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Table 81. Staff employed in public school systems, by type of assignment and state: Fall 2000 [In full-time equivalents]

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                        |          |     School district       |                                                             |        |
                        |          |            staff          |                        School staff                         |        |
                        |          |___________________________|_____________________________________________________________|Student |  Other
  State or other area   |  Total   |Officials|Adminis-|Instruc-| Principals  |School and|          |        |        |       |support | support
                        |          |   and   |trative |  tion  |     and     | library  | Teachers |Instruc-|Guidance|Librar-| staff  | services
                        |          |adminis- |support |coordin-|  assistant  | support  |          | tional |counsel-| ians  |        |  staff
                        |          | trators | staff  | ators  |principals\1\|  staff   |          | aides  |  ors   |       |        |
________________________|__________|_________|________|________|_____________|__________|__________|________|________|_______|________|__________
           1            |    2     |    3    |   4    |   5    |      6      |    7     |    8     |   9    |   10   |  11   |   12   |    13
________________________|__________|_________|________|________|_____________|__________|__________|________|________|_______|________|__________
   United States\2\ ....|5,726,822 |  58,891 |161,676 | 40,664 |     141,407 |  264,273 |2,952,991 |642,294 | 97,369 |54,281 |170,044 |1,142,932
                        |__________|_________|________|________|_____________|__________|__________|________|________|_______|________|__________
Alabama\3\ .............|   89,823 |   1,203 |  1,292 |    484 |       3,294 |    2,507 |   48,199 |  6,738 |  1,686 | 1,317 |  1,139 |   21,964
Alaska\4\ ..............|   15,988 |     239 |    659 |    139 |         739 |      933 |    7,880 |  2,197 |    260 |   140 |    421 |    2,381
Arizona ................|   90,115 |     393 |    842 |    153 |       2,008 |    8,684 |   44,438 | 12,391 |  1,152 |   811 |  7,165 |   12,078
Arkansas ...............|   61,917 |     671 |    844 |    299 |       1,617 |    1,531 |   31,947 |  6,061 |  1,427 | 1,011 |  2,684 |   13,825
California\3\ ..........|  539,301 |   2,599 | 20,200 |  6,342 |      13,009 |   34,462 |  298,064 | 63,852 |  6,398 | 1,386 | 14,035 |   78,954
                        |          |         |        |        |             |          |          |        |        |       |        |
Colorado ...............|   82,827 |     882 |  2,547 |    816 |       2,200 |    4,536 |   41,983 |  9,124 |  1,233 |   800 |  2,978 |   15,728
Connecticut ............|   82,107 |   1,201 |  1,823 |    422 |       2,063 |    3,623 |   41,044 | 10,954 |  1,232 |   743 |  4,074 |   14,928
Delaware ...............|   12,618 |     268 |    315 |    135 |         349 |      448 |    7,471 |    928 |    235 |   120 |    566 |    1,783
District of Columbia ...|   10,712 |      15 |     25 |     12 |         267 |    1,012 |    4,949 |  1,154 |    200 |   122 |    367 |    2,589
Florida ................|  276,421 |   1,736 | 15,209 |    759 |       6,332 |   13,762 |  132,030 | 30,582 |  5,465 | 2,646 | 10,288 |   57,612
                        |          |         |        |        |             |          |          |        |        |       |        |
Georgia ................|  184,867 |   1,726 |  2,033 |  1,205 |       4,573 |    8,725 |   91,044 | 21,612 |  3,074 | 2,069 |  4,855 |   43,951
Hawaii .................|   18,352 |     136 |    250 |    445 |         475 |      746 |   10,927 |  1,316 |    628 |   291 |    818 |    2,320
Idaho ..................|   24,386 |     121 |    535 |    266 |         715 |    1,043 |   13,714 |  2,518 |    587 |   189 |    538 |    4,160
Illinois\5\ ............|  250,643 |   3,887 |  6,758 |  2,084 |       5,812 |   11,976 |  127,620 | 31,036 |  2,968 | 1,986 |  8,156 |   48,360
Indiana.................|  126,834 |     942 |    676 |  1,533 |       2,946 |    8,291 |   59,226 | 17,708 |  1,832 | 1,063 |  1,971 |   30,646
