Table 71.

Teachers, enrollment, and pupil/teacher ratios in public elementary and secondary schools, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, fall 2000 through fall 2009

State or jurisdiction	Pupil/teacher ratio								Fall 2007						Fall 2008						Fall 2009
	Fall 2000		Fall 2004		Fall 2005		Fall 2006		Teachers		Enrollment		Pupil/ teacher ratio		Teachers		Enrollment		Pupil/ teacher ratio		Teachers		Enrollment	Pupil/ teacher ratio
1	2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13	14
United States	16.0	1	15.8	1	15.6	1	15.6	1	3,178,142	1	49,292,507	1	15.5	1	3,222,154	1	49,265,572	1	15.3	1	3,209,637	1	49,373,307	15.4	1
Alabama	15.4	2	14.2		12.8		13.2		50,420		744,865		14.8		47,818		745,668		15.6		47,492		748,889	15.8
Alaska	16.9		17.1		16.8		16.8		7,613		131,029		17.2		7,927		130,662		16.5		8,083		131,661	16.3
Arizona	19.8		21.3		21.3		20.3		54,032		1,087,447		20.1		54,696		1,087,817		19.9		51,947		1,077,831	20.7
Arkansas	14.1		14.8		14.4		13.6		33,882		479,016		14.1		37,162		478,965		12.9		37,240		480,559	12.9
California	20.6	2	21.1	2	20.8	2	20.8	2	305,230	2	6,343,471	2	20.8	2	303,647	2	6,322,528	2	20.8	2	313,795	2	6,263,449	20.0	2
Colorado	17.3		17.0		17.0		16.9		47,761		801,867		16.8		48,692		818,443		16.8		49,060		832,368	17.0
Connecticut	13.7		14.9		14.5		14.7		39,304		570,626		14.5		48,463		567,198		11.7		43,593		563,985	12.9
Delaware	15.4		15.2		15.1		15.2		8,198		122,574		15.0		8,322		125,430		15.1		8,640		126,801	14.7
District of Columbia	13.9		14.2		14.0	3	13.5	3	6,347		78,422		12.4		5,321		68,681		12.9		6,370		69,433	10.9
Florida	18.4		17.0		16.8		16.4		168,737		2,666,811		15.8		186,361		2,631,020		14.1		183,827		2,634,522	14.3
Georgia	15.9		14.8		14.7		14.3		116,857		1,649,589		14.1		118,839		1,655,792		13.9		115,918		1,667,685	14.4
Hawaii	16.9		16.4		16.3		16.0		11,397		179,897		15.8		11,295		179,478		15.9		11,404		180,196	15.8
Idaho	17.9		17.9		18.0		18.1		15,013		272,119		18.1		15,148		275,051		18.2		15,201		276,299	18.2
Illinois	16.1		16.0		15.8		15.0		136,571		2,112,805		15.5		135,704		2,119,707		15.6		138,483		2,104,175	15.2
Indiana	16.7		16.9		17.1		17.0		62,334		1,046,766		16.8		62,668		1,046,147		16.7		62,258		1,046,661	16.8
Iowa	14.3		13.8		13.7		13.6		36,089		485,115		13.4		35,961		487,559		13.6		35,842		491,842	13.7
Kansas	14.4		14.2		13.9		13.3		35,359		468,295		13.2		35,883		471,060		13.1		34,700		474,489	13.7
Kentucky	16.8		16.3		16.0		15.8		43,536		666,225		15.3		43,451		670,030		15.4		44,371		680,089	15.3
Louisiana	16.6		16.6		16.6		16.6		48,610		681,038		16.6		49,377		684,873		16.6		49,646		690,915	16.6
Maine	12.5		11.9		11.7		11.5		16,558		196,245		11.9		15,912		192,935		12.1		16,275		189,225	11.6
Maryland	16.3		15.7		15.2		14.6		59,320		845,700		14.3		58,940		843,861		14.3		58,235		848,412	14.6
Massachusetts	14.5		13.3		13.2		13.2		70,719		962,958		13.6		70,398		958,910		13.6		69,909		957,053	13.7
Michigan	17.7	2	17.4		17.8		17.6		96,204		1,692,739		17.6		94,754		1,659,921		17.5		92,691		1,649,082	17.8
Minnesota	16.0		16.1		16.4		16.2		52,975		837,578		15.8		53,083		836,048		15.7		52,839		837,053	15.8
Mississippi	16.1		15.8		15.7		15.3		33,560		494,122		14.7		33,358		491,962		14.7		33,103		492,481	14.9
Missouri	14.1		13.8		13.7		13.6		68,430		917,188		13.4		68,015		917,871		13.5		67,796		917,982	13.5
Montana	14.9		14.3		14.0		13.9		10,519		142,823		13.6		10,467		141,899		13.6		10,521		141,807	13.5
Nebraska	13.6		13.5		13.4		13.4		21,930		291,244		13.3		22,057		292,590		13.3		22,256		295,368	13.3
Nevada	18.6		19.1		19.0		18.5		23,423		429,362		18.3		21,993		433,371		19.7		22,104		428,947	19.4
New Hampshire	14.5		13.5		13.2		13.1		15,484		200,772		13.0		15,661		197,934		12.6		15,491		197,140	12.7
