Public and private elementary and secondary teachers, enrollment, and pupil/teacher ratios: Fall 1955 to fall 2001

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Table 65.

Public and private elementary and secondary teachers, enrollment, and pupil/teacher ratios: Fall 1955 to fall 2001

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         |  Elementary and     |     Elementary and      |Elementary and secondary
         | secondary teachers  | secondary enrollment    |pupil/teacher ratio
         |_____________________|_________________________|________________________
   Year  |Total |Public|Private| Total |Public |Private  | Total |Public |Private
_________|______|______|_______|_______|_______|_________|_______|_______|________
    1    |  2   |  3   |   4   |   5   |   6   |   7     |   8   |   9   |   10
_________|______|______|_______|_______|_______|_________|_______|_______|________
1955 ....|1,286 |1,141 |\1\145 |35,280 |30,680 |\1\4,600 |  27.4 |  26.9 |\1\31.7
1960 ....|1,600 |1,408 |\1\192 |42,181 |36,281 |\1\5,900 |  26.4 |  25.8 |\1\30.7
1965 ....|1,933 |1,710 |   223 |48,473 |42,173 |   6,300 |  25.1 |  24.7 |   28.3
1970 ....|2,292 |2,059 |   233 |51,257 |45,894 |   5,363 |  22.4 |  22.3 |   23.0
         |      |      |       |       |       |         |       |       |
1971 ....|2,293 |2,063 |\1\230 |51,271 |46,071 |\1\5,200 |  22.4 |  22.3 |\1\22.6
1972 ....|2,337 |2,106 |\1\231 |50,726 |45,726 |\1\5,000 |  21.7 |  21.7 |\1\21.6
1973 ....|2,372 |2,136 |\1\236 |50,446 |45,446 |\1\5,000 |  21.3 |  21.3 |\1\21.2
1974 ....|2,410 |2,165 |\1\245 |50,073 |45,073 |\1\5,000 |  20.8 |  20.8 |\1\20.4
1975 ....|2,453 |2,198 |\1\255 |49,819 |44,819 |\1\5,000 |  20.3 |  20.4 |\1\19.6
         |      |      |       |       |       |         |       |       |
1976 ....|2,457 |2,189 |   268 |49,478 |44,311 |   5,167 |  20.1 |  20.2 |   19.3
1977 ....|2,488 |2,209 |   279 |48,717 |43,577 |   5,140 |  19.6 |  19.7 |   18.4
1978 ....|2,479 |2,207 |   272 |47,635 |42,550 |   5,085 |  19.2 |  19.3 |   18.7
1979 ....|2,461 |2,185 |\1\276 |46,651 |41,651 |\1\5,000 |  19.0 |  19.1 |\1\18.1
1980 ....|2,485 |2,184 |   301 |46,208 |40,877 |   5,331 |  18.6 |  18.7 |   17.7
         |      |      |       |       |       |         |       |       |
1981 ....|2,440 |2,127 |\1\313 |45,544 |40,044 |\1\5,500 |  18.7 |  18.8 |\1\17.6
1982 ....|2,458 |2,133 |\1\325 |45,165 |39,566 |\1\5,600 |  18.4 |  18.6 |\1\17.2
1983 ....|2,476 |2,139 |   337 |44,967 |39,252 |   5,715 |  18.2 |  18.4 |   17.0
1984 ....|2,508 |2,168 |\1\340 |44,908 |39,208 |\1\5,700 |  17.9 |  18.1 |\1\16.8
1985 ....|2,549 |2,206 |   343 |44,979 |39,422 |   5,557 |  17.6 |  17.9 |   16.2
         |      |      |       |       |       |         |       |       |
1986 ....|2,592 |2,244 |\1\348 |45,205 |39,753 |\1\5,452 |  17.4 |  17.7 |\1\15.7
1987 ....|2,631 |2,279 |   352 |45,487 |40,008 |   5,479 |  17.3 |  17.6 |   15.6
1988 ....|2,668 |2,323 |\1\345 |45,430 |40,189 |\1\5,242 |  17.0 |  17.3 |\1\15.2
1989 ....|2,734 |2,357 |   377 |45,741 |40,543 |   5,198 |  16.7 |  17.2 |   13.8
1990 ....|2,753 |2,398 |\1\355 |46,451 |41,217 |\1\5,234 |  16.9 |  17.2 |\1\14.7
         |      |      |       |       |       |         |       |       |
1991 ....|2,787 |2,432 |   355 |47,322 |42,047 |   5,275 |  17.0 |  17.3 |   14.9
1992 ....|2,822 |2,459 |\1\363 |48,145 |42,823 |\1\5,322 |  17.1 |  17.4 |\1\14.7
1993 ....|2,870 |2,504 |   366 |48,813 |43,465 |   5,348 |  17.0 |  17.4 |   14.6
1994 ....|2,926 |2,552 |\1\374 |49,609 |44,111 |\1\5,498 |  17.0 |  17.3 |\1\14.7
1995 ....|2,978 |2,598 |   380 |50,502 |44,840 |   5,662 |  17.0 |  17.3 |   14.9
         |      |      |       |       |       |         |       |       |
1996 ....|3,054 |2,667 |\1\387 |51,375 |45,611 |\1\5,764 |  16.8 |  17.1 |\1\14.9
1997 ....|3,134 |2,746 |   388 |51,968 |46,127 |   5,841 |  16.6 |  16.8 |   15.1
1998 ....|3,221 |2,830 |\1\391 |52,476 |46,539 |\1\5,937 |  16.3 |  16.4 |\1\15.2
1999 ... |3,304 |2,907 |   397 |52,875 |46,857 |   6,018 |  16.0 |  16.1 |   15.2
2000\1\ .|3,381 |2,953 |\2\428 |53,104 |47,160 |\2\5,944 |  15.7 |  16.0 |\2\13.9
2001\2\ .|3,551 |3,119 |   432 |53,157 |47,213 |   5,944 |  15.0 |  15.1 |   13.8
_________|______|______|_______|_______|_______|_________|_______|_______|________

\1\Estimated.
\2\Projected.

NOTE: Data for teachers are expressed in full-time equivalents. Includes kindergarten and a relatively small number of nursery school teachers and students. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of Public Elementary and Secondary Day Schools; Common Core of Data surveys; and Projections of Education Statistics to 2011. (This table was prepared July 2001.)

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