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Table 84. -  Staff employed in public school systems, by type of assignment and state: Fall 1996 [In full-time equivalents]
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                      |          |     School district       |                                                          |        |
                      |          |            staff          |                        School staff                      |        |
                      |          |___________________________|__________________________________________________________|Student |  Other
 State or other area  |  Total   |Officials|Adminis-|Instruc-|Principals|School and|          |        |        |       |support | support
                      |          |   and   |trative |  tion  |   and    | library  | Teachers |Instruc-|Guidance|Librar-| staff  | services
                      |          |adminis- |support |coordin-|assistant | support  |          | tional |counsel-| ians  |        |  staff
                      |          | trators | staff  | ators  |principals|  staff   |          | aides  |  ors   |       |        |
______________________|__________|_________|________|________|__________|__________|__________|________|________|_______|________|__________
          1           |    2     |    3    |   4    |   5    |    6     |    7     |    8     |   9    |   10   |  11   |   12   |    13
______________________|__________|_________|________|________|__________|__________|__________|________|________|_______|________|__________
   United States\1\ ..|5,117,616 |  47,788 |160,562 | 34,425 |  123,163 |  238,898 |2,666,034 |518,649 | 88,941 |51,517 |145,054 |1,042,585
                      |__________|_________|________|________|__________|__________|__________|________|________|_______|________|__________
Alabama\2\ ...........|   84,914 |     441 |  1,039 |    968 |    2,243 |    2,873 |   45,040 |  7,146 |  1,688 | 1,259 |    486 |   21,731
Alaska\3\ ............|   14,791 |     303 |    575 |    112 |      442 |      943 |    7,418 |  1,649 |    231 |   144 |    831 |    2,143
Arizona ..............|   79,429 |     411 |    725 |    180 |    1,770 |    6,098 |   40,521 | 10,157 |  1,046 |   787 |  7,416 |   10,318
Arkansas\2\ ..........|   51,004 |     566 |    738 |    170 |    1,482 |    1,821 |   26,680 |  3,837 |  1,213 |   953 |    414 |   13,130
California\2\ ........|  468,246 |   2,259 | 20,176 |  4,964 |   10,588 |   29,582 |  248,857 | 57,896 |  5,208 |   898 | 10,203 |   77,615
                      |          |         |        |        |          |          |          |        |        |       |        |
Colorado .............|   71,226 |     926 |  2,308 |    897 |    1,899 |    5,141 |   36,398 |  6,532 |  1,121 |   715 |  1,686 |   13,603
Connecticut ..........|   68,861 |   1,076 |  1,587 |    436 |    1,825 |    3,364 |   36,551 |  7,506 |  1,123 |   701 |  3,267 |   11,425
Delaware .............|   12,203 |      93 |    402 |     54 |      414 |      478 |    6,642 |    898 |    221 |   123 |    491 |    2,387
District of Columbia .|    9,318 |     391 |    263 |     81 |      300 |      371 |    5,288 |    499 |    225 |   139 |     56 |    1,705
Florida ..............|  248,773 |   1,653 | 13,154 |    639 |    5,993 |   12,112 |  120,471 | 26,814 |  4,855 | 2,556 |  7,647 |   52,879
                      |          |         |        |        |          |          |          |        |        |       |        |
Georgia\4,5\ .........|  148,294 |     585 |  4,272 |  1,306 |    3,864 |    7,133 |   79,091 | 16,386 |  2,472 | 1,984 |  2,237 |   28,964
Hawaii ...............|   16,867 |     136 |    245 |    447 |      489 |      707 |   10,576 |    916 |    544 |   289 |    476 |    2,042
Idaho ................|   22,611 |     114 |    453 |    217 |      676 |      907 |   13,078 |  2,153 |    558 |   190 |    395 |    3,870
