Table
6. - Median public school student/teacher ratio, by instructional level
and by state: School year 1999-2000 |
State
|
Instructional
level |
Primary
|
Middle
|
High
|
Other |
Reporting states |
16.2
|
15.5
|
14.8
|
9.7 |
Alabama
|
14.8
|
17.0
|
15.7
|
15.3 |
Alaska
|
17.1
|
16.5
|
16.3
|
12.0 |
Arizona
|
17.8
|
18.2
|
16.9
|
- |
Arkansas
|
15.2
|
14.4
|
12.2
|
14.8 |
California
|
19.9
|
22.8
|
21.8
|
17.7 |
Colorado
|
17.3
|
16.6
|
15.2
|
13.1 |
Connecticut
|
14.8
|
12.9
|
12.9
|
8.4 |
Delaware
|
16.6
|
16.4
|
15.4
|
4.8 |
District
of Columbia |
13.9
|
13.4
|
11.7
|
5.5 |
Florida
|
17.2
|
19.2
|
18.9
|
4.3 |
Georgia
|
15.7
|
15.6
|
16.9
|
15.2 |
Hawaii
|
17.5
|
17.0
|
17.5
|
14.1 |
Idaho
|
18.1
|
17.7
|
14.7
|
11.0 |
Illinois
|
17.1
|
15.7
|
14.6
|
7.9 |
Indiana
|
17.9
|
17.0
|
17.2
|
11.0 |
Iowa
|
14.7
|
13.5
|
12.9
|
11.7 |
Kansas
|
14.2
|
13.9
|
12.2
|
4.1 |
Kentucky
|
21.6
|
15.7
|
15.7
|
7.4 |
Louisiana
|
15.1
|
15.4
|
15.7
|
13.3 |
Maine
|
13.7
|
14.7
|
14.2
|
9.6 |
Maryland
|
17.5
|
15.9
|
17.2
|
6.0 |
Massachusetts
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
Michigan
|
18.2
|
17.5
|
18.4
|
13.7 |
Minnesota
|
14.8
|
15.7
|
14.9
|
5.0 |
Mississippi
|
17.1
|
16.5
|
16.6
|
15.9 |
Missouri
|
14.4
|
15.1
|
13.7
|
8.1 |
Montana
|
13.8
|
13.7
|
12.2
|
- |
Nebraska
|
12.4
|
13.9
|
12.1
|
8.6 |
Nevada
|
17.5
|
20.8
|
17.6
|
7.0 |
New
Hampshire |
15.2
|
14.7
|
13.6
|
- |
New
Jersey |
15.4
|
13.4
|
13.0
|
8.3 |
New
Mexico |
15.2
|
15.2
|
15.9
|
16.3 |
New
York |
15.6
|
14.6
|
14.5
|
10.7 |
North
Carolina |
15.3
|
14.3
|
14.4
|
6.4 |
North
Dakota |
13.0
|
14.6
|
12.7
|
16.0 |
Ohio
|
17.8
|
16.0
|
17.0
|
10.1 |
Oklahoma
|
15.6
|
15.2
|
12.6
|
16.9 |
Oregon
|
19.8
|
19.5
|
18.6
|
11.5 |
Pennsylvania
|
17.5
|
16.1
|
15.7
|
13.2 |
Rhode
Island |
15.4
|
13.2
|
13.7
|
5.3 |
South
Carolina |
14.9
|
15.5
|
15.0
|
12.2 |
South
Dakota |
12.6
|
13.1
|
11.7
|
9.0 |
Tennessee
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
Texas
|
15.2
|
14.2
|
12.4
|
9.0 |
Utah
|
20.8
|
19.9
|
19.7
|
12.7 |
Vermont
|
12.7
|
13.0
|
11.6
|
12.2 |
Virginia
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
Washington
|
19.4
|
20.1
|
19.9
|
7.0 |
West
Virginia |
14.1
|
14.3
|
15.4
|
8.2 |
Wisconsin
|
15.2
|
14.7
|
14.8
|
13.8 |
Wyoming
|
12.9
|
13.4
|
12.1
|
6.6 |
|
Outlying areas, DOD Dependents Schools and Bureau of Indian Affairs |
DODDS:
DOD Overseas |
15.7
|
15.1
|
12.9
|
11.7 |
DDESS:
DOD Domestic |
15.0
|
13.6
|
12.7
|
12.4 |
Bureau
of Indian Affairs |
- |
- |
- |
- |
American
Samoa |
19.1
|
29.2
|
16.6
|
2.9 |
Guam
|
17.3
|
17.5
|
21.4
|
- |
Northern
Marianas |
18.6
|
21.4
|
13.5
|
- |
Puerto
Rico |
13.8
|
15.1
|
17.5
|
14.0 |
Virgin
Islands |
14.7
|
11.6
|
15.2
|
7.6 |
- Data
are missing, except for Arizona, New Hampshire, Guam and the Northern
Marianas, which have no schools in the "other" category.
NOTE: Instructional levels are Primary (low grade Prekindergarten to 3,
high grade up to 8); Middle (low grade 4 to 7, high grade 4 to 9); High
(low grade 7 to 12, high grade 12 only); Other (any configuration not
falling within the previous three, including ungraded schools). For states
that did not provide a grade span, grade span was determined by the highest
and lowest grades in which students were reported. U.S. totals include
the 50 states and the District of Columbia. If all schools were ranked
by student/teacher ratio from the smallest to the largest, half of the
schools would fall below the median. For example, half the primary schools
in Alabama had a student/teacher ratio of less than 14.8. back to top
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