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Table 80. Staff employed in public elementary and secondary school systems, by functional area: 1949-50 to fall 2000 [In full-time equivalents]

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           |          |         School district administrative staff       |                               Instructional staff                        |    Support
  School   |          |____________________________________________________|__________________________________________________________________________|     staff
   year    |  Total   |          | Inter- |  School  | Officials|  Instruc-|             |Principals|          |Instruc-|        |         |   Other  |
           |          |   Total  |mediate | district |  and ad- |  tion    |     Total   |   and    | Teachers | tional |Librar- |Guidance |  instruc-|
           |          |          |district|  super-  | ministra-|  coordi- |             |assistant |          | aides  |  ians  |  coun-  |   tional |
           |          |          | staff  |intendents|   tors   |  nators  |             |principals|          |        |        | selors  |   staff  |
___________|__________|__________|________|__________|__________|__________|_____________|__________|__________|________|________|_________|__________|_____________
     1     |    2     |      3   |   4    |     5    |     6    |     7    |       8     |    9     |    10    |   11   |   12   |   13    |     14   |       15
___________|__________|__________|________|__________|__________|__________|_____________|__________|__________|________|________|_________|__________|_____________
1949-50 ...|1,300,031 |   33,642 |  5,843 |   18,025 |    (\1\) |    9,774 |     963,110 |   43,137 |  913,671 |  (\2\) |  (\2\) |   (\2\) |    6,302 |     303,280
1959-60 ...|2,089,283 |   42,423 |  9,901 |   13,361 |    5,386 |   13,775 |   1,457,329 |   63,554 |1,353,372 |  (\2\) | 17,363 |  14,643 |    8,398 |     589,531
1969-70 ...|3,360,763 |   65,282 |  7,113 |   13,014 |   13,618 |   31,537 |   2,285,568 |   90,593 |2,016,244 | 57,418 | 42,689 |  48,763 |   29,861 |   1,009,913
Fall 1980 .|4,168,286 |   78,784 |    --- |   13,269 |   44,961 |   20,554 |   2,859,573 |  107,061 |2,184,216 |325,755 | 48,018 |  63,973 |  130,550 |   1,229,929
Fall 1984 .|4,062,271 |\3\65,222 |    --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |   2,691,787 |  124,536 |2,167,950 |288,967 | 47,024 |  63,310 |    (\4\) |   1,305,262
Fall 1985 .|4,159,624 |\3\67,404 |    --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |\3\2,756,232 |  129,297 |2,205,987 |306,860 | 47,442 |  66,646 |    (\4\) |\3\1,335,988
           |          |          |        |          |          |          |             |          |          |        |        |         |          |
Fall 1986 .|4,236,428 |\3\74,541 |    --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |\3\2,821,069 |  131,564 |2,244,445 |328,543 | 47,938 |  68,579 |    (\4\) |\3\1,340,818
Fall 1987 .|4,311,941 |\3\74,191 |    --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |\3\2,859,626 |  125,927 |2,279,241 |335,991 | 48,185 |  70,282 |    (\4\) |\3\1,378,124
Fall 1988 .|4,319,356 |\3\69,334 |    --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |\3\2,930,547 |  126,609 |2,323,213 |356,682 | 48,980 |  75,063 |    (\4\) |\3\1,319,475
Fall 1989 .|4,431,033 |\3\70,302 |    --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |\3\2,985,851 |  125,594 |2,356,702 |374,172 | 49,769 |  79,614 |    (\4\) |\3\1,374,880
Fall 1990 .|4,494,076 |\3\75,868 |    --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |\3\3,051,404 |  127,417 |2,398,169 |395,959 | 49,909 |  79,950 |    (\4\) |\3\1,366,804
