Total number of teachers, total number and percentage of teachers with 1 year of teaching experience and, among teachers with 1 year of teaching experience, percentage that participated in induction programs and/or were assigned a mentor, by selected school characteristics: 2015–16 (rev)

Selected school characteristics		Teachers with 1 year of teaching experience						Percent of teachers with 1 year of teaching experience who
	Total number of teachers		Number		Percent				Participated in induction program		Were assigned a mentor		Participated in induction program and/or assigned a mentor
All public schools	3,348,800		168,900		5.0				66.5		74.3		81.4
School classification
Traditional public	3,161,900		150,300		4.5				61.0		67.4		73.2
Charter school	186,900		18,600		0.6				5.5		6.9		8.2
Community type
City	982,600		54,200		1.6				20.8		23.5		26.1
Suburban	1,285,500		55,800		1.7				22.9		24.4		27.3
Town	399,100		22,200		0.7				8.9		10.0		10.7
Rural	681,600		36,800		1.1				13.8		16.3		17.3
School level
Primary	1,612,800		78,900		2.4				31.4		34.9		38.1
Middle	600,000		31,900		1.0				12.4		13.4		15.1
High	933,700		44,800		1.3				18.2		20.8		22.1
Combined	202,300		13,400		0.4				4.5		5.3		6.0
Student enrollment
Less than 100	51,800		2,100		0.1				0.8		0.8		1.0
1000–199	106,100		7,000		0.2				2.3		2.8		3.1
2000–499	966,500		46,300		1.4				17.4		19.6		21.8
5000–749	938,700		51,000		1.5				19.4		22.2		24.3
7500–999	489,900		26,900		0.8				11.1		11.9		13.1
1,000 or more	795,900		35,600		1.1				15.5		16.9		18.1
Percent of K–12 students who were approved for free or reduced price lunches
00–34	1,073,800		44,600		1.3				18.6		19.8		21.7
350–49	475,000		23,500		0.7				9.1		10.0		11.3
50–74	739,700		39,000		1.2				15.6		17.9		19.1
75 or more	953,800		54,500		1.6				20.5		23.4		25.7
School did not participate in free  or reduced-price lunch program	106,500		7,300		0.2				2.9		3.1		3.6
NOTE: Teachers include both full-time and part-time teachers. 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 Teacher Data File," 2015–16.

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