Section 5. Elementary and Secondary Teachers: Pupil/Teacher Ratios
About pupil/teacher ratios
The overall elementary and secondary pupil/teacher ratio and pupil/teacher ratios for public and private schools were computed based on elementary and secondary enrollment and the number of classroom teachers by control of school.
Figure J. Actual and middle alternative projected numbers for the pupil/teacher ratio in elementary and secondary schools: Selected years, 1989–2014
SOURCE: U.S. Dept. of Education, NCES: Common Core of Data surveys, various years; Private School Universe Survey, various years; and Elemen-tary and Secondary Teacher Model. (See reference table 32.)
The pupil/teacher ratio in elementary and secondary schools (figure J; reference figures 31 and 32 and table 32)
- decreased from 16.7 to 15.9 between 1989 and 2002; and
- is projected to be 14.6 in 2014 in the middle alternative projections.
