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Statistics in Brief
Public School Student, Staff, and Graduate Counts by State, School Year 1994-95
NCES 96-300 Ordering Information
May 1996
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How many students were enrolled in public elementary and secondary schools in 1994-95? How many staff members were paid to teach, supervise, and provide support services for education? How many students graduated from high school? The information to answer these and other questions is reported in the National Center for Education Statistics' State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary and Secondary Education, School Year 1994–95.
How many students were enrolled in public elementary and secondary schools?
In school year 1994-95, there were 44.1 million students enrolled in public elementary and secondary schools in the 50 states and the District of Columbia (table 1). Of these students, 24.7 million were in prekindergarten through grade 6, an additional 18.7 million were in grades 7 through 12, and the remaining 0.7 million were ungraded students. (The five outlying areas are not included in national totals.)
California had the most public elementary and secondary school students (5,407,000), followed by Texas (3,677,000) and New York (2,766,000). The three lowest student counts were in the District of Columbia (80,000), Wyoming (100,000), and Vermont (105,000).
How many teachers were there?
About 2.6 million teachers provided instruction in public elementary and secondary schools in the 1994-95 school year (table 2). Among this group, 1,419,000 were elementary school teachers (including prekindergarten and kindergarten teachers) and 912,000 were secondary school teachers. The remaining 220,000 teachers taught ungraded students or were not assigned a specific grade.
The ratio of total students to total teachers for the nation was 17.3 students per teacher. These ratios ranged from lows of 13.2 students per teacher in the District of Columbia to a high of 24.3 in Utah. The median student per teacher ratio was 16.6:1, that is, half the states had a higher student/teacher ratio than 16.6:1, and half the states had a lower ratio. Student/teacher ratios should not be interpreted as average class size since not all teachers are assigned to a class (for example, music and reading teachers in elementary schools).
How many staff supervised or provided support services for public education?
In addition to the teachers described previously, about 473,000 teacher's aides directly assisted teachers in providing instruction (table 3). An additional 33,000 instructional coordinators and supervisors helped teachers through curriculum development and in-service training. Support staff for students included 85,000 guidance counselors and 51,000 librarians. This translates to about 520 students for every guidance counselor reported, and 870 students for each librarian. An additional 1,198,000 staff members provided support services for schools and students. This support included food, health, library, maintenance, transportation, security and other services in the nation's public schools. There were 124,000 school administrators (mostly principals and assistant principals), 49,000 school district administrators, and about 343,000 administrative support staff.
The relative distribution of all staff is illustrated in figure 1. Instructional staff made up 62 percent of all staff. Another 27 percent of all staff provided support services to schools and students. Administrative staff made up 11 percent of all education staff. On the average, there were 15 teachers and 9 support staff for each administrator. All of these distributions and ratios vary greatly from state to state.
How many students graduated from high school during the 1993–94 school year?
Some 2,217,000 students received regular high school diplomas in the 50 states and the District of Columbia during the 1993-94 school year and subsequent summer (table 4). An additional 206,000 students received alternative diplomas or high school equivalency certificates (the latter group includes only young adults ages 19 or younger except in Minnesota where they are 20 or younger). National totals for alternative and high school equivalency certificate recipients and other completers represent an undercount due to missing data in some states. Finally, some 22,000 students received some high school completion certificate other than a diploma. Note that some states grant only regular diplomas and the high school equivalency certificates.
Technical Notes
The State Nonfiscal Survey is an annual state-level collection of student, staff, and graduate counts for grades prekindergarten through 12. The data are collected from state education agencies (SEAs), processed and edited by NCES, and then verified by each SEA. The State Nonfiscal Survey Data is part of the Common Core of Data collection.
All staff counts (including teachers) are in full-time equivalency units. This is the amount of time required to perform an assignment stated as a proportion of a full-time position, and computed by dividing the amount of time employed by the time normally required for a full-time position.
State agencies vary in their data collection and reporting systems, with resulting inconsistencies across states. Several states collapse two or more categories of staff into one. In these cases, NCES disaggregatesthis number by distributing the reported amount to the several categories based on the average ratios from other states. Other states omit counts of certain staff. In these cases, NCES imputes a number based on the average ratio of staff to students in the other responding states. NCES made no adjustments or imputations to high school equivalency or other high school completion data.
Definitions
Administrative Support Staff-This category contains Local Education Agency administrative support staff and school administrative support staff
Diploma, High School—Formal document certifying the successful completion of a secondary school program prescribed by the state agency or other appropriate body
Graduate, High School—Individual who has received formal recognition from school authorities, by the granting of a diploma, for completing a prescribed course of studies at the secondary level school
High School Equivalency Certificate—A formal document certifying that an individual met the state requirements for high school graduation equivalency by obtaining satisfactory scores on an approved examination, and meeting other performance requirements (if any) set by a state education agency or other appropriate body
High School Equivalency Recipients—Individuals age 19 or younger who received a high school equivalency certificate during the previous school year or subsequent summer
Membership Count—Total student enrollment on October 1 (or the closest school day to October 1) for all grade levels and ungraded pupils. Includes students both present and absent on the measurement day
Other Diploma Recipients—Individuals who received a diploma from other than the regular school program during the previous school year and subsequent summer school
Other High School Completers—Individuals who received a certificate of attendance, or other certificate of completion, in lieu of a diploma during the previous school year and subsequent summer school
Other Student Support Staff—This category contains library support staff, student support services staff, and all other support staff.
