Table 2. Number of operating public schools and districts; state enrollment, teacher and pupil teacher ratio by state or jurisdiction: School year 2013

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August 2015

Selected Statistics From the Public Elementary and Secondary Education Universe: School Year 2013–14

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Table 2.	Number of operating public schools and districts; state enrollment, teacher and pupil teacher ratio by state or jurisdiction: School year 2013–14


State or jurisdiction	Number of operational schools¹	Number of operational districts	Membership²	Teacher²	Pupil Teacher Ratio
United States³	98,271	18,194	50,044,522	3,113,764	16.1

Alabama	1,637	177	746,204	47,162	15.8
Alaska	507	54	130,944	7,898	16.6
Arizona	2,252	684	1,102,445	48,359	22.8
Arkansas	1,112	288	489,979	34,933	14.0
California	10,276	1,172	6,312,623	259,506	24.3

Colorado	1,832	261	876,999	50,157	17.5
Connecticut	1,152	201	546,200	43,443	12.6
Delaware	219	43	131,687	9,388	14.0
District of Columbia	225	62	78,153	5,991	13.0
Florida	4,295	76	2,720,744	177,853	15.3

Georgia	2,379	218	1,723,909	109,441	15.8
Hawaii	288	1	186,825	11,781	15.9
Idaho	706	152	296,476	15,002	19.8
Illinois	4.204	1,068	2,066,990	136,355	15.2
Indiana	1,928	408	1,047,385	59,823	17.5

Iowa	1,382	355	502,964	35,397	14.2
Kansas	1,346	321	496,440	38,153	13.0
Kentucky	1,565	194	677,389	41,820	16.2
Louisiana	1,412	133	711,491	46,437	15.3
Maine	619	254	183,995	15,452	11.9

Maryland	1,442	25	866,169	58,611	14.8
Massachusetts	1,865	409	955,739	70,490	13.6
Michigan	3,538	907	1,548,841	85,786	18.1
Minnesota	2,414	548	850,973	54,413	15.6
Mississippi	1,066	162	492,586	32,292	15.3

Missouri	2,410	568	918,288	66,651	13.8
Montana	824	493	144,129	10,310	14.0
Nebraska	1,102	287	307,677	22,401	13.7
Nevada	653	19	451,831	21,921	20.6
New Hampshire	482	292	186,310	14,826	12.6

New Jersey	2,508	680	1,370,295	114,581	12.0
New Mexico	880	150	339,244	22,239	15.3
New York	1,801	970	2,732,770	206,693	13.2
North Carolina	2,588	265	1,530,857	99,327	15.4
North Dakota	512	222	103,947	8,805	11.8

Ohio	3,656	1,116	1,724,111	106,010	16.3
Oklahoma	1,789	598	681,848	41,983	16.2
Oregon	1,246	220	593,000	26,733	22.2
Pennsylvania	3,068	789	1,755,236	121,330	14.5
Rhode Island	304	61	142,008	9,824	14.5

South Carolina	1,243	102	745,657	48,151	15.5
South Dakota	699	170	130,890	9,510	13.8
Tennessee	1,855	140	993,556	65,847	15.1
Texas	8,748	1,252	5,153,702	334,580	15.4
Utah	1,006	138	625,461	27,247	23.0

Vermont	316	360	88,690	8,375	10.6
Virginia	2,166	227	1,273,825	90,098	14.1
Washington	2,381	318	1,058,936	54,867	19.3
West Virginia	758	57	280,958	19,978	14.1
Wisconsin	2,249	466	874,414	57,980	15.1
Wyoming	366	61	92,732	7,555	12.3

Department of Defense Education Activity, Bureau of Indian Education, and other jurisdictions

Department of Defense (DoDEA)	191	16	—	—	—
Bureau of Indian Education	174	196	—	—	—
American Samoa	28	1	—	—	—
Guam	38	1	33,414	2,291	14.6
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	29	1	10,638	417	25.5
Puerto Rico	1,452	1	423,934	33,412	12.7
U.S. Virgin Islands	31	2	14,953	1,082	13.8
— Not available.
¹ Total number of operating schools excludes schools also reported by the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). The number of operating schools shared with the BIE include one in Arizona, one in Michigan, and eight in North Dakota.
² The membership and staff counts are from the State Nonfiscal Survey described in the source notes.
³ U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
NOTE: Data for teachers are expressed in full-time equivalents (FTE). Counts of public school teachers and enrollment include prekindergarten through grade 12.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/ Secondary School Universe Survey," 2013–14, Version 1a, "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2013–14, Version 1a, "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2013–14, Version 1a.

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