Total number of public school teachers and percentage of public school teachers in a union or employees' association, by selected school characteristics: 2015

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Total number of public school teachers and percentage of public school teachers in a union or employees' association, by selected school characteristics: 2015–16

Selected school characteristic	Total number of teachers	Percent in a union or employees' association
All public schools	3,827,100	69.9

School classification
Traditional public	3,608,600	72.7
Charter school	218,500	24.0

Community type
City	‡	‡
Suburban	1,512,900	75.7
Town	416,400	65.4
Rural	718,100	61.5

School level
Primary	1,820,100	69.5
Middle	681.000	73.6
High	1,097,800	71.5
Combined	228,200	54.4

Student enrollment
Less than 100	59,600	63.4
100-199	117,100	59.5
200-499	1,074,700	72.5
500-749	1,066,000	69.7
750-999	552,600	68.1
1,000 or more	957,100	69.9

Percent of K-12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches
0-34	1,254,600	72.5
35-49	546,700	71.8
50-74	840,100	67.5
75 or more	1,061,200	70.1
School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program	124,500	50.1
‡ Reporting standards not met. The response rate is below 50 percent.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding and because some data are not shown.
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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