Table 208.40.

Public elementary and secondary teachers, enrollment, and pupil/teacher ratios, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, fall 2000 through fall 2011

State or jurisdiction	Pupil/teacher ratio								Fall 2009					Fall 2010					Fall 2011
	Fall 2000		Fall 2006		Fall 2007		Fall 2008		Teachers		Enrollment	Pupil/ teacher ratio		Teachers		Enrollment	Pupil/ teacher ratio		Teachers		Enrollment	Pupil/ teacher ratio
1	2		3		4		5		6		7	8		9		10	11		12		13	14
United States	16.0	1	15.6	1	15.5	1	15.3	1	3,209,672	1	49,360,982	15.4	1	3,099,095	1	49,484,181	16.0	1	3,103,263	1	49,521,669	16.0	1
Alabama	15.4	2	13.2		14.8		15.6		47,492		748,889	15.8		49,363		755,552	15.3		47,723		744,621	15.6
Alaska	16.9		16.8		17.2		16.5		8,083		131,661	16.3		8,171		132,104	16.2		8,088		131,167	16.2
Arizona	19.8		20.3		20.1		19.9		51,947		1,077,831	20.7		50,031		1,071,751	21.4		50,800		1,080,319	21.3
Arkansas	14.1		13.6		14.1		12.9		37,240		480,559	12.9		34,273		482,114	14.1		33,983		483,114	14.2
California	20.6	2	20.8	2	20.8	2	20.8	2	316,299	2	6,263,438	19.8	2	260,806	2	6,289,578	24.1	2	268,689	2	6,287,834	23.4	2
Colorado	17.3		16.9		16.8		16.8		49,060		832,368	17.0		48,543		843,316	17.4		48,078		854,265	17.8
Connecticut	13.7		14.7		14.5		11.7		43,593		563,968	12.9		42,951		560,546	13.1		43,805		554,437	12.7
Delaware	15.4		15.2		15.0		15.1		8,640		126,801	14.7		8,933		129,403	14.5		8,587		128,946	15.0
District of Columbia	13.9		13.5	3	12.4		12.9		5,854		69,433	11.9		5,925		71,284	12.0		6,278		73,911	11.8
Florida	18.4		16.4		15.8		14.1		183,827		2,634,522	14.3		175,609		2,643,347	15.1		175,006		2,668,156	15.2
Georgia	15.9		14.3		14.1		13.9		115,918		1,667,685	14.4		112,460		1,677,067	14.9		111,133		1,685,016	15.2
Hawaii	16.9		16.0		15.8		15.9		11,472		180,196	15.7		11,396		179,601	15.8		11,458		182,706	15.9
Idaho	17.9		18.1		18.1		18.2		15,201		276,299	18.2		15,673		275,859	17.6		15,990		279,873	17.5
Illinois	16.1		15.0		15.5		15.6		138,483		2,104,175	15.2		132,983		2,091,654	15.7		131,777		2,083,097	15.8
Indiana	16.7		17.0		16.8		16.7		62,258		1,046,661	16.8		58,121	2	1,047,232	18.0	2	62,339		1,040,765	16.7
Iowa	14.3		13.6		13.4		13.6		35,842		491,842	13.7		34,642		495,775	14.3		34,658		495,870	14.3
Kansas	14.4		13.3		13.2		13.1		34,700		474,489	13.7		34,644		483,701	14.0		37,407		486,108	13.0
Kentucky	16.8		15.8		15.3		15.4		41,981		680,089	16.2		42,042		673,128	16.0		41,860		681,987	16.3
Louisiana	14.9		14.7		14.0		13.9		49,646		690,915	13.9		48,655		696,558	14.3		48,657		703,390	14.5
Maine	12.5		11.5		11.9		12.1		16,331		189,225	11.6		15,384		189,077	12.3		14,888		188,969	12.7
Maryland	16.3		14.6		14.3		14.3		58,463		848,412	14.5		58,428		852,211	14.6		57,589		854,086	14.8
Massachusetts	14.5		13.2		13.6		13.6		69,909		957,053	13.7		68,754		955,563	13.9		69,342		953,369	13.7
Michigan	17.7	2	17.6		17.6		17.5		92,691		1,649,082	17.8		88,615		1,587,067	17.9		86,997		1,573,537	18.1
Minnesota	16.0		16.2		15.8		15.7		52,839		837,053	15.8		52,672		838,037	15.9		52,832		839,738	15.9
Mississippi	16.1		15.3		14.7		14.7		33,103		492,481	14.9		32,255		490,526	15.2		32,007		490,619	15.3
Missouri	14.1		13.6		13.4		13.5		67,796		917,982	13.5		66,735		918,710	13.8		66,252		916,584	13.8
Montana	14.9		13.9		13.6		13.6		10,521		141,807	13.5		10,361		141,693	13.7		10,153		142,349	14.0
Nebraska	13.6		13.4		13.3		13.3		22,256		295,368	13.3		22,345		298,500	13.4		22,182		301,296	13.6
Nevada	18.6		18.5		18.3		19.7		22,104		428,947	19.4		21,839		437,149	20.0		21,132		439,634	20.8
