Percentage distribution of public and private K–12 school teachers who remained in the same school, moved to a new school, or left teaching between the 2020–21 and 2021–22 school years, by total years of teaching experience at any school, school type, and selected teacher and school characteristics in the 2020–21 school year: School year 2021–22

School type and selected teacher and school characteristics in 2020–21	3 or fewer years of teaching experience						4–9 years of teaching experience						10–14 years of teaching experience						15 or more years of teaching experience
	Stayers		Movers		Leavers		Stayers		Movers		Leavers		Stayers		Movers		Leavers		Stayers		Movers		Leavers
All teachers	78.9		12.7		8.4		81.8		10.0		8.1		86.3		7.3		6.4		85.4		5.5		9.2

All public school teachers	79.9		13.0		7.1		82.1		10.1		7.7		86.0		7.7		6.3		85.5		5.6		8.8

Age
Less than 30 years	78.5		16.1		5.4		80.3		10.8		8.9		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
30–49 years	84.0		7.4		8.6	!	82.2		10.6		7.3		86.1		8.4		5.5		89.9		5.4		4.7
50–54 years	83.6		9.7	!	‡		90.1		5.4	!	4.6	!	84.8		6.3		8.9	!	85.8		7.3		6.9
55 years or more	63.7		13.5	!	‡		82.5		6.4		11.1	!	85.5		2.8	!	11.6	!	78.4		4.9		16.8

Sex¹
Male	82.3		11.7		6.1	!	84.5		8.6		6.9		84.2		10.1		5.7	!	87.1		5.0		7.9
Female	79.2		13.4		7.4		81.4		10.6		8.0		86.5		7.1		6.5		85.0		5.8		9.1

Race/ethnicity
American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		81.6		‡		‡
Asian, non-Hispanic	81.2		‡		‡		79.0		‡		‡		94.2		3.7	!	‡		70.7		‡		‡
Black or African American, non-Hispanic	79.6		10.5		10.0	!	79.2		11.2		9.6		73.6		8.1	!	18.3		84.2		7.0		8.8
Hispanic, regardless of race	75.8		11.1	!	‡		80.8		12.5	!	6.7		90.4		7.3		2.2	!	87.9		7.2	!	4.8
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		93.7		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
White, non-Hispanic	80.4		13.9		5.7		82.8		9.8		7.4		86.0		8.0		6.0		85.7		5.3		9.0
Two or more races, non-Hispanic	86.8		‡		‡		70.4		18.3	!	‡		94.8		‡		‡		87.6		‡		4.6	!

Base salary
Less than $40,000	75.0		13.5		11.5	!	81.1		11.8		7.1		81.6		5.0	!	13.4	!	82.7		4.6		12.8
$40,000–$54,999	79.1		14.2		6.7		80.6		11.5		7.9		86.2		6.9		6.9		86.1		7.0		6.9
$55,000–$69,999	88.5		8.1		3.4	!	83.4		9.2		7.4		84.4		11.1		4.4		84.1		7.1		8.8
$70,000 or more	83.5		12.5	!	‡		87.3		4.3	!	8.4	!	89.4		5.3		5.3	!	86.5		4.1		9.5

Highest degree
Bachelor's degree or less	80.5		14.6		4.9		83.7		10.6		5.7		88.1		6.2		5.7		86.6		6.2		7.2
Master's degree	79.3		9.9		10.9	!	80.3		9.9		9.8		84.0		9.1		6.8		86.4		5.1		8.4
Higher than a master's degree²	73.6		12.7	!	‡		82.3		7.8		9.9		87.9		6.3		5.8		79.7		6.6		13.8

Main teaching assignment
Early Childhood or General Elementary	78.7		12.0		9.2		80.3		12.4		7.4		86.4		8.4		5.2		87.3		5.6		7.1
Special Education	79.0		15.4		5.6	!	84.1		8.6		7.3		83.0		9.8		7.2	!	82.1		7.5		10.4
Arts and Music	88.5		8.6	!	2.9	!	85.7		11.7		2.6	!	85.8		7.5	!	‡		84.0		9.0	!	7.0
English and Language Arts	84.3		13.0	!	2.7	!	80.7		10.9		8.4		88.3		5.6	!	6.1	!	84.2		6.2		9.6
English as a Second Language (ESL) or Bilingual Education	70.7	!	‡		‡		86.0		‡		9.3	!	88.6		‡		‡		76.9		‡		16.7	!
Foreign Languages	65.3	!	‡		‡		77.3		‡		‡		89.0		‡		‡		83.7		7.0	!	9.3	!
Health Education	90.6		‡		‡		88.9		9.2	!	‡		88.3		10.6	!	‡		83.6		4.4	!	12.0	!
Mathematics and Computer Science	90.5		7.4		2.1	!	84.2		5.4		10.4	!	85.3		‡		4.6	!	85.6		4.8		9.6
Natural Sciences	84.4		12.1	!	‡		86.0		6.3		7.6	!	86.7		7.4		5.9	!	88.5		4.0		7.5	!
Social Sciences	62.3		‡		‡		78.2		12.4		9.4		84.1		5.5	!	10.4	!	91.8		2.9		5.3
Career or Technical Education	68.5		‡		‡		76.1		6.5	!	17.4	!	86.3		‡		‡		82.9		2.5	!	14.7
All Other	82.0		‡		‡		77.5		‡		‡		70.6	!	‡		‡		76.3		4.6	!	19.1	!

