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Percentage distribution of public school teachers, by general field of main teaching assignment, selected school characteristics, and state: 2017–18

         
Selected school
characteristic and state		   Early
childhood or
general
elementary		   Special
education		   Arts or
Music		   English
and
language
arts		   ESL or
bilingual
education		   Foreign
languages		   Health
education		   Mathematics   Natural
sciences		   Social
sciences		   Career or
technical
education		   All other  
   All public schools   32.5   12.2   6.5   11.6   2.0   2.7   4.6   8.5   6.8   6.3   4.1   2.2  
                                                   
School classification                                                  
Traditional public   32.4   12.4   6.5   11.5   2.1   2.7   4.6   8.4   6.8   6.3   4.2   2.2  
Charter school   34.2   8.9   6.7   13.3   1.3   3.1   3.9   10.2   7.8   6.5   2.1   2.0  
                                                   
Community type                                                  
City   33.4   13.2   6.1   11.2   3.1   2.8   4.2   8.1   6.5   6.0   3.3   2.0  
Suburban   32.1   11.9   6.6   11.8   2.1   3.1   4.3   9.1   6.9   6.4   3.4   2.1  
Town   32.9   11.8   6.2   11.5   1.3   1.9   5.2   8.4   6.8   6.7   5.1   2.3  
Rural   31.9   11.6   6.8   11.8   0.9   2.3   5.3   7.9   7.1   6.2   5.9   2.4  
                                                   
School level                                                  
Primary   61.9   11.8   5.6   7.0   2.7   0.6   3.5   2.4   1.4   0.8   0.3   1.9  
Middle   8.4   13.5   8.3   18.0   1.5   2.8   6.3   13.8   11.7   10.6   3.3   1.7  
High   0.5   11.5   6.7   15.0   1.4   6.2   5.2   14.8   12.7   12.7   10.7   2.7  
Combined   20.1   14.8   6.9   13.5   1.1 ! 3.1   4.7   11.2   8.4   8.1   5.5   2.6  
                                                   
Student enrollment                                                  
Less than 100   24.8   22.3   5.4   12.1   0.3 ! 1.7 ! 6.2   8.7   6.5   5.3   4.6   2.0  
100–199   29.7   15.3   6.6   12.6   1.3 ! 1.3   5.6   7.8   6.1   6.5   5.3   2.1  
200–499   45.5   12.4   7.1   9.2   1.9   1.4   4.2   5.6   4.2   3.7   2.7   2.0  
500–749   44.2   12.3   5.8   10.3   2.4   1.6   4.1   6.1   4.7   4.0   2.4   2.0  
750–999   29.8   11.4   6.7   12.4   2.8   2.8   4.6   9.2   7.1   6.9   3.9   2.4  
1,000 or more   7.4   11.3   6.4   15.2   1.7   5.5   5.2   14.0   12.1   11.5   7.4   2.4  
                                                   
Percent of K–12 students who were approved
   for free or reduced–price lunches		                                                  
0–34   29.1   11.5   6.9   11.6   1.3   3.8   4.9   9.0   7.5   7.1   4.8   2.3  
35–49   28.1   12.0   7.6   12.0   1.2   3.1   5.0   8.9   8.0   7.0   5.1   1.9  
50–74   32.2   12.0   6.5   11.9   2.1   2.4   4.3   8.8   7.0   6.4   4.2   2.2  
75 or more   38.6   13.2   5.4   11.2   3.1   1.6   4.3   7.5   5.4   5.0   2.7   2.0  
                                                   
State                                                  
Alabama   32.0   13.0   3.1   13.4   ‡   1.6 ! 6.6   8.0   7.4   6.3   6.6   1.1 !
Alaska   40.1   15.8   4.8   7.7   1.4 ! 1.8 ! 3.4   7.0   5.6   5.6   3.3   3.5  
Arizona   37.5   11.1   5.9   9.8   2.7 ! 2.5   4.8   8.7   6.0   6.1   3.3   1.6 !
Arkansas   34.1   10.0   7.6   10.0   ‡   ‡   3.7   8.7   8.0   6.0   6.3   3.9  
California   40.9   11.6   3.9   9.6   0.9   3.3   4.4   8.4   6.9   6.5   2.0   1.7  
                                                   
Colorado   33.8   11.2   8.0   10.0   2.3   2.7   3.3   11.7   6.1   5.9   2.0   2.9  
Connecticut   25.4   11.7   6.7   13.4   2.6 ! 6.1   5.2   8.9   7.0   5.7   5.4   1.9 !
Delaware   29.2   16.9   4.9   11.6   ‡   2.7   3.7 ! 8.9   6.2   5.8   7.3   1.8 !
District of Columbia   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Florida   38.2   9.1   5.0   13.8   0.6 ! 2.5   5.0   8.0   6.2   6.2   2.4   3.0  
                                                   
Georgia   34.2   13.7   4.7   10.5   3.0   1.9   4.7   8.2   8.0   7.0   2.7   1.3  
Hawaii   39.2   11.1   4.8   9.2   1.6 ! 2.5   4.1   7.3   7.4   6.9   3.3   2.6  
Idaho   41.5   9.2   6.0   9.4   0.8 ! 1.1 ! 4.8   9.9   6.9   5.5   4.4   0.6 !
Illinois   30.9   15.9   6.6   10.5   3.4   2.7   5.5   8.3   7.1   4.4   2.8   2.0  
Indiana   31.8   10.4   9.3   10.7   ‡   2.6   4.2   9.0   6.9   6.7   5.9   0.9 !
                                                   
