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Table 83. Staff and teachers in public elementary and secondary schools, by state: Fall 1994 to fall 2000

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                        |  Teachers as a percent of staff   |            Fall 1998               |            Fall 1999\1\            |            Fall 2000
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                        |        |        |        |        |             |             |Teachers|             |             |Teachers|             |             |Teachers
  State or other area   |        |        |        |        |             |             |  as a  |             |             |  as a  |             |             |  as a
                        |  Fall  |  Fall  |   Fall |   Fall |    Staff    |    Teachers | percent|    Staff    |    Teachers | percent|    Staff    |    Teachers | percent
                        |  1994  |  1995  |   1995 |   1997 |             |             |of staff|             |             |of staff|             |             |of staff
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           1            |   3    |   4    |   5    |   6    |       6     |       7     |     8  |       9     |       10    |    11  |       12    |       13    |    14
________________________|________|________|________|________|_____________|_____________|________|_____________|_____________|________|_____________|_____________|________
   United States\2\ ....|   52.0 |   52.0 |   52.4 |   52.1 |   5,419,181 |   2,830,286 |   52.2 |   5,632,004 |   2,910,633 |   51.7 |   5,726,822 |   2,952,991 |   51.6
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Alabama ................|\3\52.5 |\3\52.9 |\3\53.0 |\3\53.5 |\3\   87,654 |\3\   47,766 |\3\54.5 |\3\   88,492 |\3\   48,624 |\3\54.9 |\3\   89,823 |\3\   48,199 |\3\53.7
Alaska .................|\3\47.6 |\3\49.1 |\3\50.2 |\3\51.0 |\3\   16,098 |       8,118 |\3\50.4 |\3\   16,088 |       7,838 |\3\48.7 |\3\   15,988 |       7,880 |\3\49.3
Arizona ................|   51.2 |   50.1 |   51.0 |   50.8 |\3\   85,015 |      42,352 |\3\49.8 |      88,259 |      43,892 |   49.7 |      90,115 |      44,438 |   49.3
Arkansas ...............|   52.2 |   53.8 |\3\52.3 |\3\52.5 |\3\   40,778 |      27,953 |\3\68.5 |      59,755 |      31,362 |   52.5 |      61,917 |      31,947 |   51.6
California .............|\3\51.6 |\3\52.0 |\3\53.1 |\3\54.4 |\3\  514,520 |\3\  281,784 |\3\54.8 |\3\  532,754 |\3\  287,433 |\3\54.0 |\3\  539,301 |\3\  298,064 |\3\55.3
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Colorado ...............|   53.7 |   52.5 |   51.1 |   52.4 |      76,125 |      39,434 |   51.8 |      79,672 |      40,772 |   51.2 |      82,827 |      41,983 |   50.7
Connecticut ............|   54.5 |   54.5 |   53.1 |   51.2 |      77,410 |      38,772 |   50.1 |      79,847 |      39,907 |   50.0 |      82,107 |      41,044 |   50.0
Delaware ...............|   54.6 |   54.5 |   54.4 |   54.6 |      12,869 |       7,074 |   55.0 |      13,369 |       7,318 |   54.7 |      12,618 |       7,471 |   59.2
District of Columbia ...|   58.2 |   56.4 |   56.8 |\3\50.3 |       9,840 |       5,187 |   52.7 |\3\    9,493 |\3\    4,812 |\3\50.7 |      10,712 |       4,949 |   46.2
Florida ................|   48.8 |   48.3 |   48.4 |   48.6 |     262,170 |     126,796 |   48.4 |     271,339 |     130,336 |   48.0 |     276,421 |     132,030 |   47.8
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Georgia ................|\3\48.3 |\3\48.2 |\3\54.0 |\3\53.3 |     177,832 |      88,658 |   49.9 |     183,674 |      90,638 |   49.3 |     184,867 |      91,044 |   49.2
Hawaii .................|   61.8 |   62.3 |   62.7 |   62.2 |      17,354 |      10,639 |   61.3 |      17,902 |      10,866 |   60.7 |      18,352 |      10,927 |   59.5
Idaho ..................|   59.4 |   58.6 |   57.8 |   57.2 |      23,833 |      13,426 |   56.3 |      24,192 |      13,641 |   56.4 |      24,386 |      13,714 |   56.2
Illinois ...............|   54.2 |   54.3 |\3\52.5 |\3\51.8 |\3\  234,318 |     121,758 |\3\52.0 |\3\  244,538 |     124,815 |\3\51.0 |\3\  250,643 |     127,620 |\3\50.9
Indiana.................|   48.1 |   48.0 |   47.3 |   47.1 |     124,097 |      58,084 |   46.8 |     125,236 |      58,864 |   47.0 |     126,834 |      59,226 |   46.7
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Iowa ...................|   52.5 |   52.1 |   51.7 |   50.9 |      65,967 |      32,822 |   49.8 |      65,957 |      33,480 |   50.8 |      67,765 |      34,636 |   51.1
