Table A3. Median pupil/teacher ratios in regular public elementary and secondary schools in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by specified instructional level and school district: School year 2007

Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 2007–08

NCES 2010-349
July 2010

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Table A3. Median pupil/teacher ratios in regular public elementary and secondary schools in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by specified instructional level and school district: School year 2007–08
		Median pupil/teacher ratio
		Regular schools having membership
			Instructional level
Name of reporting district	State		Primary	Middle	High	Other
Reporting districts¹	†	15.5	15.2	15.7	17.1	13.9

New York City Public Schools	NY	14.0	13.5	14.0	16.8	15.2
Los Angeles Unified	CA	17.2	16.9	18.5	18.6	17.9
Puerto Rico Department of Education	PR	12.2	11.7	13.5	15.0	12.0
City of Chicago School District 299	IL	19.1	19.6	18.3	17.4	‡
Dade	FL	14.1	13.5	17.5	19.6	13.0

Clark County School District	NV	17.7	16.9	23.4	23.2	16.3
Broward	FL	‡	14.7	‡	18.6	‡
Houston Independent School District	TX	16.4	16.4	15.8	16.4	16.1
Hillsborough	FL	13.6	13.0	16.2	18.1	‡
Hawaii Department of Education	HI	15.7	15.6	16.1	16.0	17.4

Orange	FL	15.1	14.7	16.8	18.8	18.3
Philadelphia City School District	PA	16.5	16.4	15.3	18.3	‡
Palm Beach	FL	14.8	14.0	17.0	16.4	13.3
Fairfax County Public Schools	VA	17.9	16.6	18.8	19.8	†
Dallas Independent School District	TX	14.4	15.0	12.5	13.3	14.6

Gwinnett County	GA	13.9	13.2	15.1	17.0	7.3
Montgomery County Public Schools	MD	14.4	13.7	15.1	16.7	†
Wake County Schools	NC	14.9	14.6	14.8	15.3	16.3
San Diego Unified	CA	16.5	16.1	17.7	18.4	20.0
Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools	NC	14.5	14.8	15.4	13.5	14.3

Prince George's County Public Schools	MD	14.5	14.3	14.3	16.0	†
Duval	FL	15.3	14.7	17.2	18.7	18.8
Memphis City School District	TN	16.5	15.7	17.6	20.0	36.1
Pinellas	FL	15.4	14.7	17.2	18.9	—
Detroit City School District	MI	17.3	17.1	17.9	18.7	14.0

Cobb County	GA	13.1	12.3	13.7	15.6	†
Baltimore County Public Schools	MD	14.8	15.0	14.2	14.4	†
Dekalb County	GA	14.0	13.8	14.4	16.2	‡
Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District	TX	15.7	15.7	15.5	15.9	18.1
Albuquerque Public Schools	NM	14.1	13.9	13.7	16.8	14.5

Jefferson County	KY	16.8	16.8	17.4	16.8	15.9
Polk	FL	14.1	13.6	14.6	17.2	15.1
Long Beach Unified	CA	17.0	16.8	19.5	21.5	10.2
Milwaukee School District	WI	17.3	16.1	18.2	19.7	‡
Northside Independent School District	TX	15.3	14.9	16.8	17.1	†

Fulton County	GA	13.4	13.2	13.0	15.8	—
Jefferson County School District No R 1	CO	17.8	17.4	18.3	19.9	15.9
Jordan District	UT	25.9	25.6	26.6	27.5	25.9
Austin Independent School District	TX	14.3	14.1	13.7	15.5	†
Baltimore City Public Schools	MD	14.1	14.4	12.1	14.6	13.3

Lee	FL	15.6	15.1	17.3	18.7	16.8
Fort Worth Independent School District	TX	16.9	17.2	15.5	15.2	†
Fresno Unified	CA	17.3	17.3	16.7	20.1	15.6
Granite District	UT	25.6	25.6	26.4	25.3	25.5
Brevard	FL	14.6	14.1	16.3	17.7	†

Davidson County School District	TN	14.8	13.7	16.8	19.1	20.8
Anne Arundel County Public Schools	MD	14.9	14.5	15.6	17.2	†
Denver County 1	CO	18.0	17.9	16.7	19.5	19.6
Mesa Unified District	AZ	19.1	18.7	19.5	20.1	505.0
Prince William County Public Schools	VA	19.3	17.4	20.4	20.7	†

