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Table 63. Public and private elementary and secondary teachers, enrollment, and pupil/teacher ratios: Selected years, fall 1955 through fall 2014
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         |Teachers, in thousands |Enrollment, in thousands|  Pupil/teacher ratio
         |_______________________|________________________|______________________
Year     |Total| Public|  Private| Total| Public|  Private|Total|Public|  Private
_________|_____|_______|________ |______|_______|_________|_____|______|_________
1        |    2|      3|        4|     5|      6|        7|    8|     9|     10
_________|_____|_______|________ |______|_______|_________|_____|______|_________
1955 ....|1,286|  1,141|\1\   145|35,280| 30,680|\1\ 4,600| 27.4|  26.9|\1\31.7
1960 ....|1,600|  1,408|\1\   192|42,181| 36,281|\1\ 5,900| 26.4|  25.8|\1\30.7
1965 ....|1,933|  1,710|      223|48,473| 42,173|    6,300| 25.1|  24.7|   28.3
1970 ....|2,292|  2,059|      233|51,257| 45,894|    5,363| 22.4|  22.3|   23.0
         |     |       |         |      |       |         |     |      |
1971 ....|2,293|  2,063|\1\   230|51,271| 46,071|\1\ 5,200| 22.4|  22.3|\1\22.6
1972 ....|2,337|  2,106|\1\   231|50,726| 45,726|\1\ 5,000| 21.7|  21.7|\1\21.6
1973 ....|2,372|  2,136|\1\   236|50,446| 45,446|\1\ 5,000| 21.3|  21.3|\1\21.2
1974 ....|2,410|  2,165|\1\   245|50,073| 45,073|\1\ 5,000| 20.8|  20.8|\1\20.4
1975 ....|2,453|  2,198|\1\   255|49,819| 44,819|\1\ 5,000| 20.3|  20.4|\1\19.6
         |     |       |         |      |       |         |     |      |
1976 ....|2,457|  2,189|      268|49,478| 44,311|    5,167| 20.1|  20.2|   19.3
1977 ....|2,488|  2,209|      279|48,717| 43,577|    5,140| 19.6|  19.7|   18.4
1978 ....|2,479|  2,207|      272|47,637| 42,551|    5,086| 19.2|  19.3|   18.7
1979 ....|2,461|  2,185|\1\   276|46,651| 41,651|\1\ 5,000| 19.0|  19.1|\1\18.1
1980 ....|2,485|  2,184|      301|46,208| 40,877|    5,331| 18.6|  18.7|   17.7
         |     |       |         |      |       |         |     |      |
1981 ....|2,440|  2,127|\1\   313|45,544| 40,044|\1\ 5,500| 18.7|  18.8|\1\17.6
1982 ....|2,458|  2,133|\1\   325|45,166| 39,566|\1\ 5,600| 18.4|  18.6|\1\17.2
1983 ....|2,476|  2,139|      337|44,967| 39,252|    5,715| 18.2|  18.4|   17.0
1984 ....|2,508|  2,168|\1\   340|44,908| 39,208|\1\ 5,700| 17.9|  18.1|\1\16.8
1985 ....|2,549|  2,206|      343|44,979| 39,422|    5,557| 17.6|  17.9|   16.2
         |     |       |         |      |       |         |     |      |
1986 ....|2,592|  2,244|\1\   348|45,205| 39,753|\1\ 5,452| 17.4|  17.7|\1\15.7
1987 ....|2,631|  2,279|      352|45,487| 40,008|    5,479| 17.3|  17.6|   15.6
1988 ....|2,668|  2,323|\1\   345|45,430| 40,189|\1\ 5,242| 17.0|  17.3|\1\15.2
1989 ....|2,734|  2,357|      377|45,741| 40,543|    5,198| 16.7|  17.2|   13.8
1990 ....|2,753|  2,398|\1\   355|46,451| 41,217|\1\ 5,234| 16.9|  17.2|\1\14.7
         |     |       |         |      |       |         |     |      |
