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 2010

Numbers and Types of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2010–11

NCES 2012-325 rev
October 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 2010–11

	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	88,019	15.7	52,241	15.6	16,341	15.4	15,993	16.1	3,444	‡

Alabama	1,323	15.1	683	14.5	256	15.2	269	16.2	115	14.4
Alaska	441	15.2	166	15.6	36	15.3	48	17.5	191	11.8
Arizona	1,895	‡	1,128	18.3	249	18.9	404	‡	114	‡
Arkansas	1,068	14.1	551	15.2	219	14.2	274	12.5	24	14.6
California	8,504	—	5,633	—	1,299	—	1,136	—	436	—

Colorado	1,694	17.6	1,035	17.2	290	17.0	287	18.3	82	20.5
Connecticut	1,034	13.4	650	13.9	199	12.5	167	13.3	18	12.2
Delaware	183	15.4	112	14.9	39	15.9	27	15.8	5	15.7
District of Columbia	197	12.0	134	12.1	27	11.9	26	12.5	10	9.4
Florida	3,290	16.0	2,058	14.3	589	17.3	468	18.9	175	‡

Georgia	2,259	15.2	1,321	14.7	493	15.0	392	16.4	53	14.3
Hawaii	285	15.9	181	15.8	39	15.9	39	16.4	26	13.7
Idaho	629	17.8	351	18.4	113	17.0	121	16.7	44	20.6
Illinois	3,997	16.4	2,520	17.1	771	15.1	646	16.1	60	16.5
Indiana	1,835	18.4	1,104	18.5	341	18.4	336	18.4	54	16.5

Iowa	1,382	14.4	743	14.4	287	14.9	306	14.4	46	12.8
Kansas	1,363	14.5	754	14.7	249	13.5	327	14.9	33	12.8
Kentucky	1,240	16.1	763	15.9	232	16.1	216	16.7	29	14.4
Louisiana	1,264	14.7	716	14.7	242	14.7	212	14.9	94	14.1
Maine	601	12.3	371	12.4	109	11.9	110	12.5	11	9.4

Maryland	1,322	15.1	891	14.8	229	14.3	187	16.1	15	12.9
Massachusetts	1,747	14.1	1,094	14.6	336	13.5	283	13.6	34	13.5
Michigan	3,109	18.6	1,761	17.8	583	18.8	616	19.9	149	17.0
Minnesota	1,622	16.6	902	15.7	246	17.3	423	17.7	51	17.6
Mississippi	900	16.0	452	16.9	192	14.5	200	15.8	56	15.8

Missouri	2,152	14.6	1,234	14.3	380	14.8	485	14.9	53	14.2
Montana	821	13.8	424	14.2	229	13.9	168	13.1	0	†
Nebraska	1,010	13.6	608	13.9	127	13.5	275	13.1	0	†
Nevada	596	20.1	375	18.1	110	22.2	98	22.5	13	22.9
New Hampshire	478	12.6	292	12.8	97	12.1	87	12.8	2	9.4

New Jersey	2,339	14.6	1,533	15.1	442	14.1	332	14.2	32	13.3
New Mexico	813	15.3	459	15.2	172	14.9	157	16.1	25	14.4
New York	4,568	13.5	2,537	13.0	850	13.1	889	14.8	292	12.9
North Carolina	2,423	15.5	1,403	15.2	488	15.6	464	16.0	68	14.5
North Dakota	464	11.9	268	11.9	38	12.4	156	11.7	2	12.4

Ohio	3,609	17.5	1,955	18.3	725	16.6	781	16.6	148	20.9
Oklahoma	1,773	16.0	964	16.6	332	15.7	455	15.1	22	18.0
Oregon	1,250	20.6	734	20.2	210	20.2	245	21.5	61	18.2
Pennsylvania	3,110	14.4	1,839	14.7	549	13.5	608	14.2	114	16.3
Rhode Island	294	13.2	187	14.1	58	12.3	46	12.7	3	‡

South Carolina	1,141	16.5	663	16.2	257	16.1	197	17.1	24	19.9
South Dakota	656	13.5	334	13.1	162	13.7	160	14.0	0	†
Tennessee	1,701	15.4	1,018	14.7	309	16.2	294	16.3	80	15.2
Texas	7,586	14.9	4,360	15.5	1,714	14.6	1,150	14.3	362	13.2
Utah	864	23.8	551	23.9	134	24.0	134	23.3	45	24.2

Vermont	304	10.9	217	11.3	26	10.8	45	10.5	16	10.0
Virginia	1,864	17.7	1,192	17.2	346	17.4	308	18.7	18	16.9
Washington	1,871	19.5	1,148	18.7	359	19.7	315	20.8	49	17.3
West Virginia	690	14.4	448	14.5	119	13.9	109	14.7	14	13.5
Wisconsin	2,127	15.1	1,231	15.0	375	14.5	454	15.6	67	15.7
Wyoming	331	—	193	—	68	—	61	—	9	—
Department of Defense schools, Bureau of Indian Education, and other jurisdictions
Department of Defense (DoDEA)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Bureau of Indian Education	172	—	104	—	5	—	17	—	46	—
American Samoa	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Guam	40	—	27	—	8	—	5	—	0	†
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	30	18.3	21	17.2	3	20.2	5	19.5	1	17.7
Puerto Rico	1,409	13.2	842	12.5	229	13.6	163	15.0	175	12.6
U.S. Virgin Islands	31	11.4	20	11.7	6	9.9	4	12.3	1	6.7
— Not available.
† Not applicable.
‡ Reporting standards not met. For individual states, Data reported for less than 80 percent of schools in the state or jurisdiction; for U.S. total, data reported for less than 85 percent of schools across all states and the District of Columbia.
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.
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 FTE teachers.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2010–11, provisional version 2a.

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