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| Table 6. Total student membership, total staff, student/teacher ratio, and student/staff ratio for public elementary/secondary education, by teacher and staff category and state or jurisdiction: School year 2005–06 |
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| Student/teacher ratio | Student/staff ratio | ||||||||||
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| State or jurisdiction | Total student membership | Total staff | Total student/ teacher ratio | Kinder- garten student/ teacher ratio |
Elementary student/ teacher ratio1 | Secondary student/ teacher ratio2 | Total
student/ other instructional and student support staff ratio3 |
Total
student/
adminis- trative staff ratio4 |
Total student/ adminis- trative and all other support staff ratio5 |
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| United States6 | 49,113,474 | 6,122,358 | 15.7 | 17.3 | 19.4 | 12.9 | 46.5 | 209.4 | 30.9 | ||
| Alabama | 741,758 | 103,775 | 12.8 | 5.3 | 14.8 | 14.7 | 61.1 | 227.7 | 25.8 | ||
| Alaska | 133,288 | 17,930 | 16.8 | 23.8 | 15.4 | 18.3 | 42.2 | 111.1 | 24.8 | ||
| Arizona | 1,094,454 | 100,162 | 21.3 | 33.3 | 19.0 | 24.1 | 43.9 | 396.0 | 55.6 | ||
| Arkansas | 474,206 | 70,673 | 14.4 | 19.5 | 25.0 | 8.2 | 33.4 | 202.0 | 24.1 | ||
| California | 6,437,202 | 7 | 579,024 | 20.8 | 21.8 | 20.9 | 23.3 | 67.8 | 383.1 | 42.6 | |
| Colorado | 779,826 | 93,148 | 17.0 | 20.3 | 23.8 | 10.2 | 43.9 | 218.0 | 31.8 | ||
| Connecticut | 575,059 | 84,669 | 14.5 | 23.7 | 14.2 | 14.4 | 29.9 | 156.2 | 27.9 | ||
| Delaware | 120,937 | 15,473 | 15.1 | 29.2 | 20.7 | 9.1 | 42.7 | 172.0 | 33.1 | ||
| District of Columbia | 76,876 | 12,372 | 14.0 | 20.5 | 17.9 | 8.1 | 35.5 | 143.2 | 18.8 | ||
| Florida | 2,675,024 | 314,219 | 16.8 | 22.1 | 27.3 | 12.9 | 58.1 | 291.0 | 28.3 | ||
| Georgia | 1,598,461 | 218,965 | 14.7 | 17.8 | 17.6 | 10.5 | 43.3 | 186.1 | 26.0 | ||
| Hawaii | 182,818 | 21,059 | 16.3 | 26.6 | 22.0 | 10.4 | 41.1 | 259.3 | 45.6 | ||
| Idaho | 261,982 | 26,018 | 18.0 | 36.9 | 23.4 | 11.3 | 64.1 | 308.2 | 43.9 | ||
| Illinois | 2,111,706 | 264,700 | 15.8 | 35.1 | 17.4 | 18.1 | 42.6 | 203.6 | 31.2 | ||
| Indiana | 1,035,074 | 133,096 | 17.1 | 25.6 | 22.5 | 11.8 | 40.1 | 255.3 | 25.4 | ||
| Iowa | 483,482 | 69,080 | 13.7 | 14.8 | 14.4 | 12.9 | 33.4 | 152.4 | 32.0 | ||
| Kansas | 467,285 | 65,537 | 13.9 | 24.1 | 21.0 | 9.4 | 37.9 | 155.6 | 30.2 | ||
| Kentucky | 679,878 | 97,937 | 16.0 | 41.9 | 17.6 | 19.5 | 34.9 | 217.0 | 21.6 | ||
| Louisiana | 654,526 | 92,612 | 14.7 | 22.3 | 14.5 | 13.0 | 39.4 | 228.5 | 25.6 | ||
| Maine | 195,498 | 35,249 | 11.7 | 13.1 | 12.0 | 11.2 | 23.0 | 121.1 | 25.0 | ||
| Maryland | 860,020 | 111,215 | 15.2 | 22.8 | 17.0 | 11.5 | 51.6 | 200.0 | 27.5 | ||
| Massachusetts | 971,909 | 139,522 | 13.2 | 22.2 | 15.7 | 14.6 | 32.0 | 176.3 | 34.9 | ||
| Michigan | 1,741,845 | 206,533 | 17.4 | 3.2 | 34.8 | 23.6 | 43.3 | 209.2 | 31.5 | ||
| Minnesota | 839,243 | 104,489 | 16.4 | 25.0 | 22.4 | 11.6 | 28.6 | 207.4 | 44.3 | ||
| Mississippi | 494,954 | 67,659 | 15.7 | 21.1 | 24.1 | 11.0 | 36.3 | 177.1 | 26.3 | ||
| Missouri | 917,705 | 128,794 | 13.7 | 16.9 | 18.8 | 8.8 | 46.6 | 206.1 | 26.3 | ||
| Montana | 145,416 | 19,515 | 14.0 | 15.7 | 14.2 | 13.8 | 43.4 | 209.5 | 31.2 | ||
| Nebraska | 286,646 | 41,166 | 13.4 | 16.8 | 13.7 | 12.1 | 39.0 | 178.5 | 28.4 | ||
| Nevada | 412,395 | 32,346 | 19.0 | 41.0 | 25.9 | 15.1 | 74.5 | 329.4 | 136.5 | ||
| New Hampshire | 205,767 | 32,022 | 13.2 | 25.6 | 12.4 | 13.8 | 25.2 | 189.1 | 32.2 | ||
| New Jersey | 1,395,602 | 213,418 | 12.4 | 30.1 | 19.9 | 5.9 | 28.9 | 254.2 | 29.1 | ||
| New Mexico | 326,758 | 46,531 | 14.8 | 18.0 | 14.7 | 14.3 | 36.0 | 171.5 | 23.1 | ||