Other Support Staff—All education agency support services staff not reported in other categories, (e.g., data processing, health, building and equipment maintenance, bus drivers, security, and food service workers)
Regular Diploma Recipients—Graduates who received a regular diploma during the previous school year and subsequent summer school
Student Support Services Staff—Professional and supervisory staff providing non-instructional services to students
Teachers of Ungraded Classes—Teachers of classes or programs to which students are assigned without standard grade designation
Ungraded—Classes or programs to which students are assigned without standard grade designation
Table 1.-- Public school membership, by grade and state: Fall 1994
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Pre-
kinder- Kinder-
State Total garten garten Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5
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United States a/ 44,108,775 598,861 3,444,168 3,593,323 3,439,802 3,438,988 3,425,869 3,371,777
Alabama a/ 736,472 8,992 57,723 60,366 56,502 57,259 56,773 57,923
Alaska 127,057 2,593 10,309 10,679 10,194 10,420 10,318 10,086
Arizona 737,424 3,540 59,545 63,198 60,274 60,591 60,032 58,579
Arkansas 447,565 1,652 35,620 35,359 33,615 33,626 34,488 34,620
California a/ 5,407,043 66,018 448,237 457,886 438,672 431,169 426,919 416,333
Colorado 640,521 9,853 48,673 51,634 51,229 52,191 51,877 51,311
Connecticut 506,824 7,601 43,511 44,869 42,023 41,225 40,737 39,693
Delaware 106,813 618 7,523 9,097 8,450 8,595 8,367 8,402
District of Columbia 80,450 5,508 7,628 7,184 6,515 6,365 5,783 5,457
Florida 2,108,968 46,389 172,001 175,017 169,558 170,564 173,191 170,288
Georgia 1,270,948 12,859 108,398 105,961 102,495 101,656 101,054 100,813
Hawaii 183,795 631 15,678 15,696 15,208 15,052 14,572 14,828
Idaho 240,448 1,501 17,260 18,324 17,665 17,326 18,361 19,116
Illinois 1,916,172 42,938 146,314 152,229 143,486 143,029 143,030 138,902
Indiana 968,933 4,651 71,588 78,451 71,305 71,884 72,400 73,132
Iowa 499,550 4,453 37,434 35,338 34,813 36,351 36,992 36,586
Kansas 460,838 2,640 33,445 36,070 35,191 35,915 36,488 36,115
Kentucky 657,642 17,934 44,191 45,866 46,173 55,697 48,233 48,778
Louisiana 797,933 19,292 60,705 63,448 60,476 61,849 62,461 60,139
Maine 212,601 1,006 16,569 17,524 16,583 17,351 17,397 17,154
Maryland 790,938 18,834 62,341 65,377 64,160 62,270 61,982 61,010
Massachusetts 893,727 13,982 77,777 77,583 73,836 71,606 71,131 68,837
Michigan 1,614,784 4,409 136,353 129,951 125,664 123,321 123,829 119,821
Minnesota 821,693 8,060 62,908 62,446 61,956 63,873 64,605 63,660
Mississippi 505,962 1,146 38,528 41,762 37,940 38,135 38,606 39,004
Missouri 878,541 16,002 66,607 67,874 66,607 67,802 68,457 67,020
Montana b/ 164,341 483 11,820 12,852 12,391 12,845 13,009 13,113
Nebraska 287,100 3,985 21,752 21,275 21,223 21,705 22,144 22,496
Nevada 250,747 1,424 20,462 21,827 21,062 20,941 20,573 20,048
New Hampshire 189,319 1,210 8,325 18,014 16,411 16,185 16,352 15,678
New Jersey 1,174,206 10,283 92,316 99,907 92,142 89,159 87,374 85,007
New Mexico 327,248 4,174 24,055 25,770 24,912 24,554 24,294 24,033
New York 2,766,208 32,227 212,239 225,269 212,486 205,740 202,024 196,405
North Carolina 1,156,767 8,949 97,508 97,339 91,560 90,471 89,492 87,139
North Dakota 119,288 639 8,677 8,893 8,634 8,966 9,236 9,292
Ohio 1,814,290 17,505 141,284 144,280 141,064 141,329 136,834 138,552
Oklahoma 609,718 5,367 46,355 53,654 46,476 47,234 47,929 48,221
Oregon 521,945 1,069 38,930 40,710 40,348 41,248 41,739 41,623
