Table 3.
Demographics of Staff Participants in the 6 Special School District of St. Louis County Schools
| All Schools |
School | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (9– 12+) |
2 (K-8) |
3 (9– 12+) |
4 (K-8) |
5 (9– 12+) |
6 (K-8) |
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| Staff consented | 416 (67%) | 62 (57%) | 87 (83%) | 80 (67%) | 94 (66%) | 43 (61 %) | 50 (66%) |
| Median Age (IQR) | 44 (34– 55) | 43 (33–51) | 42 (33–53) | 47 (38–55) | 42 (33–49) | 48 (36–57) | 42 (34–51) |
| Female (%) | 348 (84) | 48 (79) | 77 (89) | 64 (80) | 78 (83) | 38 (88) | 43 (86) |
| Race/Ethnicity | |||||||
| Black/African-American | 62 (15) | 7 (12) | 7 (8) | 23 (29) | 24 (26) | 0 (0) | 1 (2) |
| White Non-Hispanic | 325 (78) | 49 (80) | 75 (86) | 54 (68) | 60 (64) | 41 (95) | 46 (92) |
| Asian | 3 (1) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 1 (2) | 0 (0) |
| Multiracial | 5 (1) | 1 (2) | 2 (2) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Other | 3 (1) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (4) |
| Not Provided | 17 (4) | 4 (7) | 1 (1) | 2 (3) | 8 (9) | 1 (2) | 1 (2) |
| Ethnicity | |||||||
| Hispanic/Latino | 17 (4) | 3 (5) | 2 (2) | 3 (4) | 3 (3) | 2 (5) | 4 (8) |
| Unknown | 10 (2) | 0 (0) | 2 (2) | 2 (3) | 3 (3) | 1 (2) | 2 (4) |
| Not Provided | 23 (6) | 5 (8) | 8 (9) | 2 (3) | 5 (5) | 2 (5) | 1 (2) |
| Staff Type | |||||||
| Teacher/Teaching Assistant | 267 (64) | 36 (58) | 55 (63) | 53 (66) | 64 (68) | 29 (67) | 30 (60) |
| Administrator / Administrative Assistant | 16 (4) | 3 (5) | 5 (6) | 4 (5) | 2 (2) | 2 (5) | 2 (4) |
| Nursing Staff | 20 (5) | 4 (7) | 5 (6) | 3 (4) | 2 (2) | 5 (12) | 1 (2) |
| Ancillary Services | 15 (4) | 1 (2) | 3 (3) | 2 (3) | 4 (4) | 1 (2) | 4 (8) |
| Other | 59 (14) | 10 (16) | 11 (13) | 12 (15) | 12 (13) | 3 (7) | 11 (13) |
| Not Provided | 37 (9) | 8 (13) | 8 (9) | 6 (8) | 10 (11) | 3 (7) | 2 (4) |
| Underlying Health Conditions | |||||||
| None | 170 (41) | 21 (34) | 42 (48) | 30 (38) | 39 (42) | 19 (44) | 19 (38) |
| At Least One | 206 (50) | 32 (53) | 36 (41) | 46 (58) | 42 (45) | 22 (51) | 28 (56) |
| Two or More | 88 (21) | 11 (18) | 16 (18) | 21 (26) | 13 (26) | 8 (19) | 19 (20) |
| Vaccination* | |||||||
| At Least One Dose | 215 (52) | 32 (53) | 51 (59) | 38 (48) | 35 (37) | 29 (67) | 30 (60) |
| Fully Vaccinated | 235 (57) | 31 (51) | 41 (47) | 46 (58) | 49 (52) | 34 (79) | 34 (68) |
Percentages are indicated in parenthesis
*
As of 6/1/21
The SSD schools of the study are shown with overlaid regional COVID-19 incidence rates early in the COVID-19 pandemic (March-June 2020) and at study commencement (October-December 2020) (inset).