Despite growth in the system, proportion of teachers who are fully credentialed has remained stable.

Data Source: http://data1.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/

• Most of the region's teachers are fully credentialed.
• About 80%, or four out of five teachers, have a full teacher's credential.
• The proportion of teachers who are fully credentialed declined as Class Size Reduction implementation continued in the late 1990s, then began to recover slowly in 2000-2001 and 2001-2002.
• The proportion of teachers who are fully credentialed varies across regions.
• A higher proportion of teachers are fully credentialed Outside Los Angeles County; the gap has grown.
• More than 90% of teachers outside of Los Angeles County are fully credentialed.
• About 75% of teachers in Los Angeles County are fully credentialed.
• In the Los Angeles Unified School District, most schools have between 60 and 80% of their teachers fully credentialed.

Other Points (Not Shown on Chart):

• About 16% of the region's teachers have emergency credentials.
• About 5% of teachers are in internship programs that will give them a full credential.
• The distribution of fully credentialed teachers varies widely among individual schools.
• The proportion of teachers who are fully credentialed ranges from none at the Watts Learning Center Charter in Los Angeles County to the hundreds of schools where all teachers are fully credentialed.

Last Updated: August 27, 2005