Elementary Secondary 

All Schools High-Poverty Low-Poverty Total Elementary High-Poverty Low-Poverty Total Secondary

Alabama 90.8 89.0 94.0 94.9 78.4 89.6 84.2

Alaska 64.2 36.3 49.0 52.7 63.9 73.4 71.9

Arizona 86.6 83.1 89.6 85.4 90.7 86.3 90.6

Arkansas 84.8 90.6 84.1 89.7 80.2 85.7 83.4

BIA 85.0 85.0 NA 85.0 85.0 NA 85.0

California 85.7 86.2 88.4 87.9 79.5 89.4 84.9

Colorado 92.6 89.6 92.8 92.1 90.7 93.3 93.2

Connecticut 96.8 95.0 98.8 97.7 92.3 97.8 96.4

Delaware 79.2 78.8 91.4 87.5 60.1 77.4 77.5

District of Columbia 52.8 71.6 68.4 70.2 53.8 52.2 49.7

Florida 89.6 88.8 93.9 92.3 83.8 91.0 87.2

Georgia 94.8 94.1 96.3 96.3 85.6 95.2 93.7

Hawaii 81.0 94.0 97.0 97.0 73.0 78.0 77.0

Idaho 58.5 63.0 63.5 61.1 51.4 60.9 57.5

Illinois 96.1 83.7 99.8 96.2 84.6 99.9 95.9

Indiana 91.8 88.7 90.0 90.7 91.1 93.9 93.6

Iowa 97.6 98.5 98.8 98.4 97.0 97.7 97.0

Kansas 90.9 93.4 95.6 94.4 82.1 94.3 89.5

Kentucky 96.9 98.1 98.9 98.7 91.7 96.9 95.5

Louisiana 79.4 85.2 91.1 86.9 63.0 82.2 72.3

Maine 94.4 95.0 97.0 95.7 92.9 94.9 93.7

Maryland 79.5 62.4 93.9 81.9 59.7 87.5 78.8

Massachusetts 93.8 90.0 96.6 94.5 84.4 95.1 92.0

Michigan 97.4 99.4 99.7 99.5 96.2 97.4 96.9

Minnesota 97.7 96.1 98.7 98.0 94.0 98.6 97.5

Mississippi 93.6 91.4 96.2 94.5 85.5 94.9 91.2

Missouri 96.3 91.2 98.6 96.4 89.1 98.3 96.3

Montana 99.0 98.6 99.6 99.2 96.7 99.4 98.8

Nebraska -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Nevada 80.4 83.4 86.9 85.5 70.0 84.3 78.7

New Hampshire 97.9 98.4 98.9 98.6 97.1 98.3 97.7

New Jersey 95.9 90.9 97.1 95.6 93.7 98.4 96.5

New Mexico 89.6 93.2 94.4 93.8 83.8 88.9 88.0

New York 94.5 91.9 99.1 96.2 82.6 97.8 93.0

North Carolina 93.6 95.1 97.0 96.2 87.2 92.7 90.7

North Dakota 95.9 99.5 99.8 99.7 89.7 93.6 92.6

Ohio 94.4 89.7 99.2 95.9 90.1 97.0 92.9

Oklahoma 92.9 94.3 93.4 93.8 88.1 92.5 92.3

Oregon 91.4 94.3 95.4 95.1 88.0 93.4 90.8

Pennsylvania 94.8 83.4 98.1 93.9 91.5 98.9 97.2

Puerto Rico -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Rhode Island 81.3 77.0 84.2 81.7 71.9 86.3 80.9

South Carolina 92.1 91.9 95.8 93.5 82.4 92.2 88.3

South Dakota 96.0 96.8 97.7 97.7 91.6 97.6 95.2

Tennessee 94.9 96.7 98.9 98.3 89.4 95.0 93.4

Texas 96.2 97.9 99.7 96.1 95.2 97.4 96.2

Utah 84.8 87.1 85.8 87.0 77.2 84.5 82.4

Vermont 90.6 89.8 91.4 91.3 90.3 93.2 90.2

Virginia 96.7 96.2 98.6 97.6 93.9 97.9 96.5

Washington 95.6 97.9 99.3 98.7 91.1 96.9 94.8

West Virginia 91.7 98.5 97.6 97.7 84.8 90.5 90.4

Wisconsin 98.9 97.7 99.7 99.1 96.1 98.9 98.6

Wyoming 95.3 94.9 96.1 95.0 93.8 96.0 95.4

Total 92.2 90.4 95.8 94.0 85.7 93.8 90.9

-- Data not provided.

