Table 69. | Highest degree earned, number of years teaching experience, and average class size for teachers in public elementary and secondary schools, by state: 1993-94 |
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Percent of teachers, by highest degree\2\ | Percent of teachers, by years |Average class size\3\ State | Total\1\ |_____________________________________________| of full-time teaching experience | | |Bachelor's| Master's |Education | Doctor's |___________________________________________|_____________________ | | | |specialist | |Less than | 3 to 9 | 10 to 20| Over 20 |Elementary|Secondary _____________________|___________|__________|__________|___________|___________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 _____________________|___________|__________|__________|___________|___________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________ United States ....| 2,561,294 |52.0 (0.3)|42.0 (0.3)| 4.6 (0.1)| 0.7 (0.1)| 9.7 (0.2)|25.5 (0.3)|35.0 (0.3)|29.8 (0.3)|24.1 (0.1)|23.6 (0.1) |___________|__________|__________|___________|___________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________ Alabama .............| 44,791 |38.5 (1.9)|52.6 (1.7)| 7.8 (0.8)| 0.7 (0.3)|11.1 (0.8)|22.0 (1.5)|42.2 (1.9)|24.7 (1.5)|21.7 (0.4)|24.2 (0.2) Alaska ..............| 8,152 |59.0 (1.1)|35.3 (1.0)| 4.2 (0.5)| 0.2 (0.1)| 8.0 (0.6)|29.3 (1.4)|42.7 (1.4)|20.0 (1.1)|22.6 (0.5)|22.0 (0.5) Arizona .............| 37,600 |51.4 (1.8)|43.3 (1.7)| 4.0 (0.6)| 0.7 (0.2)|13.1 (1.0)|29.1 (1.6)|38.1 (1.7)|19.8 (1.4)|25.8 (0.4)|25.5 (0.3) Arkansas ............| 30,621 |64.9 (2.1)|32.5 (1.7)| 1.8 (0.6)| 0.5 (0.1)| 9.2 (0.8)|27.3 (1.7)|40.2 (1.8)|23.3 (1.6)|21.0 (0.4)|21.3 (0.3) California ..........| 209,032 |58.6 (1.8)|32.6 (1.8)| 6.8 (0.7)| 1.0 (0.2)| 9.8 (0.8)|27.8 (1.9)|31.8 (1.7)|30.7 (1.7)|29.3 (0.3)|29.7 (0.4) | | | | | | | | | | | Colorado ............| 35,723 |46.5 (1.7)|49.4 (1.7)| 2.5 (0.6)| 0.5 (0.1)| 9.4 (0.8)|26.1 (1.6)|38.7 (1.6)|25.7 (1.4)|24.7 (0.3)|24.5 (0.4) Connecticut .........| 35,465 |19.6 (1.1)|62.4 (1.5)|15.7 (0.7)| 1.4 (0.4)| 6.4 (0.6)|19.8 (1.1)|35.5 (1.7)|38.3 (1.6)|21.4 (0.2)|19.7 (0.2) Delaware ............