Table 85.

Staff, enrollment, and pupil/staff ratios in public elementary and secondary school systems, by state or jurisdiction: Fall 1999 through fall 2006

State or jurisdiction	Pupil/staff ratio										Fall 20041						Fall 20051						Fall 2006
	Fall 1999		Fall 2000		Fall 2001		Fall 2002		Fall 2003		Staff		Enrollment		Pupil/staff ratio		Staff		Enrollment		Pupil/staff ratio		Staff		Enrollment		Pupil/staff ratio
1	2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		14		15
United States2	8.3		8.3		8.1		8.1		8.2		6,058,174		48,795,465		8.1		6,130,686		49,113,298		8.0		6,163,962		49,298,945		8.0
Alabama	8.4	3	8.2	3	8.4	3	8.3	3	7.3		92,795		730,140		7.9		103,775		741,761		7.1		109,816	3	743,632		6.8	3
Alaska	8.4	3	8.3	3	8.1	3	7.9	3	8.1	3	17,632	3	132,970		7.5	3	17,954	3	133,288		7.4	3	16,853	3	132,608		7.9	3
Arizona	9.7		9.7		9.8		9.7		10.5		97,953		1,043,298		10.7		100,162		1,094,454		10.9		102,390		1,065,082		10.4
Arkansas	7.5		7.1		6.8		7.1		7.0		66,127		463,115		7.0		70,673		474,206		6.7		71,616		476,409		6.7
California	11.3	3	11.1	3	10.9	3	10.9	3	11.2	3	574,614	3	6,441,557	3	11.2	3	579,118	3	6,437,202	3	11.1	3	579,825	3	6,406,821	3	11.0	3
Colorado	8.9		8.7		8.5		8.3		8.5		91,337		765,976		8.4		93,148		779,826		8.4		97,364		794,026		8.2
Connecticut	6.9		6.8		6.7		6.6		6.8		83,879		577,390		6.9		84,669		575,059		6.8		86,709		575,100		6.6
Delaware	8.4		9.1		8.2		8.1		8.1		14,966		119,091		8.0		15,473		120,937		7.8		15,403		122,254		7.9
District of Columbia	8.1		6.4		6.6		6.6		7.4		12,162		76,714		6.3		12,372	3	76,876		6.2	3	12,194	3	72,850		6.0	3
Florida	8.8		8.8		8.8		8.8		8.7		311,853		2,639,336		8.5		314,219		2,675,024		8.5		321,600		2,671,513		8.3
Georgia	7.7		7.8		7.7		7.6		7.6		209,746		1,553,437		7.4		218,965		1,598,461		7.3		227,616		1,629,157		7.2
Hawaii	10.4		10.0		9.5		8.9		8.7		20,531		183,185		8.9		21,059		182,818		8.7		21,061		180,728		8.6
Idaho	10.1		10.1		10.0		10.0		10.0		25,533		256,084		10.0		26,018		261,982		10.1		26,312		267,380		10.2
Illinois	8.3	3	8.2	3	8.1	3	8.1	3	8.3	3	261,194	3	2,097,503		8.0	3	251,769	3	2,111,706		8.4	3	221,553	3	2,118,276		9.6	3
Indiana	7.9		7.8		7.7		7.9		7.7		133,375		1,021,348		7.7		133,096		1,035,074		7.8		134,681		1,045,940		7.8
Iowa	7.5		7.3		7.0		7.2		7.1		68,450		478,319		7.0		69,080		483,482		7.0		69,690		483,122		6.9
Kansas	7.4		7.3		7.2		7.4		7.4		64,114		469,136		7.3		65,537		467,525		7.1		53,762		469,506		8.7
Kentucky	6.9		7.4		6.9		6.9		6.9		95,920		674,796		7.0		97,937		679,878		6.9		98,812		683,173	3	6.9	3
Louisiana	7.5		7.3		7.2		7.1		7.1		101,381		724,281		7.1		92,612		654,526		7.1		95,226		675,851		7.1
Maine	6.4		6.2		6.0		5.9		5.6		34,899		198,820		5.7		35,249		195,498		5.5		36,785		193,986		5.3
Maryland	9.0		8.8		8.7		8.4		8.1		108,296		865,561		8.0		111,215		860,020		7.7		113,474		851,640		7.5
Massachusetts	7.1		8.0		7.7		6.8		7.3	3	137,613	3	975,574		7.1	3	138,781	3	971,909		7.0	3	136,563	3	968,661		7.1	3
Michigan	8.2	3	8.2	3	8.1		9.5		8.5	3	209,835		1,751,290		8.3		204,764	3	1,742,282		8.5	3	212,320		1,714,709		8.1
Minnesota	8.2		8.2	3	8.1		8.0	3	8.1		104,367		838,503		8.0		104,489		839,243		8.0		106,701		840,565		7.9
Mississippi	7.8		7.7		7.6		7.4		7.2		67,249		495,376		7.4		67,659		494,954		7.3		68,815		495,026		7.2
Missouri	7.8		7.5		7.3		7.1		7.2		126,792		905,449		7.1		128,794		917,705		7.1		127,020	3	920,353		7.2	3
Montana	7.9	3	8.0	3	7.8	3	8.0	3	8.0		18,759	3	146,705		7.8	3	19,611	3	145,416		7.4	3	19,023	3	144,418		7.6	3
Nebraska	7.4		7.2		7.0		7.0		7.0		41,157		285,761		6.9		41,166		286,646		7.0		42,938		287,580		6.7
