Percentage distribution of Black or African-American school teachers and all other school teachers, by school type and selected school characteristics: 2017

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Percentage distribution of Black or African-American school teachers and all other school teachers, by school type and selected school characteristics: 2017–18

School type and selected school characteristic	All school teachers	Black or African American school teachers¹		All other school teachers²
All public and private schools	100.0	100.0		100.0

Community type
City	30.8	51.3		29.2
Suburban	38.8	32.5		39.3
Town	10.9	5.8		11.4
Rural	19.5	10.5		20.2

Region
Northeast	20.0	15.2		20.4
Midwest	21.9	9.4		22.9
South	39.2	66.3		37.0
West	18.9	9.1		19.7

All public schools	100.0	100.0		100.0

School classification
Traditional public	94.2	90.6		94.5
Charter school	5.8	9.4		5.5

Community type
City	29.1	50.3		27.3
Suburban	38.7	32.6		39.3
Town	11.6	6.2		12.1
Rural	20.5	10.9		21.3

School level
Primary	47.6	46.8		47.7
Middle	17.7	20.0		17.5
High	27.7	26.4		27.8
Combined	6.9	6.8		6.9

Percent of K–12 students who were approved for free or reduced‑price lunches
0–34	29.6	11.9		31.1
35–49	16.4	8.9		17.0
50–74	24.0	20.6		24.3
75 or more	30.0	58.7		27.5

Percent minority enrollment in the school
0–24	28.8	3.3		31.0
25–49	23.4	10.0		24.5
50–74	19.3	19.9		19.2
75 or more	26.8	65.1		23.5
Data Not available	1.8	1.7		1.8

Region
Northeast	19.3	14.4		19.7
Midwest	22.0	9.4		23.0
South	39.6	67.4		37.2
West	19.2	8.8		20.1

All private schools	100.0	100.0		100.0

School Classification
Catholic	31.2	25.8		31.5
Other religious	37.9	38.7		37.9
Nonsectarian	30.8	35.5		30.6

Community type
City	42.6	64.3		41.7
Suburban	39.0	30.5		39.3
Town	6.1	‡		6.3
Rural	12.3	4.6		12.6

School level
Elementary	37.7	34.6		37.8
Secondary	24.9	23.3		24.9
Combined	37.5	42.1		37.3

Percent minority enrollment in the school
0–24	49.9	19.0		51.2
25–49	26.6	26.7		26.6
50–74	10.2	11.1		10.1
75 or more	9.2	40.1		7.9
Data Not available	4.1	3.1	!	4.1

Region
Northeast	25.3	26.5		25.3
Midwest	21.3	9.6		21.8
South	36.1	51.7		35.4
West	17.2	12.2		17.5
! 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.
¹ Black or African-American teachers includes teachers who selected Black or African-American on the survey, regardless of whether other races were selected and regardless of the response to Hispanic or Latino origin. Seven percent of all public and private school teachers, 8 percent of public school teachers, and 4 percent of private school teachers selected Black or African-American on the survey.
² All other teachers includes any teacher who did not select Black or African-American as a race category on the survey. These teachers selected one or more of the other race categories on the survey, but did not select Black or African-American. The other race categories on the survey were White, Asian, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and American Indian or Alaska Native. A teacher's response to the separate survey question about Hispanic or Latino origin was not a factor.
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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