Table 40. Average number of public school teachers in public school districts who were dismissed in the previous year or did not have their contracts renewed based on poor performance, by years of teaching experience and selected public school district characteristics: 2003

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Table 40. Average number of public school teachers in public school districts who were dismissed in the previous year or did not have their contracts renewed based on poor performance, by years of teaching experience and selected public school district characteristics: 2003–04

Selected public school district characteristic	Average number of teachers in districts who were dismissed or did not have their contracts renewed	Average number of teachers in districts who were dismissed or did not have their contracts renewed, by years of experience
Selected public school district characteristic		Teachers with 3 or fewer years of experience	Teachers with more than 3 years of experience
All public school districts	3.1	1.2	1.9

District size
1 school	1.5	0.4	1.1
2–3 schools	1.0	0.4	0.7
4–5 schools	1.7	0.8	1.0
6–9 schools	3.1	1.4	1.6
10–19 schools	6.9	2.5	4.4
20 or more schools	26.5	11.0	15.6

Community type
Central city	12.4	4.7	7.7
Urban fringe/large town	3.0	1.3	1.7
Rural/small town	1.4	0.4	1.0

District K–12 enrollment
Less than 250	0.7	0.2	0.4
250–999	1.4	0.4	1.0
1,000–1,999	2.4	0.8	1.6
2,000–4,999	2.0	1.1	0.9
5,000–9,999	7.8	2.8	4.9
10,000 or more	23.1	9.7	13.3

Percent of K–12 students in district who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches
Less than 5	3.5	1.4	2.1
5–24.9	2.3	1.0	1.3
25–49.9	3.9	1.2	2.6
50–74.9	2.9	1.2	1.7
75 or more	3.8	2.2	1.5
District did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program	1.3	0.4	0.9
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey, 2003–04, District Data File.

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