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Table 80. Staff employed in public elementary and secondary school systems, by functional area: Selected years, 1949-50 through fall 2007
[In full-time equivalents]
School year Total School district administrative staff Instructional staff Support staff1
Total Officials and adminis- trators Instruc- tion coordi- nators Total Principals and assistant principals Teachers Instruc- tional aides Librar- ians Guidance coun- selors
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1949-502  1,300,031 33,642 23,868 9,774 956,808 43,137 913,671 (3) (3) (3) 309,582
1959-602  2,089,283 42,423 28,648 13,775 1,448,931 63,554 1,353,372 (3) 17,363 14,643 597,929
1969-702  3,360,763 65,282 33,745 31,537 2,255,707 90,593 2,016,244 57,418 42,689 48,763 1,039,774
Fall 19802 4,168,286 78,784 58,230 20,554 2,729,023 107,061 2,184,216 325,755 48,018 63,973 1,360,479
Fall 1990 4,494,076 75,868 3,051,404 127,417 2,398,169 395,959 49,909 79,950 1,366,804
                     
Fall 1992 4,708,286 78,414 45,712 32,702 3,139,544 121,936 2,458,956 427,279 50,324 81,049 1,490,328
Fall 1993 4,808,080 80,862 47,614 33,248 3,209,381 121,486 2,503,901 450,519 50,511 82,964 1,517,837
Fall 1994 4,904,757 81,867 48,827 33,040 3,280,752 120,017 2,551,875 473,348 50,668 84,844 1,542,138
Fall 1995 4,994,358 82,998 49,315 33,683 3,351,528 120,629 2,598,220 494,289 50,862 87,528 1,559,832
                     
Fall 1996 5,091,205 81,975 48,480 33,495 3,447,580 123,734 2,667,419 516,356 51,464 88,607 1,561,650
Fall 1997 5,266,415 85,267 50,432 34,835 3,572,955 126,129 2,746,157 557,453 52,142 91,074 1,608,193
Fall 1998 5,419,181 88,939 52,975 35,964 3,693,630 129,317 2,830,286 588,108 52,805 93,114 1,636,612
Fall 1999 5,632,004 94,134 55,467 38,667 3,819,057 137,199 2,910,633 621,942 53,659 95,624 1,718,813
Fall 2000 5,709,753 97,270 57,837 39,433 3,876,628 141,792 2,941,461 641,392 54,246 97,737 1,735,855
                     
Fall 2001 5,904,195 109,526 63,517 46,009 3,989,211 160,543 2,999,528 674,741 54,350 100,049 1,805,458
Fall 2002 5,954,661 110,777 62,781 47,996 4,016,963 164,171 3,034,123 663,552 54,205 100,912 1,826,921
Fall 2003 5,953,667 107,483 63,418 44,065 4,052,739 165,233 3,048,652 685,118 54,349 99,387 1,793,445
Fall 2004 6,058,174 111,832 64,101 47,731 4,120,063 165,657 3,090,925 707,514 54,145 101,822 1,826,279
Fall 2005 6,130,686 121,164 62,464 58,700 4,151,236 156,454 3,143,003 693,792 54,057 103,930 1,858,286
                     
Fall 2006 6,153,735 118,707 53,722 64,985 4,186,968 153,673 3,166,391 709,715 54,444 102,745 1,848,060
Fall 2007 6,215,635 130,046 59,369 70,677 4,213,729 157,564 3,178,142 718,119 54,385 105,519 1,871,860
Percentage distribution
1949-502  100.0 2.6 1.8 0.8 73.6 3.3 70.3 (3) (3) (3) 23.8
1959-602  100.0 2.0 1.4 0.7 69.4 3.0 64.8 (3) 0.8 0.7 28.6
1969-702  100.0 1.9 1.0 0.9 67.1 2.7 60.0 1.7 1.3 1.5 30.9
Fall 19802 100.0 1.9 1.4 0.5 65.5 2.6 52.4 7.8 1.2 1.5 32.6
Fall 1990 100.0 1.7 67.9 2.8 53.4 8.8 1.1 1.8 30.4
                     
Fall 1992 100.0 1.7 1.0 0.7 66.7 2.6 52.2 9.1 1.1 1.7 31.7
Fall 1993 100.0 1.7 1.0 0.7 66.7 2.5 52.1 9.4 1.1 1.7 31.6
Fall 1994 100.0 1.7 1.0 0.7 66.9 2.4 52.0 9.7 1.0 1.7 31.4
Fall 1995 100.0 1.7 1.0 0.7 67.1 2.4 52.0 9.9 1.0 1.8 31.2
                     
