First-Year Teacher Retention in DC after Five Years (2019-20 to 2024-25 School Years)
What percentage of first-year teachers in DC are still working in public schools in DC five years later? National longitudinal studies over the past three decades have estimated that 40-50 percent of first-year teachers leave the profession within five years (Ingersoll, Merrill, Stucky, & Collins, 2018; Ingersoll, 2003). While OSSE reports annually on the retention of DC’s public school educators, the agency has not previously examined or publicly shared the long-term retention of first-year teachers.
