Elementary school teachers face lower risks of infection

Bringing students back into classrooms increases the risk that teachers will get COVID-19. Safety measures can reduce that risk, and new research found that the increased risk is lowest for elementary school teachers.

Elementary

school teacher

Middle

school teacher

High

school teacher

0.0%

25.0%

50.0%

75.0%

100.0%

No additional precautions

40.7%

37.3%

17.3%

Weekly COVID-19 testing

33.4%

28.7%

11.4%

Masks required

14.8%

7.5%

1.7%

Stable student cohorts

4.2%

3.8%

1.9%

2-day schedules, staggered grades

1.7%

1.4%

0.5%

2-day schedules, half-size classes

1.1%

0.8%

0.5%