Fall 1996 100.0 1.6 1.0 0.7 67.7 2.4 52.4 10.1 1.0 1.7 30.7
Fall 1997 100.0 1.6 1.0 0.7 67.8 2.4 52.1 10.6 1.0 1.7 30.5
Fall 1998 100.0 1.6 1.0 0.7 68.2 2.4 52.2 10.9 1.0 1.7 30.2
Fall 1999 100.0 1.7 1.0 0.7 67.8 2.4 51.7 11.0 1.0 1.7 30.5
Fall 2000 100.0 1.7 1.0 0.7 67.9 2.5 51.5 11.2 1.0 1.7 30.4
                     
Fall 2001 100.0 1.9 1.1 0.8 67.6 2.7 50.8 11.4 0.9 1.7 30.6
Fall 2002 100.0 1.9 1.1 0.8 67.5 2.8 51.0 11.1 0.9 1.7 30.7
Fall 2003 100.0 1.8 1.1 0.7 68.1 2.8 51.2 11.5 0.9 1.7 30.1
Fall 2004 100.0 1.8 1.1 0.8 68.0 2.7 51.0 11.7 0.9 1.7 30.1
Fall 2005 100.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 67.7 2.6 51.3 11.3 0.9 1.7 30.3
                     
Fall 2006 100.0 1.9 0.9 1.1 68.0 2.5 51.5 11.5 0.9 1.7 30.0
Fall 2007 100.0 2.1 1.0 1.1 67.8 2.5 51.1 11.6 0.9 1.7 30.1
Pupils per staff member
1949-502  19.3 746.4 1,052.1 2,569.2 26.2 582.1 27.5 (3) (3) (3) 81.1
1959-602  16.8 829.3 1,228.1 2,554.1 24.3 553.6 26.0 (3) 2,026.3 2,402.7 58.8
1969-702  13.6 697.7 1,349.8 1,444.3 20.2 502.8 22.6 793.3 1,067.0 934.1 43.8
Fall 19802 9.8 518.9 702.0 1,988.8 15.0 381.8 18.7 125.5 851.3 639.0 30.0
Fall 1990 9.2 543.3 13.5 323.5 17.2 104.1 825.8 515.5 30.2
                     
Fall 1992 9.1 546.1 936.8 1,309.5 13.6 351.2 17.4 100.2 851.0 528.4 28.7
Fall 1993 9.0 537.5 912.9 1,307.3 13.5 357.8 17.4 96.5 860.5 523.9 28.6
Fall 1994 9.0 538.8 903.4 1,335.1 13.4 367.5 17.3 93.2 870.6 519.9 28.6
Fall 1995 9.0 540.3 909.3 1,331.2 13.4 371.7 17.3 90.7 881.6 512.3 28.7
                     
Fall 1996 9.0 556.4 940.8 1,361.7 13.2 368.6 17.1 88.3 886.3 514.8 29.2
Fall 1997 8.8 541.0 914.6 1,324.2 12.9 365.7 16.8 82.7 884.6 506.5 28.7
Fall 1998 8.6 523.3 878.5 1,294.0 12.6 359.9 16.4 79.1 881.3 499.8 28.4
Fall 1999 8.3 497.8 844.8 1,211.8 12.3 341.5 16.1 75.3 873.2 490.0 27.3
Fall 2000 8.3 485.3 816.1 1,197.1 12.2 332.9 16.0 73.6 870.2 483.0 27.2
                     
Fall 2001 8.1 435.3 750.5 1,036.1 12.0 296.9 15.9 70.7 877.1 476.5 26.4
Fall 2002 8.1 435.0 767.5 1,003.9 12.0 293.5 15.9 72.6 888.9 477.5 26.4
Fall 2003 8.2 451.6 765.4 1,101.6 12.0 293.8 15.9 70.8 893.1 488.4 27.1
Fall 2004 8.1 436.3 761.2 1,022.3 11.8 294.6 15.8 69.0 901.2 479.2 26.7
Fall 2005 8.0 405.3 786.3 836.7 11.8 313.9 15.6 70.8 908.5 472.6 26.4
                     
Fall 2006 8.0 415.4 918.0 758.9 11.8 320.9 15.6 69.5 905.8 480.0 26.7
Fall 2007 7.9 379.0 830.3 697.4 11.7 312.8 15.5 68.6 906.4 467.1 26.3
—Not available.
1 Includes school district administrative support staff, school and library support staff, student support staff, and other support services staff.
2 Because of classification revisions, categories other than teachers, principals, librarians, and guidance counselors are only roughly comparable to figures for years after 1980.
3 Data included in column 8.
NOTE: Data for 1949-50 through 1969-70 are cumulative for the entire school year, rather than counts as of the fall of the year. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of State School Systems, various years; Statistics of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools, various years; and Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1986-87 through 2007-08. (This table was prepared September 2009.)

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