This series of tables presents the status of professional employees in Maryland local education agencies as of October 15, 1994 by assignment, race and ethnicity, and gender. The tables show the head counts of males and females in the central office and in elementary, secondary, and middle and combined schools. Staff are further classified according to the race and ethnic categories designated by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The work assignments used in the classifications correspond with position codes defined in the "Staff Reporting System Guidelines for Local School systems in Maryland." The grand total of professional personnel, 55,488, is divided among the state's 23 counties and Baltimore city. The majority (77.9%) are white and female (31,882). Roughly 20% of the state's professional school employees are African American, and 1.8% represent other racial and ethnic groups. A similar breakdown by race is found for central offices, but the numbers of male and female employees are more nearly equal at 799 male employees statewide compared to 770 females. Of the state's 1,286 principals, 913 are white, and 606 are male. (Contains 33 tables.) (SLD)