Rest of the State: The percent of core classes NOT taught by highly qualified teachers varied from subject to subject and between districts.
 
All Subjects: Percent of Core Classes Not Taught by Highly Qualified Teachers
(Numbers in parentheses show the percent in 2004-05)
 
 
Core
Subject Areas
 
New York State-All Public Schools
Need/Resource Capacity (N/RC Category)
High Need Urban/
Suburban
High Need
Rural Districts
Average N/RC
Districts
Low
N/RC
Districts
Charters, BOCES & State Schools
Elementary (one or more subjects)
(4.3) 3.1%
(2.2) 1.5%
(0.8) 0.8%
(0.9) 0.9%
(1.2) 0.8%
(8.8) 17.3%
English
(8.7) 4.9%
(4.2) 2.4%
(2.3) 1.7%
(2.1) 1.4%
(2.0) 1.2%
(8.7) 9.0%
Mathematics
(7.9) 5.7%
(3.9) 2.3%
(3.2) 2.3%
(2.1) 1.5%
(1.8) 0.9%
(12.3) 12.1%
Reading
(7.5) 4.7%
(3.4) 1.5%
(4.7) 2.9%
(2.1) 1.7%
(1.1) 0.6%
(3.9) 10.2%
Science
(9.7) 8.0%
(5.0) 3.0%
(4.6) 3.4%
(2.8) 1.9%
(2.2) 1.7%
(11.8) 17.9%
Social Studies
(4.6) 3.9%
(2.0) 1.7%
(1.5) 1.7%
(1.5) 1.2%
(1.3) 1.3%
(4.2) 13.8%
Arts
(6.9) 7.8%
(10.8) 2.2%
(2.2) 2.0%
(1.6) 1.7%
(1.6) 1.7%
(9.6) 27.0%
Foreign Languages
(11.2) 8.7%
(5.5) 7.0%
(12.8) 9.4%
(6.4) 5.1%
(2.7) 4.5%
(33.2) 44.7%
All other core classes (career and technical, special education, bilingual, multiple subjects, unspecified subjects)
 
(10.2) 9.0%
 
(5.5) 3.7%
 
(4.5) 3.5%
 
(2.6) 2.5%
 
(2.2) 2.6%
 
(6.7) 7.1%
Total
(7.9) 5.5%
(4.2) 2.4%
(3.5) 2.2%
(2.3) 1.6%
(2.2) 1.5%
(8.2) 13.3%