Number of Teachers in Maine Public and Private by Subject Area Taught

1998 - 1999
NUMBER OF STAFF IN MAINE PUBLIC & PRIVATE SCHOOLS
BY
SUBJECT AREA TAUGHT*

			1998-1999
SUBJECT AREA	WOMEN	MEN	TOTAL

Agriculture	3	20	23
Art	465	90	555
Business/Office Occupation	274	180	454
Distributive Education	4	8	12
Safety and Driver Education	2	19	21
English	1,809	511	2,320
Foreign Language	485	154	639
General Elementary/Secondary	6,804	938	7,742
Special Education	3,257	557	3,814
Health Occupations	33	0	33
Health and Physical Education	366	426	792
Home Economics - Homemaking	181	1	182
Home Economics - Occupation	18	6	24
Industrial Arts	8	247	255
Mathematics	544	601	1,145
Music	339	232	571
Natural Science	418	685	1,103
Soc. Science & Soc. Studies	308	683	991
Trades and Industry	23	191	214
Special Vocational Programs	27	50	77
ROTC	1	9	10

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