The proportion of teachers who are fully credentialed has recently begun to increase after years of stagnation.

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

• Most of the region's teachers are fully credentialed.
• About 90%, or nine out of ten 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.
• A higher proportion of teachers are fully credentialed Outside Los Angeles County; however, the gap has narrowed in recent years.
• About 95% of teachers outside of Los Angeles County are fully credentialed.
• Almost 90% of teachers in Los Angeles County are fully credentialed.  The last year has seen an increase of approximately 6% in the number of fully credentialed teachers.  A large proportion of this increase occurred in the Los Angeles Unified School District, which saw an increase of nearly 11%.

Other Points (Not Shown on Chart):

• About 4% of the region's teachers have emergency credentials.  This is a huge drop from the previous year, when nearly 16% of the region's teachers had emergency credentials.
• About 6% 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 dramatically from zero percent in a few schools to one hundred percent in many others.

Last Updated: October 08, 2013