Pennsylvania 1,765,891 3,583 132,132 146,636 137,635 137,533 135,061 131,944
Rhode Island 147,487 469 10,701 13,721 12,154 11,707 11,549 11,504
South Carolina a/ 648,673 7,920 46,859 54,602 50,731 51,139 51,268 50,585
South Dakota 143,482 1,244 10,618 10,615 10,649 10,917 11,116 11,138
Tennessee a/ 881,355 10,761 71,413 73,170 66,964 67,349 67,339 65,872
Texas 3,677,171 128,736 272,065 300,731 290,911 289,548 291,604 286,219
Utah 474,675 3,273 33,750 34,790 33,734 34,515 34,837 35,668
Vermont 104,533 1,903 8,040 8,176 8,183 8,224 8,396 8,430
Virginia 1,060,809 3,115 85,160 84,678 82,663 82,990 84,103 81,212
Washington 938,314 6,155 71,637 73,594 73,187 74,642 75,299 74,861
West Virginia 310,511 2,754 22,377 22,186 22,123 22,210 22,236 22,651
Wisconsin 860,686 18,531 61,898 64,040 64,247 65,127 65,996 64,380
Wyoming c/ 100,369 0 6,929 7,405 7,322 7,588 7,982 8,099
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Outlying Areas
American Samoa 14,445 1,570 1,126 1,173 1,184 1,094 1,071 1,045
Guam 32,185 465 2,931 2,981 2,835 2,753 2,587 2,531
Northern Marianas 8,429 510 556 793 805 695 681 630
Puerto Rico 621,121 143 39,962 53,773 49,955 48,958 50,311 49,778
Virgin Islands c/ 23,126 0 1,487 1,816 1,837 1,732 1,745 1,702
(Table 1.-- Public school membership, by grade and state: Fall 1994--continued)
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State Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 Ungraded
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United States a/ 3,381,438 3,403,533 3,302,290 3,604,068 3,131,438 2,748,677 2,487,928 736,615
Alabama a/ 58,719 61,765 59,165 63,656 50,929 44,970 41,730 0
Alaska 9,674 9,943 9,503 9,947 8,692 7,642 7,057 0
Arizona 58,791 58,676 55,334 59,150 51,564 43,363 40,119 4,668
Arkansas 35,024 36,795 36,437 36,689 34,158 29,429 27,161 2,892
California a/ 409,387 403,367 388,561 420,643 381,364 334,408 285,132 98,947
0
Colorado 51,775 51,103 49,332 50,078 44,702 39,956 35,464 1,343
Connecticut 38,110 37,577 35,665 38,001 33,780 30,760 28,640 4,632
Delaware 8,416 8,788 8,563 9,469 7,979 6,681 5,865 0
District of Columbia 4,978 5,244 5,031 4,923 4,904 3,920 3,203 3,807
Florida 169,018 165,489 155,813 172,850 147,925 120,030 100,835 0
0
Georgia 101,974 100,458 98,982 114,176 85,636 71,880 64,606 0
Hawaii 14,540 13,832 13,592 15,597 11,979 12,034 10,473 83
Idaho 19,478 20,176 19,680 19,777 19,098 16,906 15,780 0
Illinois 133,142 134,518 135,134 148,944 135,955 119,266 109,360 89,925
Indiana 75,449 78,369 77,779 83,123 73,535 67,167 62,699 7,401
0
Iowa 38,082 38,504 39,091 40,647 37,925 35,453 34,125 13,756
Kansas 36,981 37,116 36,757 38,007 33,574 30,338 28,811 3,390
Kentucky 49,973 51,190 50,562 55,758 48,521 43,371 39,482 11,913
Louisiana 62,011 63,214 57,747 68,599 54,796 45,167 40,666 17,363
Maine 17,112 16,867 16,571 15,503 14,674 13,434 12,534 2,322
0
Maryland 60,953 60,049 57,222 63,067 51,978 45,585 43,223 12,887
Massachusetts 66,869 66,447 64,097 66,707 60,669 56,226 51,618 6,342
Michigan 118,795 120,642 117,380 128,383 109,751 98,671 88,136 69,678
Minnesota 63,918 65,393 64,607 65,149 61,728 57,408 55,982 0
Mississippi 39,174 42,294 39,970 43,434 33,918 28,584 26,436 17,031
0
Missouri 68,357 66,705 66,025 72,584 65,084 57,447 52,654 9,316
Montana b/ 13,194 13,329 13,229 13,309 12,148 11,286 10,681 652
Nebraska 22,511 22,927 23,037 23,281 21,958 19,662 19,144 0
Nevada 19,920 19,524 18,881 18,685 17,463 15,586 13,659 692
New Hampshire 15,732 15,473 14,926 14,564 12,969 11,965 10,919 596
New Jersey 83,410 83,350 80,901 83,256 74,858 68,708 65,662 77,873
