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Public School Student, Staff, and Graduate Counts by State: School Year 2001-02--Ed Tabs: April, 2004
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Table 3. Number of staff employed by public elementary and secondary school systems and percentage of total staff, by category and state: School year 2001-02 — Part 1 || Part 2
State
Total staff
Teachers
Instructional aides
Instructional coordinators and supervisors
Guidance counselors
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
United States 5,902,9161 2,997,7412 50.8 675,0381 11.4 45,9341 0.8 100,052 1.7
 
Alabama 88,1711 46,7962 53.1 6,122 6.9 676 0.8 1,658 1.9
Alaska 16,729 8,026 48.0 2,481 14.8 1541 0.9 275 1.6
Arizona 93,976 46,015 49.0 13,179 14.0 145 0.2 1,215 1.3
Arkansas 66,578 33,079 49.7 6,170 9.3 601 0.9 1,459 2.2
California 574,5591 304,2962 53.0 72,554 12.6 6,510 1.1 6,438 1.1
 
Colorado 87,582 44,182 50.4 10,383 11.9 879 1.0 1,277 1.5
Connecticut 84,884 41,773 49.2 11,857 14.0 386 0.5 1,279 1.5
Delaware 14,172 7,571 53.4 1,332 9.4 166 1.2 240 1.7
District of Columbia 11,391 4,951 43.5 1,508 13.2 19 0.2 241 2.1
Florida 282,696 134,684 47.6 31,206 11.0 666 0.2 5,547 2.0
 
Georgia 190,054 92,732 48.8 22,625 11.9 1,210 0.6 3,219 1.7
Hawaii 19,464 11,007 56.6 1,671 8.6 500 2.6 646 3.3
Idaho 24,773 13,854 55.9 2,632 10.6 288 1.2 593 2.4
Illinois 255,7191 129,600 50.7 32,9551 12.9 1,295 0.5 2,983 1.2
Indiana 128,938 59,658 46.3 18,337 14.2 1,552 1.2 1,831 1.4
 
Iowa 69,504 34,906 50.2 8,887 12.8 467 0.7 1,230 1.8
Kansas 65,155 33,084 50.8 7,153 11.0 136 0.2 1,173 1.8
Kentucky 94,826 40,375 42.6 14,302 15.1 742 0.8 1,481 1.6
Louisiana 101,552 49,980 49.2 11,094 10.9 1,303 1.3 3,264 3.2
Maine 34,072 16,741 49.1 5,705 16.7 198 0.6 643 1.9
 
Maryland 99,282 53,774 54.2 9,361 9.4 863 0.9 2,161 2.2
Massachusetts 125,6253 68,942 54.9 17,452 13.9 2,633 2.1 2,472 2.0
Michigan 214,894 98,849 46.0 25,592 11.9 1,244 0.6 3,136 1.5
Minnesota 104,741 53,081 50.7 14,440 13.8 466 0.4 1,056 1.0
Mississippi 65,154 31,213 47.9 8,561 13.1 592 0.9 952 1.5
 
Missouri 124,756 65,240 52.3 11,154 8.9 941 0.8 2,673 2.1
Montana 19,5011 10,408 53.4 2,4171 12.4 155 0.8 429 2.2
Nebraska 40,541 21,083 52.0 4,479 11.0 350 0.9 777 1.9
Nevada 33,967 19,276 56.7 2,652 7.8 185 0.5 693 2.0
New Hampshire 29,141 14,677 50.4 5,759 19.8 1782 0.6 748 2.6
 
New Jersey 193,337 103,611 53.6 21,474 11.1 1,558 0.8 3,551 1.8
New Mexico 44,941 21,823 48.6 5,301 11.8 216 0.5 781 1.7
New York 423,199 209,128 49.4 41,660 9.8 2,081 0.5 6,241 1.5
North Carolina 166,164 85,684 51.6 27,665 16.6 883 0.5 3,370 2.0
North Dakota 14,896 8,035 53.9 1,702 11.4 121 0.8 274 1.8
 
Ohio 230,007 122,115 53.1 14,886 6.5 489 0.2 3,537 1.5
Oklahoma 76,405 41,632 54.5 6,594 8.6 199 0.3 1,609 2.1
Oregon 57,473 28,402 49.4 8,467 14.7 435 0.8 1,243 2.2
Pennsylvania 229,238 118,470 51.7 24,065 10.5 1,460 0.6 4,183 1.8
Rhode Island 18,583 11,103 59.7 2,301 12.4 64 0.3 348 1.9
 
South Carolina 71,7321 46,616 65.0 10,9951 15.3 609 0.8 1,722 2.4
South Dakota 18,512 9,370 50.6 2,162 11.7 383 2.1 323 1.7
Tennessee 111,9261 58,357 52.1 12,661 11.3 1,0942 1.0 1,854 1.7
Texas 582,555 282,846 48.6 58,283 10.0 1,517 0.3 9,713 1.7
Utah 41,111 22,211 54.0 5,496 13.4 622 1.5 666 1.6
 
Vermont 18,050 8,554 47.4 4,007 22.2 278 1.5 399 2.2
Virginia 165,249 89,314 54.0 15,725 9.5 1,770 1.1 3,408 2.1
Washington 112,021 52,534 46.9 10,044 9.0 4,636 4.1 1,966 1.8
West Virginia 37,676 20,139 53.5 3,087 8.2 334 0.9 665 1.8
Wisconsin 113,525 60,918 53.7 12,780 11.3 1,581 1.4 2,049 1.8
Wyoming 13,919 7,026 50.5 1,663 11.9 104 0.7 361 2.6
Outlying Areas, DoD Dependents Schools, and Bureau of Indian Affairs
Bureau of Indian Affairs
DoDDS: DoDs Overseas 7,889 5,154 65.3 532 6.7 140 1.8 234 3.0
DDESS: DoDs Domestic 4,321 2,486 57.5 419 9.7 53 1.2 108 2.5
American Samoa 1,686 914 54.2 132 7.8 36 2.1 48 2.8
Guam 3,765 1,918 50.9 700 18.6 156 4.1 29 0.8
Northern Marianas 1,019 519 50.9 198 19.4 5 0.5 13 1.3
Puerto Rico 75,254 42,906 57.0 229 0.3 305 0.4 1,003 1.3
Virgin Islands
 
— Not available.
1 Data imputed based on current year (fall 2001) data.
2 Data disaggregated from reported total.
3 Data imputed based on prior year (fall 2000) data.
4 Student/other support services include library support staff, student support services staff, and all other non-administrative support staff.
5 Administrative support staff includes district and school level administrative support staff.
NOTE: All staff 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," 2001–02.