Table 6-Professional Staff In Public Elementary and Secondary Schools

Table 6
Professional Staff In Public Elementary And Secondary Schools
New York State
1989-90 Through 2008-09

Year	Classroom Teachers	Other Professional Staff	Total Professional Staff
2008-09a/ 2007-08 2006-07 2005-06 2004-05 2003-04 2002-03 2001-02 2000-01 1999-00 1998-99 1997-98 1996-97 1995-96 1994-95 1993-94 1992-93 1991-92 1990-91 1989-90	226,000 222,841 219,896 219,657 218,774 217,140 217,935 217,210 213,442 209,244 200,219 199,689 194,957 190,991 184,148 182,432 177,891 173,970 179,682 176,884	42,000 40,402 38,937 41,495 40,738 39,927 40,440 40,523 40,131 38,709 36,836 29,382 31,332 29,420 30,365 32,197 30,927 29,749 31,028 29,707	268,000 263,243 258,833 261,152 259,512 257,067 258,375 257,733 253,573 247,953 237,055 229,071 226,289 220,411 214,513 214,629 208,818 203,719 210,710 206,591

a/ Estimated

For the current school year, it is estimated that 268,000 professional staff members are employed in the public schools. Of that number, 84.3 percent are classroom teachers while the remainder perform related and supervisory functions.

It should be noted that the above figures do not include professional staff employed by Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES). In 1989-90, BOCES employed 8,537 professionals, of whom 6,409 were classroom teachers. In 2007-08, these figures were 9,545 and 6,609 respectively.