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Percentage distribution of public school special education teachers based on total years of teaching experience, average total years of teaching experience, percentage distribution of special education teachers based on years teaching at current school, and average years teaching at current school, by state: 2017–18

                                         
  Total years of teaching experience       Years teaching at current school      
State Less than 4
years		   4-9 years   10-14 years   15 or more
years		   Average years
teaching		   Less than 4
years		   4-9 years   10-14 years   15 or more
years		   Average years at
current school		  
United States 16.2   26.7   19.5   37.6   13.0   47.1   24.8   12.7   15.5   6.9  
                                         
Alabama 12.1 ! 12.7 ! 35.3   39.9   15.2   41.5   17.9 ! 15.9 ! 24.7   9.0  
Alaska 6.8 ! 30.8   18.2 ! 44.2   13.9   45.6   33.9   9.4 ! 11.1 ! 5.6  
Arizona 31.7   23.6   16.1   28.6   11.2   58.3   20.9   11.5 ! 9.4 ! 5.0  
Arkansas 10.3 ! 23.6   19.5   46.5   14.6   45.9   19.6   9.6 ! 24.9   8.4  
California 19.1   24.0   18.8   38.1   12.8   46.7   25.2   14.6   13.5   6.7  
                                         
Colorado 27.1   30.1   18.3 ! 24.5   10.4   75.0   11.3 ! ‡   10.1 ! 4.1  
Connecticut 8.2 ! 22.7   9.8 ! 59.3   17.6   43.2   20.1   ‡   28.9   8.9  
Delaware 14.5 ! 48.8   12.7 ! 24.0   10.1   53.8   25.6 ! 19.2 ! ‡   4.7  
District of Columbia ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Florida 14.3   31.5   20.7   33.5   12.2   46.3   31.5   10.1   12.1   6.0  
                                         
Georgia 12.3 ! 28.8   24.2   34.8   13.1   53.6   24.5   14.8   7.2 ! 5.4  
Hawaii 33.4   24.7   17.1 ! 24.7   10.5   51.1   24.6   13.9 ! 10.4 ! 6.2  
Idaho 24.5   22.0   19.0 ! 34.6   12.7   56.2   32.7   ‡   ‡   4.7  
Illinois 16.9   27.2   17.2   38.8   13.4   47.5   17.7   15.2   19.6   7.8  
Indiana 17.8 ! 25.6   17.0   39.5   14.8   43.8   24.6   8.4 ! 23.2   9.2  
                                         
Iowa 19.9   39.2   9.7 ! 31.2   10.6   62.2   14.1   9.9 ! 13.9   5.8  
Kansas 17.6 ! 28.0   16.6   37.8   12.3   66.0   14.9   11.8 ! 7.3 ! 4.5  
Kentucky 8.9 ! 34.3   24.3 ! 32.5   12.5   43.9   22.2   24.3 ! 9.6 ! 6.5  
Louisiana 14.7 ! 25.4   16.1   43.9   13.2   56.9   15.0 ! 10.2 ! 17.9 ! 6.3  
Maine 10.4 ! 23.2   12.9 ! 53.4   16.7   35.3   26.0   10.0 ! 28.8   9.6  
                                         
Maryland ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Massachusetts 15.7   25.4   24.3   34.6   12.4   41.6   32.2   10.5   15.8   7.2  
Michigan 6.4 ! 20.5   24.1   49.1   15.4   34.2   29.8   10.6   25.4   9.0  
Minnesota 19.1   16.1   10.1   54.7   16.0   39.0   15.2   9.0   36.8   9.9  
Mississippi 12.8 ! 33.6   23.4 ! 30.1   13.2   44.9   33.6   16.1 ! 5.4 ! 5.1  
                                         
Missouri 14.4   32.6   28.1   25.0   11.6   43.5   32.0   9.2 ! 15.3   7.0  
Montana 17.3 ! 24.0 ! 16.7 ! 42.0   13.7   38.6   24.5 ! 22.1 ! 14.8 ! 8.1  
Nebraska 21.2   21.2   24.4 ! 33.2   11.9   58.5   21.4   13.2 ! 7.0 ! 5.4  
Nevada 21.4   18.2   28.1   32.3   12.3   53.9   24.3   18.0   ‡   5.0  
New Hampshire 6.3 ! 33.9   25.7   34.1   12.7   47.8   26.8   13.3 ! 12.2 ! 6.5  
                                         
New Jersey 15.5   22.2   26.7   35.6   12.6   28.0   35.4   15.9   20.7   8.6  
New Mexico 11.3 ! 31.3   19.2   38.2   13.2   45.2   32.2   12.6 ! 10.0 ! 5.8  
New York 14.5   28.5   18.5   38.5   12.8   39.4   27.5   15.6   17.4   7.7  
North Carolina 12.9   24.4   14.5   48.1   14.3   54.6   21.8   11.8 ! 11.8 ! 5.6  
North Dakota 9.5 ! 36.2   8.4 ! 45.9   14.3   51.8   21.3   ‡   21.0 ! 7.5  
                                         
Ohio 20.8   23.3   19.9   36.0   12.4   44.1   25.6   10.7   19.6   7.1  
Oklahoma ‡   42.5   13.4 ! 37.6   14.8   44.8   39.3   9.5 ! 6.5 ! 5.5  
Oregon 19.9 ! 29.7   18.9 ! 31.5   11.4   61.2   27.1   ‡   ‡   4.3  
Pennsylvania 11.8   29.6   18.5   40.2   13.8   39.9   31.4   11.3   17.4   7.7  
Rhode Island ‡   17.3 ! 17.8   59.6   16.9   25.1 ! 33.3   11.2 ! 30.4   10.3  
                                         
South Carolina 14.9   13.1 ! 23.3 ! 48.8   15.0   58.6   13.7 ! 22.3 ! ‡   5.0  
South Dakota 17.6   27.8   10.1 ! 44.5   15.1   52.9   19.9 ! 6.5 ! 20.7 ! 6.9  
Tennessee 13.7 ! 32.6   18.1 ! 35.6   12.3   58.8   20.7 ! 14.2 ! 6.3 ! 5.1  
Texas 19.8   29.9   26.2   24.1   10.9   54.5   22.2   14.4   8.9   5.6  
Utah 19.1   19.3 ! 22.3   39.3   12.6   52.8   25.2   8.8 ! 13.2 ! 6.6  
                                         
Vermont ‡   24.4 ! 12.6 ! 39.9   12.9   54.8   18.0 ! 10.5 ! 16.7 ! 6.1  
Virginia 23.3   29.0   6.3 ! 41.4   13.3   50.7   12.5 ! 14.7   22.1   7.6  
Washington 22.5   18.8   11.6 ! 47.1   13.2   59.1   12.6 ! 17.3 ! 10.9 ! 6.1  
West Virginia 6.4 ! 28.5   27.5   37.6   15.5   44.5   37.1   6.5 ! 11.9 ! 6.0  
Wisconsin 18.1   26.7   16.5   38.8   12.6   38.0   35.6   3.7 ! 22.7   7.7  
Wyoming 17.4   22.3   23.2   37.0   12.3   55.3   31.8   6.0 ! ‡   4.4  
! 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.
NOTE: Teachers include both full-time and part-time special education 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," 2017–18.

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