| 7,027 |46.0 (1.6)|48.3 (1.8)| 5.1 (0.9)| 0.2 (0.1)| 7.7 (1.0)|24.1 (1.9)|36.2 (2.3)|32.0 (2.1)|24.8 (0.4)|24.1 (0.4) District of Columbia | 5,185 |41.2 (1.8)|54.4 (1.7)| 2.4 (0.8)| 2.0 (0.7)|10.8 (1.4)|14.7 (2.1)|30.6 (2.2)|43.9 (3.4)|21.8 (0.3)|20.7 (0.6) Florida .............| 106,535 |57.2 (1.2)|37.0 (1.2)| 3.3 (0.6)| 1.4 (0.4)| 8.7 (0.9)|29.4 (1.6)|37.8 (1.7)|24.0 (1.4)|26.0 (0.3)|26.6 (0.4) | | | | | | | | | | | Georgia .............| 74,907 |48.9 (1.5)|42.5 (1.6)| 7.7 (0.8)| 0.2 (0.1)|13.3 (1.1)|28.3 (1.4)|35.6 (1.4)|22.8 (1.3)|22.2 (0.2)|24.2 (0.3) Hawaii ..............| 11,137 |47.8 (2.1)|21.7 (1.5)|27.5 (2.2)| 1.1 (0.4)|16.2 (1.4)|28.1 (1.6)|22.0 (1.4)|33.7 (2.2)|23.6 (0.3)|23.6 (0.8) Idaho ...............| 12,166 |74.4 (1.6)|21.7 (1.5)| 2.6 (0.5)| 0.6 (0.2)|12.4 (1.2)|33.3 (1.5)|33.7 (1.3)|20.6 (1.2)|24.0 (0.5)|23.7 (0.4) Illinois ............| 111,511 |49.7 (1.3)|46.1 (1.4)| 3.4 (0.5)| 0.5 (0.2)| 9.0 (0.6)|25.1 (1.0)|30.8 (1.3)|35.1 (1.3)|24.5 (0.3)|24.0 (0.3) Indiana..............| 57,732 |21.4 (1.7)|72.9 (1.7)| 4.9 (0.6)| 0.1 (0.1)| 5.6 (0.8)|24.7 (2.0)|37.1 (2.2)|32.6 (2.0)|21.9 (0.4)|23.0 (0.3) | | | | | | | | | | | Iowa ................| 35,861 |67.3 (1.8)|31.3 (1.9)| 1.2 (0.5)| 0.2 (0.1)|10.1 (1.0)|23.3 (1.7)|32.1 (2.1)|34.5 (2.3)|22.5 (0.6)|21.4 (0.5) Kansas ..............| 31,164 |53.5 (1.4)|42.8 (1.2)| 2.3 (0.5)| 1.1 (0.3)|12.3 (0.8)|28.2 (1.3)|35.2 (1.3)|24.3 (1.1)|20.6 (0.3)|20.7 (0.4) Kentucky ............| 41,571 |23.4 (2.2)|56.8 (2.4)|18.7 (1.5)| 0.8 (0.4)| 9.5 (1.6)|26.8 (2.3)|32.9 (2.2)|30.8 (2.2)|24.4 (0.9)|23.5 (0.4) Louisiana ...........| 48,948 |60.5 (1.6)|31.2 (1.5)| 6.9 (0.7)| 0.5 (0.1)| 9.7 (0.8)|29.8 (1.3)|35.1 (1.4)|25.5 (1.3)|22.9 (0.3)|23.7 (0.3) Maine ...............| 15,658 |68.4 (1.9)|28.4 (1.9)| 1.6 (0.4)| 0.2 (0.1)| 7.0 (0.7)|28.7 (1.9)|37.4 (1.8)|26.9 (1.8)|21.5 (1.1)|18.5 (0.4) | | | | | | | | | | | Maryland ............| 43,862 |43.3 (1.9)|49.7 (2.3)| 6.2 (1.1)| 0.6 (0.2)|11.7 (0.9)|23.6 (1.6)|32.4 (1.4)|32.4 (1.5)|26.3 (0.7)|25.0 (0.3) Massachusetts .......| 58,416 |38.8 (1.2)|54.8 (1.4)| 3.9 (0.5)| 0.9 (0.1)| 8.4 (0.7)|17.1 (1.0)|33.6 (1.3)|41.0 (1.1)|23.1 (0.4)|20.9 (0.3) Michigan ............| 83,288 |46.6 (1.9)|48.1 (1.8)| 4.7 (0.8)| 0.6 (0.3)| 7.4 (1.0)|21.5 (1.8)|29.4 (2.1)|41.9 (2.2)|27.3 (1.9)|25.5 (0.3) Minnesota ...........