Standard errors for the number of regular public school teachers and student support staff, average number of students per staff, and percent of schools with such staff, by school level and type of school staff: School year 2003

Contexts of Elementary and Secondary Education: Standard Error Tables

School Characteristics and Climate

Table S35-1. Standard errors for the number of regular public school teachers and student support staff, average number of students per staff, and percent of schools with such staff, by school level and type of school staff: School year 2003–04

	Number of staff					Percent of schools
Type of school staff	Total	Full-time	Part-time	Per school	Average number of students per staff in schools with such staff	With such staff	With full- time staff

Elementary
All teachers	21,570	20,230	4,520	0.28	0.1	†	†
All student support staff	13,070	9,630	7,360	0.17	0.4	0.2	0.6
Licensed or certified professionals	4,260	3,180	3,150	0.05	1.0	0.2	0.8
School counselors	980	870	720	0.01	4.8	0.7	0.9
Nurses	790	630	680	0.01	5.2	0.7	0.9
Social workers	720	490	700	0.01	8.8	0.8	0.6
Psychologists	660	500	640	0.01	5.8	0.7	0.7
Speech therapists	990	910	990	0.01	4.5	0.5	1.2
Other professionals	1,940	1,440	1,220	0.03	7.4	1.0	0.8
Teacher aides	9,910	7,640	5,780	0.14	0.7	0.3	0.7
Instructional aides	8,700	7,070	4,800	0.13	1.3	0.5	0.8
Special education	4,790	4,100	2,880	0.08	2.2	0.8	1.0
Regular Title I	3,120	2,380	1,650	0.05	5.1	0.9	0.8
ESL/bilingual teacher	1,540	1,270	990	0.02	8.5	0.9	0.8
Library	660	600	580	0.01	8.2	0.9	0.9
Other	4,500	3,620	2,400	0.07	3.6	1.1	0.9
Noninstructional aides	3,230	2,720	2,090	0.05	9.4	1.0	0.9
Special education	2,040	1,870	730	0.03	38.0	0.8	0.7
Library	930	860	430	0.02	24.0	0.8	0.6
Other	2,060	1,530	1,720	0.03	7.0	0.9	0.7

Secondary
All teachers	23,160	22,390	1,610	0.84	0.2	†	†
All student support staff	6,290	4,410	2,960	0.23	0.7	0.1	0.6
Licensed or certified professionals	2,350	1,820	1,020	0.09	2.1	0.3	0.7
School counselors	1,250	1,160	210	0.05	4.1	0.6	0.8
Nurses	340	270	240	0.02	17.0	1.0	1.2
Social workers	240	200	160	0.02	17.7	1.0	0.8
Psychologists	380	220	310	0.02	19.6	1.2	1.2
Speech therapists	360	190	330	0.02	19.7	1.1	1.0
Other professionals	510	380	310	0.03	18.7	1.2	0.9
Teacher aides	4,190	2,850	2,320	0.17	1.8	0.7	1.0
Instructional aides	3,770	2,600	2,070	0.17	4.0	0.7	1.1
Special education	2,610	1,940	1,410	0.12	3.4	1.0	1.1
Regular Title I	680	580	310	0.04	22.5	0.9	0.7
ESL/bilingual teacher	590	360	430	0.03	30.0	1.3	1.0
Library	270	230	130	0.02	19.4	1.1	1.1
Other	460	390	200	0.03	27.2	0.9	0.8
Noninstructional aides	1,050	880	560	0.07	18.8	1.1	1.1
Special education	680	640	220	0.05	64.6	1.0	0.8
Library	260	230	140	0.01	28.1	1.1	1.0
Other	550	380	450	0.04	18.7	0.8	0.7

† Not applicable.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), “Public School Data File,” 2003–04.

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