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Table 67  Teachers, enrollment, and pupil/teacher ratios in public elementary and secondary schools, by state: Fall 1992 to fall 1997

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                      |Pupil/ | Pupil/ |Pupil/ |______________________________|_______________________________________|_______________________________________
                      |teacher|teacher |teacher|          |           |       |             |              |          |             |              |
 State or other area  |ratio, | ratio, |ratio, |          |           |Pupil/ |             |              |   Pupil/ |             |              |   Pupil/
                      | fall  |  fall  | fall  | Teachers |Enrollment |teacher|   Teachers  |   Enrollment |   teacher|   Teachers  |   Enrollment |   teacher
                      | 1992  |  1993  | 1994  |          |           | ratio |             |              |    ratio |             |              |    ratio
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          1           |   2   |   3    |   4   |    5     |     6     |   7   |       8     |        9     |     10   |       11    |       12     |     13
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   United States .....|  17.4 |   17.4 |  17.3 |2,598,220 |44,840,481 |  17.3 |\2\2,667,419 |\2\45,611,046 |\2\  17.1 |\2\2,744,493 |\2\46,127,194 |\2\  16.8
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Alabama ..............|  17.4 |   17.1 |  17.2 |   44,056 |   746,149 |  16.9 |\2\   45,035 |\2\   747,932 |\2\  16.6 |\2\   45,973 |\2\   749,187 |\2\  16.3
Alaska ...............|  16.8 |   17.5 |  17.6 |    7,379 |   127,618 |  17.3 |       7,418 |      129,919 |     17.5 |       7,625 |      132,123 |     17.3
Arizona ..............|  18.7 |   18.9 |  19.3 |   38,017 |   743,566 |  19.6 |      40,521 |      799,250 |     19.7 |      41,129 |      814,113 |     19.8
Arkansas .............|  17.0 |   17.1 |  17.1 |   26,449 |   453,257 |  17.1 |\2\   26,681 |      457,349 |\2\  17.1 |\2\   26,932 |      456,497 |\2\  16.9
California ...........|  24.0 |   24.0 |  24.0 |  230,849 | 5,536,406 |  24.0 |\2\  248,818 |\2\ 5,686,198 |\2\  22.9 |\2\  268,581 |\2\ 5,803,734 |\2\  21.6
                      |       |        |       |          |           |       |             |              |          |             |              |
Colorado .............|  18.3 |   18.6 |  18.4 |   35,388 |   656,279 |  18.5 |      36,398 |      673,438 |     18.5 |      37,840 |      687,167 |     18.2
Connecticut ..........|  14.3 |   14.4 |  14.4 |   36,070 |   517,935 |  14.4 |      36,551 |      527,129 |     14.4 |      37,658 |      535,164 |     14.2
Delaware .............|  16.7 |   16.5 |  16.6 |    6,463 |   108,461 |  16.8 |       6,642 |      110,549 |     16.6 |       6,850 |      111,960 |     16.3
District of Columbia .|  13.3 |   13.3 |  13.2 |    5,305 |    79,802 |  15.0 |       5,288 |       78,648 |     14.9 |\3\    4,399 |       77,111 |\3\  17.5
Florida ..............|  18.4 |   18.4 |  19.1 |  114,938 | 2,176,222 |  18.9 |     120,471 |    2,242,212 |     18.6 |     124,473 |    2,294,077 |     18.4
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Georgia ..............|  18.0 |   16.7 |  16.3 |   79,480 | 1,311,126 |  16.5 |      81,795 |    1,346,761 |     16.5 |      85,005 |    1,375,980 |     16.2
Hawaii ...............|  17.6 |   17.8 |  17.9 |   10,500 |   187,180 |  17.8 |      10,576 |      187,653 |     17.7 |      10,653 |      189,887 |     17.8
Idaho ................|  19.6 |   19.7 |  19.1 |   12,784 |   243,097 |  19.0 |      13,078 |      245,252 |     18.8 |      13,207 |      244,403 |     18.5
Illinois .............|  16.8 |   17.1 |  17.3 |  113,538 | 1,943,623 |  17.1 |     116,274 |    1,973,040 |     17.0 |     118,734 |    1,998,289 |     16.8
