Percentage of public school teachers who somewhat or strongly agreed with selected statements, by selected school and teacher characteristics and state: 2020–21

Selected school and teacher characteristic and state	The stress and disappointments involved in teaching at this school aren’t really worth it.	The teachers at this school like being here; I would describe us as a satisfied group.	I like the way things are run at this school.	If I could get a higher paying job I’d leave teaching as soon as possible.	I think about transferring to another school.	I don’t seem to have as much enthusiasm now as I did when I began teaching.	I think about staying home from school because I’m just too tired to go.
All public school teachers	24.8	80.3	76.3	37.8	29.6	48.2	33.3

School classification
Traditional public	24.7	80.4	76.6	37.7	29.0	48.6	33.3
Charter school	27.0	78.4	72.9	39.8	38.2	43.3	34.7

Community type
City	26.6	79.0	74.4	39.1	32.4	47.5	33.8
Suburban	24.9	80.1	76.3	37.3	29.1	47.8	33.8
Town	24.0	81.2	77.8	38.1	27.8	49.8	31.2
Rural	22.8	81.9	77.9	36.8	28.1	48.9	33.1

School level, based on CCD definition¹
Elementary	25.1	81.1	78.1	37.8	29.1	49.1	35.5
Middle	25.6	79.1	75.6	39.5	32.4	48.3	32.9
Secondary/high	24.4	79.7	74.2	37.8	28.9	47.7	30.9
Combined/other	23.2	80.2	74.9	32.8	28.4	44.3	30.2

School level, based on low and high grades²
Primary	25.0	81.1	78.0	37.6	29.0	48.9	35.3
Middle	25.5	79.4	75.9	39.4	32.2	48.0	32.7
High	24.4	79.9	74.4	37.6	28.6	47.8	31.3
Combined	23.7	78.9	73.3	35.9	31.8	45.6	29.5

Student enrollment
Less than 100	22.5	85.5	75.6	36.0	27.8	45.0	23.0
100–199	22.2	84.4	78.3	36.5	25.7	47.1	30.9
200–499	24.4	80.5	77.2	35.8	29.9	48.2	33.5
500–749	25.1	80.7	77.4	38.6	29.3	48.3	34.6
750–999	25.4	79.0	75.7	40.7	30.5	48.8	34.9
1,000 or more	25.5	79.0	74.0	38.6	29.9	48.4	32.5

Percent of K–12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches³
0–34	22.1	83.4	79.2	35.3	26.5	47.9	32.1
35–49	23.5	81.5	77.8	36.6	28.1	48.4	32.3
50–74	24.9	79.1	75.6	39.6	30.4	49.3	33.9
75 or more	27.9	77.6	73.3	39.5	32.8	47.7	34.7

Teacher age
Less than 30	26.9	78.8	74.6	37.1	37.8	43.7	42.3
30–49	24.9	79.5	75.9	39.6	31.8	49.2	34.8
50–54	23.8	81.0	77.9	37.8	24.4	50.7	28.7
55 or more	23.7	83.6	77.8	32.4	19.8	47.0	24.7

Teacher sex⁴
Female	25.1	80.0	76.1	37.7	29.3	49.4	36.4
Male	23.8	81.2	77.0	38.1	30.6	44.2	23.2

Teacher race/ethnicity
American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic	27.6	83.1	74.0	49.8	37.4	51.2	40.4
Asian, non-Hispanic	31.2	81.1	75.2	40.5	30.9	39.7	33.4
Black or African American, non-Hispanic	30.3	76.0	70.1	47.1	33.0	48.0	36.5
Hispanic, regardless of race	28.6	80.4	75.5	44.0	30.9	44.2	32.5
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic	21.0	77.4	71.6	42.0	37.3	44.0	19.2
White, non-Hispanic	23.7	80.7	77.0	36.1	29.0	48.9	33.1
Two or more races, non-Hispanic	29.2	75.0	71.8	41.6	36.4	51.0	37.9

Teacher highest degree earned
Bachelor's degree or less	25.4	80.2	76.3	39.0	30.7	47.1	34.8
Master's degree	24.3	80.4	76.5	36.9	28.7	49.2	32.7
Higher than a master's degree⁵	25.0	79.9	75.0	37.7	30.1	47.4	30.8

Teacher base salary
Less than $40,000	24.8	81.9	77.4	36.0	31.9	42.1	32.2
$40,000–$54,999	26.3	79.6	76.1	41.3	33.0	48.1	36.7
$55,000–$69,999	25.1	79.7	76.3	39.7	29.9	50.4	34.0
$70,000 or more	22.6	81.3	76.3	31.9	24.3	47.9	28.7

Main teaching assignment
Early Childhood or General Elementary	25.8	81.3	77.6	38.0	29.2	49.7	35.3
Special Education	23.8	80.7	79.0	37.4	29.1	47.8	34.5
Arts and Music	23.7	79.6	75.2	37.7	33.6	46.7	35.5
English and Language Arts	25.8	77.8	73.0	38.2	30.2	50.0	37.9
English as a Second Language (ESL) or Bilingual Education	22.4	81.0	78.8	34.1	28.9	42.6	28.4
Foreign Languages	26.3	81.3	76.1	39.3	29.6	45.4	32.2
Health Education	20.9	80.9	78.3	39.1	27.6	44.1	21.8
Mathematics and Computer Science	24.0	80.7	75.1	36.3	28.9	47.0	29.9
Natural Sciences	25.7	79.1	72.9	39.7	31.4	48.6	31.3
Social Sciences	25.4	78.2	72.7	37.1	31.3	48.3	30.4
Career or Technical Education	24.3	80.8	75.6	36.8	26.9	46.3	27.2
All Other	18.9	79.9	81.1	39.1	24.7	41.9	29.3

