Staff, enrollment, and pupil/staff ratios in public elementary and secondary school systems, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, fall 2000 through fall 2013

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Table 213.50.

State or jurisdiction	Pupil/staff ratio												Fall 2011					Fall 2012					Fall 2013
State or jurisdiction	Fall 2000		Fall 2005		Fall 2007		Fall 2008		Fall 2009		Fall 2010		Staff		Enrollment	Pupil/ staff ratio		Staff		Enrollment	Pupil/ staff ratio		Staff		Enrollment	Pupil/ staff ratio
1	2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9	10		11		12	13		14		15	16
United States¹	8.3		8.0		7.9		7.8		7.8		8.0		6,138,890		49,521,669	8.1		6,181,238		49,771,118	8.1		6,187,901		50,044,522	8.1
Alabama	8.2	²	7.1		6.7	²	7.8		8.0		7.9		92,289		744,621	8.1		96,485	²	744,637	7.7	²	91,753		746,204	8.1
Alaska	8.3	²	7.4	²	7.9	²	7.6	²	7.4	²	7.3	²	17,747	²	131,167	7.4	²	17,116	²	131,489	7.7	²	17,127	²	130,944	7.6	²
Arizona	9.7		10.9		10.4		10.3		10.7		11.1		98,712		1,080,319	10.9		103,228		1,089,384	10.6		103,343		1,102,445	10.7
Arkansas	7.1		6.7		6.8		6.7		6.5		6.7		72,650		483,114	6.6		71,279		486,157	6.8		70,387		489,979	7.0
California	11.1	²	11.1	²	10.9	²	10.7	²	10.3	²	11.9	²	547,188	²	6,287,834	11.5	²	544,875	²	6,299,451	11.6	²	541,762	²	6,312,623	11.7	²

Colorado	8.7		8.4		8.1		8.0		8.1		8.3		100,349		854,265	8.5		102,480		863,561	8.4		104,025		876,999	8.4
Connecticut	6.8		6.8		6.6		6.1		6.1		6.0		92,955		554,437	6.0		91,264		550,954	6.0		94,208		546,200	5.8
Delaware	9.1		7.8		7.9		8.5		7.5		7.9		15,449		128,946	8.3		17,554		129,026	7.4		18,253		131,687	7.2
District of Columbia	6.4		6.2	²	6.3		5.7		5.9		6.3		11,541		73,911	6.4		12,480		76,140	6.1		11,403		78,153	6.9
Florida	8.8		8.5		7.7		7.7		7.9		7.9		328,709		2,668,156	8.1		335,100		2,692,162	8.0		335,081		2,720,744	8.1

Georgia	7.8		7.3		7.0		6.9		7.1		7.4		224,207		1,685,016	7.5		220,603		1,703,332	7.7		218,097		1,723,909	7.9
Hawaii	10.0		8.7		8.3		8.3		8.3		8.3		22,065		182,706	8.3		22,238		184,760	8.3		22,438		186,825	8.3
Idaho	10.1		10.1		10.0		10.1		10.0		9.9		28,065		279,873	10.0		26,319	²	284,834	10.8	²	23,803	²	296,476	12.5	²
Illinois	8.2	²	8.4	²	9.9	²	9.6	²	9.5	²	9.7	²	213,578	²	2,083,097	9.8	²	263,565	²	2,072,880	7.9	²	266,645	²	2,066,990	7.8	²
Indiana	7.8		7.8		7.5		7.4		7.3		7.5	²	150,191		1,040,765	6.9		147,936		1,041,369	7.0		144,412		1,047,385	7.3

Iowa	7.3		7.0		6.8		6.7		6.8		7.1		69,901		495,870	7.1		71,089		499,825	7.0		71,551		502,964	7.0
Kansas	7.3		7.1		8.6		8.5		7.0		7.1		70,631		486,108	6.9		73,020		489,043	6.7		72,016		496,440	6.9
Kentucky	7.4		6.9		6.6	²	6.7		6.9		6.8		92,287		681,987	7.4		99,176		685,167	6.9		97,808		677,389	6.9
Louisiana	7.3		7.1		6.8		6.8		6.7		6.9		100,880		703,390	7.0		95,585		710,903	7.4		95,687		711,491	7.4
Maine	6.2		5.5		4.9		5.3		5.1		5.8		39,946	²	188,969	4.7	²	32,859		185,739	5.7		34,249		183,995	5.4

Maryland	8.8		7.7		7.2		7.2		7.4		7.4		113,351		854,086	7.5		113,093		859,638	7.6		115,066		866,169	7.5
Massachusetts	8.0		7.0	²	7.8		7.8		7.8		7.8		122,880		953,369	7.8		125,347		954,773	7.6		126,962		955,739	7.5
Michigan	8.2	²	8.5	²	8.1		8.0		8.1		8.2		188,428		1,573,537	8.4		186,065		1,555,370	8.4		184,175		1,548,841	8.4
Minnesota	8.2	²	8.0		7.7		7.7		7.7		7.7		109,119		839,738	7.7		111,069		845,404	7.6		112,735		850,973	7.5
Mississippi	7.7		7.3		6.9		6.8		7.0		7.2		67,850		490,619	7.2		68,215		493,650	7.2		68,252		492,586	7.2