                        |          |         |        |        |             |          |          |        |        |       |        |
Iowa ...................|   67,765 |   1,112 |    743 |    419 |       2,119 |    4,702 |   34,636 |  8,307 |  1,228 |   673 |  2,322 |   11,504
Kansas .................|   64,152 |   1,234 |  1,123 |    106 |       1,755 |    2,713 |   32,742 |  6,902 |  1,167 | 1,002 |  1,316 |   14,092
Kentucky ...............|   89,674 |     486 |  2,808 |    141 |       1,856 |    1,986 |   39,589 | 14,487 |  1,305 | 1,061 |  1,921 |   24,034
Louisiana ..............|  101,201 |     319 |    834 |  1,212 |       2,611 |    3,292 |   49,916 | 10,945 |  3,047 | 1,212 |  1,352 |   26,461
Maine ..................|   33,305 |     527 |    711 |    162 |         902 |    1,434 |   16,559 |  5,434 |    643 |   248 |  1,300 |    5,385
                        |          |         |        |        |             |          |          |        |        |       |        |
Maryland ...............|   96,504 |   1,049 |  1,223 |  1,198 |       3,058 |    3,943 |   52,433 |  8,849 |  2,080 | 1,106 |  2,697 |   18,868
Massachusetts ..........|  122,481 |   1,817 |  3,782 |  1,159 |       3,083 |    4,980 |   67,432 | 15,667 |  2,347 |   944 |  4,492 |   16,778
Michigan ...............|  210,481 |   2,085 |  3,264 |  1,007 |       5,394 |    8,898 |   97,031 | 24,596 |  3,110 | 1,623 | 14,118 |   49,355
Minnesota\6\ ...........|  103,570 |   1,973 |  2,604 |    509 |       1,871 |    4,963 |   53,457 | 15,283 |  1,029 | 1,016 |  6,467 |   14,398
Mississippi ............|   64,723 |     980 |  1,693 |    594 |       1,686 |    2,334 |   31,006 |  8,652 |    963 |   983 |  2,312 |   13,520
                        |          |         |        |        |             |          |          |        |        |       |        |
Missouri................|  121,614 |   1,223 |  7,972 |    828 |       2,967 |    5,032 |   64,739 | 10,530 |  2,655 | 1,614 |  3,974 |   20,080
Montana\5\ .............|   19,512 |     152 |    511 |    159 |         502 |      905 |   10,411 |  2,346 |    433 |   365 |     72 |    3,656
Nebraska ...............|   39,925 |     543 |    745 |    347 |         972 |    1,586 |   20,983 |  4,277 |    769 |   565 |  1,100 |    8,038
Nevada .................|   31,192 |     223 |    743 |    102 |         908 |    1,394 |   18,294 |  2,174 |    683 |   299 |  1,266 |    5,106
New Hampshire ..........|   28,055 |     439 |    614 |    175 |         540 |      943 |   14,341 |  5,056 |    739 |   284 |    527 |    4,397
                        |          |         |        |        |             |          |          |        |        |       |        |
New Jersey .............|  186,523 |   1,375 |  7,235 |  2,994 |       4,737 |    9,876 |   99,718 | 19,785 |  3,124 | 1,776 |  9,582 |   26,321
New Mexico .............|   44,980 |   1,616 |  1,735 |    581 |         984 |    2,453 |   21,043 |  5,102 |    706 |   282 |  1,939 |    8,539
New York ...............|  416,236 |   2,925 | 26,337 |  1,920 |       7,668 |    7,063 |  206,961 | 40,618 |  6,072 | 3,135 |  9,084 |  104,453
North Carolina .........|  162,431 |   1,547 |     56 |    817 |       4,551 |       32 |   83,680 | 27,447 |  3,302 | 2,284 |  4,270 |   34,445
North Dakota ...........|   15,115 |     457 |    169 |     98 |         406 |      521 |    8,141 |  1,716 |    274 |   192 |    457 |    2,684
                        |          |         |        |        |             |          |          |        |        |       |        |
Ohio ...................|  222,961 |   5,753 | 10,917 |    459 |       5,112 |   14,714 |  118,361 | 14,862 |  3,495 | 1,646 |  1,592 |   46,050
Oklahoma ...............|   75,148 |     728 |  1,938 |    173 |       2,023 |    3,443 |   41,318 |  6,366 |  1,566 | 1,019 |  1,767 |   14,807
Oregon .................|   56,168 |     838 |  1,640 |    301 |       1,631 |    3,708 |   28,094 |  8,106 |  1,232 |   555 |  1,423 |    8,640
Pennsylvania ...........|  223,935 |   1,537 |  6,158 |  1,441 |       4,392 |   10,956 |  116,963 | 22,508 |  4,098 | 2,237 |  9,799 |   43,846
Rhode Island ...........|   17,737 |     155 |    475 |     53 |         338 |      916 |   10,646 |  2,295 |    288 |    53 |    386 |    2,132
                        |          |         |        |        |             |          |          |        |        |       |        |