| 44,150 |63.4 (2.1)|33.6 (2.0)| 2.6 (0.6)| 0.4 (0.2)|13.0 (1.1)|20.0 (1.5)|33.0 (1.7)|34.0 (1.8)|24.5 (1.0)|25.9 (0.4) Mississippi .........| 29,851 |56.3 (1.5)|37.5 (1.7)| 4.3 (0.9)| 0.4 (0.2)|10.5 (0.8)|22.8 (1.4)|39.8 (1.8)|26.9 (1.2)|23.6 (0.4)|22.5 (0.4) | | | | | | | | | | | Missouri ............| 62,454 |54.3 (2.0)|42.4 (1.9)| 2.2 (0.5)| 0.6 (0.2)|10.6 (1.1)|26.9 (2.0)|37.2 (2.2)|25.3 (1.9)|23.7 (0.5)|22.5 (0.4) Montana .............| 12,851 |71.3 (1.3)|26.0 (1.1)| 1.8 (0.4)| 0.5 (0.2)|11.1 (0.7)|27.5 (1.3)|39.0 (1.3)|22.5 (1.1)|21.2 (0.8)|19.3 (0.4) Nebraska ............| 20,411 |61.5 (1.7)|36.0 (1.6)| 1.9 (0.4)| 0.4 (0.2)|10.1 (1.0)|24.4 (1.4)|39.0 (1.1)|26.5 (1.6)|20.0 (0.8)|18.7 (0.4) Nevada ..............| 12,822 |50.5 (2.2)|42.8 (2.3)| 5.7 (0.9)| 0.6 (0.3)|12.0 (1.1)|33.2 (2.4)|35.0 (1.8)|19.8 (1.8)|24.4 (0.7)|26.6 (0.6) New Hampshire .......| 12,299 |60.2 (2.0)|35.9 (1.9)| 2.6 (0.6)| 0.7 (0.3)|10.6 (1.2)|26.8 (1.7)|38.2 (1.6)|24.4 (1.6)|21.8 (0.4)|20.5 (0.4) | | | | | | | | | | | New Jersey ..........| 83,935 |56.2 (2.9)|37.4 (2.7)| 4.8 (1.0)| 1.0 (0.3)| 5.8 (0.8)|21.1 (2.0)|34.6 (2.4)|38.5 (1.9)|23.2 (0.8)|20.5 (0.4) New Mexico ..........| 19,265 |53.2 (1.6)|43.6 (1.6)| 2.2 (0.5)| 0.4 (0.2)|12.5 (1.0)|32.5 (1.4)|33.9 (1.6)|21.1 (1.5)|21.9 (0.3)|24.5 (0.4) New York ............| 178,701 |25.0 (1.9)|68.1 (1.9)| 5.3 (0.8)| 1.5 (0.6)|10.3 (1.2)|23.9 (1.7)|29.7 (1.6)|36.1 (2.0)|23.9 (0.4)|23.2 (0.4) North Carolina ......| 72,305 |61.8 (1.5)|35.0 (1.6)| 1.2 (0.4)| 0.5 (0.3)| 9.7 (0.7)|26.6 (1.4)|38.8 (1.3)|25.0 (1.3)|24.8 (0.2)|22.4 (0.3) North Dakota ........| 8,404 |79.3 (1.1)|18.0 (0.9)| 1.6 (0.3)| 0.2 (0.1)|12.1 (1.0)|27.2 (1.0)|37.7 (1.5)|23.0 (1.4)|20.7 (0.7)|19.7 (0.5) | | | | | | | | | | | Ohio ................| 111,518 |53.2 (2.2)|41.8 (2.3)| 3.1 (0.7)| 0.4 (0.2)| 6.8 (0.8)|23.2 (1.8)|38.6 (2.1)|31.4 (2.1)|25.0 (1.2)|22.3 (0.4) Oklahoma ............| 42,220 |56.9 (1.8)|39.5 (1.9)| 3.2 (0.5)| 0.4 (0.2)|10.4 (0.8)|27.0 (1.7)|41.2 (1.8)|21.5 (1.1)|20.5 (0.4)|20.5 (0.3) Oregon ..............| 25,706 |51.5 (1.9)|43.1 (1.9)| 4.0 (0.9)| 0.8 (0.5)| 7.4 (0.8)|27.0 (1.6)|39.6 (1.7)|26.0 (1.7)|24.4 (0.3)|23.9 (0.4) Pennsylvania ........