Table 7. Estimated membership, number of teachers, revenues, expenditures, and pupil/teacher ratio, for public elementary and secondary schools, by state, for grades prekindergarten through 12: School year 1996-97/Fiscal year 1997
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Current Pupil/
Number of Revenues expenditures teacher Per pupil Per pupil
State Membership teachers (in thousands) (in thousands) ratio revenue expenditure
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United States 45,228,526 /a/ 2,633,516 /a/ $298,841,009 /a/ $274,065,348 /a/ 17.2 $6,607 $6,060
Alabama 741,933 42,492 /b/ 3,800,649 3,459,903 17.5 5,123 4,663
Alaska 126,015 7,644 1,280,507 1,082,834 16.5 10,162 8,593
Arizona 749,759 /a/ 38,509 /a/ 4,099,983 /a/ 3,549,233 /a/ 19.5 5,468 4,734
Arkansas 457,076 29,194 1,696,161 1,541,900 15.7 3,711 3,373
California 5,535,312 228,028 33,796,257 30,273,699 24.3 6,106 5,469
Colorado 673,438 35,900 3,904,398 /a/ 3,593,903 /a/ 18.8 5,798 5,337
Connecticut 523,054 36,800 4,529,000 4,471,000 14.2 8,659 8,548
Delaware 110,549 /b/ 6,642 889,807 783,317 16.6 8,049 7,086
District of Columbia 79,159 /a/ 5,286 /a/ 735,509 /a/ 728,611 /a/ 15.0 9,292 9,204
Florida 2,240,283 /b/ 120,450 /b/ 13,870,942 12,019,783 18.6 6,192 5,365
Georgia 1,321,239 81,683 8,530,402 8,247,879 16.2 6,456 6,243
Hawaii 188,485 10,675 1,287,554 /a/ 982,000 17.7 6,831 5,210
Idaho 245,252 /b/ 13,059 1,221,909 1,090,031 18.8 4,982 4,445
Illinois 1,961,299 115,859 12,521,048 12,547,068 /b 16.9 6,384 6,397
Indiana 984,610 56,412 6,878,000 5,837,000 17.5 6,986 5,928
Iowa 504,511 32,549 3,156,861 2,873,445 /b 15.5 6,257 5,696
Kansas 465,140 30,750 2,985,633 2,567,544 15.1 6,419 5,520
Kentucky 663,071 39,235 3,951,657 3,557,638 16.9 5,960 5,365
Louisiana 777,570 /b/ 48,047 3,980,244 3,531,211 16.2 5,119 4,541
Maine 218,560 /b/ 14,458 1,500,150 1,322,663 15.1 6,864 6,052
Maryland 818,947 47,005 5,885,105 5,323,364 17.4 7,186 6,500
Massachusetts 936,794 /a/ 64,497 /a/ 7,316,919 /a/ 7,054,231 /a/ 14.5 7,811 7,530
Michigan 1,662,100 84,200 12,609,834 11,039,483 19.7 7,587 6,642
Minnesota 836,700 47,600 6,034,100 4,975,400 17.6 7,212 5,946
Mississippi 504,168 /b/ 29,237 2,283,330 2,098,680 17.2 4,529 4,163
Missouri 883,327 59,222 5,413,064 4,405,644 14.9 6,128 4,988
Montana 166,909 10,110 952,374 878,365 16.5 5,706 5,263
Nebraska 292,121 20,109 /b/ 1,972,529 1,749,955 14.5 6,752 5,991
Nevada 282,131 /b/ 14,723 /b/ 1,601,746 1,415,231 19.2 5,677 5,016
New Hampshire 194,581 /b/ 12,394 1,317,703 1,251,854 15.7 6,772 6,434
New Jersey 1,221,013 /a/ 88,822 /a/ 12,730,047 /a/ 12,440,741 /a/ 13.7 10,426 10,189
New Mexico 330,522 19,608 /b/ 2,199,248 /b/ 2,125,111 16.9 6,654 6,430
New York 2,825,000 185,063 26,559,743 24,531,980 15.3 9,402 8,684
North Carolina 1,199,962 /b/ 73,839 6,496,609 6,169,266 16.3 5,414 5,141
North Dakota 118,427 /b/ 7,706 657,456 578,704 15.4 5,552 4,887
Ohio 1,841,095 104,583 12,000,000 11,000,000 17.6 6,518 5,975
Oklahoma 620,379 39,350 3,361,992 3,039,727 15.8 5,419 4,900
Oregon 537,783 /b/ 26,757 3,254,000 3,247,000 20.1 6,051 6,038
Pennsylvania 1,807,250 106,400 14,900,000 13,020,000 17.0 8,245 7,204
Rhode Island 151,181 10,586 1,162,591 1,103,286 14.3 7,690 7,298
South Carolina 648,980 40,640 3,749,680 3,173,705 16.0 5,778 4,890
South Dakota 142,910 /b/ 9,474 759,845 665,026 /b/ 15.1 5,317 4,653
Tennessee 891,101 51,369 4,229,112 4,570,746 17.3 4,746 5,129
Texas 3,809,186 247,526 21,726,450 20,944,470 /b/ 15.4 5,704 5,498
Utah 478,085 /b/ 20,224 /b/ 2,088,202 /b/ 1,833,122 /b/ 23.6 4,368 3,834
Vermont 106,607 /a/ 7,787 /a/ 819,518 /a/ 753,516 /a/ 13.7 7,687 7,068
Virginia 1,096,093 /b/ 80,896 6,295,260 6,672,808 13.5 5,743 6,088
Washington 971,903 /b/ 47,479 /b/ 6,652,347 5,790,558 /b/ 20.5 6,845 5,958
West Virginia 303,441 /b/ 20,642 1,915,254 1,825,159 /b/ 14.7 6,312 6,015
Wisconsin 884,738 /b/ 55,296 6,640,280 5,732,554 16.0 7,505 6,479
Wyoming 98,777 /b/ 6,700 640,000 595,000 14.7 6,479 6,024
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Outlying Areas
American Samoa 14,708 /a/ 738 /a/ 49,002 /a/ 32,377 /a/ 19.9 3,332 2,201
Guam 33,754 /a/ 1,854 /a/ 192,117 /a/ 187,947 /a/ 18.2 5,692 5,568
Northern Marianas 8,253 /b/ 421 /b/ 53,304 50,953 /b/ 19.6 6,459 6,174
Puerto Rico 613,009 39,748 1,692,145 1,658,302 15.4 2,760 2,705
Virgin Islands 22,146 1,603 147,482 140,299 13.8 6,660 6,335
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a/ Data estimated by NCES based on previous year's data.NOTE: All data are state estimates, except where noted. Detail may not sum to total due to rounding. Estimates are as of March 1997.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, NCES, Common Core of Data.
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