New Mexico 25,831 26,102 25,443 28,547 23,885 20,114 16,925 8,609
New York 197,222 197,519 191,181 227,040 202,906 172,751 144,139 147,060
North Carolina 87,733 88,336 86,344 97,534 81,618 67,828 62,324 22,592
North Dakota 9,526 9,862 9,694 9,564 9,091 8,796 8,418 0
0
Ohio 141,349 146,443 142,132 151,879 132,103 122,753 112,266 4,517
Oklahoma 49,524 49,377 47,149 48,838 43,273 38,583 35,899 1,839
Oregon 42,276 41,973 40,473 41,301 39,088 35,667 33,356 2,144
Pennsylvania 134,201 136,184 132,994 147,352 131,782 119,328 109,885 29,641
Rhode Island 11,114 11,324 10,747 11,534 10,318 9,124 8,440 3,081
0
South Carolina a/ 51,743 53,152 50,799 60,058 46,796 37,645 35,376 0
South Dakota 11,226 11,800 11,604 12,077 10,794 9,560 8,925 1,199
Tennessee a/ 66,194 68,508 65,598 72,593 63,757 55,070 49,401 17,366
Texas 288,987 290,713 281,109 323,162 243,914 205,735 183,737 0
Utah 36,499 38,163 37,519 38,356 37,318 32,978 33,337 9,938
0
Vermont 8,349 8,063 7,826 7,993 7,311 6,669 6,458 512
Virginia 81,313 81,795 79,929 84,447 73,958 65,077 62,899 27,470
Washington 75,442 75,308 72,982 75,684 69,532 61,841 58,150 0
West Virginia 23,904 25,517 25,200 26,766 24,415 23,031 22,058 3,083
Wisconsin 65,362 65,844 65,790 73,083 67,255 61,696 57,437 0
Wyoming c/ 8,176 8,426 8,203 8,304 8,110 7,128 6,642 55
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Outlying Areas
American Samoa 945 943 903 885 869 829 746 62
Guam 2,396 2,433 2,275 2,795 2,266 1,666 1,262 9
Northern Marianas 647 692 550 625 429 410 406 0
Puerto Rico 49,129 54,180 49,774 45,789 44,240 38,239 32,935 13,955
Virgin Islands c/ 1,715 2,197 1,585 1,935 1,553 1,210 1,140 1,472
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a/ Values for prekindergarten students were imputed based on current year (Fall 1994) data.
b/ Montana counts some prekindergarten students as kindergarten students.
c/ Wyoming and the Virgin Islands do not have a prekindergarten program.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, , Common Core of Data, "State
Nonfiscal Survey."
Table 2.--Public school student/teacher ratio, student membership, and teachers, by level of instruction and state: Fall 1994
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total student/ Pre- Teachers teacher Total Total kindergarten Kindergarten Elementary Secondary of ungraded State ratio membership teachers teachers teachers teachers teachers classes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- United States a/, b/ 17.3 44,108,775 2,552,199 23,647 120,516 1,275,188 912,386 220,463 Alabama a/, b/ 17.2 736,472 42,789 450 3,288 20,430 18,423 198 Alaska 17.6 127,057 7,205 55 356 4,255 2,539 0 Arizona 19.3 737,424 38,132 163 1,450 25,982 10,537 0 Arkansas 17.1 447,565 26,181 76 1,971 11,837 12,160 137 California a/, b/ 24.0 5,407,043 225,001 3,302 14,708 124,785 58,586 23,620 Colorado 18.4 640,521 34,894 242 1,210 16,556 16,886 0 Connecticut 14.4 506,824 35,316 193 1,490 19,062 9,340 5,231 Delaware 16.6 106,813 6,416 31 171 3,013 3,201 0 District of Columbia 13.2 80,450 6,110 273 330 2,894 2,173 440 Florida 19.1 2,108,968 110,674 796 6,227 41,127 40,893 21,631 Georgia 16.3 1,270,948 77,914 560 5,273 50,378 21,703 0 Hawaii 17.9 183,795 10,240 92 440 5,238 4,425 45 Idaho 19.1 240,448 12,582 98 394 5,896 6,018 176 Illinois 17.3 1,916,172 110,830 1,073 4,316 61,073 28,619 15,749 Indiana 17.5 968,933 55,496 259 2,191 25,077 25,251 2,718 Iowa 15.7 499,550 31,775 353 1,735 16,575 12,021 1,091 Kansas 15.1 460,838 30,579 148 1,062 13,613 12,763 2,993 Kentucky 17.0 657,642 38,784 763 1,415 24,876 11,730 0 Louisiana 16.8 