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Table 213.50. Staff, enrollment, and pupil/staff ratios in public elementary and secondary school systems, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, fall 2000 through fall 2011
State or jurisdiction Pupil/staff ratio Fall 2009 Fall 2010 Fall 2011
Fall 2000 Fall 2005 Fall 2006 Fall 2007 Fall 2008 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 States1 8.3   8.0   8.0   7.9   7.8   6,351,157   49,360,982 7.8   6,195,207   49,484,181 8.0   6,138,890   49,521,669 8.1  
Alabama 8.2 2 7.1   6.8   6.7 2 7.8   94,058   748,889 8.0   95,144   755,552 7.9   92,289   744,621 8.1  
Alaska 8.3 2 7.4 2 7.9 2 7.9 2 7.6 2 17,743 2 131,661 7.4 2 18,102 2 132,104 7.3 2 17,747 2 131,167 7.4 2
Arizona 9.7   10.9   10.4   10.4   10.3   100,320   1,077,831 10.7   96,622   1,071,751 11.1   98,712   1,080,319 10.9  
Arkansas 7.1   6.7   6.7   6.8   6.7   74,311   480,559 6.5   72,185   482,114 6.7   72,650   483,114 6.6  
California 11.1 2 11.1 2 11.0 2 10.9 2 10.7 2 609,655 2 6,263,438 10.3 2 530,337 2 6,289,578 11.9 2 547,188 2 6,287,834 11.5 2
                                                   
Colorado 8.7   8.4   8.2   8.1   8.0   103,354   832,368 8.1   101,426   843,316 8.3   100,349   854,265 8.5  
Connecticut 6.8   6.8   6.6   6.6   6.1   92,877   563,968 6.1   93,088   560,546 6.0   92,955   554,437 6.0  
Delaware 9.1   7.8   7.9   7.9   8.5   16,977   126,801 7.5   16,478   129,403 7.9   15,449   128,946 8.3  
District of Columbia 6.4   6.2 2 6.0 2 6.3   5.7   11,682   69,433 5.9   11,381   71,284 6.3   11,541   73,911 6.4  
Florida 8.8   8.5   8.3   8.1   7.7   335,446   2,634,522 7.9   333,183   2,643,347 7.9   328,709   2,668,156 8.1  
                                                   
Georgia 7.8   7.3   7.2   7.0   6.9   234,694   1,667,685 7.1   227,188   1,677,067 7.4   224,207   1,685,016 7.5  
Hawaii 10.0   8.7   8.6   8.3   8.3   21,677   180,196 8.3   21,704   179,601 8.3   22,065   182,706 8.3  
Idaho 10.1   10.1   10.2   10.0   10.1   27,701   276,299 10.0   27,783   275,859 9.9   28,065   279,873 10.0  
Illinois 8.2 2 8.4 2 9.6 2 9.9 2 9.6 2 221,823 2 2,104,175 9.5 2 215,764 2 2,091,654 9.7 2 213,578 2 2,083,097 9.8 2
Indiana 7.8   7.8   7.8   7.5   7.4   142,724   1,046,661 7.3   138,802 2 1,047,232 7.5 2 150,191   1,040,765 6.9  
                                                   
Iowa 7.3   7.0   6.9   6.8   6.7   72,546   491,842 6.8   69,615   495,775 7.1   69,901   495,870 7.1  
Kansas 7.3   7.1   8.7   8.6   8.5   67,531   474,489 7.0   67,751   483,701 7.1   70,631   486,108 6.9  
Kentucky 7.4   6.9   6.9 2 6.6 2 6.7   99,162   680,089 6.9   99,225   673,128 6.8   92,287   681,987 7.4  
Louisiana 7.3   7.1   7.1   6.8   6.8   102,874   690,915 6.7   100,881   696,558 6.9   100,880   703,390 7.0  
Maine 6.2   5.5   5.3   4.9   5.3   37,317   189,225 5.1   32,549   189,077 5.8   39,946 2 188,969 4.7 2
                                                   
Maryland 8.8   7.7   7.5   7.2   7.2   115,286   848,412 7.4   115,367   852,211 7.4   113,351   854,086 7.5  
Massachusetts 8.0   7.0 2 7.1 2 7.8   7.8   123,167   957,053 7.8   122,057   955,563 7.8   122,880   953,369 7.8  
Michigan 8.2 2 8.5 2 8.1   8.1   8.0   204,625   1,649,082 8.1   193,487   1,587,067 8.2   188,428   1,573,537 8.4  
Minnesota 8.2 2 8.0   7.9   7.7   7.7   109,066   837,053 7.7   108,993   838,037 7.7   109,119   839,738 7.7  
Mississippi 7.7   7.3   7.2   6.9   6.8   70,782   492,481 7.0   67,866   490,526 7.2   67,850   490,619 7.2  
                                                   