Nevada	10.8		10.9		10.5		11.0		11.3		31,260		400,083		12.8		32,345	3	412,395		12.7	3	33,949	3	424,240		12.5	3
New Hampshire	7.6		7.4		7.1		6.9		6.7		31,408		206,852		6.6		32,022		205,767		6.4		32,174		203,551		6.3
New Jersey	7.2		7.1		6.9		6.9		6.8		213,418		1,393,347		6.5		211,893	3	1,395,602		6.6	3	205,372	3	1,388,850		6.8	3
New Mexico	7.5		7.1		7.1		7.3		7.2		46,531		326,102		7.0		47,940		326,758		6.8		46,551		328,220		7.1
New York	7.1		6.9		6.8		6.7		7.3		399,089	3	2,836,337		7.1		373,504		2,815,581		7.5		373,360		2,809,649		7.5
North Carolina	8.0		8.0		7.9		7.9		7.9		177,308		1,385,754		7.8		182,107		1,416,436		7.8		196,657		1,444,481		7.3
North Dakota	7.5		7.2		7.1		6.9		6.8		15,157		100,513		6.6		15,128		98,283		6.5		15,157		96,670		6.4
Ohio	8.4		8.2		8.0		7.6		7.6		239,988		1,840,032		7.7		238,977		1,839,683		7.7		242,574		1,836,096		7.6
Oklahoma	8.5		8.3		8.1		8.4		8.8		77,466		629,476		8.1		81,857		634,739		7.8		81,831		639,391		7.8
Oregon	9.8		9.7		9.6		10.1		10.2		56,637		552,505		9.8		60,349		552,194		9.2		51,067		562,574		11.0
Pennsylvania	8.4		8.1		7.9		7.9		7.8		237,122		1,828,089		7.7		240,409		1,830,684		7.6		241,024	3	1,871,060		7.8	3
Rhode Island	8.7		8.9		8.5		8.7		8.0	3	22,838	3	156,498		6.9	3	24,267	3	153,422		6.3	3	17,902	3	151,612		8.5	3
South Carolina	7.8	3	9.8	3	9.5	3	11.0	3	11.1	3	64,999	3	703,736		10.8	3	67,992	3	701,544		10.3	3	74,709	3	703,119		9.4	3
South Dakota	7.5		7.1		6.9		6.8		6.6		18,106		122,798		6.8		19,018		122,012		6.4		17,297	3	121,158		7.0	3
Tennessee	8.2	3	8.3	3	8.3	3	8.1	3	8.1	3	115,767		941,091	3	8.1	3	114,171		953,928		8.4		123,218		978,368		7.9
Texas	7.6		7.5		7.1		7.2		7.3		607,364		4,405,215		7.3		598,513		4,525,394		7.6		616,155		4,599,509		7.5
Utah	11.9		11.8		11.8		11.8		11.9		44,499		503,607		11.3		45,821		508,430		11.1		47,365		523,586		11.1
Vermont	6.0		5.7		5.6		5.4		5.3		18,899		98,352		5.2		19,024		96,638		5.1		19,232		95,399		5.0
Virginia	7.2	3	7.1	3	7.0		7.2		7.2		179,688		1,204,739		6.7		233,898		1,213,616		5.2		239,815		1,220,440		5.1
Washington	10.5		10.3		9.0		9.0		9.3		111,848		1,020,005		9.1		113,845		1,031,985		9.1		102,948		1,026,774		10.0
West Virginia	7.5		7.4		7.5		7.4		7.4		37,979		280,129		7.4		38,152		280,866		7.4		39,217	3	281,939		7.2	3
Wisconsin	8.0		8.2		7.6		7.8		8.4		104,018		864,757		8.3		105,564		875,174		8.3		105,033		876,700		8.3
Wyoming	6.6		6.4		6.4		6.4	3	6.2		14,256		84,733		5.9		14,526		84,409		5.8		15,233		85,193		5.6
Bureau of Indian Education	—		—		—		—		—		—		45,828		—		—		50,938		—		—		—		—
DoD, overseas	9.3	4	9.5		9.3		10.3		9.8		6,845		68,327		10.0		9,099		62,543		6.9		8,338		60,891		7.3
DoD, domestic	—		8.4		7.6		7.6		7.4		2,865		29,151		10.2		3,671		28,329		7.7		3,574		26,631		7.5
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	9.6		9.6		9.4		9.2		9.0		1,813		16,126		8.9		1,446		16,438		11.4		1,869		16,427		8.8
Guam	8.9		8.5		8.5		—		9.1		3,318		30,605		9.2		3,455		30,986		9.0		—		—		—
Northern Marianas	10.2		9.6		10.3		10.3		9.7		1,166		11,601		9.9		1,234		11,718		9.5		1,160		11,695		10.1
Puerto Rico	8.5		8.9		8.0		8.0		7.8		76,865		575,648		7.5		75,023		563,490		7.5		71,962		544,138		7.6
U.S. Virgin Islands	7.0		6.7		6.7		6.0		6.1		2,977		16,429		5.5		2,664		16,750		6.3		3,020		16,284		5.4

— Not available. 1 Data revised from previously published figures. 2 U.S. totals include imputations for underreporting and nonreporting states. 3 Includes imputations for underreporting. 4 Includes both overseas and domestic schools. NOTE: DoD = Department of Defense. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1999–2000 through 2006–07. (This table was prepared October 2008.)