Hawaii: Attrition of special education teachers (SETs)
Percentage of SETs who leave their positions
Hawaii
Indiana
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Texas
Virginia
Washington
Source: Gilmour, A., Bartanen, B., Bettini, E., Feng, L., Klinenberg, J., Mason-Williams, L., Redding, C., Scott, L., and Theobald, R. "The Composition, Distribution, and Stability of the Special Education Teacher Workforce in Seven States." (2025).
Note: School poverty categories reflect bottom quartile, middle quartiles (25th-75th percentile), and top quartile in share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Left teaching indicates a teacher exited their state's public schools. Moved schools indicates a teacher left for another public school in the state. Numbers represent average between 2015 and 2023, subject to states' data availability.