1991 ....|2,787|  2,432|      355|47,322| 42,047|    5,275| 17.0|  17.3|   14.9
1992 ....|2,822|  2,459|\1\   363|48,145| 42,823|\1\ 5,322| 17.1|  17.4|\1\14.7
1993 ....|2,870|  2,504|      366|48,813| 43,465|    5,348| 17.0|  17.4|   14.6
1994 ....|2,926|  2,552|\1\   374|49,609| 44,111|\1\ 5,498| 17.0|  17.3|\1\14.7
1995 ....|2,978|  2,598|      380|50,502| 44,840|    5,662| 17.0|  17.3|   14.9
         |     |       |         |      |       |         |     |      |
1996 ....|3,054|  2,667|\1\   387|51,375| 45,611|\1\ 5,764| 16.8|  17.1|\1\14.9
1997 ....|3,134|  2,746|      388|51,968| 46,127|    5,841| 16.6|  16.8|   15.1
1998 ....|3,221|  2,830|\1\   391|52,475| 46,539|\1\ 5,937| 16.3|  16.4|\1\15.2
1999 ....|3,306|  2,911|      395|52,876| 46,857|    6,018| 16.0|  16.1|   15.2
2000 ....|3,331|  2,941|\1\   390|53,358| 47,204|\1\ 6,155| 16.0|  16.0|\1\15.8
         |     |       |         |      |       |         |     |      |
2001 ....|3,390|  3,000|      390|53,992| 47,672|    6,320| 15.9|  15.9|   16.2
2002 ....|3,428|  3,034|\1\   394|54,584| 48,183|\1\ 6,401| 15.9|  15.9|\1\16.2
2003 ....|3,447|  3,049|\1\ 398.5|54,860| 48,541|\1\ 6,319| 15.9|  15.9|\1\15.9
2004\2\ .|3,501|  3,100|    401.2|54,593| 48,270|    6,323| 15.6|  15.6|   15.8
2005\2\ .|3,526|  3,122|   403.91|54,725| 48,375|    6,349| 15.5|  15.5|   15.7
         |     |       |         |      |       |         |     |      |
2006\2\ .|3,570|  3,161|   408.95|54,993| 48,574|    6,419| 15.4|  15.4|   15.7
2007\2\ .|3,601|  3,188|   412.83|55,102| 48,664|    6,439| 15.3|  15.3|   15.6
2008\2\ .|3,625|  3,209|   416.28|55,154| 48,696|    6,458| 15.2|  15.2|   15.5
2009\2\ .|3,650|  3,230|   420.02|55,221| 48,740|    6,481| 15.1|  15.1|   15.4
2010\2\ .|3,680|  3,256|   424.33|55,352| 48,842|    6,510| 15.0|  15.0|   15.3
         |     |       |         |      |       |         |     |      |
2011\2\ .|3,718|  3,288|   429.54|55,551| 49,004|    6,547| 14.9|  14.9|   15.2
2012\2\ .|3,769|  3,333|   436.06|55,839| 49,248|    6,591| 14.8|  14.8|   15.1
2013\2\ .|3,825|  3,382|   442.98|56,225| 49,584|    6,641| 14.7|  14.7|   15.0
2014\2\ .|3,887|  3,437|   450.57|56,688| 49,993|    6,695| 14.6|  14.5|   14.9
_________|_____|______ |_________|______|______ |_________|_____|_____ |________
\1\Estimated.
\2\Projected.
NOTE: Data for teachers are expressed in full-time equivalents. Data for private schools includes kindergarten and a relatively small number of nursery school teachers and students. Ratios for public schools reflect totals reported by states and differ from totals reported for schools or school districts. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of Public Elementary and Secondary Day Schools, 1955-56 through 1984-85; The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/ Secondary Education," 1985-86 through 2003-04; Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 1989-90 through 2001-02; and Projections of Education Statistics to 2014. (This table was prepared July 2005.)


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