Chart: Of all public schools with a vacancy, percentage reporting difficulty of filling teaching positions with fully certified teachers: August 2022 and August 2023 | Economic Policy Institute

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Of all public schools with a vacancy, percentage reporting difficulty of filling teaching positions with fully certified teachers: August 2022 and August 2023

	August 2022	August 2023
All public schools	80%	79%

Less than 25% minority	79%	74%
26%-75% minority	81%	76%
Over 75% minority	80%	86%

Lower school neighborhood poverty	79%	77%
Higher school neighborhood poverty	82%	86%

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