Percentage of public school students in English classes taught by teachers without a teaching certificate or a major in the field they teach, by school level, minority and poverty characteristics: 1999

Out-of-Field Teaching by Poverty Concentration and Minority Enrollment

Table 24-2. Percentage of public school students in English classes taught by teachers without a teaching certificate or a major in the field they teach, by school level, minority and poverty characteristics: 1999–2000

	Middle school grades			High school grades
School characteristic	Certification without major in field	Major in field without certification	Neither major nor certification in field	Certification without major in field	Major in field without certification	Neither major nor certification in field

Total	34.7	4.5	18.6	15.4	7.4	6.8
Percent minority
Less than 10	31.9	3.9	17.7	16.5	6.7	5.4
10–24	35.3	6.2	17.5	14.0	3.1	6.0
25–49	33.2	2.0	19.9	14.0	10.7	7.6
50–74	27.9	4.5	28.6	17.4	5.8	6.4
75 or more	47.4	7.5	12.3	14.6	11.0	10.3

Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
Less than 10	25.0	4.8!	13.5	13.9	5.9	4.0
10–24	34.7	7.3	13.7	16.0	6.8	6.0
25–49	34.3	1.8	18.6	15.6	4.9	9.0
50–74	42.1	3.4	27.6	13.1	12.9	7.6
75 or more	39.3	6.9	21.0	20.3	12.0!	11.7

!Interpret data with caution (estimates are unstable).
NOTE: Major refers to a teacher’s primary fields of study for a bachelor’s, master’s, doctorate, first-professional, or education specialist degree. Middle school grade teachers include teachers who taught students in grades 5–9 and did not teach any students in grades 10–12. High school grade teachers include all teachers who taught any of grades 10–12, as well as teachers who taught grade 9 and no other grades. See supplemental note 1 for more information on the National School Lunch Program.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, NCES, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), 1999–2000, “Public School Survey” and “Public Charter School Survey.”