Teaching status
Full time	79.6		13.4		6.9		83.0		10.0		7.0		86.3		8.2		5.5		86.8		5.7		7.6
Part time	83.5		7.0	!	9.5	!	66.2		11.8		22.0		82.9		2.9	!	14.3	!	70.1		5.2		24.7

Certification type³
Regular or standard state certificate or advanced professional certificate	80.3		14.0		5.7		82.3		10.0		7.7		86.6		7.5		5.9		85.7		5.7		8.7
Certificate issued after satisfying all requirements except the completion of a probationary period	88.2		9.1	!	2.7	!	79.4		10.3	!	10.3	!	76.0		‡		‡		88.3		6.1	!	5.6	!
Certificate that requires some additional coursework, student teaching, or passage of a test before regular certification can be obtained	77.6		14.9		‡		74.1		14.9	!	11.1	!	80.9		5.3	!	‡		87.5		1.4	!	11.1	!
Certificate issued to persons who must complete a certification program in order to continue teaching	78.8		15.4	!	‡		80.6		‡		‡		77.0		‡		‡		83.6		‡		‡
None of the above certifications in this state	67.4		‡		28.8	!	87.6		‡		‡		81.4		‡		‡		65.2		‡		21.4	!

School classification
Traditional public	79.8		13.3		6.9		82.1		10.2		7.7		86.4		7.4		6.1		85.7		5.5		8.8
Charter school	80.3		10.9		8.8	!	82.5		9.3		8.3		78.8		12.5	!	8.7		81.1		9.2	!	9.7

Community type
City	73.9		16.5		9.5	!	80.1		11.6		8.3		83.7		8.8		7.5		83.4		6.7		9.9
Suburban	82.3		11.7		6.0	!	82.5		10.2		7.2		88.4		6.2		5.4		86.1		5.3		8.7
Town	83.6		10.8		‡		83.3		7.8		8.9	!	87.7		8.1		4.3		86.1		5.5		8.4
Rural	81.0		12.2		6.7	!	83.6		9.1		7.3		84.0		8.6		7.4		86.8		5.0		8.2

School level⁴
Elementary	80.4		14.2		5.5		79.8		12.0		8.2		84.8		8.8		6.4		85.6		5.4		9.0
Middle	85.8		10.1		4.0		81.0		9.2		9.9		85.6		8.9		5.5		83.8		7.5		8.7
Secondary/high	76.2		15.8		8.0	!	85.4		8.7		5.9		89.2		4.6		6.2		87.1		5.2		7.7
Combined/other	76.8		‡		‡		87.4		6.3		6.3	!	80.7		11.5	!	7.8	!	83.2		3.2	!	13.6

Student enrollment
Less than 100	78.3		‡		‡		79.8		‡		‡		71.9		24.4	!	‡		62.4		6.9	!	30.8	!
100–199	73.8		10.1	!	‡		70.4		19.5	!	10.1		83.9		14.0	!	‡		83.1		7.9	!	9.0
200–499	75.5		14.8		9.7	!	80.9		9.9		9.2		85.4		7.2		7.4		85.2		5.7		9.1
500–749	85.2		10.6		4.3		78.3		12.0		9.7		85.2		8.7		6.1		86.8		4.5		8.7
750–999	90.6		7.0		2.4	!	87.9		8.5		3.6		84.2		9.3	!	6.6	!	86.6		6.7		6.7
1,000 or more	71.4		21.0		‡		86.2		8.3		5.5		90.2		4.7		5.1		86.1		5.6		8.2

Percent of K–12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches⁵
0–34	72.2		18.3		9.5	!	84.8		7.2		8.0		87.1		5.5		7.4		86.8		5.2		8.0
35–49	81.4		15.4	!	3.2	!	78.9		11.8		9.3		86.2		7.7		6.1		89.0		4.0		7.0
50–74	81.3		11.4		7.3	!	82.6		10.1		7.4		86.7		7.0		6.3	!	85.1		6.4		8.4
75 or more	82.8		9.9		7.3	!	81.0		11.7		7.2		84.3		10.5		5.2		82.5		6.5		11.1

