Table 4. Number of regular public elementary and secondary schools with membership and average student/teacher ratio, by instructional level and state or jurisdiction: School year 2005

Numbers and Types of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2005–06

NCES 2007-354
July 2007

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Table 4. Number of regular public elementary and secondary schools with membership and average student/teacher ratio, by instructional level and state or jurisdiction: School year 2005–06
State or jurisdiction	Total		Primary		Middle		High		Other
State or jurisdiction	Number of schools	Average student/ teacher ratio	Number of schools	Average student/ teacher ratio	Number of schools	Average student/ teacher ratio	Number of schools	Average student/ teacher ratio	Number of schools	Average student/ teacher ratio
Reporting States¹	86,792	16.2	51,972	15.9	16,121	16.0	15,409	17.0	3,290	16.2

Alabama	1,344	15.6	709	14.4	254	17.4	275	16.5	106	15.9
Alaska	447	16.1	169	16.1	34	16.4	51	18.9	193	12.4
Arizona	1,846	‡	1,083	‡	249	‡	385	‡	129	‡
Arkansas	1,099	14.4	562	15.6	212	14.1	297	12.9	28	14.6
California	8,224	21.6	5,583	20.1	1,340	23.3	1,062	23.7	239	22.0

Colorado	1,613	17.1	989	16.8	290	16.5	278	17.9	56	18.3
Connecticut	1,015	15.2	551	17.2	160	14.2	148	12.3	156	16.3
Delaware	173	16.0	107	15.4	39	16.7	25	16.5	2	15.7
District of Columbia	203	13.7	132	13.8	29	12.7	28	10.5	14	31.0
Florida	3,011	17.0	1,909	15.5	548	17.7	417	19.8	137	16.2

Georgia	2,067	15.1	1,244	14.3	450	15.0	341	16.7	32	14.4
Hawaii	280	16.6	180	16.3	37	16.0	42	17.0	21	24.5
Idaho	603	18.3	343	18.7	113	17.8	117	18.1	30	18.0
Illinois	3,899	16.7	2,476	17.0	739	15.8	620	16.4	64	25.0
Indiana	1,864	17.9	1,144	17.6	341	17.6	329	18.8	50	15.7

Iowa	1,421	13.6	773	13.4	285	13.5	327	14.2	36	11.9
Kansas	1,406	13.8	780	14.0	255	13.4	347	13.8	24	10.2
Kentucky	1,212	15.9	741	15.1	238	16.3	221	17.2	12	15.4
Louisiana	1,231	15.1	698	14.9	242	15.2	211	15.6	80	13.8
Maine	646	12.2	404	11.9	115	12.0	111	13.0	16	9.7

Maryland	1,282	15.7	858	15.1	234	15.4	177	17.2	13	14.8
Massachusetts	1,818	13.4	1,167	13.6	342	12.8	260	13.8	49	13.0
Michigan	3,444	18.5	2,042	18.0	642	17.8	600	19.9	160	17.7
Minnesota	1,631	17.2	925	16.7	245	17.2	417	18.1	44	15.9
Mississippi	896	16.5	448	17.1	182	15.5	190	16.8	76	15.9

Missouri	2,190	14.5	1,231	13.7	377	14.7	491	15.7	91	13.5
Montana	834	14.1	431	14.2	232	14.0	169	13.9	2	17.4
Nebraska	1,131	13.7	734	13.5	108	13.6	287	14.0	2	16.4
Nevada	519	19.8	335	17.5	88	22.8	78	23.1	18	15.3
New Hampshire	480	13.2	299	13.1	99	12.8	79	13.8	3	10.3

New Jersey	2,332	12.9	1,528	13.2	453	12.2	325	13.1	26	12.4
New Mexico	784	14.9	458	14.5	173	14.7	136	16.0	17	15.7
New York	4,374	14.1	2,499	13.8	834	13.6	764	15.2	277	13.0
North Carolina	2,241	15.1	1,355	14.7	467	14.9	362	15.9	57	17.0
North Dakota	498	12.6	287	12.4	36	13.2	172	12.7	3	13.7

Ohio	3,846	17.0	2,151	17.5	734	15.8	770	17.2	191	16.4
Oklahoma	1,788	15.7	967	16.2	333	15.5	466	14.6	22	18.1
Oregon	1,204	19.9	651	19.7	188	19.4	217	20.9	148	18.7
Pennsylvania	3,141	15.7	1,905	15.8	559	14.9	599	15.9	78	17.7
Rhode Island	310	11.5	206	11.5	57	11.0	44	11.8	3	22.3

South Carolina	1,091	15.0	630	14.6	254	14.9	194	15.8	13	15.7
South Dakota	689	13.5	348	13.1	170	13.7	165	13.8	6	17.4
Tennessee	1,628	16.6	979	15.3	313	17.0	289	19.1	47	16.2
Texas	7,036	15.1	4,029	15.4	1,605	14.8	1,109	15.0	293	13.4
Utah	773	20.5	501	20.6	132	20.9	117	20.1	23	19.7

Vermont	316	11.4	223	11.4	27	11.1	48	11.6	18	10.2
Virginia	1,838	13.6	1,180	13.1	341	13.2	298	14.5	19	13.4
Washington	1,861	19.7	1,128	18.9	351	19.6	305	21.3	77	19.8
West Virginia	713	14.8	466	14.6	125	14.3	114	15.7	8	14.0
Wisconsin	2,154	14.7	1,234	14.3	373	14.2	471	15.5	76	15.1
Wyoming	346	12.9	200	12.9	77	12.9	64	13.1	5	9.8
Department of Defense dependents schools, Bureau of Indian Education, and other jurisdictions
DoDDS: DoDs Overseas²	151	13.2	84	15.2	21	13.8	35	10.5	11	9.3
DDESS: DoDs Domestic²	69	13.9	47	15.0	13	13.2	5	10.7	4	11.8
Bureau of Indian Education	180	—	102	—	5	—	20	—	53	—
American Samoa	29	17.5	23	17.1	1	25.5	5	17.3	0	0.0
Guam	36	16.1	25	15.2	7	14.2	4	20.0	0	0.0
Northern Mariana Islands	29	19.1	20	19.3	3	17.6	5	19.5	1	12.3
Puerto Rico	1,455	13.5	865	12.6	223	14.0	162	16.8	205	12.4
U.S. Virgin Islands	32	11.7	22	11.5	5	12.3	4	11.9	1	7.7
— Not available.
‡ Reporting standards not met. Information about teacher full-time equivalent (FTE) counts was missing for 27.1 percent of schools in Arizona.
¹ A reporting states total is shown if data for any item in the table were not available for some, but not more than 15 percent, of all schools in the United States.
² DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense dependents schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense dependents schools (domestic), respectively.
NOTE: Instructional levels are primary (low grade prekindergarten to 3, high grade up to 8); middle (low grade 4 to 7, high grade 4 to 9); high (low grade 7 to 12, high grade 12 only); and other (any configuration not falling within the previous three, including ungraded schools). U.S. total averages are the ratio of total students to total teacher FTE.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2005–06, Version 1a.

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