New Jersey	13.3		12.1		12.4		12.4		111,500		1,382,348		12.4		114,713		1,381,420		12.0		115,248		1,396,029	12.1
New Mexico	15.2		15.0		14.8		14.9		22,300		329,040		14.8		22,825		330,245		14.5		22,724		334,419	14.7
New York	13.9		13.0		12.9		12.8		211,854		2,765,435		13.1		217,944		2,740,592		12.6		214,804		2,766,052	12.9
North Carolina	15.5		15.0		14.8		12.9		106,562		1,489,492		14.0		109,634		1,488,645		13.6		105,046	4	1,483,397	14.1
North Dakota	13.4		12.5		12.3		12.1		8,068		95,059		11.8		8,181		94,728		11.6		8,366		95,073	11.4
Ohio	15.5		15.6		15.6		16.6		109,766		1,827,184		16.6		112,845		1,817,163		16.1		111,378		1,764,297	15.8
Oklahoma	15.1		15.6		15.2		15.1		46,735		642,065		13.7		46,571		645,108		13.9		42,678		654,802	15.3
Oregon	19.4		20.1		19.5		18.8		30,013		565,586		18.8		30,152		575,393		19.1		28,751		582,839	20.3
Pennsylvania	15.5		15.1		15.0		15.2		135,234		1,801,971		13.3		129,708		1,775,029		13.7		130,984		1,786,103	13.6
Rhode Island	14.8		13.3		10.8		13.3		11,271		147,629		13.1		11,316		145,342		12.8		11,365		145,118	12.8
South Carolina	14.9		15.0		14.6		14.4		47,382		712,317		15.0		49,941		718,113		14.4		46,980		723,143	15.4
South Dakota	13.7		13.5		13.4		13.4		9,416		121,606		12.9		9,244		126,429		13.7		9,326		123,713	13.3
Tennessee	15.9	2	15.7	2	16.0		15.7		64,659		964,259		14.9		64,926		971,950		15.0		65,361		972,549	14.9
Texas	14.8		15.0		15.0		14.8		321,929		4,674,832		14.5		327,905		4,752,148		14.5		333,164		4,850,210	14.6
Utah	21.9		22.6	2	22.1		22.1		24,336		576,244		23.7		23,657		559,778		23.7		25,474		582,793	22.9
Vermont	12.1		11.3		10.9		10.8		8,749		94,038		10.7		8,766		93,625		10.7		8,734		92,431	10.6
Virginia	13.2	2	12.9		11.7		15.3		71,861		1,230,857		17.1		71,415		1,235,795		17.3		70,827		1,245,340	17.6
Washington	19.7		19.2		19.3		19.1		53,960		1,030,247		19.1		54,428		1,037,018		19.1		53,448		1,035,347	19.4
West Virginia	13.7		14.0		14.1		14.4		20,306		282,535		13.9		20,209		282,729		14.0		20,299		282,662	13.9
Wisconsin	14.6		14.3		14.6		14.8		58,914		874,633		14.8		59,401		873,750		14.7		58,426		872,436	14.9
Wyoming	13.3		12.7		12.6		12.6		6,915		86,422		12.5		7,000		87,161		12.5		7,166		88,155	12.3
Bureau of Indian    Education	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—	—
DoD, overseas	14.4		14.0		14.0		11.7		4,147		57,247		13.8		4,551		56,768		12.5		—		—	—
DoD, domestic	14.2		14.6		14.6		13.1		2,243		27,548		12.3		2,145		28,013		13.1		—		—	—
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	19.1		17.1		17.1		16.9		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—	—
Guam	16.4		18.3		18.3		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—	—
Northern Marianas	19.0		20.0		20.0		20.2		550		11,299		20.5		514		10,913		21.2		552		10,961	19.9
Puerto Rico	16.3		13.4		13.4		13.5		40,826		526,565		12.9		39,356		503,635		12.8		39,102		493,393	12.6
U.S. Virgin Islands	12.9		10.6		10.6		10.6		1,518		15,903		10.5		1,331		15,768		11.8		1,425		15,493	10.9

—Not available.

1 Includes imputed values for states.

2 Includes imputations for underreporting of prekindergarten teachers/enrollment.

3 Imputed.

4 Includes imputations for underreporting of kindergarten teachers.

NOTE: Teachers reported in full-time equivalents (FTE). DoD = Department of Defense. The pupil/teacher ratio includes teachers for students with disabilities and other special teachers, while these teachers are generally excluded from class size calculations. Ratios reflect totals reported by states and differ from totals reported for schools or school districts. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2000-01 through 2009-10. (This table was prepared February 2012.)