Private & Charter School Research & Data

School counts, teacher headcounts and federal pay benchmarks for the people who teach and work in private and charter schools.

Reporters, researchers, school leaders and boards may quote any figure here with a link to the page it came from.

School data and statistics

Private & Charter School Industry Statistics

How many private and charter schools and teachers the U.S. has (NCES), and what BLS reports for K–12 teachers by grade level, special education teachers, teaching assistants (SOC 25-9045), substitutes and education administrators (11-9032), in all schools and in privately owned schools.

It also tracks how many openings SchoolHires lists right now, by role, state and school.

Private School Teacher Statistics

Current SchoolHires openings, posted pay and state demand for private school teachers, set beside NCES and BLS workforce figures.

Each sentence names its survey and year, and the page ends with a ready-made citation.

Charter School Teacher Statistics

Current SchoolHires openings, posted pay and state demand for charter school teachers, set beside NCES and BLS workforce figures.

Each sentence names its survey and year, and the page ends with a ready-made citation.

Catholic School Teacher Statistics

Current SchoolHires openings, posted pay and state demand for Catholic school teachers, set beside NCES and BLS workforce figures.

Each sentence names its survey and year, and the page ends with a ready-made citation.

Special Education Teacher Statistics

Current SchoolHires openings, posted pay and state demand for special education teachers, set beside NCES and BLS workforce figures.

Each sentence names its survey and year, and the page ends with a ready-made citation.

Teaching Assistant Statistics

Current SchoolHires openings, posted pay and state demand for teaching assistants, set beside NCES and BLS workforce figures.

Each sentence names its survey and year, and the page ends with a ready-made citation.

Schools Hiring Now

A directory of the 307 schools, dioceses and charter networks with the most open positions on SchoolHires.

Their opening counts refresh daily.

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