United States Education Dashboard The Department of Education Seal
Back to the Dashboard
ChartDetailState ComparisonMore Info
 

Percent of public high school teachers with a major in their main assignment area Choose another Indicator

The President's 2020 College Attainment Goal

25- to 34-year-olds who completed an associate's or higher degree

Early Learning through High School

3- and 4-year-olds enrolled in preschool4th graders Proficient on the NAEP in reading4th graders Proficient on the NAEP in mathematics8th graders Proficient on the NAEP in reading8th graders Proficient on the NAEP in mathematicsFreshmen graduating from high school within 4 yearsPublic school graduates who took at least one Advanced Placement test in high school

Postsecondary Education and Training

18- to 24-year-olds enrolled in colleges and universitiesStudents completing a bachelor's degree within 6 yearsStudents completing an associate's degree within 3 yearsBachelor's degrees conferred in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics

Teachers and Leaders

School districts using teacher evaluation systemsSchool districts using principal evaluation systemsPublic high school teachers with a major in their main assignment area

An Excellent Education for All

Difference in current expenditures between high- and low-poverty districts
Comparison Map
  2007–08
  Number of teachers   Major in main assignment   No major in main assignment
State   Total   Certified1   Not certified     Total   Certified1   Not certified  
All teachers 676,980   81.1   70.6   10.5     18.9   12.0   6.9  
Alabama 9,540   82.3   62.6   19.6     17.7   8.2   9.6  
Alaska 1,690   75.6   58.5   17.1     24.4   13.2 ! 11.1 !
Arizona 12,490   76.1   60.8   15.3     23.9   13.1   10.8  
Arkansas 6,960   77.0   69.9   7.0 !   23.0   12.9   10.2  
California 65,830   78.4   70.0   8.4     21.6   12.1   9.5  
Colorado 9,850   83.1   70.0   13.2     16.9   10.8   6.1 !
Connecticut 8,940   89.1   83.0   6.1 !   10.9   9.3   ‡  
Delaware 1,280   77.0   68.1   ‡     23.0 ! ‡   12.8 !
District of Columbia 770 ! 92.1   50.2   41.9     ‡   #   ‡  
Florida 37,610   70.8   55.9   14.9     29.2   18.2   11.0  
Georgia 19,790   86.1   70.4   15.7     13.9   8.1   5.8 !
Hawaii 2,450   66.6   50.7   15.9     33.4   18.8   14.6 !
Idaho 3,750   80.4   71.2   9.2     19.6   15.0   4.6 !
Illinois 27,410   91.2   82.8   8.4     8.8   6.5   ‡  
Indiana 15,800   81.9   76.2   5.7     18.1   13.0   5.1 !
Iowa 8,310   89.9   85.3   4.6 !   10.1   8.0   2.1 !
Kansas 8,270   81.5   68.6   12.9     18.5   10.8   7.7 !
Kentucky 8,350   82.0   70.4   11.6     18.0   9.2   8.8  
Louisiana 8,220   66.1   58.9   7.2     33.9   24.4   9.5 !
Maine 3,520   78.0   69.4   8.6     22.0   13.7   8.4 !
Maryland 12,510   81.6   70.0   11.5     18.4   7.5   10.9  
Massachusetts 18,620   83.0   69.1   13.9     17.0   10.4   6.6  
Michigan 18,460   83.5   76.3   7.2     16.5   12.7   3.7 !
Minnesota 12,710   89.4   82.6   6.8     10.6   6.7   4.0 !
Mississippi 6,300   71.4   65.0   6.4     28.6   20.8   7.7  
Missouri 14,840   80.7   68.2   12.6     19.3   8.5   10.8  
Montana 2,770   81.3   77.5   3.9 !   18.7   13.3   5.3 !
Nebraska 5,030   86.8   82.1   4.7 !   13.2   7.6   5.5 !
Nevada 3,910   83.9   67.4   16.5     16.1   11.0 ! 5.1 !
New Hampshire 3,860   84.7   76.2   8.5     15.3   10.5 ! 4.8 !
New Jersey 24,270   86.8   80.9   5.9     13.2   10.5   2.7 !
New Mexico 4,190   66.6   58.7   7.9     33.4   24.4   9.0 !
New York 51,520   87.7   73.1   14.6     12.3   6.7 ! 5.6 !
North Carolina 15,420   87.7   76.8   10.9     12.3   8.3   4.0  
North Dakota 2,040   86.9   81.8   5.1 !   13.1   10.1   ‡  
Ohio 25,630   85.6   77.1   8.5     14.4   11.8 ! 2.6 !
Oklahoma 10,270   72.0   63.7   8.3     28.0   18.3   9.7  
Oregon 5,730   82.3   74.0   8.3     17.7   11.3   6.4  
Pennsylvania 28,220   80.4   72.2   8.2     19.6   12.2   7.4  
Rhode Island 2,550   78.9   66.4   12.6 !   21.1 ! 16.4 ! ‡  
South Carolina 9,610   84.6   73.7   11.0     15.4   10.9   4.5 !
South Dakota 2,330   78.0   72.7   5.2 !   22.0   19.7   ‡  
Tennessee 11,310   78.7   70.4   8.3     21.3   16.5   4.8 !
Texas 69,850   71.9   59.9   12.0     28.1   17.4   10.7  
Utah 4,400   79.7   75.4   ‡     20.3   13.2   7.2 !
Vermont 2,140   84.5   77.8   6.7 !   15.5 ! 12.6 ! ‡  
Virginia 16,370   84.8   75.0   9.8     15.2   11.7   ‡  
Washington 11,200   77.7   62.5   15.2     22.3   11.4   10.9  
West Virginia 4,110   82.2   70.8   11.5     17.8   13.5   4.3 !
Wisconsin 14,480   93.1   87.0   6.1     6.9   5.6   ‡  
Wyoming 1,500   80.6   71.4   9.2 !   19.4   14.4   ‡  
# Rounds to zero.
! Interpret data with caution.
‡ Reporting standards not met.
1 "All teachers" includes the subsample of high school-level teachers (defined below) who reported a main assignment in English, mathematics, science, social science, French, German, Latin, Spanish, art/arts or crafts, music, or dance/theater.
NOTE: Teachers include traditional public and public charter teachers who taught departmentalized classes to students in any of grades 10–12, or grade 9 and no grade lower. Each main assignment includes several subfields. Under science and social science, several subfields are examined in detail. These subfields are not inclusive of all subfields in the subject and, therefore, do not add to the broad field total. "Major in main assignment" include all teachers, regardless of whether the major was earned within or outside the school/college of education. Majors in main assignment are credited if they were earned at the bachelor's degree level or higher. "Certified" columns contain teachers with a regular/probationary certification in-subject and at the secondary level. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding and because some data are not shown.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Teacher Data File," 2007–08.
About the Dashboard | Send Comments
U.S. Department of Education | Data.ed.gov