Region
Northeast	83.2		12.8	!	‡		87.9		6.8		5.3		86.6		6.3	!	7.1	!	87.6		2.6		9.7
Midwest	82.3		11.1		6.5	!	84.0		9.5		6.5		89.8		5.1		5.1	!	87.5		5.8		6.6
South	79.9		14.2		5.9		79.2		13.3		7.5		84.5		8.5		7.0		83.2		7.0		9.8
West	74.9		12.6		12.5	!	80.9		7.5		11.6		83.7		10.9		5.5		85.0		6.5		8.6

All private school teachers	73.7		11.0		15.4		79.5		9.2		11.3		88.7		4.0		7.3		84.1		4.0		12.0

Age
Less than 30 years	70.9		11.6		17.5		71.5		13.3	!	15.3	!	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
30–49 years	76.8		10.6		12.6		80.4		8.5		11.1	!	89.0		4.4		6.6	!	86.0		6.8		7.2	!
50–54 years	84.4		‡		‡		72.9		17.9	!	‡		91.9		‡		‡		91.6		‡		7.3	!
55 years or more	70.5		‡		‡		90.4		‡		‡		85.5		‡		11.0	!	79.8		3.2	!	17.0

Sex¹
Male	68.3		18.8	!	12.9	!	82.0		10.9		7.2	!	85.4		3.7	!	‡		80.6		4.2	!	15.2
Female	75.3		8.6		16.1		78.7		8.7		12.5		90.1		4.2		5.7		85.1		3.9		11.0

Race/ethnicity
American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
Asian, non-Hispanic	‡		‡		43.5	!	82.6		‡		‡		100.0		‡		‡		80.6		‡		‡
Black or African American, non-Hispanic	83.8		‡		‡		86.9		‡		‡		79.3		‡		‡		82.7		‡		‡
Hispanic, regardless of race	71.3		19.3	!	9.4	!	80.3		‡		9.6	!	77.2		‡		‡		84.4		‡		14.1	!
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
White, non-Hispanic	76.2		8.8		15.0		79.4		9.4		11.2		89.2		3.5	!	7.3	!	84.2		4.2		11.6
Two or more races, non-Hispanic	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡

Base salary
Less than $40,000	73.1		9.3		17.6		79.6		7.6		12.8	!	86.0		4.5	!	9.5	!	81.4		4.5	!	14.1
$40,000–$54,999	77.0		16.3	!	6.7	!	80.1		11.3		8.6		92.0		3.2	!	4.8	!	86.0		3.8	!	10.2
$55,000–$69,999	69.7		‡		‡		71.7		14.6	!	13.7	!	84.3		5.0	!	‡		87.6		3.8	!	8.6	!
$70,000 or more	65.5	!	‡		‡		90.2		‡		‡		96.2		‡		‡		83.8		‡		13.1

Highest degree
Bachelor's degree or less	74.7		9.4		15.9		81.6		6.9		11.5		89.8		2.5	!	7.7	!	83.9		3.6	!	12.6
Master's degree	70.3		15.1	!	14.5	!	79.7		12.9		7.4		86.2		5.8		8.0	!	84.4		4.3		11.3
Higher than a master's degree²	75.5		‡		‡		64.7	!	‡		‡		97.2		‡		‡		83.7		‡		12.3

Main teaching assignment
Early Childhood or General Elementary	74.7		12.4	!	12.9	!	80.0		10.3		9.8	!	94.9		‡		3.8	!	87.9		3.6	!	8.5
Special Education	76.6		‡		‡		52.1	!	42.5	!	‡		93.5		‡		‡		92.1		‡		‡
Arts and Music	81.2		‡		‡		78.3		8.1	!	13.5	!	89.4		‡		‡		77.9		‡		16.5	!
English and Language Arts	65.6		23.9	!	‡		73.9		‡		‡		88.4		‡		‡		77.1		8.8	!	14.1
English as a Second Language (ESL) or Bilingual Education	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
Foreign Languages	81.9		12.2	!	‡		83.9		‡		‡		76.9	!	‡		‡		81.6		2.8	!	15.7	!
Health Education	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		91.2		‡		‡
Mathematics and Computer Science	77.7		‡		‡		83.7		‡		‡		72.3		9.2	!	‡		88.8		‡		9.7	!
Natural Sciences	83.1		‡		‡		83.8		‡		‡		80.5		‡		‡		86.4		2.1	!	11.5	!
Social Sciences	51.5	!	‡		36.6	!	80.5		‡		‡		96.5		‡		‡		78.8		‡		18.3	!
Career or Technical Education	‡		‡		‡		88.8		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		69.5	!	‡		‡
All Other	61.1	!	‡		‡		88.2		‡		‡		80.9		‡		‡		74.4		‡		22.8	!