797,933 47,599 312 2,916 23,688 12,176 8,507 Maine 13.8 212,601 15,404 167 803 9,554 4,880 0 Maryland 17.0 790,938 46,565 391 1,626 23,775 20,773 0 Massachusetts 14.8 893,727 60,489 305 1,468 20,569 29,922 8,225 Michigan 20.1 1,614,784 80,522 561 3,120 31,165 36,701 8,975 Minnesota 17.5 821,693 46,958 50 1,557 22,373 22,948 30 Mississippi 17.5 505,962 28,866 204 1,633 13,234 8,864 4,931 Missouri 15.5 878,541 56,606 711 2,625 25,718 26,782 770 Montana 16.3 164,341 10,079 111 535 6,363 3,070 0 Nebraska 14.5 287,100 19,774 180 868 10,320 8,406 0 Nevada 18.7 250,747 13,414 181 418 6,185 5,058 1,572 New Hampshire 15.6 189,319 12,109 82 255 7,821 3,951 0 New Jersey 13.8 1,174,206 85,258 229 2,900 44,151 26,439 11,539 New Mexico 17.2 327,248 19,025 236 791 10,238 4,342 3,418 New York 15.2 2,766,208 182,273 2,245 9,930 79,233 63,928 26,937 North Carolina 16.2 1,156,767 71,592 702 4,692 37,086 24,700 4,412 North Dakota 15.3 119,288 7,796 89 268 4,866 2,573 0 Ohio 16.6 1,814,290 109,085 910 3,406 67,689 36,912 168 Oklahoma 15.5 609,718 39,406 165 1,510 17,060 16,517 4,154 Oregon 19.9 521,945 26,208 35 933 13,160 8,484 3,596 Pennsylvania 17.1 1,765,891 102,988 745 3,582 42,592 43,798 12,272 Rhode Island 14.7 147,487 10,066 8 306 4,283 4,090 1,379 South Carolina a/ 16.4 648,673 39,437 456 1,289 25,075 12,617 0 South Dakota 14.4 143,482 9,985 25 319 5,754 2,738 1,149 Tennessee a/ 18.6 881,355 47,406 112 3,180 29,747 12,795 1,572 Texas 15.7 3,677,171 234,213 3,674 12,082 101,243 85,987 31,227 Utah 24.3 474,675 19,524 96 745 8,200 8,056 2,427 Vermont 13.8 104,533 7,566 80 279 2,772 2,952 1,483 Virginia b/ 14.6 1,060,809 72,853 564 3,346 39,995 28,948 0 Washington 20.2 938,314 46,439 63 2,123 21,891 18,247 4,115 West Virginia 14.8 310,511 21,024 99 927 9,186 7,244 3,568 Wisconsin 15.9 860,686 54,054 932 1,851 34,452 16,819 0 Wyoming c/ 15.0 100,369 6,698 0 206 3,083 3,401 8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Outlying Areas American Samoa 20.7 14,445 698 99 32 353 196 18 Guam 17.6 32,185 1,826 15 156 699 784 172 Northern Marianas 20.8 8,429 406 1 18 205 182 0 Puerto Rico 15.6 621,121 39,933 8 1,290 20,703 14,617 3,315 Virgin Islands c/ 15.1 23,126 1,528 0 69 688 703 68 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- a/ Values for prekindergarten students were imputed based on current year (Fall 1994) data. b/ Prekindergarten teacher counts were imputed based on current year data (Fall 1994) for Alabama, California and Virginia. c/ Wyoming, and Virgin Islands do not have prekindergarten programs. NOTE: Teacher counts are full-time equivalency (FTE) counts. Elementary and secondary teacher counts are not directly comparable across states due to differences in the grades included in these designations. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, , Common Core of Data, "State Nonfiscal Survey."
Table 3.--Number of staff employed by public elementary and secondary school systems and percentage of total staff, by category and state: Fall 1994
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Instructional
coordinators
Teachers Instructional aides and supervisors Guidance counselors
State ---------------- ------------------- ------------------ -------------------
Total staff Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
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United States a/ 4,907,996 2,552,199 52.0 473,408 9.6 32,938 0.7 84,887 1.7
Alabama a/ 81,542 42,789 52.5 6,678 8.2 957 1.2 1,643 2.0
Alaska a/ 15,151 7,205 47.6 1,842 12.2 113 0.7 229 1.5
Arizona 74,540 38,132 51.2 9,049 12.1 198 0.3 1,009 1.4
