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Percentage distribution of male school teachers, by race/ethnicity, school type, and selected school characteristics: 2017–18

                             
  Percent of male teachers by race/ethnicity
School type and selected school characteristic Hispanic,
regardless
of race1		   White, non‐
Hispanic		   Black or African
American, non‐
Hispanic		   Asian, non‐
Hispanic		   Native Hawaiian/
Pacific Islander,
non‐Hispanic		   American
Indian/Alaska
Native, non‐
Hispanic		   Two or more
races, non‐
Hispanic		  
   All schools 9.3   79.7   6.3   1.9   0.3   0.5   2.0  
                             
All public schools 9.8   78.9   6.5   2.0   0.3   0.5   2.1  
                             
School classification                            
Traditional public 9.3   79.6   6.4   1.9   0.3   0.5   2.0  
Charter school 16.5   68.2   8.9   3.3   ‡   ‡   2.7  
                             
Community type                            
City 14.4   68.7   10.9   2.9   0.3 ! 0.4   2.3  
Suburban 10.4   78.7   5.9   2.4   0.4   ‡   2.1  
Town 6.5   85.9   3.2   1.2   0.2 ! 1.1 ! 1.9  
Rural 4.0   89.5   3.6   0.4 ! ‡   0.7   1.7  
                             
School level                            
Primary 13.5   73.9   7.5   2.6   0.4 ! 0.2 ! 1.9  
Middle 9.9   78.7   7.2   1.8   0.1 ! 0.7 ! 1.5  
High 8.0   81.3   5.9   1.8   0.4   0.3 ! 2.4  
Combined 8.8   80.0   6.1   1.7   ‡   1.2 ! 2.1  
                             
Student enrollment                            
Less than 100 6.0   81.1   6.3 ! 1.3 ! ‡   1.4 ! 3.7 !
100–199 8.6   79.1   7.3   1.5 ! ‡   0.6 ! 2.3 !
200–499 9.1   81.0   5.7   1.8   0.3 ! 0.8   1.3  
500–749 10.3   77.5   7.5   2.0   ‡   0.4 ! 2.0  
750–999 10.1   79.8   6.6   1.4   0.2 ! ‡   1.4  
1,000 or more 10.0   78.0   6.4   2.3   0.4   0.2 ! 2.7  
                             
Percent of K–12 students who were approved
for free or reduced‑price lunches		                            
0–34 5.2   87.7   3.2   1.6   0.2 ! 0.2 ! 1.9  
35–49 5.8   87.5   3.1   1.3   ‡   ‡   1.7  
50–74 8.9   80.4   6.0   1.7   0.3 ! 0.4 ! 2.4  
75 or more 17.9   62.9   12.8   3.0   0.4 ! 0.8   2.2  
                             
All private schools 6.5   84.6   4.5   1.9   0.3 ! ‡   1.6  
                             
School Classification                            
Catholic 7.8   84.8   4.0   1.8 ! ‡   ‡   1.0 !
Other religious 5.4   85.3   4.9   1.3 ! ‡   ‡   2.1 !
Nonsectarian 6.7   83.5   4.5   2.6   ‡   ‡   1.5 !
                             
Community type                            
City 7.5   79.4   6.9   3.1   0.6 ! ‡   2.1 !
Suburban 7.1   86.8   3.2   1.2 ! ‡   ‡   1.3 !
Town ‡   91.8   ‡   ‡   #   ‡   ‡  
Rural 3.7 ! 92.3   ‡   #   #   ‡   0.8 !
                             
School level                            
Elementary 8.1   80.2   5.6   2.6 ! ‡   ‡   1.3 !
Secondary 5.7   86.7   3.2   2.4   ‡   ‡   1.7 !
Combined 6.4   85.2   5.0   1.1 ! ‡   ‡   1.6  
                             
Student enrollment                            
Less than 100 10.3   74.5   7.2   ‡   ‡   ‡   2.1 !
100–199 5.5   84.3   6.5 ! 2.3 ! #   #   1.4 !
200–499 5.7   86.7   2.5 ! 2.3 ! ‡   ‡   2.0 !
500–749 7.2 ! 84.0   5.9 ! 1.3 ! ‡   #   ‡  
750 or more 5.7   88.4   3.5 ! 1.3 ! ‡   #   0.9 !
# Rounds to zero.
! 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. 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).
1 Hispanic includes Latino.
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 and Private School Teacher Data Files,” 2017–18.

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