Table 6

Black, Hispanic, and other nonwhite teachers are underrepresented in Pennsylvania classrooms: Shares of Pennsylvania students and teachers by race and ethnicity

Students Teachers
White 66.5% 95.4%
Black 14.8% 2.5%
Hispanic 11.0% 1.0%
Other nonwhite races/ethnicities 7.7% 1.1%

Sources: Teacher data are from author’s analysis of American Community Survey 2011–2015 data (Flood et al. 2017). Student data are from Kids Count Data Center, “Enrollment—Percent of Students (Pre-K–Grade 12) by Race and Ethnicity, State of Pennsylvania, 2016–2017” (data provided by Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children).

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