, speech, health education, physical education, driver education, library or information science, military science or ROTC, religious studies, and "other."

NOTE: Data are weighted estimates of the population. Teachers include regular full-time, regular part-time, itinerant, and long-term substitute teachers in both public and private schools. Administrators, library media specialists or librarians, other professional staff, and support staff who teach are not included. Hispanic includes Latino. 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 and Private School Teacher Data Files," 2020–21.