Governor Phil Murphy • Lt. Governor Tahesha Way

Data Tables for New Jersey’s Teacher Workforce Landscape 2024 Annual Report

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Source for Figures 1–5: NJ SMART Submission Data.

Note: FTE stands for full-time equivalency.

Figure 1: Number (FTE) of Teachers in New Jersey
School Year Teacher FTE
2013-14 117,271
2014-15 117,850
2015-16 118,001
2016-17 117,063
2017-18 118,138
2018-19 118,872
2019-20 119,772
2020-21 118,337
2021-22 117,306
2022-23 118,671

Figure 2 is a data table in the report and thus is not included on this page.

Figure 3: Percent Change in Number of Teachers by Subject Area, 2013-14 to 2022-23
Subject Area Percent Change in Number of Teachers
Family and Consumer −39.54
Industrial Arts −26.98
Business −13.21
Vocational Education −12.73
Supplementary Instruction −9.46
World Languages −9.16
English −8.37
Mathematics −7.97
Science −7.82
Music 0.14
Social Studies 0.85
Computer 0.99
All Teachers 1.19
Health and Physical 2.08
Middle Grades 2.13
Elementary 2.18
Art 5.4
ELL/Bilingual 16.65
Resource Program 17.39
Teacher Coordinator 37.09
Financial Literacy 44
Figure 4: Proportion of Teachers by Sex
School Year Female (%) Male (%)
2013-14 76.8 23.2
2014-15 76.9 23.1
2015-16 77.1 22.9
2016-17 77.2 22.8
2017-18 77.2 22.8
2018-19 77.2 22.8
2019-20 77.2 22.8
2020-21 77.3 22.7
2021-22 77.2 22.8
2022-23 77.2 22.8
Figure 5: Proportion (%) of Teachers by Race/Ethnicity
Year Hispanic Asian Black White Other
2013-14 6.4 1.7 7.2 84.4 0.4
2014-15 6.6 1.8 6.9 84.4 0.3
2015-16 6.8 1.9 6.6 84.4 0.3
2016-17 7 1.9 6.8 84 0.3
2017-18 7.2 2 6.6 84 0.3
2018-19 7.3 2.1 6.6 83.7 0.3
2019-20 7.6 2.1 6.6 83.3 0.3
2020-21 8 2.4 6.4 82.8 0.4
2021-22 8.3 2.4 6.3 82.4 0.6
2022-23 7.2 2 6.7 83.8 0.4

Source for Figure 6: NJ SMART Data Submission

Figure 6: Total and Proportion of Teacher Exits by School Year
Teacher Exits 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23
Total 8649 10657 11899 11866 11866 12200 13119 11413 11991 11853
Total Teacher Workforce 117271 117850 118001 117063 118138 118872 119772 118337 117306 118671
Proportion of Teachers who Exited 7.4% 9.0% 10.1% 10.1% 10.0% 10.3% 11.0% 9.6% 10.2% 10.0%

Source for Figures 7–8: NJ SMART Data Submission

Figure 7: Student-Teacher Ratios, Overall by Grade Level
Grade Level 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23
Elementary Schools (K–5) 14.9048 14.86752 14.73499 14.7412 14.98098 14.59427 14.19489 14.11864 13.65457 13.70334 13.35704
Middle Schools (6–8) 28.99917 27.43498 26.55215 25.52585 25.61133 25.69385 26.00318 26.09216 26.45452 26.87545 27.38981
High Schools (9–12) 9.079597 8.862001 8.969934 9.066238 9.139967 9.115094 9.098227 9.145635 9.334181 9.43751 9.360836
Overall 12.50515 12.17981 12.13608 12.08818 12.20807 12.07542 11.9353 11.96558 11.77348 11.85479 11.69663
Figure 8: Student-Teacher Ratios by Shared Student and Teacher Ethnicity
Race/Ethnicity 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23
Black Students/Teachers 28.64362 27.62796 28.08418 28.8991 28.21388 27.72882 27.72142 26.68038 26.67426 26.49304 26.22495
Hispanic Students/Teachers 48.25463 46.07881 46.81874 46.67374 47.30982 47.7562 47.45442 47.85857 46.11445 47.11322 47.51357
Asian Students/Teachers 68.50027 64.08784 62.81792 60.69442 60.59825 59.92301 57.65158 56.08385 53.26024 51.78625 50.27954
White Students/Teachers 7.2573 6.980835 6.760527 6.55978 6.508472 6.305083 6.118419 6.009558 5.789852 5.663991 5.457435

Note: Figure A-1 is in the Appendix in the Analytical Limitations Section.

Figure A-1: Student-Teacher Ratios by Teacher Race/Ethnicity (alternate specification)
Teacher Race/Ethnicity 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23
All Students to Black Teachers 173.1695 169.2348 174.2284 181.0406 179.3787 182.5658 180.8049 180.906 179.3095 180.9554 182.0631
All Students to Hispanic Teachers 203.7666 188.237 182.5684 175.884 172.6187 167.6147 163.3029 157.0045 149.8586 148.5411 145.4521
All Students to Asian Teachers 770.9078 708.8546 681.7164 641.9527 625.4311 603.4556 573.4745 556.342 518.7025 495.4193 472.6078
All Students to White Teachers 14.64704 14.34712 14.28527 14.21416 14.42278 14.29113 14.19003 14.29791 14.04315 14.11089 13.97721

Source for Figures 9 and 10: NJ SMART Data Submission; Office of the Secretary of Higher Education (OSHE) Enrollments and Completions

Figure 9: Cohort Analysis, by Sex
Cohort Male Female Total
Enrolled in education 24 76 4521
Enrolled and Completed 20.5 79.5 1955
Enrolled, Completed and Certificated 15.2 84.8 1616
Enrolled, Completed, Certificated and became teachers 13.8 86.2 1073
Figure 10: Cohort Analysis, by Race/Ethnicity
Cohort Hispanic Asian Black/African American White Total
Enrolled in education 10.4 3.1 10.9 68.3 4521
Enrolled and Completed 7.5 2.6 4.8 79 1955
Enrolled, Completed and Certificated 7 2.3 4.1 80.9 1616
Enrolled, Completed, Certificated and became teachers 7.4 2.2 4.2 80.2 1073