Missouri 7.5   7.1   7.0   6.9   6.9   132,047   917,982 7.0   128,289   918,710 7.2   132,167   916,584 6.9  
Montana 8.0 2 7.4 2 7.6 2 7.4 2 7.4 2 19,434 2 141,807 7.3 2 19,249 2 141,693 7.4 2 18,790 2 142,349 7.6 2
Nebraska 7.2   7.0   6.7   6.7   6.5   45,835   295,368 6.4   45,509   298,500 6.6   45,290   301,296 6.7  
Nevada 10.9   12.7 2 12.5 2 12.1 2 12.9 2 33,749 2 428,947 12.7 2 33,400 2 437,149 13.1 2 32,533 2 439,634 13.5 2
New Hampshire 7.4   6.4   6.3   6.2   6.0   32,911   197,140 6.0   32,955   194,711 5.9   31,971   191,900 6.0  
                                                   
New Jersey 7.1   6.6 2 6.8 2 6.9 2 6.7 2 213,783 2 1,396,029 6.5 2 202,634 2 1,402,548 6.9 2 202,928 2 1,356,431 6.7 2
New Mexico 7.1   6.8   7.1   7.0   6.9   47,565   334,419 7.0   46,519   338,122 7.3   45,907   337,225 7.3  
New York 6.9   7.5   7.5   7.4   6.4   421,929   2,766,052 6.6   413,971   2,734,955 6.6   406,625   2,704,718 6.7  
North Carolina 8.0   7.8   7.1   7.3   7.2   200,447 2 1,483,397 7.4 2 193,039   1,490,605 7.7   188,553   1,507,864 8.0  
North Dakota 7.2   6.5   6.4   6.2   6.1   15,983   95,073 5.9   16,239   96,323 5.9   16,401   97,646 6.0  
                                                   
Ohio 8.2   7.7   7.6   7.5   7.4   244,232   1,764,297 7.2   241,212   1,754,191 7.3   243,586   1,740,030 7.1  
Oklahoma 8.3   7.8   7.8   7.4   7.4   84,740   654,802 7.7   82,262   659,911 8.0   82,719   666,120 8.1  
Oregon 9.7   9.2   9.0   8.8   8.8   62,994   582,839 9.3   63,603   570,720 9.0   60,715   568,208 9.4  
Pennsylvania 8.1   7.6   7.8   7.1   7.0   253,866   1,785,993 7.0   266,796   1,793,284 6.7   254,297   1,771,395 7.0  
Rhode Island 8.9   6.3 2 8.5 2 8.4   7.8   18,825   145,118 7.7   18,632   143,793 7.7   18,743   142,854 7.6  
                                                   
South Carolina 9.8 2 10.3 2 10.3 2 10.8   10.3   67,355   723,143 10.7   65,508   725,838 11.1   69,272   727,186 10.5  
South Dakota 7.1   6.4   7.0   7.1   6.9   18,631   123,713 6.6   19,545   126,128 6.5   19,059   128,016 6.7  
Tennessee 8.3 2 8.4   7.9   7.6   7.7   127,743   972,549 7.6   128,197   987,422 7.7   127,781   999,693 7.8  
Texas 7.5   7.6   7.5   7.4   7.3   662,369   4,850,210 7.3   665,419   4,935,715 7.4   640,166   5,000,470 7.8  
Utah 11.8   11.1   11.1   11.9   11.4   51,844   571,586 11.0   52,341   585,552 11.2   51,994   598,832 11.5  
                                                   
Vermont 5.7   5.1   5.0   4.9   4.8   19,337   91,451 4.7   18,485   96,858 5.2   18,385   89,908 4.9  
Virginia 7.1 2 5.2   5.7   6.0   6.1   203,301   1,245,340 6.1   201,047   1,251,440 6.2   180,086   1,257,883 7.0  
Washington 10.3   9.1   10.0   9.9   9.9   103,938   1,035,347 10.0   103,783   1,043,788 10.1   101,914   1,045,453 10.3  
West Virginia 7.4   7.4   7.7 2 7.4 2 7.3   39,205 2 282,662 7.2 2 39,270 2 282,879 7.2 2 39,380 2 282,870 7.2 2
Wisconsin 8.2   8.3   8.3   8.3   8.2   105,229   872,436 8.3   103,901   872,286 8.4   101,533   871,105 8.6  
Wyoming 6.4   5.8   5.6   5.6   5.5   16,468   88,155 5.4   16,424   89,009 5.4   17,128   90,099 5.3  
                                                   
Bureau of Indian
   Education
            41,351     41,962      
DoD, overseas 9.5   6.9   7.3   9.1   7.5              
DoD, domestic 8.4   7.7   7.5   6.9   7.3              
                                                   
Other jurisdictions                                                  
American Samoa 9.6   11.4   8.8                  
Guam 8.5   9.0             3,383   31,618 9.3   3,923   31,243 8.0  
Northern Marianas 9.6   9.5   10.1   10.2   10.5   1,155   10,961 9.5   1,215   11,105 9.1   1,042   11,011 10.6  
Puerto Rico 8.9   7.5   7.6   7.3   7.2   63,198   493,393 7.8   59,261   473,735 8.0   55,797   452,740 8.1  
U.S. Virgin Islands 6.7   6.3   5.4   5.1   6.4   2,854   15,493 5.4   2,918   15,495 5.3   2,391   15,711 6.6  
—Not available.
1 U.S. totals include imputations for underreporting and nonreporting states.
2 Includes imputations for underreporting.
NOTE: Staff reported in full-time equivalents. DoD = Department of Defense. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
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.)

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