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School type and selected school characteristic | Less than a bachelor's degree | Bachelor's degree | Master's degree | Higher than a master's degree1 | ||||
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All schools | 3.6 | 39.7 | 48.0 | 8.6 | ||||
All public schools | 2.7 | 39.3 | 49.2 | 8.8 | ||||
School classification | ||||||||
Traditional public | 2.7 | 38.6 | 49.8 | 8.8 | ||||
Charter school | 3.2 | 50.3 | 38.6 | 7.8 | ||||
Community type | ||||||||
City | 2.3 | 38.7 | 49.4 | 9.6 | ||||
Suburban | 2.5 | 35.8 | 52.0 | 9.7 | ||||
Town | 3.6 | 43.7 | 45.7 | 7.1 | ||||
Rural | 3.2 | 44.3 | 45.7 | 6.8 | ||||
School level | ||||||||
Primary | 2.0 | 42.2 | 47.3 | 8.5 | ||||
Middle | 2.3 | 38.4 | 50.3 | 9.1 | ||||
High | 4.1 | 33.5 | 52.7 | 9.6 | ||||
Combined | 3.0 | 44.6 | 45.6 | 6.8 | ||||
Student enrollment | ||||||||
Less than 100 | 4.6 | 40.7 | 45.0 | 9.8 | ||||
100–199 | 2.7 | 49.1 | 41.9 | 6.3 | ||||
200–499 | 2.5 | 40.7 | 48.3 | 8.5 | ||||
500–749 | 2.3 | 39.6 | 49.5 | 8.7 | ||||
750–999 | 3.0 | 40.4 | 48.4 | 8.2 | ||||
1,000 or more | 3.1 | 35.3 | 51.7 | 9.9 | ||||
Percent of K–12 students who were approved for free or reduced‑price lunches |
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0–34 | 2.8 | 33.8 | 54.1 | 9.3 | ||||
35–49 | 3.1 | 38.9 | 49.8 | 8.2 | ||||
50–74 | 2.8 | 42.2 | 46.5 | 8.5 | ||||
75 or more | 2.4 | 42.6 | 46.2 | 8.9 | ||||
All private schools | 10.0 | 42.4 | 40.0 | 7.7 | ||||
School Classification | ||||||||
Catholic | 7.9 | 46.0 | 39.8 | 6.3 | ||||
Other religious | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ||||
Nonsectarian | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ||||
Community type | ||||||||
City | 8.4 | 42.1 | 41.9 | 7.5 | ||||
Suburban | 9.1 | 40.5 | 42.0 | 8.4 | ||||
Town | 12.5 | 53.3 | 28.1 | 6.1 | ||||
Rural | 16.8 | 43.8 | 32.8 | 6.6 | ||||
School level | ||||||||
Elementary | 11.2 | 47.3 | 34.8 | 6.7 | ||||
Secondary | 7.5 | 36.0 | 47.3 | 9.2 | ||||
Combined | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ||||
Student enrollment | ||||||||
Less than 100 | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ||||
100–199 | 11.8 | 47.9 | 32.6 | 7.6 | ||||
200–499 | 7.1 | 45.3 | 40.4 | 7.1 | ||||
500–749 | 5.1 | 39.8 | 47.2 | 7.9 | ||||
750 or more | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ||||
‡ Reporting standards not met. The response rate is below 50 percent. | ||||||||
1 Higher than a master's degree is defined as a teacher who completed any of the following: an educational specialist or professional diploma, a certificate of advanced graduate studies, or a doctorate or first professional degree. | ||||||||
NOTE: Teachers include both full-time and part-time teachers. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. | ||||||||
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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