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Table 84  Staff employed in public school systems, by type of assignment and state: Fall 1997 [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\ ....|5,258,671 |  50,955 |157,867 | 34,844 |  126,093 |  243,381 |2,744,493 |556,435 | 90,757 |52,172 |135,726 |1,065,948
                        |__________|_________|________|________|__________|__________|__________|________|________|_______|________|__________
Alabama\2\ .............|   85,951 |     445 |  1,072 |  1,020 |    2,285 |    2,905 |   45,973 |  7,294 |  1,718 | 1,285 |    498 |   21,456
Alaska\3\ ..............|   14,952 |      68 |    566 |    113 |      825 |      725 |    7,625 |  1,957 |    220 |   145 |    177 |    2,531
Arizona ................|   80,907 |     406 |    746 |    186 |    1,819 |    6,440 |   41,129 | 10,283 |  1,079 |   754 |  7,681 |   10,384
Arkansas\2\ ............|   51,272 |     549 |    737 |    163 |    1,505 |    1,821 |   26,932 |  3,837 |  1,219 |   963 |    416 |   13,130
California\2\ ..........|  493,837 |   2,255 | 20,555 |  5,318 |   10,870 |   31,030 |  268,581 | 59,381 |  5,422 |   958 | 10,559 |   78,908
                        |          |         |        |        |          |          |          |        |        |       |        |
Colorado ...............|   72,247 |     885 |  2,428 |    800 |    1,984 |    4,787 |   37,840 |  6,850 |  1,222 |   718 |  1,806 |   12,927
Connecticut ............|   73,529 |   1,084 |  1,678 |    409 |    1,883 |    3,396 |   37,658 |  8,881 |  1,145 |   713 |  3,573 |   13,109
Delaware ...............|   12,554 |      90 |    421 |     52 |      430 |      484 |    6,850 |    958 |    221 |   124 |    499 |    2,425
District of Columbia\4\ |    8,706 |     103 |    240 |     66 |      236 |      411 |    4,399 |  1,011 |    172 |   102 |    266 |    1,700
Florida ................|  256,313 |   1,636 | 14,112 |    667 |    6,111 |   12,200 |  124,473 | 27,801 |  5,026 | 2,599 |  7,952 |   53,736
                        |          |         |        |        |          |          |          |        |        |       |        |
Georgia\5,6\ ...........|  157,593 |   1,077 |  4,274 |  1,276 |    4,145 |    7,342 |   85,005 | 18,040 |  2,271 | 1,989 |  1,846 |   30,328
Hawaii .................|   17,117 |     135 |    255 |    407 |      495 |      701 |   10,653 |    886 |    571 |   286 |    546 |    2,182
Idaho ..................|   23,100 |     116 |    463 |    226 |      688 |      955 |   13,207 |  2,237 |    558 |   191 |    395 |    4,064
Illinois\5,6\ ..........|  228,599 |   3,493 |  6,207 |  2,053 |    5,341 |   10,661 |  118,734 | 26,199 |  2,871 | 1,924 |  7,071 |   44,045
Indiana.................|  121,748 |     920 |    569 |  1,406 |    2,867 |    8,109 |   57,371 | 16,839 |  1,763 | 1,039 |  1,699 |   29,166
                        |          |         |        |        |          |          |          |        |        |       |        |
Iowa ...................|   64,261 |     881 |    747 |    376 |    1,773 |    4,524 |   32,717 |  6,866 |  1,341 |   747 |  2,673 |   11,616
Kansas .................|   59,603 |   1,272 |    992 |     86 |    1,698 |    2,575 |   31,527 |  5,476 |  1,101 |   994 |  2,457 |   11,425
Kentucky\7\ ............|   88,996 |   1,053 |  2,572 |    420 |    1,808 |    2,319 |   40,488 | 12,858 |  1,283 | 1,101 |  1,974 |   23,120
Louisiana ..............|   98,537 |     292 |    687 |  1,079 |    2,536 |    3,023 |   48,599 | 10,363 |  2,910 | 1,219 |  1,084 |   26,745
Maine ..................|   30,534 |     465 |    736 |    130 |      853 |    1,347 |   15,700 |  4,321 |    598 |   237 |  1,133 |    5,014
                        |          |         |        |        |          |          |          |        |        |       |        |
Maryland ...............|   87,367 |     722 |    771 |    697 |    2,810 |    3,830 |   48,318 |  7,332 |  1,876 | 1,059 |  1,484 |   18,468
Massachusetts ..........|  121,359 |   1,035 |  6,370 |  1,059 |    2,146 |    3,379 |   67,170 | 14,870 |  2,229 |   676 |  1,875 |   20,550
Michigan ...............|  202,128 |   2,066 |  3,580 |    712 |    5,413 |    8,194 |   90,529 | 19,809 |  2,968 | 1,565 |  7,948 |   59,344
Minnesota ..............|   97,365 |   1,163 |  2,563 |    938 |    2,190 |    4,849 |   51,998 | 13,954 |    977 |   994 |  3,042 |   14,697
Mississippi ............|   61,693 |     930 |  1,540 |    520 |    1,557 |    2,163 |   29,441 |  8,744 |    885 |   887 |  2,138 |   12,888
                        |          |         |        |        |          |          |          |        |        |       |        |
Missouri................|  107,681 |   1,095 |  2,783 |    769 |    2,762 |    4,625 |   60,869 |  8,823 |  2,485 | 1,472 |  3,183 |   18,815
Montana\5,6\ ...........|   18,993 |     164 |    504 |    135 |      532 |      866 |   10,228 |  2,128 |    420 |   363 |     75 |    3,578
Nebraska ...............|   37,851 |     548 |    811 |    249 |      948 |    1,526 |   20,139 |  3,764 |    752 |   560 |    997 |    7,557
Nevada .................|   27,830 |     205 |    623 |    107 |      793 |    1,297 |   16,053 |  1,976 |    608 |   267 |  1,090 |    4,811