Iowa   31.2   13.9   7.6   12.9   1.7 ! 1.2 ! 5.2   6.0   5.9   5.1   5.0   4.2  
Kansas   35.9   12.3   6.9   8.6   1.5 ! 2.0   5.5   7.4   6.1   6.9   4.9   1.9  
Kentucky   31.5   16.8   4.3   13.0   1.0 ! 1.1 ! 2.7   9.1   4.7   8.6   5.2   2.1 !
Louisiana   32.7   10.4   4.6   14.9   #   3.3   3.8   9.9   7.7   6.4   3.9   2.4 !
Maine   31.0   12.0   9.5   11.7   ‡   3.3 ! 3.7   7.7   7.0   6.5   5.3 ! 1.8 !
                                             
Maryland   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   2.9   ‡  
Massachusetts   22.7   12.7   5.4   12.5   2.8   4.3   5.2   13.0   8.3   7.4   3.8   2.0 !
Michigan   35.8   11.7   8.3   10.4   0.4 ! 3.8   3.7   9.4   6.3   5.7   3.2   1.3  
Minnesota   26.3   16.1   5.0   10.1   5.3   3.7   6.0   7.7   8.0   7.4   2.9   1.5  
Mississippi   29.6   15.6   6.2   11.5   #   ‡   2.6   7.5   8.3   6.7   5.0   5.3 !
                                                   
Missouri   32.8   10.7   7.8   13.3   0.8 ! 1.6 ! 5.4   5.6   6.9   6.5   5.2   3.3  
Montana   39.5   7.7   7.7   12.0   #   1.2 ! 5.3   6.4   6.3   6.8   4.9   2.2  
Nebraska   34.1   11.4   8.4   11.3   1.4 ! 2.0 ! 6.2   6.1   6.5   4.0   5.6   2.9  
Nevada   42.1   14.1   4.1   13.0   1.4 ! 0.7 ! 3.8   7.0   4.7   4.8   3.4 ! 0.9 !
New Hampshire   31.5   12.4   6.5   10.2   1.0 ! 3.0   6.0   9.8   6.5   5.4   4.3 ! 3.5  
                                                   
New Jersey   27.3   14.1   6.8   12.8   2.2   4.8   5.7   9.5   6.3   6.0   2.5   2.1  
New Mexico   39.8   17.0   5.6   11.3   1.2 ! 1.2 ! 3.5   5.6   5.3   5.9   2.9   0.6 !
New York   28.8   18.5   6.9   10.0   3.4   2.9   4.0   7.5   7.2   6.7   2.9   1.2  
North Carolina   34.4   11.7   5.4   9.8   2.3   2.2   5.0   7.3   5.9   7.2   7.4   1.5  
North Dakota   36.5   13.0   8.7   9.6   ‡   1.0 ! 4.2   6.9   5.0   6.6   5.8   1.8 !
                                                   
Ohio   27.4   13.8   8.5   14.8   1.7 ! 3.4   3.7   8.9   6.2   5.2   4.7   1.5  
Oklahoma   39.1   10.2   5.7   8.6   ‡   2.0 ! 4.4   7.0   5.7   7.3   5.3   3.3  
Oregon   35.9   9.5   7.2   9.8   5.0   4.3   5.0   7.1   5.6   5.6   3.1   1.7 !
Pennsylvania   26.1   13.1   7.5   14.4   1.1   2.2   3.3   9.5   7.5   6.6   5.7   2.9  
Rhode Island   30.3   16.9   5.7   11.6   3.5 ! 3.4 ! 5.5   5.6   4.9   6.3   3.6 ! 2.7 !
                                                   
South Carolina   33.3   9.3   9.7   10.7   1.5 ! 2.9   3.3   7.8   6.7   6.5   6.0   2.3  
South Dakota   40.0   10.1   7.8   10.3   0.9 ! 0.7 ! 3.1   5.9   8.8   7.6   4.6   ‡  
Tennessee   35.0   9.3   6.1   12.5   2.8   1.2 ! 2.6   8.7   6.0   6.7   4.1   5.0  
Texas   29.1   8.3   7.4   13.2   3.3   2.2   4.6   9.8   7.4   6.8   5.6   2.3  
Utah   42.0   10.8   6.5   5.9   ‡   3.1   3.4   6.3   8.2   4.9   6.6   1.2  
                                                   
Vermont   29.2   14.0   9.2   11.9   ‡   2.7 ! 4.7   10.5   3.4   5.2   4.2 ! 4.0  
Virginia   27.2   10.7   7.8   12.8   3.0   3.0   5.3   7.3   7.6   6.2   5.8   3.4  
Washington   37.2   8.9   7.3   11.0   1.2 ! 2.1   5.9   9.5   6.1   5.1   2.8   2.8 !
West Virginia   31.7   13.3   6.2   10.6   ‡   1.7 ! 5.8   9.4   7.6   5.7   4.7   2.5 !
Wisconsin   33.3   13.7   8.7   10.4   1.8 ! 2.5   4.9   6.5   6.3   6.4   3.6   1.9  
Wyoming   35.5   10.9   8.2   11.1   ‡   1.3 ! 6.6   8.1   6.3   4.1   5.9   1.5 !
# 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) or the response rate is below 50 percent.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), "Public School Teacher Data File," 2017–18.

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