| 114,571 |46.7 (2.3)|45.6 (1.9)| 6.9 (1.2)| 0.3 (0.2)| 6.9 (1.0)|18.3 (2.0)|33.0 (2.2)|41.8 (2.2)|25.2 (0.6)|24.1 (0.3) Rhode Island ........| 9,217 |40.1 (2.5)|53.3 (2.4)| 5.7 (0.9)| 1.0 (0.5)| 7.2 (1.1)|21.9 (1.8)|28.6 (1.7)|42.3 (2.0)|23.2 (0.6)|20.8 (0.5) | | | | | | | | | | | South Carolina ......| 39,623 |48.8 (2.5)|43.4 (2.6)| 5.6 (0.9)| 0.7 (0.3)|10.5 (1.4)|25.1 (1.9)|42.3 (1.9)|22.1 (1.7)|23.3 (0.7)|22.5 (0.4) South Dakota ........| 10,579 |75.1 (1.2)|23.2 (1.1)| 1.5 (0.3)| 0.1 (0.1)|10.4 (0.7)|28.6 (1.2)|37.3 (1.1)|23.8 (1.2)|19.2 (0.3)|20.9 (0.4) Tennessee ...........| 47,662 |51.2 (2.0)|42.0 (2.0)| 4.8 (0.8)| 1.2 (0.4)|12.4 (1.1)|22.9 (1.9)|35.5 (2.0)|29.2 (2.2)|24.4 (1.2)|25.2 (0.4) Texas ...............| 223,800 |69.7 (1.3)|26.8 (1.5)| 1.8 (0.4)| 0.9 (0.5)|12.1 (0.9)|30.1 (1.5)|37.5 (1.4)|20.4 (1.4)|20.1 (0.2)|22.5 (0.4) Utah ................| 19,884 |70.6 (1.4)|23.5 (1.3)| 4.2 (0.7)| 0.4 (0.1)|12.7 (0.8)|32.8 (1.4)|36.1 (1.4)|18.3 (1.0)|27.5 (0.4)|28.8 (0.2) | | | | | | | | | | | Vermont .............| 7,327 |49.4 (1.8)|47.5 (1.8)| 2.1 (0.8)| 0.5 (0.4)|12.3 (1.5)|25.3 (1.9)|34.4 (1.9)|28.0 (1.8)|19.7 (0.8)|19.2 (0.4) Virginia ............| 64,937 |64.4 (2.1)|31.3 (2.0)| 2.4 (0.6)| 0.5 (0.2)|10.5 (1.2)|26.0 (2.2)|37.5 (2.0)|26.1 (1.9)|22.6 (0.3)|21.6 (0.3) Washington ..........| 48,452 |56.3 (1.9)|37.5 (2.2)| 3.6 (0.9)| 1.0 (0.3)|10.8 (0.9)|30.1 (2.0)|32.2 (1.9)|26.9 (1.6)|25.9 (1.3)|25.5 (0.2) West Virginia........| 21,473 |41.7 (1.7)|53.1 (1.7)| 4.3 (0.6)| --- --- | 4.4 (0.8)|21.6 (1.6)|42.7 (1.5)|31.4 (1.7)|20.9 (0.5)|22.5 (0.3) Wisconsin ...........| 62,958 |59.3 (1.7)|38.1 (1.6)| 1.7 (0.4)| 0.6 (0.3)| 9.1 (0.8)|24.7 (1.8)|29.5 (2.2)|36.7 (2.2)|23.1 (0.4)|23.1 (0.4) Wyoming .............| 7,567 |71.3 (1.0)|26.5 (0.9)| 1.4 (0.3)| 0.4 (0.1)| 9.4 (0.8)|22.6 (1.2)|41.6 (1.3)|26.5 (1.3)|21.0 (0.3)|19.3 (0.3) _____________________|___________|__________|__________|___________|___________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________ |
---Not available. NOTE: Excludes prekindergarten teachers. Standard errors appear in parentheses. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Schools and Staffing Survey, 1993-94;" and Condition of Education, 1997, Supplemental Tables. (This table was prepared February 1998, new data forthcoming in 2002.) |