Missouri	7.5		7.1		6.9		6.9		7.0		7.2		132,167		916,584	6.9		126,937		917,900	7.2		123,505		918,288	7.4
Montana	8.0	²	7.4	²	7.4	²	7.4	²	7.3	²	7.4	²	18,790	²	142,349	7.6	²	18,896	²	142,908	7.6	²	20,885	²	144,129	6.9	²
Nebraska	7.2		7.0		6.7		6.5		6.4		6.6		45,290		301,296	6.7		45,426		303,505	6.7		45,907		307,677	6.7
Nevada	10.9		12.7	²	12.1	²	12.9	²	12.7	²	13.1	²	32,533	²	439,634	13.5	²	32,702	²	445,707	13.6	²	34,003	²	451,831	13.3	²
New Hampshire	7.4		6.4		6.2		6.0		6.0		5.9		31,971		191,900	6.0		31,734		188,974	6.0		31,832		186,310	5.9

New Jersey	7.1		6.6	²	6.9	²	6.7	²	6.5	²	6.9	²	202,928	²	1,356,431	6.7	²	223,279	²	1,372,203	6.1	²	231,012	²	1,370,295	5.9	²
New Mexico	7.1		6.8		7.0		6.9		7.0		7.3		45,907		337,225	7.3		46,222		338,220	7.3		46,380		339,244	7.3
New York	6.9		7.5		7.4		6.4		6.6		6.6		406,625		2,704,718	6.7		370,214		2,710,703	7.3		359,255		2,732,770	7.6
North Carolina	8.0		7.8		7.3		7.2		7.4	²	7.7		188,553		1,507,864	8.0		191,732		1,518,465	7.9		192,336		1,530,857	8.0
North Dakota	7.2		6.5		6.2		6.1		5.9		5.9		16,401		97,646	6.0		16,713		101,111	6.0		17,036		103,947	6.1

Ohio	8.2		7.7		7.5		7.4		7.2		7.3		243,586		1,740,030	7.1		242,806		1,729,916	7.1		248,469		1,724,111	6.9
Oklahoma	8.3		7.8		7.4		7.4		7.7		8.0		82,719		666,120	8.1		84,380		673,483	8.0		85,152		681,848	8.0
Oregon	9.7		9.2		8.8		8.8		9.3		9.0		60,715		568,208	9.4		59,771		587,564	9.8		59,768		593,000	9.9
Pennsylvania	8.1		7.6		7.1		7.0		7.0		6.7		254,297		1,771,395	7.0		252,179		1,763,677	7.0		243,021	²	1,755,236	7.2	²
Rhode Island	8.9		6.3	²	8.4		7.8		7.7		7.7		18,743		142,854	7.6		16,934		142,481	8.4		17,312		142,008	8.2

South Carolina	9.8	²	10.3	²	10.8		10.3		10.7		11.1		69,272		727,186	10.5		72,511		735,998	10.2		72,401		745,657	10.3
South Dakota	7.1		6.4		7.1		6.9		6.6		6.5		19,059		128,016	6.7		19,146		130,471	6.8		19,205		130,890	6.8
Tennessee	8.3	²	8.4		7.6		7.7		7.6		7.7		127,781		999,693	7.8		127,643		993,496	7.8		125,506		993,556	7.9
Texas	7.5		7.6		7.4		7.3		7.3		7.4		640,166		5,000,470	7.8		644,442		5,077,659	7.9		658,340		5,153,702	7.8
Utah	11.8		11.1		11.9		11.4		11.0		11.2		51,994		598,832	11.5		53,730		613,279	11.4		54,945		625,461	11.4

Vermont	5.7		5.1		4.9		4.8		4.7		5.2		18,385		89,908	4.9		18,422		89,624	4.9		18,300		88,690	4.8
Virginia	7.1	²	5.2		6.0		6.1		6.1		6.2		180,086		1,257,883	7.0		177,357		1,265,419	7.1		178,202		1,273,825	7.1
Washington	10.3		9.1		9.9		9.9		10.0		10.1		101,914		1,045,453	10.3		102,540		1,051,694	10.3		105,365		1,058,936	10.1
West Virginia	7.4		7.4		7.4	²	7.3		7.2	²	7.2	²	39,380	²	282,870	7.2	²	39,267	²	283,044	7.2	²	39,121	²	280,958	7.2	²
Wisconsin	8.2		8.3		8.3		8.2		8.3		8.4		101,533		871,105	8.6		101,644		872,436	8.6		102,476		874,414	8.5
Wyoming	6.4		5.8		5.6		5.5		5.4		5.4		17,128		90,099	5.3		16,573		91,533	5.5		16,931		92,732	5.5

Bureau of Indian
Education	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—	—		12,373	³	—	—		—		—	—
DoD, overseas	9.5		6.9		9.1		7.5		—		—		—		—	—		—		—	—		—		—	—
DoD, domestic	8.4		7.7		6.9		7.3		—		—		—		—	—		—		—	—		—		—	—

Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	9.6		11.4		—		—		—		—		—		—	—		—		—	—		—		—	—
Guam	8.5		9.0		—		—		—		9.3		3,923		31,243	8.0		3,923		31,186	7.9		3,923		33,414	8.5
Northern Marianas	9.6		9.5		10.2		10.5		9.5		9.1		1,042		11,011	10.6		891		10,646	11.9		876		10,638	12.1
Puerto Rico	8.9		7.5		7.3		7.2		7.8		8.0		55,797		452,740	8.1		54,381		434,609	8.0		54,430		423,934	7.8
U.S. Virgin Islands	6.7		6.3		5.1		6.4		5.4		5.3		2,391		15,711	6.6		2,208		15,192	6.9		2,170		14,953	6.9

—Not available.

¹ U.S. totals include imputations for underreporting and nonreporting states.

² Includes imputations to correct for underreporting.

³ Excludes counts for officials and administrators and for administrative support staff, which were not reported.

NOTE: Staff reported in full-time equivalents. DoD = Department of Defense.

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 2013-14. (This table was prepared August 2015.)

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