Number and percentage of teachers who are regular full-time teachers and average number of hours per week that regular full-time teachers spent on selected activities during a typical full week, by school type and selected school characteristics: 2011

Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS)

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Number and percentage of teachers who are regular full-time teachers and average number of hours per week that regular full-time teachers spent on selected activities during a typical full week, by school type and selected school characteristics: 2011–12

			Average hours per week
Selected public school district characteristic	Number of regular full-time teachers¹	Percent of teachers who are regular full-time teachers¹	Required to work to receive base pay during a typical full week	Paid to deliver instruction to a class of students²	Total hours spent on all teaching and other school-related activities during a typical full week³
All schools	3,507,700	91.1	37.9	30.8	52.2

All public schools	3,139,200	92.7	37.9	30.8	52.2

School classification
Traditional public	3,034,000	92.8	37.8	30.7	52.2
Charter school	105,200	91.0	39.4	32.0	53.5

Community type
City	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
Suburban	1,016,900	92.6	37.5	30.2	51.9
Town	382,900	93.1	38.5	31.3	52.2
Rural	853,000	93.1	38.3	31.1	52.6

School level
Primary	1,478,300	90.9	37.8	31.5	51.8
Middle	559,100	94.4	37.9	30.2	52.0
High	913,000	95.0	37.9	29.8	53.0
Combined	188,800	92.1	38.4	31.3	51.8

School enrollment
Less than 100	49,200	84.9	38.0	31.7	50.3
100-199	91,700	88.5	38.6	31.8	51.8
200-499	926,100	90.6	37.9	31.1	52.0
500-749	807,600	92.1	37.8	30.9	52.1
750–999	468,600	94.6	38.1	30.8	52.4
1,000 or more	796,200	96.0	37.8	30.0	52.7

Percent of K-12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches
0-34	1,012,500	91.2	37.6	29.9	52.3
35-49	532,600	92.9	38.0	30.6	52.3
50-74	830,200	94.2	38.1	31.3	52.4
75 or more	708,900	93.6	37.8	31.6	51.8
School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program	55,000	86.2	38.5	31.3	52.2

All private schools	368,400	79.2	38.3	30.9	52.1

School classification
Catholic	118,100	82.5	37.8	31.0	52.7
Other religious	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
Nonsectarian	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡

Community type
City	157,900	80.0	38.3	30.7	51.9
Suburban	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
Town	20,700	76.2	37.6	31.4	51.6
Rural	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡

School level
Elementary	157,900	78.6	38.1	31.5	51.4
Secondary	55,000	76.4	37.9	29.3	52.6
Combined	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡

School enrollment
Less than 100	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
100-199	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
200-499	146,500	82.4	38.1	30.5	52.6
500-749	41,900	82.8	38.8	30.0	53.0
750 or more	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡

‡ Reporting standards not met. The response rate is below 50 percent.
¹ A regular full-time teacher is any teacher whose primary position in a school is not an itinerant teacher, a long-term substitute, a short-term substitute, a student teacher, a teacher aide, an administrator, a library media specialist or librarian, another type of professional staff (e.g., counselor, curriculum coordinator, social worker) or support staff (e.g., secretary), or part-time teacher.
² Hours paid to deliver instruction to a class of students in this school is a portion of hours per week required to work for regular base pay.
³ Includes hours spent during the school day, before and after school, and on weekends.
NOTE: 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, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Teacher Data File," 2011–12.

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