The National Center for Education Statistics recently released results of the 1993-94 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS). SASS, an integrated survey of public and private schools, school districts, principals, and teachers, is the most comprehensive survey of the school work force and teacher supply and demand ever conducted in the United States. First administered in 1987-88, SASS was repeated in 1990-91 and in 1993-94. From now on, it will be repeated at 5-year intervals, with the next administration planned for 1998-99. One year after the SASS, the Teacher Followup Survey collects information from SASS teachers, sampling those who have left teaching and those who have continued to teach. This report uses SASS data to develop a comprehensive portrait of public and private schools and staffing in the United States by focusing on school characteristics. Each table provides data separately for public and private schools. Within each sector, data are shown by community type and then by school level, size, and percent minority enrollment. The nation's 107,000 schools enrolled a total of 46.6 million students in 1993-94. About 5 million were enrolled in private schools. Students were served by about 2.9 million teachers in that year. Appendixes present public school, state, and private school tables, standard errors for selected tables, and technical notes. (Contains 41 figures, 64 tables, and 38 appendix tables.) (SLD)

The National Center for Education Statistics recently released results of the 1993-94 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS). SASS, an integrated survey of public and private schools, school districts, principals, and teachers, is the most comprehensive survey of the school work force and teacher supply and demand ever conducted in the United States. First administered in 1987-88, SASS was repeated in 1990-91 and in 1993-94. From now on, it will be repeated at 5-year intervals, with the next administration planned for 1998-99. One year after the SASS, the Teacher Followup Survey collects information from SASS teachers, sampling those who have left teaching and those who have continued to teach. This report uses SASS data to develop a comprehensive portrait of public and private schools and staffing in the United States by focusing on school characteristics. Each table provides data separately for public and private schools. Within each sector, data are shown by community type and then by school level, size, and percent minority enrollment. The nation's 107,000 schools enrolled a total of 46.6 million students in 1993-94. About 5 million were enrolled in private schools. Students were served by about 2.9 million teachers in that year. Appendixes present public school, state, and private school tables, standard errors for selected tables, and technical notes. (Contains 41 figures, 64 tables, and 38 appendix tables.) (SLD).