This statistic shows the distribution of full-time teachers in public and private elementary schools in the United States, according to the years of teaching experience that they had as of the 2007/08 academic year. At this time 27.1 percent of teachers at all elementary schools in the U.S. had 20 years or more experience.
Share of full-time elementary school teachers in the United States 2007/08, by years of experience and school type
Years of teaching experience
All
Public
Private
3 years or less
17.3%
17%
20.2%
4 to 9 years
27.9%
28%
25.9%
10 to 19 years
27.8%
27.9%
25.5%
20 years or more
27.1%
27%
28.5%
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