Table 1. Percentage of Core Academic Classes Taught by Highly Qualified Teachers, by State: 2005-06 

Note: Nebraska and Puerto Rico did not submit complete data and are, thus, not included in these analyses. Data for Vermont do not include special education; these data 

were reported separately.
Secondary 

High-Poverty Low-Poverty Gap High-Poverty Low-Poverty Gap

Alabama 89.0 94.0 5.0 78.4 89.6 11.2

Alaska 36.3 49.0 12.7 63.9 73.4 9.5

Arizona 83.1 89.6 6.5 90.7 86.3 -4.4

Arkansas 90.6 84.1 -6.5 80.2 85.7 5.5

BIA 85.0 NA -- 85.0 NA --

California 86.2 88.4 2.2 79.5 89.4 9.9

Colorado 89.6 92.8 3.2 90.7 93.3 2.6

Connecticut 95.0 98.8 3.8 92.3 97.8 5.5

Delaware 78.8 91.4 12.6 60.1 77.4 17.3

District of Columbia 71.6 68.4 -3.2 53.8 52.2 -1.6

Florida 88.8 93.9 5.1 83.8 91.0 7.2

Georgia 94.1 96.3 2.2 85.6 95.2 9.6

Hawaii 94.0 97.0 3.0 73.0 78.0 5.0

Idaho 63.0 63.5 0.5 51.4 60.9 9.5

Illinois 83.7 99.8 16.1 84.6 99.9 15.3

Indiana 88.7 90.0 1.3 91.1 93.9 2.8

Iowa 98.5 98.8 0.3 97.0 97.7 0.7

Kansas 93.4 95.6 2.2 82.1 94.3 12.2

Kentucky 98.1 98.9 0.8 91.7 96.9 5.2

Louisiana 85.2 91.1 5.9 63.0 82.2 19.2

Maine 95.0 97.0 2.0 92.9 94.9 2.0

Maryland 62.4 93.9 31.5 59.7 87.5 27.8

Massachusetts 90.0 96.6 6.6 84.4 95.1 10.7

Michigan 99.4 99.7 0.3 96.2 97.4 1.2

Minnesota 96.1 98.7 2.6 94.0 98.6 4.6

Mississippi 91.4 96.2 4.8 85.5 94.9 9.4

Missouri 91.2 98.6 7.4 89.1 98.3 9.2

Montana 98.6 99.6 1.0 96.7 99.4 2.7

Nebraska -- -- -- -- -- --

Nevada 83.4 86.9 3.5 70.0 84.3 14.3

New Hampshire 98.4 98.9 0.5 97.1 98.3 1.2

New Jersey 90.9 97.1 6.2 93.7 98.4 4.7

New Mexico 93.2 94.4 1.2 83.8 88.9 5.1

New York 91.9 99.1 7.2 82.6 97.8 15.2

North Carolina 95.1 97.0 1.9 87.2 92.7 5.5

North Dakota 99.5 99.8 0.3 89.7 93.6 3.9

Ohio 89.7 99.2 9.5 90.1 97.0 6.9

Oklahoma 94.3 93.4 -0.9 88.1 92.5 4.4

Oregon 94.3 95.4 1.1 88.0 93.4 5.4

Pennsylvania 83.4 98.1 14.7 91.5 98.9 7.4

Puerto Rico -- -- -- -- -- --

Rhode Island 77.0 84.2 7.3 71.9 86.3 14.3

South Carolina 91.9 95.8 3.9 82.4 92.2 9.7

South Dakota 96.8 97.7 0.9 91.6 97.6 6.0

Tennessee 96.7 98.9 2.2 89.4 95.0 5.6

Texas 97.9 99.7 1.8 95.2 97.4 2.2

Utah 87.1 85.8 -1.3 77.2 84.5 7.3

Vermont 89.8 91.4 1.6 90.3 93.2 2.9

Virginia 96.2 98.6 2.4 93.9 97.9 4.1

Washington 97.9 99.3 1.4 91.1 96.9 5.8

West Virginia 98.5 97.6 -0.9 84.8 90.5 5.7

Wisconsin 97.7 99.7 2.0 96.1 98.9 2.8

Wyoming 94.9 96.1 1.3 93.8 96.0 2.2

Total 90.4 95.8 5.4 85.7 93.8 8.1

-- Data not provided.