Arkansas 50,201 26,181 52.2 2,572 5.1 754 1.5 1,212 2.4
California a/ 436,125 225,001 51.6 56,391 12.9 4,314 1.0 4,999 1.1
Colorado 64,985 34,894 53.7 5,440 8.4 729 1.1 1,066 1.6
Connecticut 64,743 35,316 54.5 6,822 10.5 451 0.7 1,115 1.7
Delaware 11,759 6,416 54.6 829 7.0 55 0.5 214 1.8
District of Columbia 10,507 6,110 58.2 359 3.4 161 1.5 264 2.5
Florida 226,975 110,674 48.8 22,243 9.8 801 0.4 4,585 2.0
Georgia a/ 161,390 77,914 48.3 21,172 13.1 649 0.4 2,338 1.4
Hawaii 16,567 10,240 61.8 790 4.8 456 2.8 532 3.2
Idaho 21,194 12,582 59.4 1,805 8.5 202 1.0 478 2.3
Illinois 204,414 110,830 54.2 19,470 9.5 1,624 0.8 2,757 1.3
Indiana 115,441 55,496 48.1 14,372 12.4 1,307 1.1 1,650 1.4
Iowa 60,526 31,775 52.5 5,346 8.8 377 0.6 1,302 2.2
Kansas 56,790 30,579 53.8 4,451 7.8 163 0.3 1,073 1.9
Kentucky 81,720 38,784 47.5 9,784 12.0 622 0.8 1,254 1.5
Louisiana 96,124 47,599 49.5 10,177 10.6 97 0.1 1,068 1.1
Maine 29,264 15,404 52.6 3,726 12.7 117 0.4 591 2.0
Maryland 84,699 46,565 55.0 7,255 8.6 677 0.8 1,719 2.0
Massachusetts 108,281 60,489 55.9 11,714 10.8 1,010 0.9 2,004 1.9
Michigan 164,766 80,522 48.9 13,412 8.1 579 0.4 2,876 1.7
Minnesota 74,914 46,958 62.7 6,088 8.1 487 0.7 901 1.2
Mississippi 60,708 28,866 47.5 8,930 14.7 450 0.7 794 1.3
Missouri 116,974 56,606 48.4 6,909 5.9 1,288 1.1 2,483 2.1
Montana a/ 18,446 10,079 54.6 1,841 10.0 149 0.8 398 2.2
Nebraska 37,144 19,774 53.2 3,370 9.1 217 0.6 728 2.0
Nevada 23,098 13,414 58.1 1,643 7.1 110 0.5 452 2.0
New Hampshire 22,336 12,109 54.2 3,098 13.9 140 0.6 617 2.8
New Jersey 161,586 85,258 52.8 13,274 8.2 1,336 0.8 3,130 1.9
New Mexico 38,642 19,025 49.2 4,269 11.0 543 1.4 641 1.7
New York 356,386 182,273 51.1 27,390 7.7 1,399 0.4 5,770 1.6
North Carolina a/ 137,792 71,592 52.0 21,766 15.8 725 0.5 2,926 2.1
North Dakota 13,919 7,796 56.0 1,343 9.6 58 0.4 246 1.8
Ohio 204,043 109,085 53.5 9,884 4.8 434 0.2 3,510 1.7
Oklahoma a/ 78,270 39,406 50.3 7,205 9.2 625 0.8 1,368 1.7
Oregon 50,377 26,208 52.0 5,501 10.9 344 0.7 1,278 2.5
Pennsylvania 193,696 102,988 53.2 13,680 7.1 1,580 0.8 3,626 1.9
Rhode Island 15,438 10,066 65.2 1,272 8.2 79 0.5 306 2.0
South Carolina a/ 74,174 39,437 53.2 7,268 9.8 502 0.7 1,514 2.0
South Dakota a/ 17,989 9,985 55.5 1,905 10.6 23 0.1 394 2.2
Tennessee 96,282 47,406 49.2 9,574 9.9 728 0.8 1,389 1.4
Texas 450,462 234,213 52.0 41,317 9.2 1,168 0.3 8,026 1.8
Utah 36,186 19,524 54.0 4,665 12.9 449 1.2 529 1.5
Vermont 15,337 7,566 49.3 2,776 18.1 337 2.2 353 2.3
Virginia a/ 133,192 72,853 54.7 11,692 8.8 1,168 0.9 3,130 2.3
Washington a/ 90,440 46,439 51.3 8,480 9.4 836 0.9 1,735 1.9
West Virginia 38,481 21,024 54.6 2,867 7.5 327 0.8 596 1.5
Wisconsin 100,996 54,054 53.5 8,442 8.4 977 1.0 1,914 1.9
Wyoming 12,984 6,698 51.6 1,260 9.7 46 0.4 155 1.2
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Outlying Areas
American Samoa 1,340 698 52.1 13 1.0 38 2.8 24 1.8
Guam 4,730 1,826 38.6 499 10.5 26 0.5 79 1.7
Northern Marianas 1,051 406 38.6 231 22.0 18 1.7 23 2.2
Puerto Rico 68,868 39,933 58.0 --- --- 629 0.9 954 1.4
Virgin Islands 3,193 1,528 47.9 314 9.8 --- --- 76 2.4
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a/ The following staff data were imputed based on current year (Fall 1994) data: Teachers in Alabama, California and
Virginia; instructional aides in South Carolina and Montana; instructional coordinators in Alaska and Washington;
and support staff in Georgia, Montana, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Washington.
Footnotes are continued at the bottom of the continuation of this table on the next page.
