Number of regular full-time public school teachers, and among regular full-time teachers, percentage that earned income during summer and average amount earned from those jobs, by type of job and selected school characteristics: 2015–16 (rev)

				Teachers with compensation during summer
				Any summer job				Teaching summer school				Non-teaching job in school				Any nonschool job
Selected school characteristic		Number of full-time teachers		Percent of teachers		Average amount		Percent of teachers		Average amount		Percent of teachers		Average amount		Percent of teachers		Average amount
All public schools		3,111,900		32.3		3,700		14.6		2,600		6.2		2,400		15.9		4,100
School classification
Traditional public		2,941,300		32.2		3,600		14.5		2,600		6.2		2,400		15.9		4,000
Charter school		170,600		33.7		4,000		15.4		2,500		6.1		2,900		16.5		4,700
Community type
City1		918,000		33.5		3,700		16.8		2,900		6.6		2,400		14.4		4,100
Suburban		1,188,500		30.6		3,500		13.1		2,600		6.3		2,200		15.4		3,900
Town		372,400		35.1		3,500		16.3		2,300		6.0		2,900		18.0		3,800
Rural		633,000		32.0		3,800		13.0		2,300		5.7		2,500		18.0		4,300
School level
Primary		1,464,900		28.7		3,200		14.2		2,400		4.7		2,000		13.6		3,600
Middle		571,400		33.1		3,500		13.9		2,300		6.4		2,300		17.1		4,000
High		889,800		36.2		4,200		14.8		2,900		8.7		2,800		18.3		4,600
Combined		185,800		38.5		4,200		18.5		3,400		6.2		2,400		19.7		4,200
Student enrollment
Less than 100		44,400		39.1		4,400		21.0		3,100		8.0		2,600		18.2		4,700
100–199		92,300		39.4		3,500		20.2		2,400		5.8		2,600		18.8		3,900
200–499		878,400		32.0		3,700		15.3		2,700		5.7		2,400		15.4		4,100
500–749		872,200		30.6		3,300		13.9		2,300		5.1		2,300		15.6		3,700
750–999		461,100		31.5		3,700		13.2		2,600		6.1		2,100		15.9		4,300
1,000 or more		763,500		33.6		4,000		14.3		2,800		8.3		2,700		16.4		4,300
Percent of K–12 students who were approved for free or reduced price lunches
0–34		988,300		31.4		3,700		11.9		2,500		6.6		2,400		17.3		4,000
35–49		444,300		32.7		3,500		14.4		2,500		5.9		2,400		17.0		3,800
50–74		692,800		32.2		3,500		14.5		2,400		6.0		2,300		16.4		3,900
75 or more		892,200		33.0		3,700		17.7		2,800		6.2		2,500		13.5		4,200
School did not participate in free  or reduced-price lunch program		94,300		33.7		4,700		15.1		2,900		6.0		3,200		17.3		5,500
Census region2
Northeast		596,100		34.1		4,000		15.4		3,000		7.7		2,500		15.7		4,600
Midwest		651,000		36.5		3,600		16.1		2,500		6.7		2,600		19.7		3,800
South		1,256,000		30.2		3,400		13.4		2,400		5.4		2,400		15.1		3,800
West		608,800		30.2		3,800		14.4		2,800		5.9		2,100		13.9		4,500
1Interpret data on city teachers with caution. After nonresponse adjustments, the nonresponse bias for this category is greater than for other characteristics.
2Northeast includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Midwest includes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; South includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; and West includes Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
NOTE: A regular full-time teacher is any teacher whose primary position in a school is not an itinerant teacher, a long-term substitute, a short-term substitute, a student teacher, a teacher aide, an administrator, a library media or librarian, another type of professional staff (e.g., counselor, curriculum coordinator, social worker) or support staff (e.g., secretary), or a part-time teacher. Teachers were able to report more than one summer job. 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 Teacher Data File," 2015–16.

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