           |          |          |        |          |          |          |             |          |          |        |        |         |          |
Fall 1991 .|4,559,359 |\3\76,084 |    --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |\3\3,103,939 |  129,304 |2,432,243 |410,538 | 49,917 |  81,937 |    (\4\) |\3\1,379,336
Fall 1992 .|4,708,286 |\5\78,414 |  (\6\) |    (\6\) |   45,712 |   32,702 |\3\3,139,544 |  121,936 |2,458,956 |427,279 | 50,324 |  81,049 |    (\4\) |\3\1,490,328
Fall 1993 .|4,808,080 |\5\80,862 |  (\6\) |    (\6\) |   47,614 |   33,248 |\3\3,209,381 |  121,486 |2,503,901 |450,519 | 50,511 |  82,964 |    (\4\) |\3\1,517,837
Fall 1994 .|4,904,757 |\5\81,867 |  (\6\) |    (\6\) |   48,827 |   33,040 |\3\3,280,752 |  120,017 |2,551,875 |473,348 | 50,668 |  84,844 |    (\4\) |\3\1,542,138
Fall 1995 .|4,994,358 |\5\82,998 |  (\6\) |    (\6\) |   49,315 |   33,683 |\3\3,351,528 |  120,629 |2,598,220 |494,289 | 50,862 |  87,528 |    (\4\) |\3\1,559,832
           |          |          |        |          |          |          |             |          |          |        |        |         |          |
Fall 1996 .|5,091,205 |\5\81,975 |  (\6\) |    (\6\) |   48,480 |   33,495 |\3\3,447,580 |  123,734 |2,667,419 |516,356 | 51,464 |  88,607 |    (\4\) |\3\1,561,650
Fall 1997 .|5,266,415 |\5\85,267 |  (\6\) |    (\6\) |   50,432 |   34,835 |\3\3,572,955 |  126,129 |2,746,157 |557,453 | 52,142 |  91,074 |    (\4\) |\3\1,608,193
Fall 1998 .|5,419,181 |\5\88,939 |  (\6\) |    (\6\) |   52,975 |   35,964 |\3\3,693,630 |  129,317 |2,830,286 |588,108 | 52,805 |  93,114 |    (\4\) |\3\1,636,612
Fall 1999 .|5,632,004 |\5\94,134 |  (\6\) |    (\6\) |   55,467 |   38,667 |\3\3,819,057 |  137,199 |2,910,633 |621,942 | 53,659 |  95,624 |    (\4\) |\3\1,718,813
Fall 2000 .|5,726,822 |\5\99,555 |  (\6\) |    (\6\) |   58,891 |   40,664 |\3\3,888,342 |  141,407 |2,952,991 |642,294 | 54,281 |  97,369 |    (\4\) |\3\1,738,925
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           |                                 Percentage distribution
           |________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1949-50 ...|    100.0 |      2.6 |    0.4 |      1.4 |    (\1\) |      0.8 |        74.1 |      3.3 |     70.3 |  (\2\) |  (\2\) |   (\2\) |      0.5 |        23.3
1959-60 ...|    100.0 |      2.0 |    0.5 |      0.6 |      0.3 |      0.7 |        69.8 |      3.0 |     64.8 |  (\2\) |    0.8 |     0.7 |      0.4 |        28.2
1969-70 ...|    100.0 |      1.9 |    0.2 |      0.4 |      0.4 |      0.9 |        68.0 |      2.7 |     60.0 |    1.7 |    1.3 |     1.5 |      0.9 |        30.1
Fall 1980 .|    100.0 |      1.9 |    --- |      0.3 |      1.1 |      0.5 |        68.6 |      2.6 |     52.4 |    7.8 |    1.2 |     1.5 |      3.1 |        29.5
Fall 1984 .|    100.0 |\3\   1.6 |    --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |        66.3 |      3.1 |     53.4 |    7.1 |    1.2 |     1.6 |    (\4\) |        32.1
Fall 1985 .|    100.0 |\3\   1.6 |    --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |\3\     66.3 |      3.1 |     53.0 |    7.4 |    1.1 |     1.6 |    (\4\) |\3\     32.1
           |          |          |        |          |          |          |             |          |          |        |        |         |          |
Fall 1986 .|    100.0 |\3\   1.8 |    --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |\3\     66.6 |      3.1 |     53.0 |    7.8 |    1.1 |     1.6 |    (\4\) |\3\     31.7
Fall 1987 .|    100.0 |\3\   1.7 |    --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |\3\     66.3 |      2.9 |     52.9 |    7.8 |    1.1 |     1.6 |    (\4\) |\3\     32.0
