Table 4. Number of regular public elementary and secondary schools with membership and student/teacher ratio, by instructional level and state or jurisdiction: School year 2007

Numbers and Types of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2007–08

NCES 2010-305
October 2009

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Table 4. Number of regular public elementary and secondary schools with membership and student/teacher ratio, by instructional level and state or jurisdiction: School year 2007–08

	Total		Primary		Middle		High		Other

	Number of schools	Student/ teacher ratio	Number of schools	Student/ teacher ratio	Number of schools	Student/ teacher ratio	Number of schools	Student/ teacher ratio	Number of schools	Student/ teacher ratio

State or jurisdiction
United States¹	87,396	15.8	52,297	15.6	16,263	15.5	15,675	16.5	3,161	15.5

Alabama	1,351	15.2	704	14.3	246	16.6	273	15.6	128	15.5
Alaska	448	15.8	165	15.8	35	16.4	49	18.6	199	12.0
Arizona	1,857	18.4	1,106	17.9	254	18.1	390	19.7	107	20.1
Arkansas	1,077	12.6	552	14.0	220	11.9	276	11.5	29	11.6
California	8,404	18.7	5,698	17.7	1,329	19.5	1,149	20.0	228	17.9

Colorado	1,650	17.0	1,021	16.6	284	16.3	280	17.8	65	18.6
Connecticut	1,014	13.6	653	14.2	187	12.5	155	13.5	19	12.7
Delaware	177	15.7	107	15.3	40	15.8	26	16.2	4	14.2
District of Columbia	199	13.3	132	24.0	31	10.1	24	7.9	12	8.6
Florida	3,079	15.6	1,968	14.2	568	16.5	436	18.1	107	14.9

Georgia	2,171	14.4	1,280	13.9	474	14.0	352	16.0	65	13.4
Hawaii	282	15.9	181	15.6	38	15.9	41	16.2	22	19.1
Idaho	617	18.3	352	18.9	111	17.7	115	17.8	39	18.2
Illinois	3,916	18.5	2,471	18.8	764	17.7	626	18.5	55	16.4
Indiana	1,877	17.7	1,142	17.4	353	17.3	340	18.5	42	16.0

Iowa	1,419	13.6	772	13.5	289	13.3	319	14.1	39	12.2
Kansas	1,389	14.8	765	15.2	251	13.9	324	15.0	49	13.2
Kentucky	1,223	16.1	766	15.7	225	16.2	208	16.9	24	16.3
Louisiana	1,264	14.6	712	14.6	243	14.6	219	15.0	90	13.8
Maine	638	9.0	402	9.0	115	8.7	107	9.5	14	7.2

Maryland	1,303	14.7	873	14.3	234	14.3	183	16.0	13	14.0
Massachusetts	1,788	13.8	1,133	14.2	345	13.2	282	13.8	28	12.3
Michigan	3,363	18.2	1,960	17.7	627	17.9	612	19.7	164	16.1
Minnesota	1,646	16.9	927	16.4	251	17.0	427	17.7	41	15.4
Mississippi	909	15.6	457	16.2	182	14.0	189	16.1	81	15.2

Missouri	2,179	14.2	1,250	13.6	383	14.1	484	15.3	62	13.9
Montana	824	13.7	424	13.8	232	13.5	168	13.6	0	†
Nebraska	1,049	13.5	649	13.6	113	13.4	281	13.5	6	12.7
Nevada	563	19.0	361	16.8	107	22.0	86	22.0	9	16.7
New Hampshire	486	13.0	300	12.9	99	12.4	84	13.5	3	12.0

New Jersey	2,343	15.0	1,538	15.4	451	14.5	331	14.8	23	14.9
New Mexico	787	14.6	449	14.0	171	14.1	148	16.0	19	15.3
New York	4,441	13.6	2,489	13.5	838	12.8	829	14.7	285	12.7
North Carolina	2,339	14.8	1,368	14.9	474	14.7	428	14.7	69	14.8
North Dakota	485	12.1	280	12.0	37	12.3	166	12.3	2	13.9

Ohio	3,714	18.1	2,049	18.6	724	16.6	772	18.1	169	19.0
Oklahoma	1,788	15.5	971	16.0	335	15.1	461	14.7	21	18.3
Oregon	1,240	19.4	733	19.1	212	19.0	240	20.2	55	18.2
Pennsylvania	3,124	14.0	1,854	14.3	550	13.4	598	13.8	122	14.7
Rhode Island	297	13.3	196	13.5	55	12.6	43	13.3	3	17.4

South Carolina	1,118	15.0	648	14.8	257	14.5	193	16.0	20	13.6
South Dakota	673	13.3	336	12.8	167	13.5	168	14.0	2	12.6
Tennessee	1,630	15.7	994	14.8	307	16.1	274	17.2	55	16.3
Texas	7,250	14.6	4,185	15.1	1,647	14.2	1,102	14.4	316	13.1
Utah	815	23.5	527	23.3	126	24.1	122	23.8	40	22.4

Vermont	313	11.2	221	11.4	27	11.0	48	11.2	17	9.9
Virginia	1,850	17.4	1,181	16.7	349	17.2	305	18.7	15	16.2
Washington	1,841	19.2	1,114	18.5	338	19.2	297	20.7	92	18.1
West Virginia	696	14.9	448	15.1	120	13.9	106	15.4	22	14.6
Wisconsin	2,151	14.9	1,236	14.7	377	14.2	477	15.7	61	14.5
Wyoming	339	12.5	197	12.5	71	12.5	62	12.7	9	8.5

Department of Defense dependents schools, Bureau of Indian Education, and other jurisdictions
DoDDS: DoDs Overseas²	130	13.8	71	15.7	18	14.2	30	11.6	11	9.5
DDESS: DoDs Domestic²	59	14.5	42	14.8	10	15.7	5	11.9	2	10.7
Bureau of Indian Education	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
American Samoa	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Guam	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Northern Mariana Islands	30	20.5	21	20.0	3	20.9	5	21.6	1	11.6
Puerto Rico	1,448	12.7	870	11.9	232	13.5	161	14.9	185	11.9
U.S. Virgin Islands	32	12.3	22	11.8	5	11.6	4	14.4	1	6.3
— Not available.
† Not applicable.
¹ U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
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," 2007–08, Version 1a.

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