Other School Personnel - As of 1997, the United States had 5.7 million teachers, up from 4.0 million in 1983.
Salaries vary widely around the country, however.
All told, the 4.5 million children enrolled in nursery schools in 1997 was nine times higher than the number enrolled in 1964. Nearly 3 in 10 high school students ages 15 and over held down a job in October 1997. Of those with jobs, more than 1 in 10 managed to attend class and work full time. Once students reach college, their likelihood of holding down a job during the school year climbs to more than 6 in 10. Seventy-three percent of these older students attended part time, compared with 34 percent of all college students who did so.