Teaching vacancies cut across subject areas (2): Percentage of district leaders reporting levels of staff shortages, Fall 2021
| Subject | Moderate shortage | Considerable shortage |
|---|---|---|
| Fully remote teachers | 5% | 4% |
| English or language arts | 15% | 14% |
| Career or technical education | 17% | 18% |
| Elementary school | 23% | 15% |
| Science | 15% | 28% |
| English as a second language | 19% | 24% |
| Middle school | 19% | 24% |
| Mathematics | 16% | 32% |
| High school | 24% | 30% |
| Special education | 19% | 41% |
| Substitute teachers | 16% | 77% |
Note: Responses to survey of 358 school leaders conducted by the RAND Corporation between October and December 2021.
Source: Heather Schwartz and Melissa Kay Diliberti, Flux in the Educator Labor Market: Acute Staff Shortages and Projected Superintendent Departures: Selected Findings from the Fourth American School District Panel Survey, RAND Corporation, 2022.