Kansas .................|   53.8 |   53.7 |   53.2 |   52.9 |      60,829 |      32,003 |   52.6 |      63,771 |      32,969 |   51.7 |      64,152 |      32,742 |   51.0
Kentucky ...............|   47.5 |   46.3 |\3\52.5 |\3\45.5 |      91,088 |      40,803 |   44.8 |      93,332 |      41,954 |   45.0 |      89,674 |      39,589 |   44.1
Louisiana ..............|   49.5 |   50.5 |   50.3 |   49.3 |      99,401 |      49,124 |   49.4 |     101,233 |      50,031 |   49.4 |     101,201 |      49,916 |   49.3
Maine ..................|   52.6 |   52.3 |   51.4 |   51.4 |      31,297 |      15,890 |   50.8 |      32,502 |      16,349 |   50.3 |      33,305 |      16,559 |   49.7
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Maryland ...............|   55.0 |   54.4 |   56.1 |   55.3 |      93,313 |      49,840 |   53.4 |      93,620 |      50,995 |   54.5 |      96,504 |      52,433 |   54.3
Massachusetts ..........|   55.9 |   55.4 |   55.3 |   55.3 |     126,843 |      69,752 |   55.0 |\3\  136,254 |      77,596 |\3\56.9 |     122,481 |      67,432 |   55.1
Michigan ...............|   48.9 |   46.9 |   45.2 |   44.8 |     209,413 |      93,220 |   44.5 |     210,701 |      96,094 |   45.6 |     210,481 |      97,031 |   46.1
Minnesota ..............|   62.7 |   62.7 |   55.5 |   53.4 |     101,583 |      54,449 |   53.6 |     104,546 |      56,010 |   53.6 |\3\  103,570 |      53,457 |\3\51.6
Mississippi ............|   47.5 |   47.6 |   47.9 |   47.7 |      65,023 |      31,140 |   47.9 |      63,946 |      30,722 |   48.0 |      64,723 |      31,006 |   47.9
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Missouri................|   48.4 |   48.0 |   55.0 |   54.8 |     116,304 |      62,449 |   53.7 |     117,076 |      63,890 |   54.6 |     121,614 |      64,739 |   53.2
Montana ................|\3\54.6 |\3\54.2 |\3\54.4 |\3\53.7 |\3\   18,991 |      10,221 |\3\53.8 |\3\   20,032 |      10,353 |\3\51.7 |\3\   19,512 |      10,411 |\3\53.4
Nebraska ...............|\3\53.2 |   52.9 |   53.0 |   53.1 |      38,207 |      20,310 |   53.2 |      39,142 |      20,766 |   53.1 |      39,925 |      20,983 |   52.6
Nevada .................|   58.1 |   58.5 |   58.1 |   57.7 |      29,132 |      16,415 |   56.3 |      30,247 |      17,380 |   57.5 |      31,192 |      18,294 |   58.6
New Hampshire ..........|   54.2 |   53.3 |   53.0 |   52.2 |      25,574 |      13,290 |   52.0 |      27,129 |      14,037 |   51.7 |      28,055 |      14,341 |   51.1
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New Jersey .............|   52.8 |   53.2 |   53.7 |   53.8 |     171,196 |      92,264 |   53.9 |     178,053 |      95,883 |   53.9 |     186,523 |      99,718 |   53.5
New Mexico .............|   48.8 |   48.3 |   49.0 |   48.4 |      41,125 |      19,981 |   48.6 |      43,184 |      19,797 |   45.8 |      44,980 |      21,043 |   46.8
New York ...............|   51.1 |   51.0 |   50.9 |   51.0 |     376,189 |     197,253 |   52.4 |     408,977 |     202,078 |   49.4 |     416,236 |     206,961 |   49.7
North Carolina .........|\3\52.0 |\3\52.2 |\3\51.9 |\3\52.1 |     152,899 |      79,531 |   52.0 |     158,696 |      81,914 |   51.6 |     162,431 |      83,680 |   51.5
North Dakota ...........|   56.0 |   54.3 |   54.2 |   54.3 |      14,765 |       7,974 |   54.0 |      15,132 |       8,150 |   53.9 |      15,115 |       8,141 |   53.9
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Ohio ...................|   54.5 |   55.2 |   55.1 |   54.5 |     209,668 |     113,984 |   54.4 |     217,634 |     116,200 |   53.4 |     222,961 |     118,361 |   53.1
Oklahoma ...............|\3\50.3 |\3\47.0 |   58.0 |   58.0 |      70,752 |      40,876 |   57.8 |      73,831 |      41,498 |   56.2 |      75,148 |      41,318 |   55.0
Oregon .................|   52.0 |   51.8 |   51.2 |   50.7 |      53,781 |      27,152 |   50.5 |      55,610 |      27,803 |   50.0 |      56,168 |      28,094 |   50.0
Pennsylvania ...........|   53.2 |   53.0 |   52.9 |   52.5 |     209,862 |     111,065 |   52.9 |     216,725 |     114,525 |   52.8 |     223,935 |     116,963 |   52.2
Rhode Island ...........|   65.2 |   63.5 |   63.3 |   61.6 |      17,832 |      11,124 |   62.4 |      17,927 |      11,041 |   61.6 |      17,737 |      10,646 |   60.0
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South Carolina .........|\3\53.2 |\3\53.3 |\3\54.0 |\3\53.4 |\3\   81,479 |      43,689 |\3\53.6 |\3\   85,481 |      45,468 |\3\53.2 |\3\   85,584 |      45,380 |\3\53.0
