Educator Reports and Data
The TEA Educator, Data, Research, and Strategy (EDRS) division conducts studies about newly certified and new hired teachers, newly certified educators and new educator certificates, educator employment, educator demographics, and educator attrition and retention in Texas.
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- Newly Certified and New Teacher Hires
- Newly Certified by Role
- Educator and Certificate Production
- Educator Employment
- Educator Demographics
- Educator Attrition and Retention
- Historical Data
- Insight to Impact Dashboard
- Newsletter Archive
Newly Certified and New Teacher Hires
The Newly Certified and New Teacher Hires Dashboards provide an improved understanding of the routes to being hired as a teacher for newly hired educators, as well as the relationship between teacher preparation, certification pathways, and new teacher hires in Texas public schools.
Newly Certified by Role
The Newly Certified by Role data views provide a summary of the number of candidates who received a first, standard teaching certificate, standard principal certificate, or standard superintendent certificate through a Texas educator preparation program or who were issued a certification based on prior certification in a state other than Texas or outside the country.
- Newly Certified by Role Dashboard (Updated September 2025, Power Bi)
- Newly Certified by Role Data (Updated September 2025, XLSX)
Educator and Certificate Production
The following dashboards present information about newly certified educators and newly awarded educator certificates:
- Newly Certified Educator (Power Bi)
- New Educator Certificate (Power Bi)
Educator Employment
These studies present information about employed educators:
- Administrator Experience 2017-2018 through 2024-2025 (Updated March 2025, PDF)
- Employed and Certified Teachers by Preparation Route 2015-2016 through 2024-2025 (Updated March 2025, PDF)
- Employment of Initially Certified Teachers 2020-2021 through 2024-2025 (Updated March 2025, PDF)
- Explore Out-of-Field Teaching Data Dashboard (Updated May 2024, Power Bi)
- Uncertified Teachers 2019-2020 through 2024-2025 (Updated March 2025, PDF)
- Uncertified Teachers by Grade and Subject 2024-2025 (Updated March 2025, PDF)
- Uncertified Teachers by School Systems 2024-2025 (Updated March 2025, XLSX)
- Out-of-Field Teaching Report 2023-2024 (Updated May 2024, PDF)
Educator Demographics
The following completed studies cover gender, ethnicity, and other demographics of employed and certified educators:
- Employed Principal Demographics 2016-2017 through 2024-2025 (Updated March 2025, PDF)
- Employed Teacher Demographics 2017-2018 through 2024-2025 (Updated March 2025, PDF)
- Teacher Retention by Demographics 2014-2015 through 2023-2024 (Updated March 2025, PDF)
Educator Attrition and Retention
These studies cover rates of educator persistence through certification, hiring, and continued employment:
- Employed Principal Attrition and New Hires 2015-2016 through 2024-2025 (Updated March 2025, PDF)
- Employed Superintendent Attrition and New Hires 2015-2016 through 2024-2025 (Updated March 2025, PDF)
- Employed Teacher Attrition and New Hires 2015-2016 through 2024-2025 (Updated March 2025, PDF)
- Teacher Attrition by School System Size 2020-2021 through 2024-2025 (Updated March 2025, PDF)
- Teacher Retention by Preparation Route 2014-2015 through 2023-2024 (Updated March 2025, PDF)
- Teacher Retention by Pathway to First Year of Teaching 2014-2015 through 2023-2024 (Updated March 2025, PDF)
Historical Data
This section contains older studies.
Insight to Impact Dashboard
Insight to Impact is an educator preparation program (EPP) data dashboard focused on continuous improvement. Click here to learn more about the Insight to Impact Dashboards.