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

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