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

Table 65.

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         | Elementary and scondary| Elementary and scondary |Elementary and secondary
         | teachers, in thousands | enrollment, in thousands|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 ... | 3,306 | 2,911 |    395 |52,875 |46,857 |   6,018 |  16.0 |  16.1 |   15.2
2000 ... | 3,343 | 2,953 |\1\ 390 |53,167 |47,223 |\1\5,944 |  15.9 |  16.0 |\1\15.2
2001\1\ .| 3,379 | 2,988 |    390 |53,520 |47,576 |   5,944 |  15.8 |  15.9 |   15.2
_________|_______|_______|________|_______|_______|_________|_______|_______|________

\1\Estimated.

NOTE: Data for teachers are expressed in full-time equivalents. Includes kindergarten and a relatively small number of nursery school teachers and students. Ratios for public schools reflect totals reported by states and differ from totals reported by schools on school districts. 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 2012. (This table was prepared August 2002.)

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