Fall 1988 .|    100.0 |\3\   1.6 |    --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |\3\     67.8 |      2.9 |     53.8 |    8.3 |    1.1 |     1.7 |    (\4\) |\3\     30.5
Fall 1989 .|    100.0 |\3\   1.6 |    --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |\3\     67.4 |      2.8 |     53.2 |    8.4 |    1.1 |     1.8 |    (\4\) |\3\     31.0
Fall 1990 .|    100.0 |\3\   1.7 |    --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |\3\     67.9 |      2.8 |     53.4 |    8.8 |    1.1 |     1.8 |    (\4\) |\3\     30.4
           |          |          |        |          |          |          |             |          |          |        |        |         |          |
Fall 1991 .|    100.0 |\3\   1.7 |    --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |\3\     68.1 |      2.8 |     53.3 |    9.0 |    1.1 |     1.8 |    (\4\) |\3\     30.3
Fall 1992 .|    100.0 |\5\   1.7 |  (\6\) |    (\6\) |      1.0 |      0.7 |\3\     66.7 |      2.6 |     52.2 |    9.1 |    1.1 |     1.7 |    (\4\) |\3\     31.7
Fall 1993 .|    100.0 |\5\   1.7 |  (\6\) |    (\6\) |      1.0 |      0.7 |\3\     66.7 |      2.5 |     52.1 |    9.4 |    1.1 |     1.7 |    (\4\) |\3\     31.6
Fall 1994 .|    100.0 |\5\   1.7 |  (\6\) |    (\6\) |      1.0 |      0.7 |\3\     66.9 |      2.4 |     52.0 |    9.7 |    1.0 |     1.7 |    (\4\) |\3\     31.4
Fall 1995 .|    100.0 |\5\   1.7 |  (\6\) |    (\6\) |      1.0 |      0.7 |\3\     67.1 |      2.4 |     52.0 |    9.9 |    1.0 |     1.8 |    (\4\) |\3\     31.2
           |          |          |        |          |          |          |             |          |          |        |        |         |          |
Fall 1996 .|    100.0 |\5\   1.6 |  (\6\) |    (\6\) |      1.0 |      0.7 |\3\     67.7 |      2.4 |     52.4 |   10.1 |    1.0 |     1.7 |    (\4\) |\3\     30.7
Fall 1997 .|    100.0 |\5\   1.6 |  (\6\) |    (\6\) |      1.0 |      0.7 |\3\     67.8 |      2.4 |     52.1 |   10.6 |    1.0 |     1.7 |    (\4\) |\3\     30.5
Fall 1998 .|    100.0 |\5\   1.6 |  (\6\) |    (\6\) |      1.0 |      0.7 |\3\     68.2 |      2.4 |     52.2 |   10.9 |    1.0 |     1.7 |    (\4\) |\3\     30.2
Fall 1999 .|    100.0 |\5\   1.7 |  (\6\) |    (\6\) |      1.0 |      0.7 |\3\     67.8 |      2.4 |     51.7 |   11.0 |    1.0 |     1.7 |    (\4\) |\3\     30.5
Fall 2000 .|    100.0 |\5\   1.7 |  (\6\) |    (\6\) |      1.0 |      0.7 |\3\     67.9 |      2.5 |     51.6 |   11.2 |    0.9 |     1.7 |    (\4\) |\3\     30.4
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           |                                            Pupils per staff member
           |________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1949-50 ...|     19.3 |    746.4 |4,297.7 |  1,393.1 |      --- |  2,569.2 |        26.1 |    582.1 |     27.5 |  (\2\) |  (\2\) |   (\2\) |  3,984.7 |        82.8
1959-60 ...|     16.8 |    829.3 |3,553.4 |  2,633.2 |  6,532.2 |  2,554.1 |        24.1 |    553.6 |     26.0 |  (\2\) |2,026.3 | 2,402.7 |  4,189.5 |        59.7
1969-70 ...|     13.6 |    697.7 |6,403.8 |  3,500.1 |  3,344.9 |  1,444.3 |        19.9 |    502.8 |     22.6 |  793.3 |1,067.0 |   934.1 |  1,525.4 |        45.1
Fall 1980 .|      9.8 |    518.9 |    --- |  3,080.7 |    909.2 |  1,988.8 |        14.3 |    381.8 |     18.7 |  125.5 |  851.3 |   639.0 |    313.1 |        33.2
Fall 1984 .|      9.7 |\3\ 601.2 |    --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |        14.6 |    314.8 |     18.1 |  135.7 |  833.8 |   619.3 |    (\4\) |        30.0
Fall 1985 .|      9.5 |\3\ 584.9 |    --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |\3\     14.3 |    304.9 |     17.9 |  128.5 |  831.0 |   591.5 |    (\4\) |\3\     29.5
