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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 10. Public school student membership and total teachers, by state: School years 1991–92 and 2001–02
State
Total student membership
Total teachers
1991–92 2001–02 Percent change
from 1991–92
to 2001–02		 1991–92 2001–02 Percent change
from 1991–92
to 2001–02
United States 42,046,878 47,687,8711 13.4 2,432,243 2,997,7411 23.3
 
Alabama 722,004 737,2941 2.1 40,480 46,7961 15.6
Alaska 118,680 134,358 13.2 7,118 8,026 12.8
Arizona 656,980 922,180 40.4 33,978 46,015 35.4
Arkansas 438,518 449,805 2.6 25,785 33,079 28.3
California 5,107,145 6,248,6101 22.4 224,000 304,2961 35.8
 
Colorado 593,030 742,145 25.1 33,093 44,182 33.5
Connecticut 481,050 570,228 18.5 34,383 41,773 21.5
Delaware 102,196 115,555 13.1 6,095 7,571 24.2
District of Columbia 80,618 75,392 -6.5 6,346 4,951 -22.0
Florida 1,932,131 2,500,478 29.4 109,939 134,684 22.5
 
Georgia 1,177,569 1,470,634 24.9 63,816 92,732 45.3
Hawaii 174,747 184,546 5.6 9,451 11,007 16.5
Idaho 225,680 246,521 9.2 11,626 13,854 19.2
Illinois 1,848,166 2,071,391 12.1 110,153 129,600 17.7
Indiana 956,988 996,133 4.1 54,509 59,658 9.4
 
Iowa 491,363 485,932 -1.1 31,395 34,906 11.2
Kansas 445,390 470,205 5.6 29,324 33,084 12.8
Kentucky 646,024 654,363 1.3 37,571 40,375 7.5
Louisiana 794,128 731,328 -7.9 46,170 49,980 8.3
Maine 216,400 205,586 -5.0 15,416 16,741 8.6
 
Maryland 736,238 860,640 16.9 43,616 53,774 23.3
Massachusetts 846,155 973,140 15.0 55,963 68,942 23.2
Michigan 1,593,561 1,730,668 8.6 82,967 98,849 19.1
Minnesota 773,571 851,384 10.1 44,903 53,081 18.2
Mississippi 504,127 493,507 -2.1 28,111 31,213 11.0
 
Missouri 842,965 909,792 7.9 52,643 65,240 23.9
Montana 155,779 151,947 -2.5 9,883 10,408 5.3
Nebraska 279,552 285,095 2.0 19,069 21,083 10.6
Nevada 211,810 356,814 68.5 11,409 19,276 69.0
New Hampshire 177,138 206,847 16.8 11,464 14,677 28.0
 
New Jersey 1,109,796 1,341,656 20.9 80,515 103,611 28.7
New Mexico 308,667 320,260 3.8 17,498 21,823 24.7
New York 2,643,993 2,872,132 8.6 171,914 209,128 21.6
North Carolina 1,097,598 1,315,363 19.8 65,326 85,684 31.2
North Dakota 118,376 106,047 -10.4 7,733 8,035 3.9
 
Ohio 1,783,767 1,830,985 2.6 103,372 122,115 18.1
Oklahoma 588,263 622,139 5.8 37,650 41,632 10.6
Oregon 498,614 551,480 10.6 26,745 28,402 6.2
Pennsylvania 1,692,797 1,821,627 7.6 100,475 118,470 17.9
Rhode Island 142,144 158,046 11.2 9,709 11,103 14.4
 
South Carolina 627,470 691,078 10.1 37,115 46,616 25.6
South Dakota 131,576 127,542 -3.1 8,868 9,370 5.7
Tennessee 833,651 925,0301 11.0 43,062 58,357 35.5
Texas 3,464,371 4,163,447 20.2 219,192 282,846 29.0
Utah 456,430 484,677 6.2 18,305 22,211 21.3
 
Vermont 97,137 101,179 4.2 7,031 8,554 21.7
Virginia 1,016,204 1,163,091 14.5 64,537 89,314 38.4
Washington 869,327 1,009,200 16.1 42,931 52,534 22.4
West Virginia 320,249 282,885 -11.7 20,997 20,139 -4.1
Wisconsin 814,671 879,361 7.9 52,028 60,918 17.1
Wyoming 102,074 88,128 -13.7 6,564 7,026 7.0
Outlying Areas, DoD Dependents Schools, and Bureau of Indian Affairs
Bureau of Indian Affairs — 46,476 — — — —
DoDDS: DoDs Overseas — 73,212 — — 5,154 —
DDESS: DoDs Domestic — 32,847 — — 2,486 —
American Samoa 13,365 15,897 18.9 671 914 36.2
Guam 28,334 31,992 12.9 1,499 1,918 28.0
Northern Marianas 7,096 10,479 47.7 430 519 20.7
Puerto Rico 642,392 604,177 -5.9 37,291 42,906 15.1
Virgin Islands 22,346 18,780 -16.0 1,581 — —
 
— Not available.
1 Data imputed based on current year (fall 2001) data.
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," 1991-92 and 2001-02.
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