New Hampshire	14.5		13.1		13.0		12.6		15,491		197,140	12.7		15,365		194,711	12.7		15,049		191,900	12.8
New Jersey	13.3		12.4		12.4		12.0		115,248		1,396,029	12.1		110,202		1,402,548	12.7		109,719		1,356,431	12.4
New Mexico	15.2		14.9		14.8		14.5		22,724		334,419	14.7		22,437		338,122	15.1		21,957		337,225	15.4
New York	13.9		12.8		13.1		12.6		214,804		2,766,052	12.9		211,606		2,734,955	12.9		209,527		2,704,718	12.9
North Carolina	15.5		12.9		14.0		13.6		105,036	4	1,483,397	14.1		98,357		1,490,605	15.2		97,308		1,507,864	15.5
North Dakota	13.4		12.1		11.8		11.6		8,366		95,073	11.4		8,417		96,323	11.4		8,525		97,646	11.5
Ohio	15.5		16.6		16.6		16.1		111,378		1,764,297	15.8		109,282		1,754,191	16.1		107,972		1,740,030	16.1
Oklahoma	15.1		15.1		13.7		13.9		42,615		654,802	15.4		41,278		659,911	16.0		41,349		666,120	16.1
Oregon	19.4		18.8		18.8		19.1		28,768		582,839	20.3		28,109		570,720	20.3		26,791		568,208	21.2
Pennsylvania	15.5		15.2		13.3		13.7		130,984		1,785,993	13.6		129,911		1,793,284	13.8		124,646		1,771,395	14.2
Rhode Island	14.8		13.3		13.1		12.8		11,366		145,118	12.8		11,212		143,793	12.8		11,414		142,854	12.5
South Carolina	14.9		14.4		15.0		14.4		46,980		723,143	15.4		45,210		725,838	16.1		46,782		727,186	15.5
South Dakota	13.7		13.4		12.9		13.7		9,326		123,713	13.3		9,512		126,128	13.3		9,247		128,016	13.8
Tennessee	15.9	2	15.7		14.9		15.0		65,361		972,549	14.9		66,558		987,422	14.8		66,382		999,693	15.1
Texas	14.8		14.8		14.5		14.5		333,164		4,850,210	14.6		334,997		4,935,715	14.7		324,282		5,000,470	15.4
Utah	21.9		22.1		23.7		23.7		25,615		571,586	22.3		25,677		585,552	22.8		25,970		598,832	23.1
Vermont	12.1		10.8		10.7		10.7		8,734		91,451	10.5		8,382		96,858	11.6		8,364		89,908	10.7
Virginia	13.2	2	15.3		17.1		17.3		70,827		1,245,340	17.6		70,947		1,251,440	17.6		90,832		1,257,883	13.8
Washington	19.7		19.1		19.1		19.1		53,448		1,035,347	19.4		53,934		1,043,788	19.4		53,119		1,045,453	19.7
West Virginia	13.7		14.4		13.9		14.0		20,299		282,662	13.9		20,338		282,879	13.9		20,247		282,870	14.0
Wisconsin	14.6		14.8		14.8		14.7		58,426		872,436	14.9		57,625		872,286	15.1		56,245		871,105	15.5
Wyoming	13.3		12.6		12.5		12.5		7,166		88,155	12.3		7,127		89,009	12.5		7,847		90,099	11.5
Bureau of Indian    Education	—		—		—		—		—		41,351	—		—		41,962	—		—		—	—
DoD, overseas	14.4		11.7		13.8		12.5		—		—	—		—		—	—		—		—	—
DoD, domestic	14.2		13.1		12.3		13.1		—		—	—		—		—	—		—		—	—
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	19.1		16.9		—		—		—		—	—		—		—	—		—		—	—
Guam	16.4		—		—		—		—		—	—		1,843		31,618	17.2		2,291		31,243	13.6
Northern Marianas	19.0		20.2		20.5		21.2		552		10,961	19.9		607		11,105	18.3		496		11,011	22.2
Puerto Rico	16.3		13.5		12.9		12.8		39,102		493,393	12.6		36,506		473,735	13.0		33,079		452,740	13.7
U.S. Virgin Islands	12.9		10.6		10.5		11.8		1,425		15,493	10.9		1,457		15,495	10.6		1,217		15,711	12.9

—Not available.

1 Includes imputed values for states.

2 Includes imputations to correct for underreporting of prekindergarten teachers/enrollment.

3 Imputed.

4 Includes imputations to correct for underreporting of kindergarten teachers.

NOTE: Teachers reported in full-time equivalents (FTE). DoD = Department of Defense. The pupil/teacher ratio includes teachers for students with disabilities and other special teachers, while these teachers are generally excluded from class size calculations. Ratios reflect totals reported by states and differ from totals reported for schools or school districts.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2000-01 through 2011-12. (This table was prepared August 2013.)