Table 4. Number of regular public elementary and secondary schools with membership and pupil/teacher ratio, by instructional level and state or jurisdiction: School year 2009

Numbers and Types of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2009-10

NCES 2011-345rev
September 2012

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Table 4. Number of regular public elementary and secondary schools with membership and pupil/teacher ratio, by instructional level and state or jurisdiction: School year 2009–10

	Total schools		Primary schools		Middle schools		High schools		Other schools

	Number of schools¹	Pupil/ teacher ratio	Number of schools	Pupil/ teacher ratio	Number of schools	Pupil/ teacher ratio	Number of schools	Pupil/ teacher ratio	Number of schools	Pupil/ teacher ratio

State or jurisdiction
United States²	88,182	16.1	52,299	16.0	16,448	15.7	16,057	16.6	3,378	15.3

Alabama	1,347	16.7	707	16.3	269	16.6	270	17.8	101	15.3
Alaska	450	15.4	171	15.7	36	15.7	51	17.9	192	11.3
Arizona	1,912	20.9	1,131	19.7	268	19.2	401	22.5	112	69.6
Arkansas	1,078	13.0	547	14.4	224	12.4	279	11.5	28	11.9
California	8,377	22.2	5,617	21.3	1,355	22.8	1,199	23.8	206	21.3

Colorado	1,683	17.1	1,027	16.8	296	16.4	290	17.9	70	19.3
Connecticut	1,040	13.6	661	14.3	194	12.6	164	13.3	21	12.2
Delaware	181	15.2	111	15.0	39	15.2	27	15.6	4	15.9
District of Columbia	198	11.4	133	11.6	27	11.2	26	11.6	12	10.3
Florida	3,222	16.3	2,026	14.8	580	17.2	450	18.9	166	16.2

Georgia	2,236	14.7	1,305	14.3	493	14.3	383	15.8	55	14.1
Hawaii	284	15.9	181	15.7	38	15.9	39	16.5	26	13.5
Idaho	632	18.4	354	18.8	113	17.8	120	17.9	45	19.5
Illinois	4,005	16.1	2,527	16.8	775	14.6	645	15.8	58	16.7
Indiana	1,867	17.6	1,137	17.5	347	17.4	337	18.1	46	16.4

Iowa	1,402	13.8	759	13.9	289	13.7	316	13.7	38	12.2
Kansas	1,380	14.2	764	14.3	253	13.5	333	14.6	30	14.8
Kentucky	1,217	20.6	754	19.5	229	21.4	213	22.4	21	17.3
Louisiana	1,259	14.4	712	14.4	243	14.2	212	14.5	92	14.0
Maine	619	11.8	383	12.0	114	11.6	109	12.0	13	9.2

Maryland	1,321	15.1	886	14.7	234	14.6	186	16.3	15	13.4
Massachusetts	1,755	13.9	1,039	14.3	333	13.3	282	13.6	101	14.6
Michigan	3,247	18.4	1,845	17.8	607	18.2	633	19.7	162	16.8
Minnesota	1,647	16.6	912	15.7	253	17.1	431	17.7	51	16.8
Mississippi	924	15.6	456	16.6	192	14.0	200	15.5	76	14.5

Missouri	2,165	14.2	1,242	13.8	383	14.4	485	14.6	55	14.3
Montana	822	13.6	423	13.9	231	13.6	168	13.1	0	†
Nebraska	1,020	13.5	619	13.8	126	13.3	275	13.2	0	†
Nevada	590	19.9	371	17.6	108	22.7	98	22.5	13	24.3
New Hampshire	483	12.8	294	12.8	97	12.3	88	13.2	4	9.4

New Jersey	2,358	14.1	1,506	14.5	445	13.5	340	13.9	67	15.3
New Mexico	804	15.2	456	14.9	173	14.7	152	16.0	23	14.9
New York	4,577	13.5	2,540	13.4	856	12.9	909	14.4	272	12.2
North Carolina	2,507	15.2	1,411	15.1	484	15.2	469	15.8	143	11.7
North Dakota	471	11.9	267	11.8	40	12.2	161	11.9	3	12.7

Ohio	3,643	17.3	1,999	18.2	729	16.3	775	16.6	140	20.1
Oklahoma	1,786	15.4	971	15.9	334	15.1	461	14.4	20	17.3
Oregon	1,252	20.1	733	19.8	211	19.8	249	21.1	59	18.8
Pennsylvania	3,117	14.3	1,845	14.5	554	13.4	601	14.4	117	16.5
Rhode Island	295	13.1	190	13.6	58	12.5	46	12.9	1	5.5

South Carolina	1,132	15.9	657	15.6	258	15.3	195	16.8	22	18.4
South Dakota	670	13.4	336	13.1	167	13.6	166	14.0	1	18.5
Tennessee	1,672	15.5	1,007	14.7	303	16.3	284	16.7	78	15.6
Texas	7,489	14.7	4,325	15.3	1,690	14.4	1,128	14.2	346	13.2
Utah	851	23.5	547	23.6	131	23.3	132	23.3	41	23.8

Vermont	307	10.9	220	11.2	26	10.6	44	10.8	17	9.9
Virginia	1,866	17.6	1,194	17.0	349	17.3	306	18.9	17	17.2
Washington	1,864	19.5	1,124	18.9	329	19.6	302	20.9	109	18.9
West Virginia	692	14.8	447	15.2	121	13.8	105	15.1	19	14.2
Wisconsin	2,132	15.1	1,236	15.0	375	14.3	461	15.6	60	14.7
Wyoming	334	12.8	194	13.1	69	12.7	61	12.7	10	9.1
Department of Defense dependents schools, Bureau of Indian Education, and other jurisdictions
DoDDS: DoDs Overseas³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
DDESS: DoDs Domestic³	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Bureau of Indian Education	173	11.8	103	12.8	5	8.1	18	12.7	47	10.6
American Samoa	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Guam	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	30	19.9	21	20.1	3	21.6	5	18.8	1	18.0
Puerto Rico	1,446	12.8	870	12.1	236	13.3	164	14.8	176	12.2
U.S. Virgin Islands	31	12.7	20	12.6	6	11.1	4	14.5	1	5.1
— Not available.
† Not applicable.
¹ Number of schools excludes schools also reported by the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). The number of schools shared with the BIE include two in Arizona, one in Michigan, and eight in North Dakota.
² U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
³ DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense dependents schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense dependents schools (domestic), respectively.
NOTE: Pupil/teacher ratio is the number of students (membership) for each full-time equivalent (FTE) teacher. Membership is the count of students enrolled on October 1 of the reported school year. FTE is the amount of time required to perform an assignment stated as a proportion of a full-time position. 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," 2009–10, Version Provisional 2a.

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