Standard errors for the percentage of 1987–88, 1990–91, 1993–94, 1999–2000, and 2003–04 public K–12 teachers who did not teach in the same school the following school year, by poverty level of school and the reason teachers left

Teachers and Staff

Table S31-3. Standard errors for the percentage of 1987–88, 1990–91, 1993–94, 1999–2000, and 2003–04 public K–12 teachers who did not teach in the same school the following school year, by poverty level of school and the reason teachers left

	1987–88		1990–91		1993–94		1999–2000		2003–04
Reason teachers left	High- poverty	Low- poverty	High- poverty	Low- poverty	High- poverty	Low- poverty	High- poverty	Low- poverty	High- poverty	Low- poverty

Total turnover	2.21	0.97	2.00	0.75	1.70	0.94	1.82	1.38	1.79	1.15
Transferred to another school	1.33	0.79	1.54	0.60	1.31	0.75	1.45	0.80	1.32	0.66
Took other job	1.22	0.33	0.58	0.20	0.83	0.29	0.83	0.83	0.72	0.75
Pursued further education	0.13	0.08	0.57	0.11	0.11	0.02	0.16	0.11	0.22	0.14
Left for family reasons	0.18	0.50	0.06	0.40	0.21	0.35	0.12	0.34	1.30	0.44
Retired	0.79	0.11	0.56	0.15	0.48	0.38	1.04	0.20	0.84	0.39
Other	0.27	0.23	0.30	0.31	0.55	0.26	0.68	0.42	0.52	0.12

NOTE: Estimates for 1999–2000 have been revised.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), “Public School Data File,” 1987–88, 1990–91, 1993–94, 1999–2000, and 2003–04, “Charter School Data File,” 1999–2000, and Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS), “Current Teacher Data File” and “Former Teacher Data File,” 1988–89, 1991–92, 1994–95, 2000–01, and 2004–05.