Va Beach City Public Schools	VA	18.6	18.2	18.6	18.9	†
Guilford County Schools	NC	14.5	14.2	15.1	14.4	10.8
Davis District	UT	24.1	24.2	24.2	23.0	23.5
Greenville 01	SC	15.7	15.2	15.7	18.2	9.7
Fort Bend Independent School District	TX	15.7	15.3	16.6	16.7	†

Pasco	FL	14.3	13.6	14.7	17.8	15.4
Washoe County School District	NV	19.2	18.4	19.4	22.5	14.8
Seminole	FL	14.3	13.8	17.0	17.9	†
Volusia	FL	13.9	13.7	16.0	16.1	9.1
Mobile County	AL	15.1	14.5	16.0	16.7	†

Alpine District	UT	26.5	25.6	29.7	26.7	†
Arlington Independent School District	TX	15.9	16.2	14.5	15.3	4.6
Elk Grove Unified	CA	16.7	16.3	19.1	18.3	18.0
North East Independent School District	TX	14.5	14.4	14.3	15.9	†
El Paso Independent School District	TX	14.2	14.0	14.2	15.5	14.4

Aldine Independent School District	TX	15.2	15.7	14.6	16.1	14.5
Tucson Unified District	AZ	17.2	17.3	15.4	17.5	—
Chesterfield County Public Schools	VA	18.8	19.3	18.0	18.7	†
District of Columbia Public Schools	DC	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
Garland Independent School District	TX	15.1	15.1	16.3	14.4	†

Santa Ana Unified	CA	19.8	19.6	23.2	21.9	†
San Bernardino City Unified	CA	18.1	17.4	21.7	23.5	20.8
Boston	MA	12.9	12.8	12.1	15.4	9.9
Columbus City	OH	21.6	23.0	18.9	20.3	‡
San Francisco Unified	CA	15.4	15.5	15.4	14.7	†

San Antonio Independent School District	TX	16.5	16.5	17.6	16.0	†
Knox County School District	TN	16.2	15.6	16.3	17.1	†
Katy Independent School District	TX	14.9	14.5	15.6	15.2	†
Loudoun County Public Schools	VA	16.8	17.6	14.9	17.5	15.5
Plano Independent School District	TX	13.3	13.1	15.3	16.1	15.0

Cumberland County Schools	NC	14.8	14.7	15.0	15.1	13.5
Douglas County School District No Re 1	CO	17.9	17.8	18.1	17.8	18.0
Cleveland Municipal City	OH	15.2	15.1	15.5	15.3	14.4
Osceola	FL	16.6	15.8	17.6	19.4	18.5
Clayton County	GA	14.4	14.2	13.8	17.5	†

Capistrano Unified	CA	19.8	19.2	22.0	25.3	15.1
Forsyth County Schools	NC	14.0	12.9	14.3	15.6	12.4
Corona Norco Unified	CA	19.0	18.5	22.7	20.7	†
Pasadena Independent School District	TX	15.6	15.5	15.8	16.1	†
Cherry Creek 5	CO	17.5	17.6	16.9	18.3	†

Atlanta Public Schools	GA	13.2	12.9	13.1	14.1	14.5
Lewisville Independent School District	TX	13.9	13.9	12.8	15.6	14.8
Howard County Public Schools	MD	13.4	13.1	13.4	15.1	†
Anchorage School District	AK	16.6	16.3	16.6	21.1	18.5
Brownsville Independent School District	TX	15.4	15.9	14.4	14.9	†

Garden Grove Unified	CA	21.5	21.3	23.5	22.8	†
Henrico County Public Schools	VA	17.7	17.2	18.5	20.8	†
Sacramento City Unified	CA	18.2	18.2	18.2	17.9	†
Omaha Public Schools	NE	14.5	14.5	13.5	17.5	†
San Juan Unified	CA	19.9	19.3	22.1	22.6	13.2
— Not available.
† Not applicable.
‡ Reporting standards were not met. Data were missing for more than 20 percent of schools. Ratios for the District of Columbia Public Schools were suppressed because full-time-equivalent (FTE) teachers did not appear to be reliably distributed across schools. See appendix B, Data Quality, for more information.
¹ Totals do not include districts in which data were not available.
NOTE: Data include all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, four outlying areas (American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands), the Bureau of Indian Education, and the Department of Defense dependents schools (overseas and domestic). Primary = low grade, PK 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. Other = any other combination, including PK, K, or 1 to 12. Pupil/teacher ratios are calculated using FTE teachers.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2007–08, Version 1a, and "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2007–08, Version 1a.

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