Table 1-7
Public school teachers, by minority enrollment and school poverty level: Academic years 1999–2000 and 2003–04
 
 
    All teachers   Mathematics teachers   Science teachers
School characteristic   1999–2000   2003–04   Change
(%)
  1999–2000   2003–04   Change
(%)
  1999–2000   2003–04   Change
(%)
 
All public schools   2,986,000   3,220,000   7.3   206,000   231,000   10.8   180,000   208,000   13.5
 
Middle schools   517,000   590,000   12.4   65,000   74,000   12.2   59,000   73,000   19.2
Minority enrollment (%)
0–5   120,000   89,000   -34.8   15,000   10,000   -50.0   13,000   11,000   -18.2
>5–45   239,000   274,000   12.8   30,000   33,000   9.1   28,000   33,000   15.2
>45   157,000   227,000   30.8   20,000   30,000   33.3   17,000   29,000   41.4
School poverty level (%)a
0-10   82,000   67,000   -22.4   12,000   9,000   -33.3   9,000   7,000   -28.6
>10–50   260,000   331,000   21.5   31,000   39,000   20.5   30,000   39,000   23.1
>50   140,000   190,000   26.3   17,000   25,000   32.0   15,000   26,000   42.3
 
High schools   892,000   888,000   -0.5   114,000   117,000   2.6   103,000   102,000   -1.0
Minority enrollment (%)
0–5   219,000   159,000   -37.7   26,000   20,000   -30.0   27,000   17,000   -58.8
>5–45   424,000   390,000   -8.7   55,000   51,000   -7.8   49,000   47,000   -4.3
>45   245,000   339,000   27.7   32,000   47,000   31.9   26,000   39,000   33.3
School poverty level (%)a
0–10   233,000   166,000   -40.4   30,000   22,000   -36.4   29,000   21,000   -38.1
>10–50   430,000   520,000   17.3   57,000   70,000   18.6   47,000   59,000   20.3
>50   142,000   165,000   13.9   17,000   22,000   22.7   16,000   18,000   11.1
 

aSchool poverty level is percentage of students in school qualifying for free/reduced-price lunch. Numbers may not add to total because of rounding.

SOURCES: National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey, 1999–2000 and 2003–04; and National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, special tabulations.

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