Moonlighting by public school teachers in all schools and in low- and high-poverty schools: Share of teachers receiving additional compensation, all and by source
| Total | Low-poverty | High-poverty | Gap (high- minus low-poverty school) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share of teachers who reported that they received additional compensation: | ||||
| For extracurricular or additional activities for the school system | 44.1% | 45.9% | 42.0% | -3.9 ppt. |
| From other sources from the school system (e.g., supplements) | 8.5% | 7.0% | 9.3% | 2.3 ppt. |
| For work outside of the school system | 18.2% | 19.5% | 17.0% | -2.4 ppt. |
| Based on student performance in the school system (merit pay, etc.) | 5.7% | 5.8% | 5.9% | 0.1 ppt. |
| At least one of the above | 59.0% | 60.3% | 57.5% | -2.9 ppt. |
Note: Data are for teachers in public noncharter schools. A teacher is in a low-poverty school if less than 25 percent of the student body in his/her classroom is eligible for free or reduced-price lunch programs; a teacher is in a high-poverty school if 50 percent or more of the student body is his/her classroom is eligible for those programs.
Source: 2015–2016 National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS) microdata from the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)