Illinois\4,5\ ........|  221,285 |   3,395 |  6,258 |  1,666 |    5,234 |   10,451 |  116,274 | 24,006 |  2,838 | 1,934 |  6,796 |   42,433
Indiana...............|  119,800 |     930 |    571 |  1,316 |    2,818 |    7,942 |   56,708 | 16,070 |  1,735 | 1,036 |  1,730 |   28,944
                      |          |         |        |        |          |          |          |        |        |       |        |
Iowa .................|   63,003 |     809 |    751 |    389 |    1,770 |    4,513 |   32,593 |  6,421 |  1,332 |   749 |  2,186 |   11,490
Kansas ...............|   58,040 |     471 |  1,786 |     74 |    1,674 |    2,550 |   30,875 |  5,003 |  1,097 |   964 |  2,345 |   11,201
Kentucky\3,6\ ........|   75,073 |     863 |  2,081 |    564 |    1,903 |    3,475 |   39,331 |  7,982 |  1,272 | 1,129 |  2,363 |   14,110
Louisiana ............|   94,113 |     284 |    667 |  1,017 |    2,442 |    2,937 |   47,334 | 10,002 |  2,703 | 1,184 |  2,336 |   23,207
Maine ................|   29,988 |     449 |    751 |    116 |      880 |    1,356 |   15,551 |  4,028 |    593 |   243 |  1,097 |    4,924
                      |          |         |        |        |          |          |          |        |        |       |        |
Maryland .............|   85,522 |     764 |    718 |    657 |    2,843 |    3,814 |   47,943 |  6,989 |  1,825 | 1,081 |  1,393 |   17,495
Massachusetts ........|  116,749 |   1,003 |  6,271 |  1,157 |    2,155 |    2,942 |   64,574 | 13,868 |  2,125 |   679 |  1,873 |   20,102
Michigan .............|  194,954 |   1,919 |  4,371 |    628 |    5,481 |    7,721 |   88,051 | 18,556 |  2,943 | 1,545 |  7,537 |   56,202
Minnesota ............|   86,856 |   1,038 |  2,242 |    958 |    1,597 |    4,636 |   48,245 | 11,255 |    915 |   956 |  2,732 |   12,282
Mississippi ..........|   61,125 |     918 |  1,467 |    422 |    1,499 |    2,127 |   29,293 |  8,615 |    869 |   810 |  2,206 |   12,899
                      |          |         |        |        |          |          |          |        |        |       |        |
Missouri..............|  112,406 |   1,113 |  3,544 |    672 |    2,721 |    6,085 |   59,436 |  7,752 |  2,410 | 1,426 |  2,918 |   24,329
Montana\4,5\ .........|   18,862 |     162 |    522 |    156 |      497 |      872 |   10,268 |  2,003 |    411 |   353 |     77 |    3,541
Nebraska .............|   38,038 |     592 |    833 |    249 |      969 |    1,520 |   20,174 |  3,629 |    757 |   572 |    994 |    7,749
Nevada ...............|   25,463 |     209 |    516 |    112 |      745 |    1,422 |   14,805 |  1,615 |    560 |   261 |    777 |    4,441
New Hampshire ........|   23,963 |     335 |    442 |    143 |      487 |      848 |   12,692 |  3,852 |    656 |   260 |    478 |    3,770
                      |          |         |        |        |          |          |          |        |        |       |        |
New Jersey\7\ ........|  168,441 |   1,666 |  7,633 |  1,373 |    4,465 |    8,444 |   88,903 | 14,925 |  3,231 | 1,803 |  9,084 |   26,914
New Mexico ...........|   40,785 |     428 |  1,907 |    564 |      871 |    2,539 |   19,971 |  4,723 |    650 |   259 |  1,115 |    7,758
New York .............|  363,586 |   2,762 | 24,413 |  1,285 |    6,851 |    7,206 |  185,104 | 29,467 |  5,467 | 2,982 |  8,879 |   89,170
North Carolina\8\ ....|  145,110 |   1,331 |  3,471 |    653 |    4,132 |    5,785 |   75,239 | 23,537 |  3,025 | 2,201 |  2,970 |   22,766
North Dakota .........|   14,552 |     442 |    166 |     62 |      409 |      503 |    7,892 |  1,572 |    263 |   193 |    415 |    2,635
                      |          |         |        |        |          |          |          |        |        |       |        |
Ohio .................|  196,969 |   5,277 |  9,573 |    361 |    1,009 |   12,982 |  108,602 | 10,567 |  3,247 | 1,640 |  1,248 |   42,463
Oklahoma\8\ ..........|   83,483 |     546 |  5,129 |    620 |    1,449 |    1,074 |   39,491 |  7,379 |  1,730 |   912 | 12,204 |   12,949
