Characteristics of Public School Districts in the United States: Results from the 2007-08 Schools and Staffing Survey
Published: 6/30/2009
Did you know that, in 2007-08, about 10 percent of public school districts offered pay incentives to recruit or retain teachers to teach in fields of shortage? The 2007-08 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) contains a variety of information about school districts governing K-12 schools in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Selected findings are presented in this First Look report. The topics you can examine with the SASS district data include basic district information (e.g., grades offered, student enrollment, and staffing); recruitment, retention, and hiring practices; principal and teacher salaries; fringe benefits offered to teachers; school choice policies; high school graduation requirements; and collective bargaining agreement status. It is also possible to link the district data to the other SASS surveys in the public sector (i.e., principal, school, teacher, library media center).