New Hampshire ..........|   24,778 |     353 |    462 |    144 |      503 |      889 |   12,931 |  4,290 |    665 |   269 |    477 |    3,795
                        |          |         |        |        |          |          |          |        |        |       |        |
New Jersey .............|  166,796 |   1,661 |  6,659 |  1,292 |    4,343 |    8,811 |   89,671 | 15,644 |  3,215 | 1,766 |  8,895 |   24,839
New Mexico .............|   39,920 |     587 |  1,569 |    566 |      884 |    2,037 |   19,647 |  4,794 |    676 |   258 |  1,470 |    7,432
New York ...............|  374,182 |   2,762 | 24,761 |  1,378 |    7,025 |    7,421 |  190,874 | 31,167 |  5,559 | 3,176 |  8,930 |   91,129
North Carolina\7\ ......|  149,229 |   1,390 |  3,377 |    647 |    4,144 |    5,780 |   77,785 | 24,591 |  3,123 | 2,237 |  3,160 |   22,995
North Dakota ...........|   14,862 |     445 |    174 |     78 |      411 |      501 |    8,070 |  1,636 |    262 |   195 |    423 |    2,667
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Ohio ...................|  203,073 |   5,540 |  9,588 |    407 |    1,052 |   13,707 |  110,757 | 11,869 |  3,267 | 1,673 |  1,281 |   43,932
Oklahoma ...............|   69,294 |     733 |  1,693 |    150 |    1,949 |    3,374 |   40,215 |  5,349 |  1,418 |   888 |    957 |   12,568
Oregon .................|   53,094 |     727 |  1,496 |    302 |    1,599 |    3,651 |   26,935 |  7,099 |  1,251 |   569 |  1,156 |    8,309
Pennsylvania ...........|  205,642 |   1,365 |  7,608 |  1,518 |    4,005 |    9,852 |  108,014 | 17,508 |  3,762 | 2,194 | 10,060 |   39,756
Rhode Island ...........|   17,197 |     140 |    437 |     51 |      375 |      819 |   10,598 |  1,862 |    314 |    67 |    515 |    2,019
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South Carolina\6,8\ ....|   78,951 |     247 |  2,048 |    448 |    2,254 |    3,518 |   42,336 |  8,643 |  1,557 | 1,095 |  2,274 |   14,531
South Dakota ...........|   16,846 |     339 |    393 |    107 |      566 |      569 |    9,282 |  1,871 |    359 |   208 |    539 |    2,613
Tennessee ..............|  102,349 |   1,769 |  2,475 |    814 |    4,264 |    4,819 |   54,142 | 11,139 |  1,638 | 1,445 |  2,867 |   16,977
Texas ..................|  492,932 |   2,661 |  2,581 |  1,169 |   12,039 |   21,523 |  254,557 | 48,626 |  8,720 | 4,357 |  4,049 |  132,650
Utah ...................|   39,630 |     107 |    752 |    527 |      980 |    2,058 |   21,115 |  5,571 |    673 |   298 |    540 |    7,009
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Vermont ................|   16,388 |     145 |    250 |    240 |      403 |      756 |    7,909 |  3,359 |    365 |   220 |    646 |    2,095
Virginia\2\ ............|  142,567 |   2,440 |  4,633 |  1,342 |    3,509 |    5,909 |   75,524 | 12,273 |  3,269 | 2,079 |  2,784 |   28,805
Washington .............|   92,338 |   1,082 |  2,370 |    668 |    2,602 |    4,727 |   49,074 |  9,469 |  1,861 | 1,298 |  2,735 |   16,452
West Virginia...........|   38,499 |     322 |  1,938 |    344 |    1,071 |      283 |   20,947 |  3,169 |    621 |   355 |    949 |    8,500
Wisconsin\7\ ...........|  103,900 |     876 |  2,698 |  1,104 |    2,457 |    5,153 |   57,227 | 11,254 |  1,981 | 1,458 |  4,218 |   15,474
Wyoming ................|   13,581 |     111 |    303 |    109 |      355 |      740 |    6,677 |  1,514 |    290 |   136 |    664 |    2,682
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     Outlying areas     |          |         |        |        |          |          |          |        |        |       |        |
American Samoa .........|    1,499 |      33 |     45 |     27 |       68 |       90 |      762 |    107 |     29 |     6 |     52 |      280
Guam ...................|    2,925 |      13 |    241 |     14 |       40 |       36 |    1,363 |    408 |     61 |    24 |    114 |      611
Northern Marianas ......|    1,085 |      15 |    113 |     11 |       28 |       46 |      483 |    205 |     25 |     2 |     49 |      108
Puerto Rico ............|   69,368 |     674 |    183 |    621 |    1,335 |    4,813 |   38,953 |    --- |    884 |   895 |  2,055 |   18,955
Virgin Islands .........|    3,153 |      71 |    169 |     19 |       88 |       90 |    1,559 |    326 |     84 |    42 |    387 |      318
________________________|__________|_________|________|________|__________|__________|__________|________|________|_______|________|__________

\1\Includes imputations for undercounts in designated states.
\2\Includes imputations for prekindergarten teachers.
\3\Includes imputations for instruction coordinators.
\4\Data imputed by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) based on previous year's data, except guidance counselors, which the state reported.
\5\Includes imputations for all support staff except student support staff.
\6\Includes imputations for instructional aides.
\7\Includes imputations for library support staff.
\8\Includes imputations for all support staff.
---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 June 1999.)


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