1997 - 1998

NUMBER OF TEACHERS IN MAINE PUBLIC & PRIVATE SCHOOLS

BY

SUBJECT AREA TAUGHT*
1997-1998

SUBJECT AREA

WOMEN

MEN

TOTAL

Agriculture

4

21

25

Art

446

107

553

Business/Office Occupation

249

215

464

Distributive Education

5

9

14

Safety and Driver Education

4

33

37

English

1,611

603

2,214

Foreign Language

483

153

636

General Elementary/Secondary

5,808

846

6,654

Special Education

1,752

311

2,063

Health Occupations

29

0

29

Health and Physical Education

393

436

829

Home Economics - Homemaking

197

1

198

Home Economics - Occupation

17

6

23

Industrial Arts

6

255

261

Mathematics

683

723

1,406

Music

329

230

559

Natural Science

506

794

1,300

Soc. Science & Soc. Studies

513

815

1,328

Trades and Industry

17

182

199

Special Vocational Programs

10

47

57

ROTC

0

5

5

* Counts each staff member who spends any portion of his/her time in any subject area.