Indiana...............|  17.6 |   17.5 |  17.5 |   55,821 |   977,263 |  17.5 |      56,708 |      982,876 |     17.3 |      57,371 |      987,483 |     17.2
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Iowa .................|  15.8 |   15.8 |  15.8 |   32,318 |   502,343 |  15.5 |      32,593 |      502,941 |     15.4 |      32,717 |      501,054 |     15.3
Kansas ...............|  15.2 |   15.1 |  15.1 |   30,729 |   463,008 |  15.1 |      30,875 |      466,293 |     15.1 |      31,527 |      468,687 |     14.9
Kentucky .............|  17.3 |   17.6 |  17.0 |   39,120 |   659,821 |  16.9 |      39,331 |      656,089 |     16.7 |      40,488 |      669,322 |     16.5
Louisiana ............|  17.0 |   17.1 |  16.8 |   46,980 |   797,366 |  17.0 |      47,334 |      793,296 |     16.6 |      48,599 |      776,813 |     16.6
Maine ................|  14.1 |   14.1 |  13.8 |   15,392 |   213,569 |  13.9 |      15,551 |      213,593 |     13.7 |      15,700 |      212,526 |     13.5
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Maryland .............|  16.9 |   17.5 |  17.0 |   47,819 |   805,544 |  16.8 |      47,943 |      818,583 |     17.1 |      48,318 |      830,744 |     17.2
Massachusetts ........|  15.0 |   14.9 |  14.8 |   62,710 |   915,007 |  14.6 |      64,574 |      933,898 |     14.5 |      67,170 |      949,006 |     14.1
Michigan .............|  19.5 |   19.9 |  20.1 |   83,179 | 1,641,456 |  19.7 |      88,051 |    1,685,714 |     19.1 |      90,529 |\2\ 1,702,672 |\2\  18.8
Minnesota ............|  17.6 |   17.3 |  17.5 |   46,971 |   835,166 |  17.8 |      48,245 |      847,204 |     17.6 |      51,998 |      853,621 |     16.4
Mississippi ..........|  18.2 |   17.8 |  17.5 |   28,997 |   506,272 |  17.5 |      29,293 |      503,967 |     17.2 |      29,441 |      504,792 |     17.1
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Missouri..............|  16.2 |   15.8 |  15.5 |   57,951 |   889,881 |  15.4 |      59,428 |      900,517 |     15.2 |      60,869 |      910,654 |     15.0
Montana ..............|  15.8 |   16.4 |  16.3 |   10,076 |   165,547 |  16.4 |      10,268 |      164,627 |     16.0 |      10,228 |      162,335 |     15.9
Nebraska .............|  14.6 |   14.5 |  14.5 |   20,028 |   289,744 |  14.5 |      20,174 |      291,967 |     14.5 |      20,139 |      292,681 |     14.5
Nevada ...............|  18.7 |   18.7 |  18.7 |   13,878 |   265,041 |  19.1 |      14,805 |      282,131 |     19.1 |      16,053 |      296,621 |     18.5
New Hampshire ........|  15.6 |   15.5 |  15.6 |   12,346 |   194,171 |  15.7 |      12,692 |      198,308 |     15.6 |      12,931 |      201,629 |     15.6
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New Jersey ...........|  13.6 |   13.6 |  13.8 |   86,706 | 1,197,381 |  13.8 |      87,642 |    1,227,832 |     14.0 |      89,671 |    1,250,276 |     13.9
New Mexico ...........|  17.6 |   17.5 |  17.2 |   19,398 |   329,640 |  17.0 |      19,971 |      332,632 |     16.7 |      19,647 |      331,673 |     16.9
New York .............|  15.2 |   15.2 |  15.2 |  181,559 | 2,813,230 |  15.5 |     185,104 |    2,843,131 |     15.4 |     190,874 |    2,861,823 |     15.0
North Carolina .......|  16.7 |   16.3 |  16.2 |   73,201 | 1,183,090 |  16.2 |      75,239 |    1,210,108 |     16.1 |      77,785 |    1,236,083 |     15.9
North Dakota .........|  15.2 |   15.4 |  15.3 |    7,501 |   119,100 |  15.9 |       7,892 |      120,123 |     15.2 |       8,070 |      118,572 |     14.7
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Ohio .................|  16.9 |   16.8 |  16.6 |  107,347 | 1,836,015 |  17.1 |     108,515 |    1,844,698 |     17.0 |     110,757 |    1,847,035 |     16.7
Oklahoma .............|  15.5 |   15.5 |  15.5 |   39,364 |   616,393 |  15.7 |      39,568 |      620,695 |     15.7 |      40,215 |      623,681 |     15.5
