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Table 85. -  Staff employed in public school systems, by type of assignment and state: Fall 1995 [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\ ..|4,994,358 |  49,315 |144,842 | 33,683 |  120,629 |  237,389 |2,598,220 |494,289 | 87,528 |50,862 |142,655 |1,034,946
                      |__________|_________|________|________|__________|__________|__________|________|________|_______|________|__________
Alabama ..............|   83,256 |     428 |  1,039 |    980 |    2,221 |    2,768 |   44,056 |  6,657 |  1,684 | 1,259 |    468 |   21,696
Alaska\2\ ............|   15,022 |     294 |    549 |    112 |      436 |      886 |    7,379 |  1,751 |    225 |   147 |    819 |    2,424
Arizona ..............|   75,931 |     428 |    641 |    182 |    1,611 |    6,123 |   38,017 |  9,613 |  1,050 |   737 |  7,312 |   10,217
Arkansas .............|   49,178 |     554 |    583 |    179 |    1,460 |    1,646 |   26,449 |  3,523 |  1,223 |   952 |    387 |   12,222
California\3\ ........|  444,014 |   2,155 | 19,920 |  4,685 |   10,335 |   28,571 |  230,849 | 56,822 |  5,115 |   896 |  9,989 |   74,677
                      |          |         |        |        |          |          |          |        |        |       |        |
Colorado .............|   67,447 |     846 |  2,211 |    775 |    1,749 |    4,749 |   35,388 |  5,919 |  1,080 |   700 |  1,608 |   12,422
Connecticut ..........|   66,133 |     955 |  1,611 |    453 |    1,823 |    3,246 |   36,070 |  7,520 |  1,116 |   672 |  3,239 |    9,428
Delaware .............|   11,869 |      87 |    388 |     58 |      399 |      472 |    6,463 |    861 |    215 |   122 |    498 |    2,306
District of Columbia .|    9,410 |     402 |    290 |    144 |      305 |      442 |    5,305 |    327 |    217 |   143 |     53 |    1,782
Florida ..............|  237,721 |   1,739 | 12,267 |    812 |    5,964 |   12,110 |  114,938 | 24,111 |  4,794 | 2,560 |  7,147 |   51,279
                      |          |         |        |        |          |          |          |        |        |       |        |
Georgia\4\ ...........|  165,058 |   2,127 |  3,488 |    691 |    3,754 |    6,423 |   79,480 | 21,709 |  2,476 | 1,987 |  2,699 |   40,224
Hawaii ...............|   16,841 |     141 |    263 |    438 |      483 |      704 |   10,500 |    937 |    540 |   287 |    512 |    2,036
Idaho ................|   21,814 |     114 |    443 |    210 |      661 |      876 |   12,784 |  1,914 |    520 |   185 |    381 |    3,726
Illinois .............|  209,036 |   3,292 |  5,114 |  1,656 |    5,132 |    9,984 |  113,538 | 21,137 |  2,823 | 1,941 |  6,503 |   37,916
Indiana...............|  116,363 |     928 |    496 |  1,368 |    2,818 |    7,872 |   55,821 | 14,421 |  1,720 | 1,021 |  1,650 |   28,248
                      |          |         |        |        |          |          |          |        |        |       |        |
Iowa .................|   62,075 |     519 |    756 |    382 |    1,762 |    4,465 |   32,318 |  6,083 |  1,331 |   662 |  2,192 |   11,605
Kansas ...............|   57,265 |   1,253 |    961 |     74 |    1,671 |    2,487 |   30,729 |  4,760 |  1,087 |   972 |  2,298 |   10,973
Kentucky .............|   84,425 |   1,170 |  2,188 |    434 |    1,906 |    3,147 |   39,120 | 10,916 |  1,282 | 1,173 |  2,093 |   20,996
Louisiana ............|   93,070 |     265 |    689 |  1,026 |    2,379 |    2,907 |   46,980 | 10,026 |  2,610 | 1,172 |  2,248 |   22,768
Maine ................|   29,413 |     448 |    660 |    113 |      853 |    1,393 |   15,392 |  3,776 |    600 |   238 |  1,049 |    4,891
                      |          |         |        |        |          |          |          |        |        |       |        |
Maryland .............|   87,868 |     720 |    719 |    701 |    2,647 |    3,765 |   47,819 |  7,318 |  1,830 | 1,043 |  1,443 |   19,863
Massachusetts ........|  113,154 |     991 |  5,788 |  1,065 |    2,166 |    3,073 |   62,710 | 12,867 |  2,090 |   611 |  1,860 |   19,933
Michigan .............|  177,495 |   2,250 |  3,264 |    497 |    5,079 |    7,890 |   83,179 | 14,318 |  2,871 | 1,450 |  6,704 |   49,993
Minnesota ............|   74,891 |   1,288 |  1,735 |    487 |    1,589 |    3,316 |   46,971 |  6,088 |    902 |   986 |  2,863 |    8,666
Mississippi ..........|   60,855 |     906 |  1,433 |    418 |    1,493 |    2,110 |   28,997 |  8,758 |    824 |   750 |  2,221 |   12,945
                      |          |         |        |        |          |          |          |        |        |       |        |
Missouri..............|  120,621 |     638 |  4,578 |  1,244 |    2,579 |    8,189 |   57,951 |  7,228 |  2,593 | 1,368 |  1,758 |   32,495
Montana\4,5\ .........|   18,586 |     156 |    469 |    155 |      489 |      907 |   10,076 |  1,938 |    403 |   348 |     68 |    3,577
Nebraska .............|   37,894 |     612 |    684 |    236 |      953 |    1,479 |   20,028 |  3,578 |    755 |   575 |    996 |    7,998
Nevada ...............|   23,742 |     184 |    489 |    101 |      680 |    1,340 |   13,878 |  1,489 |    498 |   241 |    605 |    4,237
