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Table 67. -  Teachers, enrollment, and pupil/teacher ratios in public elementary and secondary schools, by state: Fall 1991 to fall 1996 
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                      |       |        |       |         Fall 1994            |         Fall 1995            |            Fall 1996
                      |Pupil/ | Pupil/ |Pupil/ |______________________________|______________________________|_______________________________________
                      |teacher|teacher |teacher|          |           |       |          |           |       |             |              |
 State or other area  |ratio, | ratio, |ratio, |          |           |Pupil/ |          |           |Pupil/ |             |              |   Pupil/
                      | fall  |  fall  | fall  | Teachers |Enrollment |teacher|Teachers  |Enrollment |teacher|   Teachers  |   Enrollment |   teacher
                      | 1991  |  1992  | 1993  |          |           | ratio |          |           | ratio |             |              |    ratio
______________________|_______|________|_______|__________|___________|_______|__________|___________|_______|_____________|______________|__________
          1           |   2   |   3    |   4   |    5     |     6     |   7   |    8     |     9     |  10   |       11    |       12     |     13
______________________|_______|________|_______|__________|___________|_______|__________|___________|_______|_____________|______________|__________
   United States .....|  17.3 |   17.4 |  17.4 |2,551,875 |44,111,482 |  17.3 |2,598,220 |44,840,481 |  17.3 |   2,666,034 |   45,592,213 |     17.1
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Alabama ..............|  17.8 |   17.4 |  17.1 |   42,791 |   736,531 |  17.2 |   44,056 |   746,149 |  16.9 |      45,040 |      748,156 |     16.6
Alaska ...............|  16.7 |   16.8 |  17.5 |    7,205 |   127,057 |  17.6 |    7,379 |   127,618 |  17.3 |       7,418 |      129,919 |     17.5
Arizona ..............|  19.3 |   18.7 |  18.9 |   38,132 |   737,424 |  19.3 |   38,017 |   743,566 |  19.6 |      40,521 |      799,250 |     19.7
Arkansas .............|  17.0 |   17.0 |  17.1 |   26,181 |   447,565 |  17.1 |   26,449 |   453,257 |  17.1 |      26,680 |      457,349 |     17.1
California ...........|  22.8 |   24.0 |  24.0 |  225,016 | 5,407,475 |  24.0 |  230,849 | 5,536,406 |  24.0 |     248,857 |    5,687,901 |     22.9
                      |       |        |       |          |           |       |          |           |       |             |              |
Colorado .............|  17.9 |   18.3 |  18.6 |   34,894 |   640,521 |  18.4 |   35,388 |   656,279 |  18.5 |      36,398 |      673,438 |     18.5
Connecticut ..........|  14.0 |   14.3 |  14.4 |   35,316 |   506,824 |  14.4 |   36,070 |   517,935 |  14.4 |      36,551 |      527,129 |     14.4
Delaware .............|  16.8 |   16.7 |  16.5 |    6,416 |   106,813 |  16.6 |    6,463 |   108,461 |  16.8 |       6,642 |      110,549 |     16.6
District of Columbia .|  12.7 |   13.3 |  13.3 |    6,110 |    80,450 |  13.2 |    5,305 |    79,802 |  15.0 |       5,288 |       78,648 |     14.9
Florida ..............|  17.6 |   18.4 |  18.4 |  110,674 | 2,111,188 |  19.1 |  114,938 | 2,176,222 |  18.9 |     120,471 |    2,242,212 |     18.6
                      |       |        |       |          |           |       |          |           |       |             |              |
Georgia ..............|  18.5 |   18.0 |  16.7 |   77,914 | 1,270,948 |  16.3 |   79,480 | 1,311,126 |  16.5 |      79,091 |    1,346,761 |     17.0
Hawaii ...............|  18.5 |   17.6 |  17.8 |   10,240 |   183,795 |  17.9 |   10,500 |   187,180 |  17.8 |      10,576 |      187,653 |     17.7
Idaho ................|  19.4 |   19.6 |  19.7 |   12,582 |   240,448 |  19.1 |   12,784 |   243,097 |  19.0 |      13,078 |      245,252 |     18.8
Illinois .............|  16.8 |   16.8 |  17.1 |  110,830 | 1,916,172 |  17.3 |  113,538 | 1,943,623 |  17.1 |     116,274 |    1,973,040 |     17.0
Indiana...............|  17.6 |   17.6 |  17.5 |   55,496 |   969,022 |  17.5 |   55,821 |   977,263 |  17.5 |      56,708 |      983,415 |     17.3
                      |       |        |       |          |           |       |          |           |       |             |              |
Iowa .................|  15.7 |   15.8 |  15.8 |   31,726 |   500,440 |  15.8 |   32,318 |   502,343 |  15.5 |      32,593 |      502,941 |     15.4
Kansas ...............|  15.2 |   15.2 |  15.1 |   30,579 |   460,838 |  15.1 |   30,729 |   463,008 |  15.1 |      30,875 |      466,293 |     15.1
Kentucky .............|  17.2 |   17.3 |  17.6 |   38,784 |   657,642 |  17.0 |   39,120 |   659,821 |  16.9 |      39,331 |      656,089 |     16.7
Louisiana ............|  16.6 |   17.0 |  17.1 |   47,599 |   797,933 |  16.8 |   46,980 |   797,366 |  16.6 |      47,334 |      793,296 |     16.6
Maine ................|  14.0 |   14.1 |  14.1 |   15,404 |   212,601 |  13.8 |   15,392 |   213,569 |  13.9 |      15,551 |      213,593 |     13.7
                      |       |        |       |          |           |       |          |           |       |             |              |
Maryland .............|  16.9 |   16.9 |  17.5 |   46,565 |   790,938 |  17.0 |   47,819 |   805,544 |  16.8 |      47,943 |      818,583 |     17.1
Massachusetts ........|  15.1 |   15.0 |  14.9 |   60,489 |   893,727 |  14.8 |   62,710 |   915,007 |  14.6 |      64,574 |      933,898 |     14.5
Michigan .............|  19.2 |   19.5 |  19.9 |   80,522 | 1,614,784 |  20.1 |   83,179 | 1,641,456 |  19.7 |      88,051 |    1,684,386 |     19.1
Minnesota ............|  17.2 |   17.6 |  17.3 |   46,958 |   821,693 |  17.5 |   46,971 |   835,166 |  17.8 |      48,245 |      847,204 |     17.6
Mississippi ..........|  17.9 |   18.2 |  17.8 |   28,866 |   505,962 |  17.5 |   28,997 |   506,272 |  17.5 |      29,293 |      503,967 |     17.2
                      |       |        |       |          |           |       |          |           |       |             |              |
Missouri..............|  16.0 |   16.2 |  15.8 |   56,606 |   878,541 |  15.5 |   57,951 |   889,881 |  15.4 |      59,436 |      900,042 |     15.1
Montana ..............|  15.8 |   15.8 |  16.4 |   10,079 |   164,341 |  16.3 |   10,076 |   165,547 |  16.4 |      10,268 |      164,627 |     16.0
Nebraska .............|  14.7 |   14.6 |  14.5 |   19,774 |   287,100 |  14.5 |   20,028 |   289,744 |  14.5 |      20,174 |      291,967 |     14.5
Nevada ...............|  18.6 |   18.7 |  18.7 |   13,414 |   250,747 |  18.7 |   13,878 |   265,041 |  19.1 |      14,805 |      282,131 |     19.1
New Hampshire ........|  15.5 |   15.6 |  15.5 |   12,109 |   189,319 |  15.6 |   12,346 |   194,171 |  15.7 |      12,692 |      198,308 |     15.6
                      |       |        |       |          |           |       |          |           |       |             |              |
New Jersey ...........|  13.8 |   13.6 |  13.6 |   85,258 | 1,174,206 |  13.8 |   86,706 | 1,197,381 |  13.8 |\1\   88,903 |\1\ 1,208,179 |\1\  13.6
New Mexico ...........|  17.6 |   17.6 |  17.5 |   19,025 |   327,248 |  17.2 |   19,398 |   329,640 |  17.0 |      19,971 |      332,632 |     16.7
New York .............|  15.4 |   15.2 |  15.2 |  182,273 | 2,766,208 |  15.2 |  181,559 | 2,813,230 |  15.5 |     185,104 |    2,843,131 |     15.4
North Carolina .......|  16.8 |   16.7 |  16.3 |   71,592 | 1,156,767 |  16.2 |   73,201 | 1,183,090 |  16.2 |      75,239 |    1,210,108 |     16.1
North Dakota .........|  15.3 |   15.2 |  15.4 |    7,796 |   119,288 |  15.3 |    7,501 |   119,100 |  15.9 |       7,892 |      120,123 |     15.2
                      |       |        |       |          |           |       |          |           |       |             |              |