| New York | 2,815,581 | 399,089 | 12.9 | 15.5 | 17.5 | 11.3 | 50.6 | 238.9 | 35.1 | ||
| North Carolina | 1,416,436 | 177,308 | 14.8 | 17.7 | 17.8 | 12.8 | 37.5 | 212.2 | 36.9 | ||
| North Dakota | 98,283 | 15,157 | 12.3 | 20.4 | 13.3 | 10.3 | 33.8 | 112.5 | 32.1 | ||
| Ohio | 1,839,683 | 239,988 | 15.6 | 25.6 | 15.0 | 15.3 | 70.6 | 146.0 | 23.4 | ||
| Oklahoma | 634,739 | 77,466 | 15.2 | 24.9 | 21.6 | 10.4 | 47.0 | 225.6 | 28.7 | ||
| Oregon | 552,194 | 7 | 56,637 | 19.5 | 33.5 | 28.2 | 18.1 | 39.0 | 219.3 | 40.0 | |
| Pennsylvania | 1,830,684 | 237,122 | 15.0 | 25.9 | 23.1 | 11.4 | 41.1 | 273.7 | 29.4 | ||
| Rhode Island | 153,422 | 23,031 | 10.7 | 23.5 | 13.7 | 7.2 | 42.8 | 99.4 | 59.2 | ||
| South Carolina | 701,544 | 65,014 | 14.6 | 23.1 | 13.9 | 14.7 | 96.6 | 191.1 | 107.4 | ||
| South Dakota | 122,012 | 18,106 | 13.4 | 22.2 | 14.4 | 15.1 | 23.8 | 143.4 | 33.9 | ||
| Tennessee | 953,928 | 111,891 | 16.0 | 18.7 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 52.0 | 249.2 | 31.4 | ||
| Texas | 4,525,394 | 607,364 | 15.0 | 18.9 | 21.8 | 10.8 | 56.6 | 113.8 | 24.1 | ||
| Utah | 508,430 | 44,499 | 22.1 | 41.5 | 31.2 | 15.9 | 51.9 | 345.2 | 46.7 | ||
| Vermont | 96,638 | 18,899 | 10.9 | 17.6 | 18.5 | 9.0 | 16.4 | 165.2 | 29.7 | ||
| Virginia | 1,214,472 | 179,688 | 12.6 | 21.7 | 20.3 | 6.8 | 43.7 | 211.9 | 23.6 | ||
| Washington | 1,031,985 | 111,848 | 19.3 | 32.6 | 25.6 | 15.0 | 66.2 | 275.0 | 26.5 | ||
| West Virginia | 280,866 | 37,979 | 14.1 | 19.8 | 19.6 | 12.4 | 49.5 | 187.6 | 27.1 | ||
| Wisconsin | 875,174 | 104,018 | 14.6 | 18.3 | 13.7 | 15.0 | 47.1 | 258.9 | 40.6 | ||
| Wyoming | 84,409 | 14,256 | 12.6 | 20.5 | 17.4 | 8.0 | 27.4 | 129.9 | 22.9 | ||
| Department of Defense dependents schools, Bureau of Indian Education, and other jurisdictions | |||||||||||
| DoDDS: DoDs Overseas8 | 62,543 | 9,099 | 10.9 | 17.6 | 26.2 | 8.0 | 58.8 | 196.1 | 37.0 | ||
| DDESS: DoDs Domestic8 | 28,329 | 3,671 | 13.9 | 22.6 | 23.3 | 6.2 | 61.1 | 177.1 | 30.9 | ||
| Bureau of Indian Education | 50,938 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| American Samoa | 16,399 | 1,872 | 16.9 | 24.7 | 19.0 | 16.3 | 37.4 | 132.3 | 55.4 | ||
| Guam | 30,986 | 3,455 | 17.2 | 21.2 | 23.5 | 10.4 | 35.9 | 413.1 | 46.4 | ||
| Northern Marianas Islands | 11,718 | 1,234 | 19.1 | 33.0 | 23.4 | 11.9 | 35.7 | 285.8 | 50.3 | ||
| Puerto Rico | 563,490 | 75,023 | 13.4 | — | — | — | 99.1 | 177.4 | 24.4 | ||
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 16,750 | 2,664 | 11.7 | 18.1 | 18.1 | 7.2 | 33.8 | 103.4 | 33.9 | ||
| — Not available. | |||||||||||
| 1 Elementary students includes students in grades 1–8. | |||||||||||
| 2 Secondary students includes students in grades 9–12. | |||||||||||
| 3 Other instructional and student support staff includes aides, librarians, library support staff, and student support staff. | |||||||||||
| 4 Administrative staff includes school and local education agency (LEA) administrators. | |||||||||||
| 5 Administrative and all other support staff includes school, LEA, and all other support staff. | |||||||||||
| 6 U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia. | |||||||||||
| 7 Data were totaled based on sum of internal or external detail. | |||||||||||
| 8 DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense dependents schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense dependents schools (domestic), respectively. | |||||||||||
| NOTE: All staff counts are full-time-equivalent (FTE) counts. Some staff counts were imputed based on current-year data. Some staff counts were adjusted or disaggregated from reported totals. See table 5 for more information. | |||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2005–06, Version 1a. |
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