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Percentage distribution of public school teachers, by race/ethnicity and the race/ethnicity of students at their school: 2017–18

                             
  Percent of teachers by race/ethnicity
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 public schools 9.3   79.3   6.7   2.1   0.2   0.5   1.8  
                             
Student race/ethnicity                            
More than 50 percent White, non-Hispanic 2.9   93.1   1.6   0.9   0.1   0.3   1.1  
More than 50 percent non-White, or Hispanic 16.8   63.5   12.6   3.6   0.4   0.7   2.5  
   More than 50 percent Black, non-Hispanic 5.2   54.3   35.9   2.1   0.2 ! 0.4 ! 2.0  
   More than 50 percent Hispanic 33.0   53.9   6.6   3.4   0.4   0.4   2.4  
   More than 50 percent Asian, non-Hispanic 7.7   60.0   1.6 ! 26.5   0.8 !   3.0 !
   More than 50 percent American Indian/Alaska Native, non-Hispanic   61.0         28.5   4.7 !
   More than 50 percent Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic 7.7   25.8     25.5   18.9   #   20.2  
   No single race/ethnicity more than 50 percent 8.3   76.9   8.0   3.3   0.2   0.5   2.7  
Data not available 4.6   84.3   6.2   1.0 !   2.1 ! 1.3 !
# 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 Data File," 2017–18.