Percentage distribution of teachers, by level of agreement with the statement “The stress and disappointments involved in teaching at this school aren't really worth it,” school type, and selected school characteristics: 2017

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Percentage distribution of teachers, by level of agreement with the statement “The stress and disappointments involved in teaching at this school aren't really worth it,” school type, and selected school characteristics: 2017–18


	Level of agreement					Agree or disagree
School type and selected school characteristic	Strongly agree		Somewhat agree	Strongly disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly or somewhat agree	Strongly or somewhat disagree
All schools	5.5		20.7	44.2	29.5	26.3	73.7

All public schools	5.9		21.9	41.7	30.5	27.8	72.2

School classification
Traditional public	5.9		21.9	41.7	30.5	27.8	72.2
Charter school	6.2		22.1	41.0	30.6	28.3	71.7

Community type
City	7.6		24.3	37.1	31.0	31.9	68.1
Suburban	5.4		21.0	42.8	30.9	26.3	73.7
Town	5.6		21.6	42.5	30.3	27.2	72.8
Rural	4.7		20.5	45.7	29.0	25.2	74.8

School level
Primary	5.7		22.4	42.0	29.9	28.1	71.9
Middle	7.0		23.0	39.7	30.4	30.0	70.0
High	5.6		21.0	41.7	31.7	26.5	73.5
Combined	5.8		19.5	44.7	29.9	25.4	74.6

Student enrollment
Less than 100	3.9		19.6	43.3	33.1	23.6	76.4
100–199	6.7		19.2	47.0	27.1	25.9	74.1
200–499	5.7		21.2	43.4	29.8	26.8	73.2
500–749	5.9		22.9	41.1	30.2	28.8	71.2
750–999	6.7		22.0	40.9	30.4	28.6	71.4
1,000 or more	5.8		22.2	40.0	32.0	28.0	72.0

Percent of K–12 students who were approved for free or reduced–price lunches
0–34	4.2		19.4	46.9	29.5	23.7	76.3
35–49	5.0		19.7	44.7	30.6	24.7	75.3
50–74	6.4		22.5	40.2	30.9	28.9	71.1
75 or more	7.7		25.0	36.2	31.1	32.7	67.3

All private schools	2.9		12.6	61.8	22.7	15.5	84.5

School Classification
Catholic	3.1		14.1	58.6	24.2	17.2	82.8
Other religious	‡		‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
Nonsectarian	‡		‡	‡	‡	‡	‡

Community type
City	2.3		12.6	62.7	22.4	14.9	85.1
Suburban	3.5		13.2	60.0	23.3	16.7	83.3
Town	1.4	!	11.1	66.3	21.3	12.4	87.6
Rural	3.6		11.5	62.5	22.4	15.1	84.9

School level
Elementary	2.7		12.8	62.0	22.5	15.5	84.5
Secondary	3.1		14.2	59.6	23.0	17.4	82.6
Combined	‡		‡	‡	‡	‡	‡

Student enrollment
Less than 100	‡		‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
100–199	2.9		13.0	60.1	24.0	15.9	84.1
200–499	2.5		14.1	59.2	24.2	16.6	83.4
500–749	3.1		10.3	63.1	23.5	13.3	86.7
750 or more	‡		‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
‡ Reporting standards not met. 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 and Private School Teacher Data Files," 2017–18.

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