New Hampshire ........|   23,143 |     360 |    455 |    144 |      479 |      812 |   12,346 |  3,519 |    620 |   281 |    447 |    3,680
                      |          |         |        |        |          |          |          |        |        |       |        |
New Jersey ...........|  163,069 |   1,680 |  6,826 |  1,305 |    4,383 |    8,393 |   86,706 | 13,936 |  3,150 | 1,781 |  8,767 |   26,142
New Mexico ...........|   40,124 |     435 |  1,887 |    553 |      859 |    2,694 |   19,398 |  4,574 |    645 |   259 |  1,039 |    7,781
New York .............|  355,723 |   2,737 | 23,774 |  1,263 |    6,878 |    7,110 |  181,559 | 28,001 |  5,456 | 2,998 |  8,720 |   87,227
North Carolina\4\ ....|  140,204 |   1,285 |  2,977 |    720 |    3,993 |    5,794 |   73,201 | 22,287 |  2,976 | 2,176 |  2,720 |   22,075
North Dakota .........|   13,804 |     435 |    164 |     54 |      394 |      475 |    7,501 |  1,471 |    248 |   183 |    364 |    2,515
                      |          |         |        |        |          |          |          |        |        |       |        |
Ohio .................|  194,579 |   5,242 |  9,467 |    353 |      971 |   12,597 |  107,347 | 10,092 |  3,219 | 1,628 |  1,252 |   42,411
Oklahoma\4\ ..........|   83,802 |     533 |     94 |    590 |    1,456 |    5,754 |   39,364 |  7,186 |  1,390 |   902 | 12,589 |   13,944
Oregon ...............|   51,458 |     874 |  1,315 |    341 |    1,622 |    3,410 |   26,680 |  6,381 |  1,229 |   612 |    997 |    7,997
Pennsylvania .........|  198,087 |   1,344 |  7,175 |  1,594 |    4,087 |    9,840 |  104,921 | 14,831 |  3,676 | 2,202 |  9,904 |   38,513
Rhode Island .........|   16,517 |     148 |    426 |     78 |      361 |      804 |   10,482 |  1,458 |    309 |    75 |    378 |    1,998
                      |          |         |        |        |          |          |          |        |        |       |        |
South Carolina\4,5\ ..|   74,859 |     264 |  1,830 |    467 |    2,224 |    3,537 |   39,922 |  7,558 |  1,517 | 1,097 |  2,494 |   13,949
South Dakota\4\ ......|   18,126 |     268 |    400 |    148 |      473 |      878 |    9,641 |  2,302 |    354 |   202 |    269 |    3,191
Tennessee ............|   98,948 |     918 |  2,297 |    761 |    4,654 |    4,572 |   53,403 |  9,992 |  1,456 | 1,386 |  2,927 |   16,582
Texas ................|  462,661 |   2,580 |  2,451 |  1,100 |   11,251 |   18,644 |  240,371 | 43,046 |  8,219 | 4,252 |  3,679 |  127,068
Utah .................|   37,385 |     109 |    715 |    465 |      926 |    2,098 |   20,039 |  5,037 |    596 |   291 |    369 |    6,740
                      |          |         |        |        |          |          |          |        |        |       |        |
Vermont ..............|   15,640 |     152 |    278 |    294 |      411 |      719 |    7,676 |  2,931 |    332 |   216 |  1,668 |      963
Virginia\2\ ..........|  137,546 |   1,760 |  1,739 |  1,483 |    3,535 |    5,627 |   74,731 | 12,072 |  3,111 | 1,950 |  3,147 |   28,391
Washington\2,4\ ......|   91,322 |   1,015 |  2,540 |    841 |    2,501 |    4,760 |   46,907 |  8,582 |  1,758 | 1,263 |  3,695 |   17,460
West Virginia.........|   38,645 |     279 |  1,896 |    322 |    1,095 |      366 |   21,073 |  2,957 |    611 |   357 |    886 |    8,803
Wisconsin ............|   95,105 |     842 |  2,276 |  1,090 |    2,353 |    4,463 |   55,033 |  8,361 |  1,925 | 1,416 |  4,005 |   13,341
Wyoming ..............|   13,164 |     165 |    144 |     41 |      326 |      702 |    6,734 |  1,350 |    257 |   137 |    676 |    2,632
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    Outlying areas    |          |         |        |        |          |          |          |        |        |       |        |
American Samoa .......|    1,417 |      30 |     38 |     26 |       60 |       81 |      728 |     15 |     19 |     6 |     48 |      366
Guam .................|    3,728 |      15 |    288 |     18 |       62 |       40 |    1,802 |    476 |     80 |    30 |    146 |      771
Northern Marianas ....|    1,054 |       9 |     88 |     17 |       30 |       54 |      422 |    216 |     28 |     4 |     75 |      111
Puerto Rico ..........|   69,731 |     314 |    111 |    618 |    1,382 |    4,738 |   39,328 |    --- |    886 |   865 |  1,995 |   19,494
Virgin Islands .......|    3,421 |      36 |    322 |     21 |       86 |      106 |    1,622 |    298 |     86 |    46 |    431 |      367
______________________|__________|_________|________|________|__________|__________|__________|________|________|_______|________|__________

\1\Includes imputations for undercounts in designated states.
\2\Includes imputation for instruction coordinators.
\3\Includes imputation for prekindergarten teachers.
\4\Includes imputation for support staff.
\5\Includes imputation for instructional aides.
---Data not available or not applicable.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data survey; and unpublished estimates. (This table was prepared April 1997.)


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