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Percentage distribution of teachers, by level of agreement with the statement “If I could get a higher paying job I'd leave teaching as soon as possible,” 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 schools11.6 21.7 36.5 30.2 33.3 66.7  
                         
All public schools12.3  22.4  34.7  30.6  34.7  65.3  
                         
School classification                        
Traditional public 12.3  22.4  34.8  30.5  34.7   65.3  
Charter school 12.0  22.4  33.9  31.7  34.4   65.6  
                         
Community type                        
City 13.5  22.6  33.7  30.2  36.1   63.9  
Suburban 11.5  21.9  36.1  30.5  33.4   66.6  
Town 12.4  22.8  34.6  30.2  35.2   64.8  
Rural 12.1  22.9  33.7  31.3  35.0   65.0  
                     
School level                    
Primary 11.7  23.2  35.8  29.3  34.9   65.1  
Middle 13.5  22.0  33.1  31.3  35.5   64.5  
High 12.4  21.4  33.6  32.6  33.8   66.2  
Combined 13.0  22.0  35.9  29.2  34.9   65.1  
                     
Student enrollment                    
Less than 100 8.7  23.3  35.7  32.4  31.9   68.1  
100–199 12.3  20.8  37.0  29.9  33.1   66.9  
200–499 11.7  22.0  36.0  30.3  33.7   66.3  
500–749 12.1  23.5  34.1  30.3  35.5   64.5  
750–999 12.5  22.5  35.4  29.6  35.0   65.0  
1,000 or more 13.3  21.9  33.1  31.6  35.2   64.8  
                         
Percent of K–12 students who were approved
for free or reduced–price lunches		                        
0–34 10.4  20.7  36.9  32.1  31.1   68.9  
35–49 12.5  20.5  35.7  31.3  33.0   67.0  
50–74 12.9  24.2  33.4  29.6  37.0   63.0  
75 or more 13.6  23.8  33.1  29.5  37.4   62.6  
                         
All private schools 6.9  16.6  48.7  27.9  23.4   76.6  
                     
School Classification                    
Catholic 7.9  17.2  45.8  29.0  25.1   74.9  
Other religious ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  
Nonsectarian ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  
                         
Community type                        
City 7.2  16.8  48.1  27.9  24.0   76.0  
Suburban 7.0  17.7  47.0  28.4  24.7   75.3  
Town 5.9  12.2  53.4  28.5  18.2   81.8  
Rural 6.0  14.2  53.7  26.1  20.3   79.7  
                     
School level                    
Elementary 7.4  17.3  48.5  26.8  24.7   75.3  
Secondary 6.9  16.8  47.1  29.1  23.7   76.3  
Combined ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  
                    
Student enrollment                   
Less than 100 ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  
100–199 8.2  15.5  47.5  28.8  23.7   76.3  
200–499 6.7  18.0  47.5  27.8  24.7   75.3  
500–749 6.7  15.7  50.8  26.8  22.4   77.6  
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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