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Total number of public school teachers and percentage distribution of public school teachers, by race/ethnicity and selected school characteristics: 2015–16
| Percent of teachers by race/ethnicity | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selected school characteristic | Total Number of teachers | Hispanic, regardless of race | White, non-Hispanic | Black, non-Hispanic | Asian, non-Hispanic | Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic | American Indian/Alaska Native, non-Hispanic | Two or more races, non-Hispanic | |||||||||
| All public schools | 3,827,100 | 8.8 | 80.1 | 6.7 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.4 | |||||||||
| School classification | |||||||||||||||||
| Traditional public | 3,608,600 | 8.5 | 80.7 | 6.5 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.4 | |||||||||
| Charter school | 218,500 | 14.0 | 71.2 | 9.4 | 2.5 | 0.3 | ! | 0.2 | ! | 2.4 | |||||||
| Community type | |||||||||||||||||
| City1 | 1,179,700 | 13.2 | 69.5 | 11.0 | 3.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 2.0 | |||||||||
| Suburban | 1,512,900 | 8.5 | 81.9 | 5.6 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.3 | |||||||||
| Town | 416,400 | 5.7 | 87.9 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.2 | |||||||||
| Rural | 718,100 | 4.1 | 89.4 | 3.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 | ! | 1.0 | 0.9 | ||||||||
| School level | |||||||||||||||||
| Primary | 1,820,100 | 9.6 | 79.7 | 6.6 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.1 | |||||||||
| Middle | 681,000 | 7.9 | 80.6 | 7.5 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.5 | |||||||||
| High | 1,097,800 | 8.7 | 80.0 | 6.3 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.8 | |||||||||
| Combined | 228,200 | 6.2 | 82.9 | 6.4 | 1.6 | 0.3 | ! | 1.0 | 1.6 | ||||||||
| Student enrollment | |||||||||||||||||
| Less than 100 | 59,600 | 7.4 | 83.4 | 6.2 | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | 1.9 | ! | ||||||||
| 100-199 | 117,100 | 8.4 | 80.1 | 6.9 | 1.4 | ! | 0.5 | ! | 1.2 | ! | 1.5 | ||||||
| 200-499 | 1,074,700 | 5.7 | 83.9 | 6.5 | 1.9 | 0.2 | ! | 0.6 | 1.2 | ||||||||
| 500-749 | 1,066,000 | 10.1 | 79.2 | 6.8 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.2 | |||||||||
| 750-999 | 552,600 | 9.6 | 78.8 | 7.4 | 2.4 | 0.2 | ! | 0.5 | 1.1 | ||||||||
| 1,000 or more | 957,100 | 10.6 | 77.5 | 6.3 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2.0 | |||||||||
| Percent of K-12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches | |||||||||||||||||
| 0-34 | 1,254,600 | 5.0 | 88.4 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.2 | |||||||||
| 35-49 | 546,700 | 5.6 | 86.8 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 0.2 | ! | 0.4 | 1.5 | ||||||||
| 50-74 | 840,100 | 8.0 | 80.7 | 6.9 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.5 | |||||||||
| 75 or more | 1,061,200 | 16.0 | 65.9 | 12.9 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.5 | |||||||||
| School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program | 124,500 | 6.9 | 85.5 | 3.8 | 2.6 | ‡ | 0.3 | ! | 1.0 | ||||||||
| ! 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 Interpret data on city teachers with caution. After nonresponse adjustments, the nonresponse bias for this category is greater than for other characteristics. | |||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Black includes African American and Hispanic includes Latino. 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 Data File," 2015–16. | |||||||||||||||||
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