Oregon ...............|  19.2 |   19.5 |  19.9 |   26,680 |   527,914 |  19.8 |      26,757 |      537,854 |     20.1 |      26,935 |      541,346 |     20.1
Pennsylvania .........|  17.0 |   17.2 |  17.1 |  104,921 | 1,787,533 |  17.0 |     106,432 |    1,804,256 |     17.0 |     108,014 |    1,815,151 |     16.8
Rhode Island .........|  14.3 |   14.8 |  14.7 |   10,482 |   149,799 |  14.3 |      10,656 |      151,324 |     14.2 |      10,598 |      153,321 |     14.5
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South Carolina .......|  17.2 |   16.7 |  16.4 |   39,922 |   645,586 |  16.2 |      41,463 |\2\   652,816 |\2\  15.7 |      42,336 |\2\   659,256 |\2\  15.6
South Dakota .........|  15.3 |   14.9 |  14.4 |    9,641 |   144,685 |  15.0 |       9,625 |      143,331 |     14.9 |       9,282 |      142,443 |     15.3
Tennessee ............|  19.6 |   18.8 |  18.6 |   53,403 |   893,770 |  16.7 |      54,790 |\2\   904,818 |\2\  16.5 |      54,142 |\2\   893,020 |\2\  16.5
Texas ................|  16.1 |   16.0 |  15.7 |  240,371 | 3,748,167 |  15.6 |     247,650 |    3,828,975 |     15.5 |     254,557 |    3,891,877 |     15.3
Utah .................|  24.2 |   24.7 |  24.3 |   20,039 |   477,121 |  23.8 |      19,734 |      481,812 |     24.4 |      21,115 |      482,957 |     22.9
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Vermont ..............|  13.1 |   14.0 |  13.8 |    7,676 |   105,565 |  13.8 |       7,751 |      106,341 |     13.7 |       7,909 |      105,984 |     13.4
Virginia .............|  15.1 |   14.8 |  14.6 |   74,731 | 1,079,854 |  14.4 |\2\   74,526 |    1,096,093 |\2\  14.7 |\2\   75,524 |    1,110,815 |\2\  14.7
Washington ...........|  20.2 |   20.1 |  20.2 |   46,907 |   956,572 |  20.4 |      48,307 |      974,504 |     20.2 |      49,074 |      991,235 |     20.2
West Virginia.........|  15.2 |   14.9 |  14.8 |   21,073 |   307,112 |  14.6 |      20,888 |      304,052 |     14.6 |      20,947 |      301,419 |     14.4
Wisconsin ............|  15.5 |   16.0 |  15.9 |   55,033 |   870,175 |  15.8 |      54,769 |      879,259 |     16.1 |      57,227 |      881,780 |     15.4
Wyoming ..............|  17.2 |   15.4 |  14.9 |    6,734 |    99,859 |  14.8 |       6,729 |       99,058 |     14.7 |       6,677 |       97,115 |     14.5
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    Outlying areas    |       |        |       |          |           |       |             |              |          |             |              |
American Samoa .......|  19.3 |   22.1 |  20.7 |      728 |    14,576 |  20.0 |         734 |       14,766 |     20.1 |         762 |       15,214 |     20.0
Guam .................|  18.5 |   18.8 |  17.6 |    1,802 |    32,960 |  18.3 |       1,416 |       33,393 |     23.6 |       1,363 |       32,444 |     23.8
Northern Marianas ....|  19.0 |   19.0 |  20.8 |      422 |     8,809 |  20.9 |         592 |        9,041 |     15.3 |         483 |        9,246 |     19.1
Puerto Rico ..........|  16.6 |   15.9 |  15.6 |   39,328 |   627,620 |  16.0 |      36,498 |      618,861 |     17.0 |      38,953 |      617,322 |     15.8
Virgin Islands .......|  14.3 |   14.5 |  15.1 |    1,622 |    22,737 |  14.0 |       4,763 |       22,385 |      4.7 |       1,559 |       22,136 |     14.2
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\1\Data revised from previously published data.
\2\Includes imputations for underreporting.
\3\Data imputed by the National Center for Education Statistics based on previous year's data. NOTE.
--Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Teachers reported in full-time equivalents.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data surveys. (This table was prepared June 1999.)


1999 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest