| Table 1-8 |
| Demographic characteristics of public school teachers: Academic years 1999–2000 and 2003–04 |
| (Percent) |
| |
| |
|
Sex |
|
Race/ethnicity |
|
Age (years) |
| Public school teachers |
|
Male |
|
Female |
|
White,
non-
Hispanic |
|
Black,
non-
Hispanic |
|
Hispanic |
|
<30 |
|
30–39 |
|
40–49 |
|
50–59 |
|
≥60 |
| |
| Academic year 1999–2000 |
| All teachers |
|
25.1 |
|
74.9 |
|
84.3 |
|
7.5 |
|
5.6 |
|
17.0 |
|
22.0 |
|
31.8 |
|
26.1 |
|
3.1 |
| Middle school |
|
28.9 |
|
71.1 |
|
83.8 |
|
9.0 |
|
5.3 |
|
18.6 |
|
21.1 |
|
33.4 |
|
24.7 |
|
2.2 |
| Mathematics |
|
29.1 |
|
70.9 |
|
85.2 |
|
9.7 |
|
3.2 |
|
20.8 |
|
20.4 |
|
31.7 |
|
24.6 |
|
2.6 |
| Science |
|
36.6 |
|
63.4 |
|
85.8 |
|
7.0 |
|
4.3 |
|
24.6 |
|
21.9 |
|
31.7 |
|
19.7 |
|
2.2 |
| High school |
|
45.1 |
|
54.9 |
|
86.1 |
|
6.4 |
|
5.1 |
|
16.1 |
|
21.6 |
|
30.5 |
|
28.6 |
|
3.2 |
| Mathematics |
|
47.5 |
|
52.5 |
|
87.1 |
|
6.0 |
|
3.8 |
|
21.2 |
|
24.7 |
|
25.5 |
|
26.3 |
|
2.4 |
| Science |
|
55.2 |
|
44.8 |
|
87.7 |
|
5.7 |
|
3.9 |
|
17.9 |
|
25.9 |
|
28.6 |
|
24.9 |
|
2.6 |
| Academic year 2003–04 |
| All teachers |
|
25.1 |
|
74.9 |
|
83.1 |
|
7.9 |
|
6.2 |
|
16.6 |
|
24.6 |
|
25.8 |
|
29.0 |
|
4.0 |
| Middle school |
|
31.1 |
|
68.9 |
|
82.6 |
|
10.1 |
|
5.1 |
|
16.6 |
|
25.1 |
|
26.9 |
|
27.9 |
|
3.4 |
| Mathematics |
|
32.4 |
|
67.6 |
|
82.1 |
|
12.5 |
|
3.7 |
|
19.1 |
|
28.5 |
|
22.6 |
|
27.3 |
|
2.6 |
| Science |
|
41.7 |
|
58.3 |
|
80.6 |
|
11.7 |
|
6.1 |
|
16.2 |
|
24.4 |
|
27.5 |
|
27.4 |
|
4.6 |
| High school |
|
43.7 |
|
56.3 |
|
84.5 |
|
7.2 |
|
5.5 |
|
15.1 |
|
24.6 |
|
25.3 |
|
30.1 |
|
5.0 |
| Mathematics |
|
43.5 |
|
56.5 |
|
83.6 |
|
7.1 |
|
6.1 |
|
16.6 |
|
29.1 |
|
24.2 |
|
26.3 |
|
3.9 |
| Science |
|
51.0 |
|
49.0 |
|
86.3 |
|
6.7 |
|
4.3 |
|
16.1 |
|
26.8 |
|
26.3 |
|
25.5 |
|
5.3 |
| |
NOTES: Racial/ethnic categories Asians/Pacific Islanders, American Indians/Alaska Natives, and "more than one race" not shown because of small sample sizes. More than one race not a response category in 1999, and thus 1999 and 2003 data are not strictly comparable.
SOURCES: National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey, 1999–2000 and 2003–04; and National Science Foundation Science and Engineering Indicators 2008 |
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