State Teacher Quality
| % Fully Licensed | % with Emergency Licenses | % not Licensed | % Core Content Classes Not Taught by Highly Qualified | |
| Elementary High-poverty schools | 94 % | 4 % | 0 % | 4 % |
| Elementary Low-poverty schools | 97 % | 2 % | 0 % | 2 % |
| Elementary All schools | 96 % | 3 % | 0 % | 3 % |
| Secondary High-poverty schools | 90 % | 7 % | 0 % | 11 % |
| Secondary Low-poverty schools | 96 % | 3 % | 0 % | 5 % |
| Secondary All schools | 93 % | 4 % | 0 % | 7 % |
| All schools | 95 % | 4 % | 0 % | 6 % |
High-poverty elementary schools are defined as those schools in the top 58 percent in terms of the percentage of students enrolled in the school who qualify for the free or reduced price lunch programs.
Low-poverty elementary schools are defined as those schools in the bottom 26 percent in terms of the percentage of students enrolled in the school who qualify for the free or reduced price lunch programs.
High-poverty secondary schools are defined as those schools in the top 45 percent in terms of the percentage of students enrolled in the school who qualify for the free or reduced price lunch programs.
Low-poverty secondary schools are defined as those schools in the bottom 22 percent in terms of the percentage of students enrolled in the school who qualify for the free or reduced price lunch programs.
Core Content Classes Taught by
Highly Qualified
Teachers
| Category | Percent |
| Elementary | 98.46 |
| English Language Arts | 94.34 |
| ESL/Bilingual | 81.96 |
| Fine Arts | 94.96 |
| Foreign Language | 90.18 |
| History and Government | 96.33 |
| Mathematics | 93.43 |
| Science | 90.77 |
Core Content Classes are defined as elementary, English/language arts, reading, mathematics, science, foreign language, civics and government, economics, arts, history, and geography.
Category data includes special education and ESL content classes in elementary, English/language arts, reading, mathematics, science, civics and government, economics, history, and geography.