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Fall 1986 .|      9.4 |\3\ 533.3 |    --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |\3\     14.1 |    302.2 |     17.7 |  121.0 |  829.3 |   579.7 |    (\4\) |\3\     29.6
Fall 1987 .|      9.3 |\3\ 539.3 |    --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |\3\     14.0 |    317.7 |     17.6 |  119.1 |  830.3 |   569.3 |    (\4\) |\3\     29.0
Fall 1988 .|      9.3 |\3\ 579.6 |    --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |\3\     13.7 |    317.4 |     17.3 |  112.7 |  820.5 |   535.4 |    (\4\) |\3\     30.5
Fall 1989 .|      9.1 |\3\ 576.7 |    --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |\3\     13.6 |    322.8 |     17.2 |  108.4 |  814.6 |   509.2 |    (\4\) |\3\     29.5
Fall 1990 .|      9.2 |\3\ 543.3 |    --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |\3\     13.5 |    323.5 |     17.2 |  104.1 |  825.8 |   515.5 |    (\4\) |\3\     30.2
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Fall 1991 .|      9.2 |\3\ 552.6 |    --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |\3\     13.5 |    325.2 |     17.3 |  102.4 |  842.3 |   513.2 |    (\4\) |\3\     30.5
Fall 1992 .|      9.1 |\5\ 546.1 |  (\6\) |    (\6\) |    936.8 |  1,309.5 |\3\     13.6 |    351.2 |     17.4 |  100.2 |  851.0 |   528.4 |    (\4\) |\3\     28.7
Fall 1993 .|      9.0 |\5\ 537.5 |  (\6\) |    (\6\) |    912.9 |  1,307.3 |\3\     13.5 |    357.8 |     17.4 |   96.5 |  860.5 |   523.9 |    (\4\) |\3\     28.6
Fall 1994 .|      9.0 |\5\ 538.8 |  (\6\) |    (\6\) |    903.4 |  1,335.1 |\3\     13.4 |    367.5 |     17.3 |   93.2 |  870.6 |   519.9 |    (\4\) |\3\     28.6
Fall 1995 .|      9.0 |\5\ 540.3 |  (\6\) |    (\6\) |    909.3 |  1,331.2 |\3\     13.4 |    371.7 |     17.3 |   90.7 |  881.6 |   512.3 |    (\4\) |\3\     28.7
           |          |          |        |          |          |          |             |          |          |        |        |         |          |
Fall 1996 .|      9.0 |\5\ 556.4 |  (\6\) |    (\6\) |    940.8 |  1,361.7 |\3\     13.2 |    368.6 |     17.1 |   88.3 |  886.3 |   514.8 |    (\4\) |\3\     29.2
Fall 1997 .|      8.8 |\5\ 541.0 |  (\6\) |    (\6\) |    914.6 |  1,324.2 |\3\     12.9 |    365.7 |     16.8 |   82.7 |  884.6 |   506.5 |    (\4\) |\3\     28.7
Fall 1998 .|      8.6 |\5\ 523.3 |  (\6\) |    (\6\) |    878.5 |  1,294.0 |\3\     12.6 |    359.9 |     16.4 |   79.1 |  881.3 |   499.8 |    (\4\) |\3\     28.4
Fall 1999 .|      8.3 |\5\ 497.8 |  (\6\) |    (\6\) |    844.8 |  1,211.8 |\3\     12.3 |    341.5 |     16.1 |   75.3 |  873.2 |   490.0 |    (\4\) |\3\     27.3
Fall 2000 .|      8.2 |\5\ 474.3 |  (\6\) |    (\6\) |    801.9 |  1,161.3 |\3\     12.1 |    333.9 |     16.0 |   73.5 |  870.0 |   485.0 |    (\4\) |\3\     27.2
___________|__________|__________|________|__________|__________|__________|_____________|__________|__________|________|________|_________|__________|_____________

---Not available.
\1\Data included in column 5.
\2\Data included in column 10.
\3\Data not comparable with figures for years prior to 1984.
\4\Data included in column 15.
\5\Because of classification revisions, data are not directly comparable with figures for prior years.
\6\Data included in column 6.

NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Because of variations in data collection instruments, some categories are only roughly comparable over time. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of State School Systems, Common Core of Data surveys, and unpublished estimates. (This table was prepared February 2002.)


2002 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest