Total student membership, student/teacher ratio, and number of staff by category for public schools in the United States and other jurisdictions, by state or jurisdiction: School year 2004

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Table 4. Total student membership, student/teacher ratio, and number of staff by category for public schools in the United States and other jurisdictions, by state or jurisdiction: School year 2004–05 (Table 4—Continued)
State or jurisdiction					Staff by category
State or jurisdiction	Total student membership		Total student/ teacher ratio		Total staff	Teachers		Instruc- tional aides		Instructional coordinators and supervisors
United States³	48,794,911		15.8		6,053,465	3,090,513		707,028		47,688

Alabama	730,140		14.2		92,795	51,594		6,458		836
Alaska	132,970		17.1		17,632	7,756		2,200		173	⁴
Arizona	1,043,298		21.3		97,953	48,935		13,713		192
Arkansas	463,115		14.8		66,127	31,234		7,196		623
California	6,441,557	⁵	21.1	⁵	574,614	305,969	⁵	68,118		6,663

Colorado	765,976		17.0		91,337	45,165		10,269		1,425
Connecticut	577,390		14.9		83,879	38,808		12,689		369
Delaware	119,091	⁵	15.2		14,966	7,856		1,693		206
District of Columbia	76,714		14.2		12,162	5,387		1,339		105
Florida	2,639,336	⁵	17.0		311,853	154,864		31,517		677

Georgia	1,553,437		14.8		209,746	104,987		24,535		1,439
Hawaii	183,185		16.4		20,531	11,146		2,084		559
Idaho	256,084		17.9		25,533	14,269		2,736		264
Illinois	2,097,503		16.0		261,237	131,047		34,411	⁴	1,059
Indiana	1,021,348	⁵	16.9		133,375	60,563		19,355		1,720

Iowa	478,319		13.8		68,450	34,697		9,475		482
Kansas	469,136		14.2		64,114	32,932		7,108		110
Kentucky	674,796		16.3		95,920	41,463		13,634		887
Louisiana	724,281		14.7		101,381	49,192		11,149		1,446
Maine	198,820		11.9		34,899	16,656		5,974		320

Maryland	865,561		15.7		108,296	55,101		9,747		1,285
Massachusetts	975,574		13.3		137,613	73,399		19,652		908
Michigan	1,750,919		17.4		209,831	100,634		25,444		3,338
Minnesota	838,503		16.1		104,367	52,152		14,459		1,450
Mississippi	495,376		15.8	⁵	67,249	31,321	⁵	8,698		703

Missouri	905,449		13.8		125,868	65,481		11,575		981
Montana	146,705		14.3		18,762	10,224		1,917		188
Nebraska	285,761		13.6		40,998	21,077		4,720		456
Nevada	400,083	⁵	19.1		31,260	20,950		3,683		546	⁸
New Hampshire	206,852		13.5		31,408	15,298		6,429		201	⁶

New Jersey	1,393,347	⁵	12.1		213,418	114,875		25,878		2,701
New Mexico	326,102		15.0		46,531	21,730		5,400		907
New York	2,836,337	⁵	13.0	⁵,⁸	399,089	218,612	⁸	54,938	⁸	2,172	⁸
North Carolina	1,385,754		15.0		177,308	92,550		28,598		962
North Dakota	100,513		12.5		15,157	8,070		1,638		104

Ohio	1,840,032		15.6		239,988	118,060		17,321		601
Oklahoma	629,476		15.6		77,466	40,416		6,997		472
Oregon	552,322		20.1	⁵	56,637	27,431	⁵	9,585		495
Pennsylvania	1,828,089		15.1		237,122	121,167		26,510		1,457
Rhode Island	156,498		13.2	⁵	23,031	11,898	⁵	2,567	⁴	204	⁴

South Carolina	703,736		15.0		65,014	46,914		2,686		721
South Dakota	122,798	⁵	13.5	⁵	18,106	9,064		3,383		377
Tennessee	941,091		15.7		111,891	60,022		14,181		778	⁶
Texas	4,405,215		15.0		607,364	294,547		59,855		1,518
Utah	503,607	⁵	22.6	⁵	44,499	22,287		6,954		732

Vermont	98,352		11.3		18,899	8,720		4,339		296
Virginia	1,204,739		12.9		179,688	93,732		17,833		1,447
Washington	1,020,005	⁵	19.2		111,848	53,125		10,300		231
West Virginia	280,129		14.0		37,979	19,958		3,191		354
Wisconsin	864,757		14.3		104,018	60,521		10,951		1,395
Wyoming	84,733		12.7		14,256	6,657		1,946		153

Department of Defense dependents schools, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and other jurisdictions
DoDDS: DoDs Overseas⁹	68,327		14.0		6,845	4,885		280		52
DDESS: DoDs Domestic⁹	29,151		14.6		2,865	2,002		178		28
Bureau of Indian Affairs	—		—		—	—		—		—
American Samoa	16,126		17.1		1,813	945		108		50
Guam	30,605		18.3		3,318	1,672		687		83
Northern Marianas Islands	11,601		20.0		1,166	579		263		11
Puerto Rico	575,648		13.4		76,865	43,054		240		505
U.S. Virgin Islands	16,429	⁵	10.6		2,977	1,545		322		23
See notes at end of table.

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