State
Alabama	27.9	75.2	75.4	44.1	32.4	52.1	38.1
Alaska	25.2	82.5	78.3	34.0	30.1	46.2	29.5
Arizona	25.7	82.4	77.9	41.9	29.1	48.7	34.8
Arkansas	23.0	79.3	70.5	40.1	34.3	47.9	40.1
California	20.8	85.2	78.9	31.5	27.8	42.4	26.9
Colorado	28.5	82.3	75.5	38.1	34.0	52.6	36.0
Connecticut	24.4	76.3	75.2	34.5	27.0	50.2	34.7
Delaware	23.0	83.9	78.4	34.5	28.7	49.8	36.4
District of Columbia	34.1	77.1	70.6	42.9	43.7	45.6	45.0
Florida	32.5	76.1	73.4	50.9	30.9	52.5	37.9
Georgia	24.5	83.3	77.4	38.3	30.3	49.6	34.4
Hawaii	29.1	73.5	65.8	49.1	36.8	50.4	34.8
Idaho	22.6	84.6	81.1	35.3	30.7	41.4	31.6
Illinois	24.4	84.2	78.6	32.5	28.6	44.5	28.3
Indiana	29.5	79.1	74.8	43.7	32.4	51.5	37.7
Iowa	26.2	79.6	74.8	34.8	32.3	54.3	31.7
Kansas	17.7	79.4	79.7	32.9	27.3	46.0	31.0
Kentucky	18.9	87.3	84.4	33.1	23.8	47.0	23.1
Louisiana	30.7	71.2	69.8	44.1	30.4	51.1	42.9
Maine	22.9	80.2	73.6	34.9	31.8	46.1	33.7
Maryland	33.9	77.2	73.5	42.9	34.6	51.8	38.3
Massachusetts	24.4	74.1	71.1	29.2	29.4	45.0	32.2
Michigan	26.6	78.9	76.8	43.9	28.2	51.9	38.4
Minnesota	23.7	83.7	77.4	33.7	29.3	49.2	32.4
Mississippi	24.0	78.9	78.9	39.7	31.8	48.9	37.8
Missouri	20.7	84.2	78.9	33.2	33.6	46.3	35.1
Montana	25.9	77.8	72.1	32.1	27.8	43.6	28.3
Nebraska	20.3	82.4	76.6	29.7	26.9	45.5	29.5
Nevada	27.3	81.3	80.0	46.6	33.0	53.7	31.6
New Hampshire	19.2	86.3	77.9	27.3	24.6	38.7	24.5
New Jersey	22.8	75.1	73.4	36.9	28.1	45.4	34.5
New Mexico	26.6	84.8	79.1	45.7	29.8	51.3	31.1
New York	21.1	79.6	75.9	26.7	21.9	42.2	28.3
North Carolina	23.1	82.1	78.5	47.6	29.1	53.3	33.3
North Dakota	21.2	84.7	81.4	33.0	28.7	47.5	30.5
Ohio	21.1	81.6	73.9	27.4	26.6	47.8	28.2
Oklahoma	26.4	82.4	77.0	39.0	28.8	58.5	26.0
Oregon	20.5	87.8	78.3	32.1	33.0	50.3	33.7
Pennsylvania	23.5	74.7	75.6	36.9	28.1	47.6	33.2
Rhode Island	20.5	76.6	73.5	31.9	24.6	43.0	23.3
South Carolina	24.1	84.4	79.6	40.4	27.5	50.6	34.4
South Dakota	23.8	81.0	75.0	38.4	35.6	48.4	32.5
Tennessee	25.4	80.7	78.4	40.1	29.6	49.9	38.5
Texas	28.3	78.1	74.7	45.1	34.5	51.0	39.1
Utah	24.0	86.7	82.5	34.0	25.4	46.7	35.7
Vermont	20.0	83.6	77.7	32.4	33.6	47.5	32.2
Virginia	27.7	79.9	76.3	44.5	30.0	47.8	33.3
Washington	23.4	78.9	75.3	30.5	35.2	43.1	30.0
West Virginia	25.1	81.7	79.8	43.6	24.7	49.1	34.4
Wisconsin	24.0	82.9	80.3	36.5	29.2	48.7	33.2
Wyoming	23.5	78.6	76.7	35.7	29.6	54.3	30.0

¹School level based on the definitions set by Common Core of Data (CCD). Elementary schools offer at least one grade of K through 4, and the number of elementary grades is higher than the number of middle grades. Middle schools offer at least one of grades 5 through 8, and the number of middle grades is greater than the number of elementary or secondary grades. Secondary/high schools are defined as schools that enroll students in more of grades 9 through 12 than in lower grades. Combined/other schools include all other combinations of grades, including K–12 schools. These categories differ from past NTPS collections, so caution should be exercised when comparing estimates by level over time.

²School level based on low and high grades offered by the school. Primary schools offer at least one grade lower than 5 and no grade higher than 8. Middle schools offer no grade lower than 5 and no grade higher than 8. High schools offer no grade lower than 7 and at least one grade higher than 8. Combined schools offer at least one grade lower than 7 and at least one grade higher than 8. Schools with only ungraded classes were included with combined schools. These categories are provided because they are comparable to those used in previous NTPS publications.

³Schools that don’t participate in the free or reduced-price lunch program are included with the "0–34" percent category.

⁴Teachers were asked whether they were male or female. Although this variable is labeled “sex,” the questionnaire did not use the terms either “gender” or “sex.”

⁵Higher than a master’s degree is defined as a teacher who completed any of the following: an educational specialist or professional diploma, a certificate of advanced graduate studies, or a doctorate or first professional degree.

NOTE: Data are weighted estimates of the population.

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