Staff
Teachers
A total of 3,746 teachers were employed by TUSD during the 1997-98 school year.
Table 3. Teachers by Gender and Ethnicity, 1997-98
| Male | Female | Total | ||||
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| White/Anglo | 750 | 75% | 2,018 | 73% | 2,768 | 74% |
| African American | 38 | 4% | 83 | 3% | 121 | 3% |
| Hispanic | 187 | 19% | 592 | 22% | 779 | 21% |
| Native American | 10 | 1% | 27 | 1% | 37 | 1% |
| Asian American | 12 | 1% | 29 | 1% | 41 | 1% |
| Total | 997 | 100% | 2,749 | 100% | 3,746 | 100% |
Support Staff
A total of 3,273 support staff were employed by TUSD during the 1997-98 school year. Support staff includes teacher aides, teaching assistants, clinical specialists, nurses, food service workers, clerks, custodians, monitors, and other district-level support personnel.
Administrators
During the 1997-98 school year, a total of 203 administrators were employed by TUSD: 50 central administrators and 153 site administrators.
Table 4. Administrators by Gender and Ethnicity, 1997-98
| Male | Female | Total | ||||
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| White/Anglo | 51 | 59% | 73 | 63% | 124 | 61% |
| African American | 10 | 11% | 11 | 9% | 21 | 10% |
| Hispanic | 25 | 29% | 30 | 26% | 55 | 27% |
| Native American | 0 | 0% | 2 | 2% | 2 | 1% |
| Asian American | 1 | 1% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 1% |
| Total | 87 | 100% | 116 | 100% | 203 | 100% |