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Percentage distribution of 2020–21 public school teachers who changed schools for 2021-22, by the racial and ethnic composition of their previous and new schools and district or sector of the new school: School years 2020–21 and 2021-22

  Percent of movers   Among movers, new school percent students of color1   Among movers, type of move
Selected school characteristic in 2020–21   0–24   25–49   50–74   75 or more   Unknown   Within district   To a different district   To a private school  
All public school teacher movers 100.021.521.621.024.211.750.645.53.9
                    
Percent students of color1                   
0–24 21.163.317.36.34.88.246.849.93.3!
25–49 22.418.342.015.98.914.943.350.06.7!
50–74 25.611.319.440.217.411.6!59.838.02.2!
75 or more 29.83.611.518.554.412.051.544.83.7
Data not available 1.115.1!29.8!40.4!35.3!63.9
! 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).
1The term "students of color" is being used synonymously with "minority students." Students of color include those who are Black, Hispanic, Asian, Pacific Islander, American
Indian/Alaska Native, and of Two or more races.
NOTE: Data are weighted estimates of the population. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. “Movers” are teachers who were still teachers in the 2021–22 school year but had moved to a different school from their 2020–21 school. Approximately 7.9 percent of public school teachers in the 2020-21 school year moved to a new school for 2021-22.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2020–21 National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS) and 2021–22 Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS), "Current Teacher Data File," 2021–22.