Table 3(continued)--Number of staff employed by public elementary and secondary school systems and percentage of total
staff, by category and state: Fall 1994--Continued
Other student School School district Administrative
Librarians support staff administrators administrators support staff
State ----------------- ------------------ ----------------- ------------------ -----------------
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
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United States a/ 50,687 1.0 1,197,689 24.4 123,918 2.5 48,900 1.0 343,370 7.0
Alabama a/ 1,215 1.5 22,223 27.3 2,163 2.7 406 0.5 3,468 4.3
Alaska a/ 148 1.0 3,704 24.4 428 2.8 195 1.3 1,287 8.5
Arizona 771 1.0 17,312 23.2 1,689 2.3 420 0.6 5,960 8.0
Arkansas 949 1.9 13,958 27.8 1,435 2.9 563 1.1 2,577 5.1
California a/ 850 0.2 87,297 20.0 10,352 2.4 2,048 0.5 44,873 10.3
Colorado 709 1.1 14,024 21.6 1,772 2.7 812 1.2 5,539 8.5
Connecticut 653 1.0 13,419 20.7 1,531 2.4 1,160 1.8 4,276 6.6
Delaware 120 1.0 2,800 23.8 406 3.5 90 0.8 829 7.0
District of Columbia 176 1.7 1,923 18.3 305 2.9 438 4.2 771 7.3
Florida 2,512 1.1 56,171 24.7 5,768 2.5 1,673 0.7 22,548 9.9
Georgia a/ 1,986 1.2 41,431 25.7 3,777 2.3 2,136 1.3 9,987 6.2
Hawaii 288 1.7 2,733 16.5 471 2.8 152 0.9 905 5.5
Idaho 180 0.8 4,132 19.5 633 3.0 121 0.6 1,061 5.0
Illinois 1,910 0.9 46,057 22.5 4,980 2.4 3,274 1.6 13,512 6.6
Indiana 1,028 0.9 31,131 27.0 2,719 2.4 874 0.8 6,864 5.9
Iowa 652 1.1 14,975 24.7 1,737 2.9 512 0.8 3,850 6.4
Kansas 968 1.7 13,069 23.0 1,659 2.9 473 0.8 4,355 7.7
Kentucky 1,136 1.4 22,913 28.0 1,728 2.1 1,197 1.5 4,302 5.3
Louisiana 1,206 1.3 27,267 28.4 2,391 2.5 1,531 1.6 4,788 5.0
Maine 235 0.8 6,161 21.1 844 2.9 449 1.5 1,737 5.9
Maryland 1,055 1.2 20,212 23.9 2,607 3.1 789 0.9 3,820 4.5
Massachusetts 579 0.5 21,057 19.4 2,126 2.0 954 0.9 8,348 7.7
Michigan 1,445 0.9 51,192 31.1 4,995 3.0 1,331 0.8 8,414 5.1
Minnesota 984 1.3 12,302 16.4 1,593 2.1 1,278 1.7 4,323 5.8
Mississippi 704 1.2 15,393 25.4 1,492 2.5 900 1.5 3,179 5.2
Missouri 1,317 1.1 34,204 29.2 2,516 2.2 650 0.6 11,001 9.4
Montana a/ 341 1.8 3,747 20.3 484 2.6 161 0.9 1,246 6.8
Nebraska 567 1.5 9,180 24.7 938 2.5 616 1.7 1,754 4.7
Nevada 241 1.0 4,705 20.4 660 2.9 178 0.8 1,695 7.3
New Hampshire 261 1.2 4,324 19.4 476 2.1 353 1.6 958 4.3
New Jersey 1,785 1.1 36,071 22.3 4,427 2.7 1,691 1.0 14,614 9.0
New Mexico 249 0.6 8,809 22.8 851 2.2 496 1.3 3,759 9.7
New York 3,061 0.9 97,309 27.3 6,944 1.9 2,813 0.8 29,427 8.3
North Carolina a/ 2,154 1.6 25,609 18.6 3,967 2.9 1,281 0.9 7,772 5.6
North Dakota 179 1.3 3,005 21.6 392 2.8 268 1.9 632 4.5
Ohio 1,753 0.9 47,234 23.1 4,903 2.4 5,497 2.7 21,743 10.7
Oklahoma a/ 899 1.1 20,650 26.4 2,375 3.0 548 0.7 5,194 6.6
Oregon 658 1.3 10,210 20.3 1,565 3.1 710 1.4 3,903 7.7
Pennsylvania 2,190 1.1 49,804 25.7 4,021 2.1 1,335 0.7 14,472 7.5
Rhode Island 76 0.5 2,101 13.6 370 2.4 157 1.0 1,011 6.5
South Carolina a/ 1,103 1.5 16,988 22.9 2,182 2.9 260 0.4 4,920 6.6
South Dakota a/ 213 1.2 3,088 17.2 654 3.6 337 1.9 1,390 7.7
Tennessee 1,363 1.4 23,798 24.7 4,560 4.7 960 1.0 6,504 6.8
Texas 4,201 0.9 132,771 29.5 11,010 2.4 2,554 0.6 15,202 3.4
Utah 279 0.8 7,448 20.6 885 2.4 107 0.3 2,300 6.4
Vermont 224 1.5 2,667 17.4 428 2.8 146 1.0 840 5.5
Virginia a/ 1,967 1.5 30,733 23.1 3,453 2.6 1,783 1.3 6,413 4.8
Washington a/ 1,259 1.4 21,661 24.0 2,469 2.7 1,053 1.2 6,508 7.2
West Virginia 364 0.9 9,681 25.2 1,100 2.9 271 0.7 2,251 5.8
Wisconsin 1,387 1.4 25,484 25.2 2,359 2.3 782 0.8 5,597 5.5
Wyoming 137 1.1 3,552 27.4 328 2.5 117 0.9 691 5.3
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Outlying Areas
American Samoa 7 0.5 376 28.1 59 4.4 26 1.9 99 7.4
Guam 34 0.7 2,035 43.0 65 1.4 20 0.4 146 3.1
Northern Marianas 3 0.3 202 19.2 28 2.7 9 0.9 131 12.5
Puerto Rico 897 1.3 20,453 29.7 1,339 1.9 286 0.4 4,377 6.4
Virgin Islands 35 1.1 643 20.1 78 2.4 101 3.2 418 13.1
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--- Data not available.
