United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

Enrollment and Teachers— Public School Employment 1 5 3
No. 247. E l e m e n t a r y a n d S e c o n d a r y S c h o o l s — E n r o l l m e n t a n d T e a c h e r s , by Type o f
C o n t r o l : I 9 6 0 t o i 9 6 0 , a n d P r o j e c t i o n s , 1 9 8 5 a n d 1 9 9 0
[In thousands, except percent and ratio. As of fall of year. Schools are classified by type of organization, rather than by grade
group; elementary includes kindergarten; secondary includes junior high schools. Minus sign (—) denotes decrease]
Item 1960 1965 1970 1975 1978 1979
1980,
prel.
« o
» Q_
1990,
proj.
PUPILS ENROLLED
Tntal 42,181 46,473 61,272 49,791 47,636 46,679 46,095
Annual percent change ' ..................... 3.6 2.8 1.1 -.6 —1.5 —2.0 -1 .3 —.9 1.1
Elementary............................................... 29,150 31,570 31,553 29,340 28,749 26.551 27,987 27,330 31,022
Secondary............................................... 13,031 16,904 19,719 20,451 18,887 18,126 18,108 16,828 15,645
Public...................................................... 36,281 42,173 45.909 44.791 42,550 41,579 40,995 39,166 41,267
Elementary........................................... 24,350 26,670 27,501 25,640 25,017 24,851 24,287 23,738 27,022
Secondary............................................ 11,931 15,504 18,408 19,151 17,534 16,726 16,708 15,428 14,245
Private *................................................... 5.900 6,300 5.363 » 5,000 9 5,005 5,100 *5,100 5,000 5,400
Elementary........................................... 4,800 4,900 4.052 3,700 3,732 3,700 3,700 3,600 4,000
Secondary............................................ 1,100 1,400 1,311 1,300 1,353 1,400 1,400 1,400 1,400
CLASSROOM TEACHERS
Total........................................................... 1,600 1,933 2,288 2,451 2,478 2,456 2,439 2,406 2,642
Annual percent change1..................... 4.5 3.9 3.4 1.4 .4 -.9 —.7 -.3 1.9
Elementary............................................... 991 1,112 1.281 1,352 1,375 1,374 1,362 1,385 1,854
Secondary................................................ 609 822 1,007 1.099 1,103 1,082 1,077 1,023 988
Public....................................................... 1,408 1,710 2,055 2,196 2,206 2,181 2,163 2,128 2,333
Elementary........................................... 858 965 1,128 1,180 1,190 1,188 1,175 1,199 1.440
Secondary............................................ 550 746 927 1,016 1,016 993 988 929 893
Private.................................................... . 192 223 233 a 255 273 *275 276 280 309
Elementary........................................... 133 147 153 a172 185 *186 187 186 214
Secondary............................................ 59 76 80 383 87 *89 89 94 95
PUPIL-TEACHER RATIO
Public: Elementairy...................................... 28.4 27.6 24.4 21.7 21.0 20.9 20.7 19.8 16.8
Secondary................................................ 21.7 20.6 19.9 18.6 17.3 16.8 16.9 16.6 16.0
Private: Elementary..................................... 36.1 33.3 26.5 21.5 20.2 19.9 19.8 19.4 18.7
Secondary............................................... 16.6 18.4 16.4 15.7 15.6 15.7 15.7 14.9 14.7
‘Average from prior year shown; for 1960, from 1955. For explanation of average annual percent change, see Guide to Tabular
Presentation. *Data for 1970 and later years have been revised since originally published. 3 Estimated.
Source: U.S. National Center for Education Statistics, P ro je c tio n s o f E d u c a tio n S ta tis tic s , biennial; and unpublished data.
No. 248. Public School Employment, by Occupation, Sex, and Race: 1974 and 1979
[In thousands. Covers full-time employment. Excludes Hawaii and District of Columbia. Based on sample survey of school districts
with 250 or more students; see source for sampling variability]
1974 1979
OCCUPATION
Total
Male
White 1 Black 1 Total Male
Female
Female
Whits 1 Black 1
All occupations........................................... 3,452 1,231 2,221 2,906 433 3,479 1,166 2,311 2,688 443
Officials, administrators................................................ 39 33 6 36 2 45 36 9 41 3
Principals and assistant principals.......................... 107 91 16 95 11 103 85 18 90 11
Classroom teachers9... .......... 1,995 679 1,316 1,754 199 1,931 638 1,293 1,683 193
Elementary schools.. ......... 987 165 822 854 111 914 150 764 785 100
Secondary schools... ......... 885 481 405 790 72 848 447 401 755 72
Other professional staff ......... 226 75 151 196 24 239 74 165 205 26
Teachere aides 5„........................... ......................... 220 16 204 149 49 266 16 250 164 55
Clerical, secretarial staff...................................... 215 6 210 192 16 232 5 227 201 19
Sendee workers * ................................................. 649 331 319 485 131 663 314 349 464 137
'Exdudes Individuals of Spanish origin. * Includes other classroom teachers, not shown separately. ’ Includes
technicians. * Includes craftworkers and laborers.
Source: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, J o b P a tte rn s fo r M in o ritie s a m i W o m e n in B e m e n ta ry /S e o o n d a ry
S c h o o ls , annual.