Oregon ...............|   52,259 |     755 |  1,489 |    339 |    1,609 |    3,746 |   26,757 |  6,546 |  1,268 |   574 |  1,269 |    7,907
Pennsylvania .........|  201,134 |   1,349 |  7,347 |  1,535 |    4,063 |    9,969 |  106,432 | 16,180 |  3,707 | 2,208 |  9,828 |   38,516
Rhode Island .........|   16,823 |     128 |    426 |     74 |      367 |      813 |   10,656 |  1,594 |    307 |    73 |    374 |    2,011
                      |          |         |        |        |          |          |          |        |        |       |        |
South Carolina\5,9\ ..|   76,932 |     257 |  2,071 |    469 |    2,223 |    3,458 |   41,463 |  7,945 |  1,546 | 1,104 |  2,352 |   14,044
South Dakota .........|   18,108 |     259 |    392 |    142 |      461 |      792 |    9,625 |  2,450 |    345 |   194 |    348 |    3,100
Tennessee ............|  101,434 |     943 |  2,412 |    817 |    4,759 |    4,706 |   54,790 | 10,570 |  1,525 | 1,411 |  2,615 |   16,886
Texas ................|  477,896 |   2,693 |  2,532 |  1,082 |   11,591 |   20,524 |  247,650 | 42,686 |  8,359 | 4,304 |  3,834 |  132,641
Utah .................|   37,461 |     108 |    744 |    487 |      951 |    2,209 |   19,734 |  5,004 |    594 |   291 |    462 |    6,877
                      |          |         |        |        |          |          |          |        |        |       |        |
Vermont ..............|   15,693 |     136 |    286 |    209 |      387 |      637 |    7,751 |  3,105 |    352 |   214 |    587 |    2,029
Virginia\2\ ..........|  139,174 |   2,193 |  3,343 |  1,315 |    3,492 |    5,780 |   74,523 | 12,056 |  3,202 | 2,034 |  2,879 |   28,357
Washington\3\ ........|   94,692 |   1,049 |  2,689 |    837 |    2,556 |    4,956 |   48,307 |  9,333 |  1,804 | 1,288 |  3,509 |   18,364
West Virginia.........|   38,099 |     289 |  1,886 |    339 |    1,074 |      323 |   20,888 |  2,943 |    604 |   353 |    881 |    8,519
Wisconsin ............|   99,871 |     859 |  2,610 |  1,001 |    2,410 |    4,998 |   54,769 | 10,608 |  1,884 | 1,422 |  4,106 |   15,204
Wyoming ..............|   13,337 |     110 |    315 |     94 |      334 |      713 |    6,729 |  1,424 |    285 |   137 |    652 |    2,544
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    Outlying areas    |          |         |        |        |          |          |          |        |        |       |        |
American Samoa .......|    1,470 |      29 |     43 |     27 |       59 |       85 |      734 |     16 |     22 |     7 |     52 |      396
Guam .................|    3,263 |      13 |    260 |     17 |       52 |       36 |    1,552 |    438 |     71 |    27 |    126 |      671
Northern Marianas ....|    1,056 |      15 |    101 |     17 |       27 |       54 |      441 |    209 |     28 |     2 |     84 |       78
Puerto Rico ..........|   71,333 |     356 |    168 |    699 |    1,366 |    5,450 |   39,743 |    --- |    900 |   900 |  2,149 |   19,602
Virgin Islands .......|    3,185 |      74 |    152 |     19 |       83 |      100 |    1,580 |    321 |     84 |    44 |    398 |      330
______________________|__________|_________|________|________|__________|__________|__________|________|________|_______|________|__________

\1\Includes imputations for undercounts in designated states.
\2\Includes imputation for prekindergarten teachers.
\3\Includes imputation for instruction coordinators.
\4\Includes imputations for all support staff except student support staff.
\5\Includes imputation for instructional aides.
\6\Includes imputations for all support staff and officials and administrators.
\7\Data imputed by the National Center for Education Statistics based on previous year's data.
\8\Includes imputations for library support staff.
\9\Includes imputations for all support staff.
---Data not available or not applicable.

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


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