Table 3. Number of full-time-equivalent (FTE) staff for public schools, by category and state or jurisdiction: School year 2008

Public Elementary and Secondary School Student Enrollment and Staff Counts From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2008-09

NCES 2010-347
August 2010

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Table 3. Number of full-time-equivalent (FTE) staff for public schools, by category and state or jurisdiction: School year 2008–09 (Table 3—Continued)
State or jurisdiction	Total staff	Teachers		Instructional aides		Instructional coordinators and supervisors		Guidance counselors/ directors		Librarians
United States³	6,328,318	3,221,917		727,615		80,553		107,802		53,802
Percentage distribution	100.0	50.9		11.5		1.3		1.7		0.9

Alabama	97,614	47,819		698		8,013	⁴	1,873		1,426	⁴
Alaska	17,160	7,927		2,190		190	⁵	280		170
Arizona	105,548	54,696		15,621		133		1,465		733
Arkansas	71,270	37,162		7,794		837		1,440		1,007
California	590,016	303,647	⁶	68,652		7,129		7,768		1,159	⁴

Colorado	102,566	48,692	⁴	15,010	⁴	2,201	⁴	2,117		840
Connecticut	92,474	48,463		13,752	⁴	2,000		1,119		817
Delaware	14,821	8,322		1,550		296		285		137
District of Columbia	12,131	5,321		1,252		405		250		127
Florida	340,713	186,361		28,622		686		6,058		2,834

Georgia	239,139	118,839	⁴	27,950	⁴	2,042	⁴	3,691	⁴	2,300	⁴
Hawaii	21,610	11,295		2,231		616		661		249
Idaho	27,261	15,148		2,909	⁴	264		634		140
Illinois	221,005	135,704		30,148	⁵	3,168		3,155		2,057
Indiana	141,979	62,668		23,120		1,983		1,939		951

Iowa	72,350	35,961	⁴	10,805		459		1,377		590
Kansas	55,355	35,883		9,204		96		1,125		895
Kentucky	100,217	43,451		14,076		942		1,461		1,120
Louisiana	100,873	49,377		11,380	⁴	1,864		2,878		1,195
Maine	36,459	15,912		5,900		293		606		247

Maryland	116,856	58,940		11,256		1,888		2,428		1,235
Massachusetts	123,636	70,398	⁴	22,832	⁴	493	⁴	2,222		867	⁴
Michigan	208,058	94,754		22,396	⁴	3,573	⁴	2,602		1,037
Minnesota	109,222	53,083	⁴	16,128	⁴	1,783	⁴	1,101		813	⁴
Mississippi	72,050	33,358	⁴	8,978		712	⁴	2,099		973	⁴

Missouri	132,347	67,737	⁶	13,017		951		2,462		1,396
Montana	19,212	10,467	⁴	2,184	⁴	159		459		381	⁴
Nebraska	45,243	22,057	⁴	6,024	⁴	883	⁴	799	⁴	568	⁴
Nevada	33,548	21,993		4,143	⁵	1,368	⁵	848		367
New Hampshire	32,849	15,661		7,095		282	⁷	851		324

New Jersey	205,672	114,713	⁴	25,891	⁴	2,803	⁵	2,252		1,777	⁴
New Mexico	47,850	22,825		6,347		807		844		295
New York	428,139	217,944		39,748		2,556	⁴	6,673	⁴	3,128
North Carolina	207,859	109,634	⁶	29,008		2,366		3,984		2,352
North Dakota	15,636	8,181		2,062	⁴	124		283		193

Ohio	244,730	112,845	⁴	19,053	⁴	1,600	⁴	3,642	⁴	1,355	⁴
Oklahoma	87,478	46,571	⁶	8,039		381		1,693		1,116	⁴
Oregon	65,106	30,152		10,401		367		1,103		377
Pennsylvania	251,928	129,708		28,839		1,689		4,597		2,197
Rhode Island	18,290	11,356	⁶	1,991		80		409		308

South Carolina	69,790	49,941	⁶	8,521		520		1,873		1,135
South Dakota	18,391	9,244		2,520	⁴	102		317	⁴	141
Tennessee	126,841	64,926		15,790		839	⁴	2,756		1,907	⁴
Texas	649,381	327,905	⁴	62,746	⁴	3,531	⁴	10,936	⁴	5,084	⁴
Utah	49,057	23,657		7,933		1,526		764		262

Vermont	19,370	8,766		4,467		256		447		225
Virginia	203,567	71,415		20,204		12,599		4,009		2,041	⁴
Washington	104,617	54,428		10,436		542	⁴	2,111		1,238
West Virginia	38,596	20,209		3,514		252		730		364
Wisconsin	106,597	59,401	⁴	10,978	⁴	1,469	⁴	1,884	⁴	1,182
Wyoming	15,841	7,000		2,210	⁴	435		442		170
Department of Defense dependents schools, Bureau of Indian Education, and other jurisdictions
DoDDS: DoDs Overseas⁸	7,526	4,551		491		91		213		120
DDESS: DoDs Domestic⁸	3,845	2,145	⁴	350	⁴	28	⁴	89		69	⁴
Bureau of Indian Education	—	—		—		—		—		—
American Samoa	—	—		—		—		—		—
Guam	—	—		—		—		—		—
Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands	1,043	514		216		8		17		—
Puerto Rico	70,034	39,356		191		454		952		1,303
U.S. Virgin Islands	2,472	1,331		240		68		91		29
See notes at end of table.

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