Teaching status
Full time	76.6		11.7		11.7		79.4		10.0		10.6		91.5		4.7		3.8		86.1		3.8		10.1
Part time	61.6		‡		30.3	!	79.8		‡		16.2	!	73.5		‡		25.9	!	75.9		‡		19.5

School classification
Catholic	71.0		21.7	!	7.3	!	78.4		9.9		11.7		83.8		6.0	!	10.2	!	84.4		4.9		10.7
Other religious	77.2		6.1	!	16.7		77.4		8.9	!	13.8	!	91.0		‡		‡		82.6		3.6	!	13.8
Nonsectarian	68.4		9.7		21.9	!	82.4		8.8	!	‡		89.6		6.8		3.6	!	85.9		3.5		10.7

Community type
City	76.0		10.1		13.9		76.0		11.2		12.8	!	91.6		6.8	!	‡		85.5		4.0		10.5
Suburban	65.6		11.7		22.7	!	83.5		6.8		9.7		87.2		‡		11.1	!	83.4		5.6		11.0
Town	71.2		‡		‡		87.0		‡		13.0	!	80.0		‡		‡		80.2		‡		17.5	!
Rural	88.2		‡		‡		74.9		14.9	!	‡		90.3		‡		‡		83.7		‡		15.6	!

School level⁴
Elementary/middle	75.6		16.1		8.4	!	74.8		10.5	!	14.7	!	86.7		6.8	!	6.5	!	85.4		3.7	!	10.9
Secondary/high	71.5		12.9	!	15.6	!	72.9		8.0		19.0	!	82.1		3.2	!	‡		79.2		4.9	!	15.8
Combined/other	72.8		6.0		21.2		87.0		8.6		4.5		93.3		2.2	!	4.5	!	84.9		3.7		11.4

Student enrollment
Less than 100	66.9		9.1	!	24.0	!	68.3		8.8	!	22.8	!	87.2		‡		‡		86.0		‡		9.8
100–199	76.2		11.8	!	11.9	!	79.3		10.4	!	10.3	!	82.3		‡		15.9	!	82.4		4.1	!	13.5
200–499	75.0		11.8		13.2	!	81.0		11.5		7.5		89.9		6.4	!	3.8	!	84.1		3.7	!	12.2
500–749	78.3		‡		‡		88.1		‡		9.1	!	93.1		‡		‡		79.8		6.5	!	13.7
750 or more	82.3		‡		‡		86.6		‡		‡		95.6		‡		‡		87.2		‡		10.7	!

Region
Northeast	64.7		14.6	!	20.7	!	87.3		4.6	!	8.2	!	94.1		‡		‡		86.9		‡		9.3
Midwest	86.8		11.2	!	‡		75.5		11.4	!	13.0	!	84.7		‡		10.0	!	86.8		3.9	!	9.3
South	74.5		6.5	!	19.0		83.1		9.3	!	7.6		88.6		‡		‡		80.3		4.7		15.0
West	61.9		17.5	!	20.6	!	69.3		11.5	!	19.2	!	87.5		4.9	!	‡		85.1		2.7	!	12.2

! 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).

¹Teachers 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.”

²Higher 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.

³Certification categories refer to in-state requirements only.

⁴Elementary 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. School level categories in the 2020–21 NTPS differ from those in previous survey administrations; caution should be exercised when comparing estimates by level over time.

⁵Schools that do not participate in the free or reduced-price lunch program are included with the "0–34" percent category.

NOTE: Data are weighted estimates of the population. “Stayers” are teachers who were teachers in the same school in the 2021–22 TFS school year as in the 2020–21 NTPS school year. “Movers” are teachers who were still teachers in the 2021–22 TFS school year but had moved to a different school from their 2020–21 NTPS school. “Leavers” are teachers in the 2020–21 NTPS school year who were no longer teachers in the 2021–22 TFS school year. In the 2021–22 school year, 83.9 percent of teachers were categorized as “stayers” (84.1 percent for public school teachers, 81.9 percent for private school teachers), 7.8 percent of teachers were categorized as “movers” (7.9 percent for public school teachers and 6.4 percent for private school teachers), and 8.4 percent of teachers were categorized as “leavers” (7.9 percent for public school teachers and 11.7 percent for private school teachers). Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

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 and Former Teacher Data Files," 2021–22.