South Carolina\5\ ......|   85,584 |     258 |  2,234 |    561 |       2,862 |    3,960 |   45,380 | 10,262 |  1,685 | 1,123 |  1,269 |   15,990
South Dakota ...........|   18,072 |     454 |    349 |    369 |         426 |      569 |    9,397 |  2,280 |    324 |   173 |  1,195 |    2,536
Tennessee ..............|  113,272 |   1,092 |  2,540 |    981 |       4,188 |    5,209 |   61,233 | 12,532 |  1,801 | 1,497 |  3,457 |   18,742
Texas ..................|  542,791 |   2,844 |  3,034 |  1,288 |      13,550 |   28,835 |  274,826 | 55,468 |  9,439 | 4,735 |  4,639 |  144,133
Utah ...................|   40,717 |     106 |    827 |    599 |         956 |    2,284 |   22,008 |  5,426 |    637 |   309 |    449 |    7,116
                        |          |         |        |        |             |          |          |        |        |       |        |
Vermont ................|   17,772 |     143 |    347 |    292 |         421 |      799 |    8,414 |  3,928 |    393 |   235 |    714 |    2,086
Virginia\3\ ............|  167,074 |   4,264 |  4,828 |  1,699 |       3,901 |    6,621 |   91,560 | 16,096 |  3,311 | 2,094 |  3,500 |   29,200
Washington .............|   97,636 |   1,132 |  2,405 |    801 |       2,692 |    4,959 |   51,098 | 10,375 |  1,957 | 1,301 |  3,206 |   17,710
West Virginia...........|   38,549 |     358 |  1,847 |    339 |       1,077 |      375 |   20,930 |  3,018 |    661 |   389 |  1,032 |    8,523
Wisconsin ..............|  109,104 |     937 |  2,833 |  1,505 |       2,529 |    4,829 |   62,332 | 10,696 |  2,055 | 1,430 |  4,548 |   15,410
Wyoming ................|   13,952 |     191 |    394 |    181 |         340 |      767 |    6,783 |  1,732 |    374 |   127 |    445 |    2,618
                        |__________|_________|________|________|_____________|__________|__________|________|________|_______|________|__________
Bureau of Indian        |          |         |        |        |             |          |          |        |        |       |        |
   Affairs .............|      --- |     --- |    --- |    --- |         --- |      --- |      --- |    --- |    --- |   --- |    --- |      ---
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Department of Defense   |          |         |        |        |             |          |          |        |        |       |        |
   dependents schools:  |    7,736 |      44 |     33 |     83 |         269 |      681 |    5,105 |    531 |    237 |   157 |    339 |      257
   Overseas schools ....|          |         |        |        |             |          |          |        |        |       |        |
   Domestic schools ....|    4,055 |      31 |     34 |     70 |         118 |      302 |    2,400 |    417 |    110 |    72 |    123 |      378
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     Outlying areas     |          |         |        |        |             |          |          |        |        |       |        |
American Samoa .........|    1,639 |      34 |     49 |     35 |          63 |      104 |      820 |    127 |     38 |     6 |     67 |      296
Guam ...................|    3,836 |      21 |    180 |    125 |          51 |      541 |    1,975 |    693 |     34 |    16 |     55 |      145
Northern Marianas ......|    1,047 |       9 |     67 |      6 |          28 |       42 |      526 |    216 |     15 |     0 |     36 |      102
Puerto Rico ............|   69,188 |   1,721 |     59 |    397 |       1,399 |    4,685 |   37,620 |    236 |    866 |   821 |  3,518 |   17,866
Virgin Islands .........|    2,899 |      79 |    133 |     19 |          86 |       82 |    1,511 |    307 |     81 |    34 |    273 |      294
________________________|__________|_________|________|________|_____________|__________|__________|________|________|_______|________|__________

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\1\Includes administers such as department chairpersons.
\2\Includes imputations for undercounts in designated states.
\3\Includes imputations for prekindergarten teachers.
\4\Includes imputations for instructional coordinators.
\5\Includes imputations for instructional aides and all support staff.
\6\Includes imputations for administrative support staff.

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


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