Filling teaching vacancies: Of private K–12 schools that had teaching vacancies in a specific field for the current school year, percentage that found it very difficult or were not able to fill the vacancies, by field and affiliation: 2020–21

Affliliation	General elementary		Special education		English or language arts		Social studies		Computer science		Mathematics		Biology or life sciences		Physical sciences¹		English as a Second Language (ESL), or bilingual education		Foreign languages		Music or art		Career or technical education		Physical education or health
All private schools	18.0		43.5		18.3		11.8		35.4		32.0		30.8		31.4		20.1		31.7		22.3		21.6		21.0

Catholic, Parochial	27.6		52.9		25.4	!	‡		‡		46.7		37.1	!	30.4	!	‡		37.8		22.8	!	100.0	²	23.8	!
Catholic, Diocesan	15.8		38.8		15.1	!	15.2	!	25.2	!	36.0		40.5		39.4		‡		42.5		45.9		‡		11.0	!
Catholic, Private	‡		45.3	!	5.7	!	‡		‡		29.6		25.7	!	30.9	!	‡		24.0	!	‡		‡		‡
Baptist	12.5	!	‡		29.6	!	‡		‡		31.7	!	‡		‡		‡		41.0	!	‡		‡		‡
Jewish	34.6	!	28.5	!	22.9	!	‡		‡		25.2	!	44.6		36.8		‡		54.8		‡		‡		‡

Lutheran	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		60.4	!	‡		‡		42.2	!	‡		‡		‡
Seventh-Day Adventist	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
All Other Religious	16.3		31.7		18.9		12.3	!	37.2		31.1		26.7		30.4		‡		22.0		13.8		‡		28.0
Non-sectarian, Regular	17.6	!	39.7	!	18.5	!	17.6	!	41.8	!	28.9		29.2		27.9		‡		23.4		‡		‡		‡
Non-sectarian, Special Emphasis	31.8		27.3	!	19.3	!	18.8	!	78.6		37.9		46.2		54.9		42.2	!	34.2		32.4	!	50.8	!	29.4	!
Non-sectarian, Special Education	‡		63.4		20.8	!	‡		‡		38.5	!	17.5	!	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		33.3	!

! 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 analysis, or the coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 50 percent or greater (i.e., the standard error is 50 percent or more of the estimate).

¹Physical sciences includes chemistry, physics, and earth science.

²Rounds to 100.

NOTE: Data are weighted estimates of the population. Each column has a different denominator since two response options, “This position is not offered in this school” and “No vacancy in this field this school year,” were used to exclude schools from the calculations for each field.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), "Private School Data File," 2020–21.