Table 2. Percentage of Core Academic Classes Taught by HQT by Poverty Status of School and Gap 

Between High- and Low-Poverty Schools, by State: 2005-06 

Note: Nebraska and Puerto Rico did not submit complete data and are, thus, not included in these analyses. Data for Vermont do not 

include special education; these data were reported separately. Data rounded to the nearest tenth.

Elementary
2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 Difference from 2003-04 to 2005-06 Difference from 2004-05 to 2005-06

Alabama 76.7 81.8 90.8 14.1 9.0

Alaska 12.6 34.3 64.2 51.6 29.9

Arizona 96.1 94.9 86.6 -9.5 -8.3

Arkansas -- 84.8 84.8 -- 0.0

BIA 81.2 82.4 85.0 3.8 2.6

California 52.0 74.0 85.7 33.7 11.7

Colorado 91.0 94.1 92.6 1.6 -1.5

Connecticut 98.8 98.9 96.8 -2.0 -2.1

Delaware 73.2 -- 79.2 6.0 --

District of Columbia -- 51.6 52.8 -- 1.2

Florida 89.0 92.4 89.6 0.6 -2.8

Georgia 97.2 95.7 94.8 -2.4 -0.9

Hawaii 73.0 85.0 81.0 8.0 -4.0

Idaho 97.4 98.4 58.5 -38.9 -39.9

Illinois 98.2 98.2 96.1 -2.1 -2.1

Indiana 96.1 95.3 91.8 -4.3 -3.5

Iowa 94.4 94.7 97.6 3.2 2.9

Kansas 94.5 89.3 90.9 -3.6 1.6

Kentucky 94.6 96.7 96.9 2.3 0.2

Louisiana 90.4 91.7 79.4 -11.0 -12.3

Maine 90.1 93.0 94.4 4.3 1.4

Maryland 66.8 75.4 79.5 12.7 4.1

Massachusetts 93.9 93.0 93.8 -0.1 0.8

Michigan 91.8 92.0 97.4 5.6 5.4

Minnesota 98.8 97.6 97.7 -1.1 0.1

Mississippi 93.1 93.2 93.6 0.5 0.4

Missouri 95.6 97.1 96.3 0.7 -0.8

Montana 98.8 98.9 99.0 0.2 0.1

Nebraska 91.2 95.1 -- -- --

Nevada 64.1 68.1 80.4 16.3 12.3

New Hampshire 73.0 94.7 97.9 24.9 3.2

New Jersey 94.3 93.5 95.9 1.6 2.4

New Mexico 67.2 77.5 89.6 22.4 12.1

New York 92.0 93.0 94.5 2.5 1.5

North Carolina 85.0 88.0 93.6 8.6 5.6

North Dakota 77.2 89.0 95.9 18.7 6.9

Ohio 93.0 92.6 94.4 1.4 1.8

Oklahoma 98.0 99.0 92.9 -5.1 -6.1

Oregon 87.0 90.6 91.4 4.4 0.8

Pennsylvania 96.8 97.7 94.8 -2.0 -2.9

Puerto Rico -- -- -- -- --

Rhode Island 76.0 75.9 81.3 5.3 5.4

South Carolina 76.6 86.6 92.1 15.5 5.5

South Dakota 92.7 92.9 96.0 3.3 3.1

Tennessee 58.1 80.9 94.9 36.8 14.0

Texas 93.8 94.6 96.2 2.4 1.6

Utah 68.9 72.0 84.8 15.9 12.8

Vermont 82.2 87.9 90.6 8.4 2.7

Virginia 94.5 95.6 96.7 2.2 1.1

Washington 98.9 98.9 95.6 -3.3 -3.3

West Virginia 96.0 96.0 91.7 -4.3 -4.3

Wisconsin 98.4 99.5 98.9 0.5 -0.6

Wyoming 99.0 93.7 95.3 -3.7 1.6

Total 86.5 90.6 92.2 5.7 1.6

-- Data not provided.

Table 3. Percentage of Core Academic Classes Taught by HQT: 2003-04, 2004-05 and 2005-06

NOTE: Alaska's 2003-04 percentage is the percentage of highly qualified teachers, not the percentage of core academic classes taught by highly qualified teachers. Arkansas' 2004-05 

data are for 2005-06. Vermont's data do not include special education; these data were reported separately. Nebraska and Puerto Rico did not submit complete data for 2005-06 and are

thus, not included in these analyses.