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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 2008–09
 
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        
Reporting states1  88,000 15.8   52,598 15.6   16,427 15.4   15,827 16.4   3,148 14.8
                             
Alabama  1,350 15.7   709 14.8   267 17.2   271 16.1   103 16.0
Alaska  451 15.5   168 15.7   35 15.8   51 18.0   197 11.8
Arizona  1,888 18.1   1,131 17.5   262 17.7   392 19.5   103 18.1
Arkansas  1,081 12.9   551 14.6   227 12.1   278 11.4   25 12.1
California  8,433 21.5   5,688 20.2   1,362 22.8   1,183 23.4   200 20.8
                             
Colorado  1,672 17.0   1,026 16.8   292 16.3   286 17.6   68 19.1
Connecticut  1,015 12.3   653 12.7   192 11.5   158 12.2   12 10.4
Delaware  181 15.6   108 15.2   43 15.6   27 16.4   3 14.3
District of Columbia  199 11.2   135 ‡   29 9.7   25 12.2   10 9.9
Florida  3,144 14.5   2,004 13.2   581 15.4   444 16.7   115 13.8
                             
Georgia  2,213 14.2   1,291 13.8   482 13.8   379 15.6   61 12.9
Hawaii  285 16.0   182 15.8   38 15.6   40 16.3   25 18.7
Idaho  625 18.4   355 19.1   112 17.5   118 17.8   40 18.3
Illinois  3,985 16.2   2,526 16.8   767 14.8   642 16.2   50 13.8
Indiana  1,879 17.5   1,143 17.3   354 17.3   337 18.3   45 15.8
                             
Iowa  1,414 13.8   768 13.8   290 13.7   316 13.9   40 12.3
Kansas  1,393 13.9   764 14.3   251 13.1   324 13.8   54 11.6
Kentucky  1,230 16.3   763 15.8   233 16.3   215 17.0   19 17.7
Louisiana  1,261 14.4   716 14.4   243 14.1   215 14.8   87 13.3
Maine  633 12.2   398 12.2   112 11.7   109 12.6   14 9.9
                             
Maryland  1,328 14.8   891 14.3   240 14.3   186 16.0   11 13.2
Massachusetts  1,768 13.8   1,118 14.3   340 13.2   282 13.6   28 12.9
Michigan  3,286 18.1   1,916 17.5   618 17.8   622 19.4   130 15.8
Minnesota  1,648 16.5   923 15.7   256 16.9   424 17.6   45 15.6
Mississippi  911 15.5   461 16.4   184 13.8   196 15.7   70 14.9
                             
Missouri  2,178 14.0   1,249 13.7   380 14.0   484 14.6   65 13.5
Montana  823 13.7   423 13.9   232 13.6   168 13.4   0 †
Nebraska  1,022 13.5   629 13.6   114 13.3   277 13.3   2 10.0
Nevada  578 19.7   367 17.8   96 22.7   72 21.7   43 22.2
New Hampshire  489 12.6   302 12.7   98 12.2   85 12.9   4 12.7
                             
New Jersey  2,349 12.2   1,548 11.7   445 12.0   333 13.2   23 12.7
New Mexico  794 14.8   452 14.5   174 14.4   147 15.7   21 15.3
New York  4,574 13.2   2,532 13.2   849 12.7   868 14.4   325 10.1
North Carolina  2,358 14.7   1,387 14.4   474 14.8   406 15.1   91 15.5
North Dakota  480 11.9   274 11.7   39 12.2   165 12.0   2 13.0
                             
Ohio  3,699 17.6   2,050 18.2   712 16.1   770 17.5   167 19.2
Oklahoma  1,787 15.5   967 16.0   337 15.0   464 14.5   19 18.2
Oregon  1,254 19.2   740 19.1   211 18.9   245 19.9   58 17.7
Pennsylvania  3,128 14.5   1,854 14.7   559 13.5   598 14.8   117 16.5
Rhode Island  299 13.1   196 13.5   55 12.4   46 12.8   2 14.8
                             
South Carolina  1,134 15.6   652 15.3   265 15.0   194 16.8   23 15.5
South Dakota  671 13.9   338 13.6   167 13.8   166 14.3   0 †
Tennessee  1,662 15.6   1,009 14.7   319 16.2   280 16.8   54 15.5
Texas  7,385 14.6   4,264 15.2   1,671 14.3   1,119 14.2   331 12.7
Utah  836 27.0   543 33.1   132 18.6   127 24.4   34 33.1
                             
Vermont  312 11.0   221 11.2   26 10.9   48 10.8   17 9.8
Virginia  1,865 17.4   1,192 16.8   350 17.0   307 18.6   16 17.2
Washington  1,871 19.1   1,134 18.6   343 18.9   299 20.4   95 18.1
West Virginia  697 14.9   452 15.2   119 13.9   106 15.3   20 14.1
Wisconsin  2,152 14.8   1,241 14.7   382 14.1   473 15.4   56 13.8
Wyoming  330 12.5   194 12.7   68 12.6   60 12.7   8 8.4
Department of Defense dependents schools, Bureau of Indian Education, and other jurisdictions 
DoDDS: DoDs Overseas2  122 12.7   65 14.1   18 12.5   27 11.2   12 9.8
DDESS: DoDs Domestic2  66 13.3   46 13.6   13 13.6   5 11.5   2 10.1
Bureau of Indian Education  172 —   103 —   5 —   19 —   45 —
American Samoa  — —   — —   — —   — —   — —
Guam  — —   — —   — —   — —   — —
Commonwealth of
   the Northern
   Marianas Islands		 30 21.2   21 20.2   3 24.0   5 22.0   1 21.0
Puerto Rico  1,446 13.0   869 12.3   233 13.5   164 15.6   180 12.3
U.S. Virgin Islands  32 12.4   22 12.0   5 11.2   4 14.3   1 7.0
— Not available.
† Not applicable.
‡ Reporting standards not met.
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," 2008–09, Version 1a.

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