Teacher Retention in Adventist Schools: How Pay Gaps Affect Educational Quality

Executive summary

The Seventh-day Adventist Church operates one of the largest Protestant education systems globally, employing over 100,000 teachers across approximately 8,000 schools. While Adventist teacher retention rates appear favourable compared to public school benchmarks — with 92% of NAD teachers in 2007 expressing intent to stay at least three more years and a global annual loss rate of approximately 1% — significant questions remain about how compensation disparities between Adventist and public/secul...