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Public School Student, Staff, and Graduate Counts by State: School Year 2000-01--Ed Tabs: April 2002
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Table 10.- Public school student membership and total teachers, by state: School years 1990-91 and 2000–01
State
Total student membership
Total teachers
1990-91 2000–01 Percent change
from
1990-1991 to
2000–01		 1990-91 2000–01 Percent change
from
1990-1991 to
2000–01
United States 41,216,683 47,222,778 14.6 2,398,169 2,952,991 23.1
 
Alabama 721,806 740,176 2.5 36,266 48,199 32.9
Alaska 113,903 133,356 17.1 6,710 7,880 17.4
Arizona 639,853 877,696 37.2 32,987 44,438 34.7
Arkansas 436,286 449,959 3.1 25,984 31,947 22.9
California 4,950,474 6,142,348 24.1 217,228 298,064 37.2
 
Colorado 574,213 724,508 26.2 32,342 41,983 29.8
Connecticut 469,123 562,179 19.8 34,785 41,044 18.0
Delaware 99,658 114,676 15.1 5,961 7,471 25.3
District of Columbia 80,694 68,925 -14.6 5,950 4,949 -16.8
Florida 1,861,592 2,434,821 30.8 108,088 132,030 22.2
 
Georgia 1,151,687 1,444,937 25.5 63,058 91,044 44.4
Hawaii 171,708 184,360 7.4 9,083 10,927 20.3
Idaho 220,840 245,117 11.0 11,254 13,714 21.9
Illinois 1,821,407 2,048,792 12.5 108,775 127,620 17.3
Indiana 954,525 989,225 3.6 54,806 59,226 8.1
 
Iowa 483,652 495,080 2.4 31,045 34,636 11.6
Kansas 437,034 470,610 7.7 29,140 32,742 12.4
Kentucky 636,401 665,850 4.6 36,777 39,589 7.6
Louisiana 784,757 743,089 -5.3 45,401 49,916 9.9
Maine 215,149 207,037 -3.8 15,513 16,559 6.7
 
Maryland 715,176 852,920 19.3 42,562 52,433 23.2
Massachusetts 834,314 975,150 16.9 54,003 67,432 24.9
Michigan 1,584,431 1,743,337 10.0 80,008 97,031 21.3
Minnesota 756,374 854,340 13.0 43,574 53,457 22.7
Mississippi 502,417 497,871 -0.9 28,062 31,006 10.5
 
Missouri 816,558 912,744 11.8 52,359 64,739 23.6
Montana 152,974 154,875 1.2 9,613 10,411 8.3
Nebraska 274,081 286,199 4.4 18,764 20,983 11.8
Nevada 201,316 340,706 69.2 10,373 18,294 76.4
New Hampshire 172,785 208,461 20.6 10,637 14,341 34.8
 
New Jersey 1,089,646 1,307,828 20.0 79,886 99,718 24.8
New Mexico 301,881 320,306 6.1 16,703 21,043 26.0
New York 2,598,337 2,882,188 10.9 176,390 206,961 17.3
North Carolina 1,086,871 1,293,638 19.0 64,283 83,680 30.2
North Dakota 117,825 109,201 -7.3 7,591 8,141 7.2
 
Ohio 1,771,089 1,835,049 3.6 103,088 118,361 14.8
Oklahoma 579,087 623,110 7.6 37,221 41,318 11.0
Oregon 472,394 546,231 15.6 26,174 28,094 7.3
Pennsylvania 1,667,834 1,814,311 8.8 100,275 116,963 16.6
Rhode Island 138,813 157,347 13.4 9,522 10,646 11.8
 
South Carolina 622,112 677,411 8.9 36,963 45,380 22.8
South Dakota 129,164 128,603 -0.4 8,511 9,397 10.4
Tennessee 824,595 909,388 10.3 43,051 61,233 42.2
Texas 3,382,887 4,059,619 20.0 219,298 274,826 25.3
Utah 446,652 481,687 7.8 17,884 22,008 23.1
 
Vermont 95,762 102,049 6.6 7,257 8,414 15.9
Virginia 998,601 1,144,915 14.7 63,638 91,560 43.9
Washington 839,709 1,004,770 19.7 41,764 51,098 22.3
West Virginia 322,389 286,367 -11.2 21,476 20,930 -2.5
Wisconsin 797,621 879,476 10.3 49,302 62,332 26.4
Wyoming 98,226 89,940 -8.4 6,784 6,783 0.0
Outlying Areas, DoD Dependents Schools, and Bureau of Indian Affairs
Bureau of Indian Affairs — 46,938 — — — —
DOD Overseas — 73,581 — — 5,105 —
DOD Domestic — 34,174 — — 2,399 —
American Samoa 12,463 15,702 26.0 662 820 23.9
Guam 26,391 32,473 23.0 1,543 1,975 28.0
Northern Marianas 6,449 10,004 55.1 416 526 26.4
Puerto Rico 644,734 612,725 -5.0 34,260 37,620 9.8
Virgin Islands 21,750 19,459 -10.5 1,575 1,511 -4.1
 
— Data missing.
NOTE: Teacher counts are full-time-equivalency (FTE) counts.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1990–91 and 2000–01.

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