NOTE: All staff counts are full-time eqivalency counts.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, , Common Core of Data,
"State Nonfiscal Survey."
Table 4.--Number of public school graduates, 12th-grade student membership, and 9th-grade student membership 3 years earlier, by state: School year 1993-94
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Regular Other 12th- 9th- High school Other
high school diploma grade grade equivalency high school
graduates recipients membership membership recipients completers
State 1993-94 a/ 1993-94 1993-94 1990-91 1993-94 b/ 1993-94
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United States c/ 2,217,175 64,572 2,424,031 3,168,630 141,313 22,178
Alabama 34,447 0 39,900 57,318 2,421 3,551
Alaska 5,747 0 6,975 8,114 903 15
Arizona 27,876 0 37,614 46,369 --- 188
Arkansas 24,990 223 27,169 32,696 3,189 1,680
California 253,083 49,840 277,271 381,573 4,505 ---
Colorado 31,867 0 34,770 42,553 3,269 458
Connecticut 26,330 99 27,979 33,381 509 0
Delaware 5,230 235 5,882 7,869 359 57
District of Columbia 3,207 0 3,303 4,958 1,013 105
Florida 88,032 2,002 100,646 148,396 15,202 1,334
Georgia 56,356 1,174 62,704 94,889 --- 785
Hawaii 9,369 22 10,201 12,319 20 459
Idaho 13,281 97 15,044 16,670 236 32
Illinois 102,126 0 106,519 132,303 --- 0
Indiana 54,650 699 60,971 76,671 3,279 329
Iowa 30,247 197 32,588 34,768 2,376 136
Kansas 25,319 0 27,644 32,051 --- 0
Kentucky 38,454 0 37,629 50,958 --- 0
Louisiana 34,822 0 39,826 59,564 9,805 0
Maine 11,633 209 13,446 15,726 551 31
Maryland 39,091 0 40,661 52,363 1,942 578
Massachusetts 47,453 0 51,309 60,803 --- 0
Michigan 83,385 1,799 87,447 119,079 2,155 509
Minnesota b/ 47,514 0 54,642 54,058 3,190 0
Mississippi 23,379 199 26,156 37,440 3,732 1,476
Missouri 46,566 0 50,195 63,605 7,615 0
Montana 9,601 0 10,325 11,370 947 0
Nebraska 17,072 268 18,578 20,061 347 66
Nevada 9,485 655 12,749 14,072 1,598 176
New Hampshire 9,933 0 10,635 12,680 1,997 0
New Jersey 66,125 0 64,402 77,549 9,438 0
New Mexico 14,892 0 16,767 22,366 2,395 213
New York 132,708 3,588 143,055 205,901 11,819 162
North Carolina 57,738 50 60,856 87,422 4,860 1,199
North Dakota 7,522 0 8,066 8,581 298 0
Ohio 107,700 0 111,932 143,585 5,513 0
Oklahoma 31,872 0 34,744 41,890 6,895 0
Oregon 26,338 196 32,828 36,213 7,475 2,819
Pennsylvania 101,958 0 107,244 129,283 7,153 0
Rhode Island 7,450 2 8,094 10,154 529 6
South Carolina 30,603 1,307 33,949 53,237 1,842 2,029
South Dakota 8,442 130 8,936 9,240 276 19
Tennessee 40,643 0 47,668 64,514 4,260 1,691
Texas 163,191 0 178,889 273,922 --- ---
Utah 26,407 1,299 31,692 32,933 300 166
Vermont 5,414 163 6,227 6,398 --- 127
Virginia 56,140 --- 60,314 77,527 --- 1,287
Washington 47,235 80 55,847 61,562 4,399 0
West Virginia 19,884 --- 21,507 25,500 1,319 452
Wisconsin 48,371 0 53,688 59,058 1,382 0
Wyoming 5,997 39 6,548 7,118 --- 43
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Outlying areas
American Samoa 738 0 809 874 33 11
Guam 985 0 1,154 432 0 0
Northern Marianas 328 0 384 2,512 --- 0
Puerto Rico 27,718 15,357 32,610 46,721 6,299 0
Virgin Islands 886 148 1,097 1,496 78 0
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--- Data missing or not available.
a/ Regular high school graduates may include summer graduates not included in 12th grade membership.
b/ Includes recipients ages 19 or younger, except in Minnnesota where they are ages 20 or younger.
c/ National totals for other diploma recipients, high school equivalency recipients and other high school
completers are undercounts due to missing data in some states.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, , Common Core of Data,
"State Nonfiscal Survey."
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