Number of teachers and percentage of teachers who reported that they entered teaching through an alternative certification program, by selected school and teacher characteristics: 2007–08 and 2011

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Number of teachers and percentage of teachers who reported that they entered teaching through an alternative certification program, by selected school and teacher characteristics: 2007–08 and 2011–12

Selected school characteristics	Total number of teachers	Percent of teachers who reported that they entered teaching through an alternative certification program		Total number of teachers	Percent of teachers who reported that they entered teaching through an alternative certification program
	2007-08			2011-12
All public schools	3,404,500	13.2		3,385,200	14.6

School Classification
Traditional Public	3,332,100	13.1		3,269,500	14.3
Charter School	72,400	19.3		115,600	22.6

Community Type
City	882,400	16.4		958,800	18.7
Suburban	1,200,700	13.2		1,098,400	13.1
Town	467,500	10.5		411,400	12.1
Rural	853,900	11.3		916,600	13.3

School Level
Primary	1,629,400	9.2		1,626,800	10.9
Middle	622,500	15.6		592,100	15.8
High	993,800	18.3		961,300	19.4
Combined	158,800	12.5		205,000	17.9

Student Enrollment
Less than 100	48,700	15.4		57,900	20.6
100-199	124,100	10.2		103,600	13.2
200-499	1,029,800	9.6		1,022,200	11.8
500-749	845,100	11.9		876,500	12.4
750-999	488,600	14.3		495,200	16.3
1,000 or more	868,100	18.4		829,700	19.1

Percent of K-12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches
0-34	1,487,900	10.6		1,109,700	10.4
35-49	576,000	14.0		573,200	13.0
50-74	722,500	14.0		881,000	15.4
75 or more	554,700	17.8		757,400	20.6
School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program	63,400	17.7		63,900	20.3

Teaching Experience
Less than 4 years	1,262,600	19.5		381,400	24.2
4-9 years	1,091,600	13.5		967,200	22.2
10-19 years	677,200	6.7		1,177,800	12.8
20 years or more	373,100	2.8		858,800	4.2

Age
Less than 30 years	611,800	16.3		517,700	14.5
30-39 years	898,300	16.9		979,400	17.8
40-49 years	807,700	14.0		849,400	14.5
50 or more years	1,086,700	7.8		1,038,600	11.8

Base Salary
Less than $30,000	157,900	10.9		103,500	14.0
$30,000-$39,999	790,700	18.4		612,500	18.0
$40,000-$49,999	1,042,000	16.0		967,300	20.6
$50,000 or more	1,413,900	8.5		1,701,900	10.0

Sex
Male	820,900	18.8		801,600	19.2
Female	2,583,600	11.4		2,583,500	13.2

Race
White, non-Hispanic	2,829,200	10.9		2,773,200	12.4
Black, non-Hispanic	239,500	27.3		231,100	27.3
Hispanic, regardless of race	240,300	25.4		264,100	24.8
Asian, non-Hispanic	41,800	16.2	!	60,600	17.2	!
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic	6,500	17.8	!	5,000	‡
American Indian/Alaska Native, non-Hispanic	16,700	9.4		16,700	23.0	!
Two or more races, non-Hispanic¹	30,600	13.8		34,600	19.0

Teaching Status
Full Time	3,126,900	13.7		3,150,800	15.1
Part Time	277,700	7.9		234,300	8.4

Highest level of education
Less than a Bachelor's	#	#		128,400	22.1
Bachelor's degree	685,800	9.3		1,349,500	16.1
Master's degree	486,300	10.2		1,613,600	12.7
Higher than a Master's degree	61,300	14.6		293,600	14.9

¹Two or more races, non-Hispanic includes all non-Hispanic respondents who selected two or more races. # 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.
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.
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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