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Percentage distribution of teachers, by level of agreement with the statement “I don't seem to have as much enthusiasm now as I did when I began teaching,” 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 14.1  28.5  33.7  23.7  42.6   57.4  
                     
All public schools 15.1  29.5  31.6  23.8  44.6   55.4  
                     
School classification                    
Traditional public 15.3  29.7  31.4  23.6  45.0   55.0  
Charter school 12.0  26.4  34.4  27.2  38.4   61.6  
                     
Community type                    
City 15.9  28.8  30.9  24.3  44.7   55.3  
Suburban 14.7  29.5  32.2  23.6  44.2   55.8  
Town 14.2  30.8  31.2  23.8  45.0   55.0  
Rural 15.1  29.8  31.8  23.3  44.9   55.1  
                     
School level                    
Primary 15.5  30.3  32.0  22.3  45.8   54.2  
Middle 16.1  30.0  30.2  23.6  46.2   53.8  
High 14.2  28.4  31.2  26.1  42.6   57.4  
Combined 13.0  27.2  34.2  25.6  40.2   59.8  
                     
Student enrollment                    
Less than 100 9.9  29.2  36.8  24.2  39.1   60.9  
100–199 14.6  25.0  33.7  26.6  39.7   60.3  
200–499 14.9  29.3  32.6  23.1  44.2   55.8  
500–749 14.9  31.2  30.8  23.1  46.1   53.9  
750–999 16.5  29.5  31.3  22.7  46.0   54.0  
1,000 or more 15.0  28.5  30.9  25.6  43.6   56.4  
                         
Percent of K–12 students who were approved
for free or reduced–price lunches		                        
0–34 13.5  29.1  33.3  24.0  42.7   57.3  
35–49 15.5  28.8  31.3  24.4  44.4   55.6  
50–74 15.2  31.4  29.6  23.8  46.6   53.4  
75 or more 16.2  28.7  31.8  23.3  45.0   55.0  
                         
All private schools 7.2  21.6  48.3  23.0  28.7   71.3  
                     
School Classification                    
Catholic 7.6  23.1  46.6  22.7  30.7   69.3  
Other religious ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  
Nonsectarian ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  
                         
Community type                        
City 7.9  20.7  48.2  23.2  28.7   71.3  
Suburban 7.5  20.9  48.3  23.3  28.4   71.6  
Town 4.9  22.2  48.0  24.8  27.1   72.9  
Rural 4.6  26.4  48.4  20.6  31.0   69.0  
                     
School level                    
Elementary 7.3  22.7  48.0  22.0  30.0   70.0  
Secondary 7.8  22.5  46.4  23.3  30.3   69.7  
Combined ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  
                    
Student enrollment                   
Less than 100 ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  
100–199 7.8  20.6  50.2  21.5  28.3   71.7  
200–499 7.7  23.3  45.7  23.3  31.0   69.0  
500–749 8.0  19.3  48.5  24.2  27.3   72.7  
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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