Number and percentage of public school K-12 teachers, by survey years, workforce categories relative to a specific school, and employment background: 1987–88, 1990–91, 1993–94, 1999–2000, 2003–04, and 2007

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Number and percentage of public school K-12 teachers, by survey years, workforce categories relative to a specific school, and employment background: 1987–88, 1990–91, 1993–94, 1999–2000, 2003–04, and 2007–08

Workforce category and employment background	1987-88		1990-91		1993-94		1999-2000		2003-04		2007-08
Workforce category and employment background	Number	Per- cent	Number	Per- cent	Number	Per- cent	Number	Per- cent	Number	Per- cent	Number	Per- cent
Total workforce at the start of the year	2,323,200	100.0	2,559,500	100.0	2,561,300	100.0	3,002,300	100.0	3,250,600	100.0	3,404,500	100.0

Continuing teachers in schools	2,022,400	87.1	2,230,600	87.2	2,245,000	87.7	2,599,300	86.6	2,816,700	86.7	2,933,600	86.2

New hires in schools	300,800	12.9	328,900	12.8	316,300	12.3	403,000	13.4	433,900	13.3	470,900	13.8
Transfers at the start of the year¹	161,400	6.9	178,700	7.0	165,800	6.5	223,000	7.4	235,800	7.3	269,900	7.9
Within the same school district	83,900	3.6	99,700	3.9	95,300	3.7	98,600	3.3	132,100	4.1	123,600	3.6
Outside the school district	77,500	3.3	78,900	3.1	70,500	2.8	124,400	4.1	103,700	3.2	146,300	4.3
From the same state	56,000	2.4	60,400	2.4	45,400	1.8	83,600	2.8	68,900	2.1	103,600	3.0
From out-of-state	21,500	0.9	18,500	0.7	16,300	0.6	27,100	0.9	22,700	0.7	27,700	0.8
From a private school	—	—	—	—	8,900	0.3	13,700	0.5	12,100	0.4	15,000	0.4
New entrants	139,400	6.0	150,200	5.9	150,500	5.9	180,000	6.0	198,100	6.1	201,000	5.9
Returning teachers	80,100	3.4	59,500	2.3	48,000	1.9	55,200	1.8	73,100	2.2	54,500	1.6
Delayed entrants	22,600	1.0	39,100	1.5	44,400	1.7	51,600	1.7	50,600	1.6	54,000	1.6
Recent graduates	36,800	1.6	51,600	2.0	58,100	2.3	73,100	2.4	74,500	2.3	92,500	2.7
— Not available.
¹ The subcategories of teachers who transferred at the start of the year are based on the main activity before teaching at their current school for the 1987-88, 1990-91, and 1993-94 year and on the main activity in the last school year for the 1999-2000, 2003-04, and 2007-08 survey years. The 1987-88 and 1990-91 surveys did not include information about private school teaching as main activity in the year before teaching in their current school.
NOTE: Public school teachers include K-12 teachers from traditional public schools and charter schools. Continuing teachers are teachers who were working in the same school the previous year. New hires are teachers who were not working in their current school the previous year. Returning teachers are teachers whose main activity the previous year was not working as a K-12 teacher but had previous experience working as a K-12 teacher. Delayed entrants are teachers who started working as K-12 teachers during the survey year, had no previous experience as a K-12 teacher, and were not in school the previous year. Recent graduates are teachers who started working as K-12 teachers during the survey year, had no previous experience as a K-12 teacher, and were in school the previous year. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public Teacher Questionnaire," 1987-88, Public Teacher Questionnaire, 1999-91, "Public Teacher Questionnaire," 1993-94, "Public Teacher Questionnaire," 1999-2000, "Public School Teacher Data File," 2003-04, and "Public School Teacher Data File," 2007-08.

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