South Dakota ...........|\3\55.5 |\3\53.2 |   53.2 |   55.1 |      16,525 |       9,273 |   56.1 |      17,437 |       9,384 |   53.8 |      18,072 |       9,397 |   52.0
Tennessee ..............|\3\49.2 |   54.0 |   54.0 |   52.9 |     110,068 |      59,258 |   53.8 |     111,798 |      60,702 |   54.3 |     113,272 |      61,233 |   54.1
Texas ..................|   52.0 |   52.0 |   51.8 |   51.6 |     506,134 |     259,739 |   51.3 |     523,948 |     267,935 |   51.1 |     542,791 |     274,826 |   50.6
Utah ...................|   54.0 |   53.6 |   52.7 |   53.3 |      39,198 |      21,501 |   54.9 |      40,235 |      21,832 |   54.3 |      40,717 |      22,008 |   54.1
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Vermont ................|\3\49.3 |   49.1 |   49.4 |   48.3 |      16,817 |       8,221 |   48.9 |      17,408 |       8,474 |   48.7 |      17,772 |       8,414 |   47.3
Virginia ...............|\3\54.3 |\3\54.3 |\3\53.5 |\3\54.3 |\3\  142,544 |\3\   79,323 |\3\55.6 |\3\  157,206 |\3\   85,037 |\3\54.1 |\3\  167,074 |\3\   91,560 |\3\54.8
Washington .............|\3\51.3 |\3\51.4 |   53.5 |   53.1 |      93,750 |      49,671 |   53.0 |      96,033 |      50,368 |   52.4 |      97,636 |      51,098 |   52.3
West Virginia...........|   54.6 |   54.5 |   54.8 |   54.4 |      38,655 |      20,989 |   54.3 |      38,709 |      21,082 |   54.5 |      38,549 |      20,930 |   54.3
Wisconsin ..............|   53.5 |   57.9 |   54.8 |\3\54.4 |     109,266 |      61,176 |   56.0 |     109,951 |      60,778 |   55.3 |     109,104 |      62,332 |   57.1
Wyoming ................|   52.0 |   51.2 |   50.5 |   49.2 |      13,798 |       6,713 |   48.7 |      13,931 |       6,940 |   49.8 |      13,952 |       6,783 |   48.6
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Bureau of Indian        |        |        |        |        |             |             |        |             |             |        |             |             |
   Affairs .............|    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |         --- |         --- |    --- |         --- |         --- |    --- |         --- |         --- |    ---
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Department of Defense   |        |        |        |        |             |             |        |             |             |        |             |             |
   dependents schools:  |        |        |        |        |             |             |        |             |             |        |             |             |
   Overseas schools\4\ .|    --- |    --- |   61.7 |   66.7 |       7,782 |       5,171 |   66.4 |      11,588 |       7,415 |   64.0 |       7,736 |       5,105 |   66.0
   Domestic schools ....|    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |         --- |         --- |    --- |         --- |         --- |    --- |       4,055 |       2,400 |   59.2
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     Outlying areas     |        |        |        |        |             |             |        |             |             |        |             |             |
American Samoa .........|   52.1 |   51.4 |   49.9 |   50.8 |       1,524 |         764 |   50.1 |       1,613 |         801 |   49.7 |       1,639 |         820 |   50.0
Guam ...................|   38.6 |   48.3 |   47.6 |   46.6 |       3,073 |       1,052 |   34.2 |       3,685 |       1,809 |   49.1 |       3,836 |       1,975 |   51.5
Northern Marianas ......|   38.6 |   40.0 |   41.8 |   44.5 |       1,041 |         496 |   47.6 |         956 |         488 |   51.0 |       1,047 |         526 |   50.2
Puerto Rico ............|   58.0 |   56.4 |   55.7 |   56.2 |      68,999 |      39,781 |   57.7 |      71,891 |      41,349 |   57.5 |      69,188 |      37,620 |   54.4
Virgin Islands .........|   47.9 |   47.4 |   49.6 |   49.4 |       3,055 |       1,567 |   51.3 |       2,964 |       1,528 |   51.6 |       2,899 |       1,511 |   52.1
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---Not available.
\1\Data revised from previously published data.
\2\U.S. totals include imputations for underreporting and nonreporting states.
\3\Includes imputations for underreporting.
\4\The Department of Defense dependents schools include only overseas schools through 1998. Data for 1999 include both overseas and domestic schools. Data for 2000 include only overseas schools.

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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