Will AI replace Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education?
AI reaches some of this job’s work, but most of it stays with people.
34/100
Moderate exposure
More exposed to AI than 52% of US workers.
- AI already used in
- 28% of the work
- As AI tools mature: up to
- 49% of the work
What the job involves
Teach one or more subjects to students at the middle, intermediate, or junior high school level.
Where AI reaches the work
The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.
Already happening(10)
- Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
- Instruct through lectures, discussions, and demonstrations in one or more subjects, such as English, mathematics, or social studies.
- Prepare, administer, and grade tests and assignments to evaluate students' progress.
- Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
- Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.
and 5 more
Within reach(10)
- Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects, and communicate these objectives to students.
- Maintain accurate, complete, and correct student records as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
- Meet or correspond with parents or guardians to discuss children's progress and to determine priorities and resource needs.
- Prepare reports on students and activities as required by administration.
- Guide and counsel students with adjustment or academic problems, or special academic interests.
and 5 more
Out of reach(15)
- Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
- Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among students.
- Assign lessons and correct homework.
- Enforce all administration policies and rules governing students.
- Confer with parents or guardians, other teachers, counselors, and administrators to resolve students' behavioral and academic problems.
and 10 more
Also called
Teacher · Language Arts Teacher (LA Teacher) · PE Teacher (Physical Education Teacher) · Social Studies Teacher · LA Teacher · Middle School Mathematics Teacher (Middle School Math Teacher) · Middle School Math Teacher · Middle School Science Teacher
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What these numbers mean
The score is the share of this job’s work, weighted by how important and frequent each task is, that AI could do in half the time: tasks an AI model could do alone count in full, tasks that need software built on AI count half.
“AI already used” is the share of the work in tasks where people are recorded using AI today. “As AI tools mature” counts every task AI could halve, with or without extra software.
The percentile compares the score with every job’s, weighted by how many people in the US do each one. Exposure means AI could change how the work is done, not that the job goes away. These are estimates for the typical job, not predictions.
Sources
- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
- GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs (task labels), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin & Rock (2023), OpenAI and University of Pennsylvania
- Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (task penetration), Anthropic
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national and metropolitan areas), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics