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Table 84. Staff employed in public school systems, by type of assignment and state: Fall 1998 [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\ ....|5,419,181 |  52,975 |160,022 | 35,964 |  129,317 |  251,575 |2,830,286 |588,108 | 93,114 |52,805 |159,277 |1,065,738
                        |__________|_________|________|________|__________|__________|__________|________|________|_______|________|__________
Alabama\2\ .............|   87,654 |     681 |  1,222 |    572 |    2,788 |    2,632 |   47,766 |  6,752 |  1,785 | 1,278 |    527 |   21,651
Alaska\3\ ..............|   16,098 |     209 |    528 |    123 |      836 |      818 |    8,118 |  2,162 |    235 |   149 |    603 |    2,317
Arizona\4\ .............|   85,015 |     408 |    749 |    184 |    1,899 |    6,940 |   42,352 | 11,561 |  1,093 |   780 |  8,094 |   10,955
Arkansas\5\ ............|   40,778 |     596 |    201 |    221 |    1,492 |      886 |   27,953 |  3,231 |  1,179 |   930 |  2,944 |    1,145
California\2\ ..........|  514,520 |   2,271 | 21,353 |  5,860 |   11,760 |   32,817 |  281,784 | 59,113 |  5,760 | 1,297 | 11,274 |   81,231
                        |          |         |        |        |          |          |          |        |        |       |        |
Colorado ...............|   76,125 |     856 |  2,179 |    619 |    1,859 |    4,136 |   39,434 |  8,051 |  1,121 |   702 |  2,732 |   14,436
Connecticut ............|   77,410 |   1,105 |  1,718 |    408 |    1,894 |    3,546 |   38,772 |  9,950 |  1,175 |   719 |  3,722 |   14,401
Delaware ...............|   12,869 |      87 |    429 |     51 |      415 |      490 |    7,074 |  1,014 |    227 |   120 |    516 |    2,446
District of Columbia ...|    9,840 |      45 |    347 |    125 |      271 |      240 |    5,187 |    384 |    242 |   135 |    200 |    2,664
Florida ................|  262,170 |   1,598 | 13,597 |    823 |    5,988 |   12,940 |  126,796 | 28,882 |  5,208 | 2,635 |  9,083 |   54,620
                        |          |         |        |        |          |          |          |        |        |       |        |
Georgia ................|  177,832 |   1,686 |  1,940 |  1,096 |    4,284 |    8,217 |   88,658 | 22,809 |  2,763 | 1,991 |  3,637 |   40,751
Hawaii .................|   17,354 |     132 |    252 |    402 |      493 |      722 |   10,639 |  1,042 |    576 |   290 |    557 |    2,249
Idaho ..................|   23,833 |     117 |    513 |    246 |      710 |      977 |   13,426 |  2,375 |    585 |   194 |    439 |    4,251
Illinois\6\ ............|  234,318 |   3,643 |  6,257 |  2,147 |    5,487 |   10,986 |  121,758 | 27,415 |  2,881 | 1,914 |  7,360 |   44,470
Indiana.................|  124,097 |     914 |    565 |  1,443 |    2,880 |    8,265 |   58,084 | 17,785 |  1,788 | 1,075 |  1,738 |   29,560
                        |          |         |        |        |          |          |          |        |        |       |        |
Iowa ...................|   65,967 |     814 |    747 |    367 |    1,684 |    4,640 |   32,822 |  7,725 |  1,300 |   733 |  3,080 |   12,055
Kansas .................|   60,829 |   1,017 |  1,030 |    106 |    1,712 |    2,552 |   32,003 |  5,955 |  1,117 |   971 |  1,014 |   13,352
Kentucky ...............|   91,088 |   1,046 |  2,721 |    395 |    1,829 |    2,006 |   40,803 | 13,909 |  1,293 | 1,098 |  2,042 |   23,946
Louisiana ..............|   99,401 |     288 |    721 |  1,118 |    2,547 |    3,067 |   49,124 | 10,379 |  2,983 | 1,211 |  1,101 |   26,862
Maine ..................|   31,297 |     471 |    710 |    155 |      891 |    1,386 |   15,890 |  4,686 |    601 |   245 |  1,176 |    5,086
                        |          |         |        |        |          |          |          |        |        |       |        |
Maryland ...............|   93,313 |     701 |    771 |    731 |    3,395 |    5,049 |   49,840 |  7,712 |  1,957 | 1,083 |  1,524 |   20,550
Massachusetts ..........|  126,843 |   1,073 |  6,701 |  1,240 |    2,195 |    3,421 |   69,752 | 16,457 |  2,302 |   644 |  2,000 |   21,058
Michigan ...............|  209,413 |   2,181 |  3,534 |    836 |    5,603 |    8,435 |   93,220 | 21,878 |  3,054 | 1,566 |  8,098 |   61,008
Minnesota ..............|  101,583 |   2,317 |  6,534 |    371 |    1,763 |   10,664 |   54,449 | 13,331 |    974 | 1,050 | 10,125 |        5
Mississippi ............|   65,023 |     971 |  1,663 |    574 |    1,653 |    2,270 |   31,140 |  9,037 |    953 |   984 |  2,224 |   13,554
                        |          |         |        |        |          |          |          |        |        |       |        |
Missouri................|  116,304 |   1,164 |  7,558 |    779 |    2,860 |    4,905 |   62,449 |  9,582 |  2,540 | 1,507 |  3,524 |   19,436
Montana\6\ .............|   18,991 |     155 |    498 |    135 |      537 |      874 |   10,221 |  2,180 |    428 |   356 |     70 |    3,537
Nebraska ...............|   38,207 |     546 |    783 |    251 |      946 |    1,578 |   20,310 |  3,954 |    745 |   550 |  1,022 |    7,522
Nevada .................|   29,132 |     211 |    634 |    113 |      847 |    1,409 |   16,415 |  2,148 |    637 |   274 |  1,237 |    5,207
New Hampshire ..........|   25,574 |     391 |    509 |    155 |      517 |      863 |   13,290 |  4,336 |    689 |   269 |    498 |    4,057
                        |          |         |        |        |          |          |          |        |        |       |        |
New Jersey .............|  171,196 |   1,686 |  6,898 |  1,324 |    4,309 |    8,905 |   92,264 | 16,542 |  3,295 | 1,797 |  9,150 |   25,026
New Mexico .............|   41,125 |     792 |  1,278 |    664 |      916 |    2,627 |   19,981 |  4,781 |    706 |   266 |  1,715 |    7,399
New York ...............|  376,189 |   2,484 | 25,169 |  1,481 |    7,047 |    6,759 |  197,253 | 34,221 |  5,648 | 3,027 |  8,395 |   84,705
North Carolina .........|  152,899 |   1,495 |     80 |    680 |    4,307 |       33 |   79,531 | 25,785 |  3,155 | 2,247 |  3,679 |   31,907
North Dakota ...........|   14,765 |     451 |    170 |     87 |      409 |      516 |    7,974 |  1,678 |    254 |   191 |    425 |    2,610
                        |          |         |        |        |          |          |          |        |        |       |        |
Ohio ...................|  209,668 |   5,452 | 10,084 |    401 |      981 |   14,187 |  113,984 | 12,881 |  3,385 | 1,687 |  1,419 |   45,207
Oklahoma ...............|   70,752 |     728 |  1,775 |    140 |    1,979 |    3,372 |   40,876 |  5,639 |  1,460 |   929 |  1,118 |   12,736
Oregon .................|   53,781 |     810 |  1,480 |    304 |    1,618 |    3,632 |   27,152 |  7,337 |  1,218 |   588 |  1,247 |    8,395
Pennsylvania ...........|  209,862 |   1,431 |  8,027 |  1,522 |    4,054 |    9,737 |  111,065 | 18,685 |  3,830 | 2,198 |  9,363 |   39,950
Rhode Island ...........|   17,832 |     167 |    381 |     66 |      395 |      929 |   11,124 |  1,994 |    317 |    64 |    387 |    2,008
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South Carolina\6\ ......|   81,479 |     245 |  2,067 |    443 |    2,300 |    3,630 |   43,689 |  9,058 |  1,581 | 1,123 |  2,650 |   14,693
South Dakota ...........|   16,525 |     361 |    285 |    121 |      419 |      683 |    9,273 |  1,893 |    341 |   177 |    460 |    2,512
Tennessee ..............|  110,068 |   1,840 |  2,497 |    911 |    4,388 |    5,187 |   59,258 | 11,742 |  1,689 | 1,457 |  3,112 |   17,987
Texas ..................|  506,134 |   2,738 |  2,773 |  1,103 |   12,564 |   23,595 |  259,739 | 51,844 |  8,771 | 4,508 |  4,250 |  134,249
Utah ...................|   39,198 |     105 |    716 |    547 |      995 |    2,030 |   21,501 |  4,995 |    726 |   300 |    456 |    6,827
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Vermont ................|   16,817 |     147 |    121 |    267 |      408 |      775 |    8,221 |  3,593 |    365 |   213 |    616 |    2,091
Virginia\2\ ............|  142,544 |   1,835 |  1,869 |  1,541 |    3,676 |    6,187 |   79,323 | 13,772 |  3,317 | 2,037 |  9,451 |   19,536
Washington .............|   93,750 |   1,094 |  2,340 |    707 |    2,627 |    4,800 |   49,671 |  9,661 |  1,851 | 1,286 |  3,115 |   16,598
West Virginia...........|   38,655 |     330 |  1,890 |    348 |    1,062 |      315 |   20,989 |  3,079 |    640 |   358 |  1,097 |    8,547
Wisconsin ..............|  109,266 |     896 |  2,834 |  1,509 |    2,486 |    5,178 |   61,176 | 11,590 |  2,005 | 1,459 |  4,376 |   15,757
Wyoming ................|   13,798 |     194 |    324 |    152 |      342 |      767 |    6,713 |  1,543 |    369 |   143 |    635 |    2,616
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Bureau of Indian        |          |         |        |        |          |          |          |        |        |       |        |
   Affairs .............|      --- |     --- |    --- |    --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |    --- |    --- |   --- |    --- |      ---
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Department of Defense   |          |         |        |        |          |          |          |        |        |       |        |
   dependents schools,  |          |         |        |        |          |          |          |        |        |       |        |
   overseas schools ....|    7,782 |      77 |     37 |    120 |      291 |      728 |    5,171 |    772 |    172 |   165 |    202 |       47
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     Outlying areas     |          |         |        |        |          |          |          |        |        |       |        |
American Samoa .........|    1,524 |      35 |     47 |     48 |       67 |       93 |      764 |    115 |     34 |     6 |     59 |      256
Guam ...................|    3,073 |      24 |    210 |     83 |       52 |      662 |    1,052 |    685 |     45 |    23 |     54 |      183
Northern Marianas ......|    1,041 |      15 |    102 |     10 |       32 |       46 |      496 |    159 |     20 |     2 |     45 |      114
Puerto Rico ............|   68,999 |   1,329 |    216 |    422 |    1,288 |    4,035 |   39,781 |    165 |    879 |   928 |  2,551 |   17,405
Virgin Islands .........|    3,055 |      71 |    161 |     19 |       88 |       92 |    1,567 |    327 |     82 |    37 |    297 |      314
________________________|__________|_________|________|________|__________|__________|__________|________|________|_______|________|__________

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\1\Includes imputations for undercounts in designated states.
\2\Includes imputations for prekindergarten teachers.
\3\Includes imputations for instructional coordinators.
\4\Includes imputations for instructional aides and library support staff.
\5\Includes imputations for library support staff.
\6\Includes imputations for instructional aides and all support staff except student support staff.

NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data survey; and unpublished estimates. (This table was prepared February 2001.)


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