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Table 2 Demographics of staff participants in the 6 Special School District of St. Louis County schools

From: SARS-CoV-2 screening testing in schools for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities

 

All schools

School

1 (9-12+)

2 (K-8)

3 (9-12+)

4 (K-8)

5 (9-12+)

6 (K-8)

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)

  1. Percentages are indicated in parenthesis
  2. *As of June 1, 2021