Table 8. Average number of public school teachers and average number of public school teachers who were dismissed in the previous year or did not have their contracts renewed based on poor performance, by tenure status of teachers and state: 2007

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Table 8. Average number of public school teachers and average number of public school teachers who were dismissed in the previous year or did not have their contracts renewed based on poor performance, by tenure status of teachers and state: 2007–08

		Average number of teachers in public school districts who were dismissed or did not have their contracts renewed
State	Average number of teachers			Average number of teachers in public schools who were dismissed or did not have their contracts renewed, by tenure status
State	Average number of teachers			Teachers without tenure¹		Teachers with tenure²
United States	211.4	4.4		1.4		3.0

Alabama	384.7	14.0		7.9		6.2
Alaska	166.1	9.7		1.0		8.6
Arizona	99.6	2.5		0.5		2.0
Arkansas	123.0	0.2	!	0.1		0.2	!
California	285.4	8.6		2.8		5.8

Colorado	244.5	7.2		3.3		4.0
Connecticut	239.5	4.6		1.3		3.3	!
Delaware	227.5	1.2		1.2		#
District of Columbia	110.0	1.9	!	1.8	!	0.1
Florida	2,070.1	26.9		19.5		7.4

Georgia	631.4	10.2		1.6		8.6
Hawaii	11,120.0	127.0		127.0		#
Idaho	131.0	4.6		1.0		3.6
Illinois	167.6	4.1		2.1		2.0	!
Indiana	190.3	3.8	!	0.4		3.4	!

Iowa	103.9	1.5		0.1		1.4
Kansas	137.0	2.7		0.6		2.1
Kentucky	194.2	6.6		2.7		3.8
Louisiana	552.4	19.6		6.4		13.2
Maine	90.6	3.1		0.3		2.8

Maryland	2,602.6	62.8		30.1		32.7
Massachusetts	228.0	7.8		4.3		3.6	!
Michigan	115.9	3.3		0.2		3.0
Minnesota	128.8	4.8		1.0		3.8
Mississippi	213.9	6.5		4.7		1.8	!

Missouri	128.3	2.9		0.6		2.3
Montana	42.0	1.1		0.3		0.8	!
Nebraska	95.1	2.7	!	0.1		2.6	!
Nevada	1,527.4	8.6		3.3		5.3
New Hampshire	147.4	4.3		0.8		3.5

New Jersey	181.5	4.0		1.9		2.1
New Mexico	193.3	4.2		0.5		3.6
New York	305.9	3.8		1.6		2.2
North Carolina	496.1	4.5		1.5		3.0
North Dakota	46.2	0.3	!	#		0.2	!

Ohio	125.2	3.0		0.5		2.4
Oklahoma	75.7	2.8		0.5		2.2
Oregon	163.2	1.9		0.5		1.4
Pennsylvania	180.9	1.0		0.3		0.6
Rhode Island	237.3	1.7		0.8		0.9

South Carolina	434.3	7.2		1.4		5.7
South Dakota	59.8	7.1		0.3		6.8
Tennessee	530.4	5.6		4.0		1.5	!
Texas	254.0	4.2		0.9		3.3
Utah	279.7	2.9		2.6		0.2

Vermont	123.2	1.1		0.4		0.7
Virginia	507.7	6.7		1.8		4.9
Washington	205.0	2.3		0.6		1.7	!
West Virginia	344.2	10.3		1.5		8.8
Wisconsin	153.9	3.6		0.3		3.3
Wyoming	147.1	2.6		0.6		2.0
# Rounds to zero.
! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 30 percent or more of the estimate's value.
¹Teachers who are often relatively inexperienced or novices. This includes teachers in their initial induction year, teachers who are on year-to-year contracts, and those teachers who have not entered a more permanent status, traditionally referred to as tenure.
²Teachers who have satisfactorily completed a probationary period and were given a contract as a career or permanent employee.
NOTE: The 2007–08 SASS sampled all districts in Florida, Hawaii, and Maryland. As a result of sampling, variance estimates for these states are always equal to zero and noted with a dagger (†).
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School District Data File," 2007–08.

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