Table 8.Average number of teachers per public school district in 2011–12, average number of teachers per district in the previous year (2010–11) who were dismissed or did not have their contracts renewed for any reason, and as a result of poor performance, by tenure status of teachers and state: 2011

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Table 8. Average number of teachers per public school district in 2011–12, average number of teachers per district in the previous year (2010–11) who were dismissed or did not have their contracts renewed for any reason, and as a result of poor performance, by tenure status of teachers and state: 2011–12


					During the 2010-11 school year, average number of teachers per district who were dismissed or did not have their contracts renewed as a result of poor performance
State	Average number of teachers per district in 2011–12		During the 2010-11 school year, average number of teachers per district who were dismissed or did not have their contracts renewed for any reason		Teachers with all tenure statuses		Nontenured teachers¹		Tenured teachers²
United States	187.0		3.5		1.1		1.0		0.2

Alabama	309.3		12.6		3.6		3.6		#
Alaska	109.6		4.0		1.7		1.5		0.1
Arizona	93.9		1.8		0.8		0.7		0.2
Arkansas	126.4		0.9		0.2		0.2		#	!
California	245.0		5.8		1.3		1.3		0.1

Colorado	248.4		8.9		2.9		2.5		0.4
Connecticut	232.8		2.1		1.2		1.1		0.1
Delaware	180.6		3.6		1.1		0.9		0.1
District of Columbia	96.0		7.7		5.2		2.4		2.8
Florida	2,156.5		64.4		14.1		12.9		1.3

Georgia	595.7		6.1		3.9		2.5		1.4
Hawaii	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
Idaho	126.9		2.1		0.4		0.3		0.1
Illinois	132.7		4.8		1.7		1.7		#	!
Indiana	184.7		2.0		0.4		0.3		0.1

Iowa	105.8		0.3		0.1		0.1	!	#
Kansas	118.6		0.9		0.6		0.5		0.1
Kentucky	281.1		8.0		2.7		2.7		#
Louisiana	316.6	!	6.5		1.0	!	0.8	!	0.2
Maine	84.4		0.8		0.3		0.3		#

Maryland	2,358.7	!	21.2	!	9.7	!	4.5		5.1	!
Massachusetts	209.2		5.5		2.2		1.9		0.3
Michigan	99.1		1.8		0.4		0.4		#	!
Minnesota	115.2		3.8		1.1		1.0		0.1
Mississippi	215.1		4.0		1.3		0.8		0.5

Missouri	132.1		2.1		1.1		0.9		0.2
Montana	36.1		0.6		0.2	!	0.1	!	‡
Nebraska	80.0		0.4		0.1		#		0.1
Nevada	1,059.1	!	5.9	!	‡		‡		‡
New Hampshire	118.1		2.4		0.6	!	0.5	!	0.1	!

New Jersey	156.6		2.7		1.2		1.2		#
New Mexico	215.2		3.4		1.4		1.3		0.1
New York	179.3		3.0		1.0		0.8		0.2
North Carolina	332.4		3.4		1.8		1.7		0.1
North Dakota	53.0		0.1		#		#		#

Ohio	130.5		1.4		0.5		0.4		0.1	!
Oklahoma	75.2		1.0		0.5		0.4		0.1	!
Oregon	127.5		2.8		0.7		0.4		0.3
Pennsylvania	168.7		1.9		0.3		0.1	!	0.1
Rhode Island	210.5		3.1		1.7		1.2		0.4

South Carolina	441.8		5.6		2.3		1.2		1.0
South Dakota	66.1		1.2		0.4	!	0.3	!	‡
Tennessee	468.1		9.0		5.4		5.2		0.2
Texas	236.2		5.3		1.3		1.2		0.2
Utah	279.4		4.6		2.6		2.3		0.3

Vermont	142.7		1.1	!	0.3		0.2		‡
Virginia	365.4		2.0		0.8		0.6		0.2
Washington	213.8		3.1		0.5		0.2		0.3
West Virginia	300.6		1.5		0.2		0.1		0.1
Wisconsin	129.3		1.6		0.2		0.2		#
Wyoming	193.1		1.0		0.8		0.7		0.1
# Rounds to zero.
! 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 Teachers 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.
² Teachers who have satisfactorily completed a probationary period and were given a contract as a career or permanent employee.
NOTE: 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, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School District Data File," 2011–12.

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