Ohio .................|  17.3 |   16.9 |  16.8 |  109,085 | 1,814,290 |  16.6 |  107,347 | 1,836,015 |  17.1 |     108,602 |    1,844,389 |     17.0
Oklahoma .............|  15.6 |   15.5 |  15.5 |   39,406 |   609,718 |  15.5 |   39,364 |   616,393 |  15.7 |      39,491 |      620,695 |     15.7
Oregon ...............|  18.6 |   19.2 |  19.5 |   26,208 |   521,945 |  19.9 |   26,680 |   527,914 |  19.8 |      26,757 |      537,854 |     20.1
Pennsylvania .........|  16.8 |   17.0 |  17.2 |  102,988 | 1,764,946 |  17.1 |  104,921 | 1,787,533 |  17.0 |     106,432 |    1,804,256 |     17.0
Rhode Island .........|  14.6 |   14.3 |  14.8 |   10,066 |   147,487 |  14.7 |   10,482 |   149,799 |  14.3 |      10,656 |      151,324 |     14.2
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South Carolina .......|  16.9 |   17.2 |  16.7 |   39,437 |   648,725 |  16.4 |   39,922 |   645,586 |  16.2 |      41,463 |      653,011 |     15.7
South Dakota .........|  14.8 |   15.3 |  14.9 |    9,985 |   143,482 |  14.4 |    9,641 |   144,685 |  15.0 |       9,625 |      143,331 |     14.9
Tennessee ............|  19.4 |   19.6 |  18.8 |   47,406 |   881,425 |  18.6 |   53,403 |   893,770 |  16.7 |      54,790 |      905,089 |     16.5
Texas ................|  15.8 |   16.1 |  16.0 |  234,213 | 3,677,171 |  15.7 |  240,371 | 3,748,167 |  15.6 |     247,650 |    3,828,975 |     15.5
Utah .................|  24.9 |   24.2 |  24.7 |   19,524 |   474,675 |  24.3 |   20,039 |   477,121 |  23.8 |      19,734 |      481,812 |     24.4
                      |       |        |       |          |           |       |          |           |       |             |              |
Vermont ..............|  13.8 |   13.1 |  14.0 |    7,566 |   104,533 |  13.8 |    7,676 |   105,565 |  13.8 |       7,751 |      106,341 |     13.7
Virginia .............|  15.7 |   15.1 |  14.8 |   72,505 | 1,060,809 |  14.6 |   74,731 | 1,079,854 |  14.4 |      74,523 |    1,096,093 |     14.7
Washington ...........|  20.2 |   20.2 |  20.1 |   46,439 |   938,314 |  20.2 |   46,907 |   956,572 |  20.4 |      48,307 |      974,504 |     20.2
West Virginia.........|  15.3 |   15.2 |  14.9 |   21,024 |   310,511 |  14.8 |   21,073 |   307,112 |  14.6 |      20,888 |      304,052 |     14.6
Wisconsin ............|  15.7 |   15.5 |  16.0 |   54,054 |   860,581 |  15.9 |   55,033 |   870,175 |  15.8 |      54,769 |      879,259 |     16.1
Wyoming ..............|  15.6 |   17.2 |  15.4 |    6,754 |   100,314 |  14.9 |    6,734 |    99,859 |  14.8 |       6,729 |       99,058 |     14.7
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    Outlying areas    |       |        |       |          |           |       |          |           |       |             |              |
American Samoa .......|  19.9 |   19.3 |  22.1 |      698 |    14,445 |  20.7 |      728 |    14,576 |  20.0 |         734 |       14,766 |     20.1
Guam .................|  18.9 |   18.5 |  18.8 |    1,826 |    32,185 |  17.6 |    1,802 |    32,960 |  18.3 |       1,552 |       33,393 |     21.5
Northern Marianas ....|  16.5 |   19.0 |  19.0 |      406 |     8,429 |  20.8 |      422 |     8,809 |  20.9 |         441 |        9,041 |     20.5
Puerto Rico ..........|  17.2 |   16.6 |  15.9 |   39,933 |   621,121 |  15.6 |   39,328 |   627,620 |  16.0 |      39,743 |      618,861 |     15.6
Virgin Islands .......|  14.1 |   14.3 |  14.5 |    1,528 |    23,126 |  15.1 |    1,622 |    22,737 |  14.0 |       1,580 |       22,385 |     14.2
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\1\Data imputed by the National Center for Education Statistics based on previous year's data.

NOTE.--Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Teachers reported in full-time equivalents.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data surveys. (This table was prepared May 1998.)


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