Table 5. Number and percentage of public schools that had staff with specialist or academic coaching assignments, and among those schools, the percentage that had staff with a particular specialist or academic coaching assignment, by selected school characteristics: 2015

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Number and percentage of public schools that had staff with specialist or academic coaching assignments, and among those schools, the percentage that had staff with a particular specialist or academic coaching assignment, by selected school characteristics: 2015–16

			Among schools that had staff with specialist or coaching assignments, percent that had
Selected school characteristic	Number of schools that had staff with specialist or coaching assignments	Percent of all schools that had staff with specialist or coaching assignments	Reading specialists	Math specialists	Science specialists	Reading coaches	Math coaches	Sciences coaches		General instructional/not subject-specific coaches
All public schools	59,600	65.9	70.1	33.5	12.1	41.3	27.6	9.8		36.9

School classification
Traditional public	54,800	65.6	70.6	32.8	11.5	41.1	26.8	8.9		35.7
Charter school	4,800	69.9	64.9	40.5	18.6	43.8	36.7	20.5		50.3

Community type
City	18,200	73.4	61.8	35.0	14.6	47.2	37.8	13.6		47.5
Suburban	20,700	71.1	72.9	33.7	12.6	40.7	25.8	9.9		33.9
Town	7,300	59.8	71.2	31.6	11.1	39.4	21.4	7.6		36.4
Rural	13,400	55.0	76.6	32.0	8.5	35.3	19.8	5.7		27.2

School level
Primary	39,100	77.6	75.2	32.6	10.8	44.4	26.9	7.5		34.5
Middle	8,300	60.1	63.1	37.9	14.0	37.1	29.2	13.2		38.0
High	8,000	44.6	51.1	30.7	12.4	32.9	30.1	16.3		48.2
Combined	4,100	50.1	73.3	37.9	19.7	36.8	25.3	12.3		35.4

Student enrollment
Less than 100	2,000	30.5	61.5	44.1	24.7	33.4	20.1	12.0	!	41.7
100-199	3,900	53.4	72.9	31.2	13.6	29.2	14.0	6.0		31.8
200-499	24,800	69.4	75.0	34.1	10.5	40.4	27.0	7.3		33.8
500-749	16,700	72.9	69.6	32.5	12.2	43.8	28.4	10.5		37.7
750-999	6,600	72.0	66.5	35.7	13.5	46.6	34.2	14.4		42.5
1,000 or more	5,600	63.9	55.9	28.9	11.7	43.0	31.7	15.3		42.9

Percent of K-12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches
0-34	16,700	68.2	76.3	31.0	11.5	35.5	23.1	7.7		31.2
35-49	7,700	63.9	74.3	37.1	12.5	38.6	23.9	8.1		32.9
50-74	12,600	67.0	70.9	34.4	9.7	39.8	25.4	9.4		36.6
75 or more	20,400	67.6	64.7	33.3	13.1	49.2	34.1	12.1		42.2
School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program	2,200	44.6	55.1	35.6	19.5	31.3	26.5	14.2		45.7
! 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).
NOTE: A specialist works with students and a coach works with teachers. Coaching includes observing lessons, providing feedback, and demonstrating teaching strategies. 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 Data File," 2015–16.

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