Public School Student, Staff and Graduate Counts by State, School Year 1996-97 / Table 2
Table 2.--Public school student/teacher ratio, student membership, and teachers, by level of instruction and state: Fall 1996
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Total student/ Pre- Teachers
teacher Total Total kindergarten Kindergarten Elementary Secondary of ungraded
State ratio membership teachers teachers teachers teachers teachers classes
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United Statesa ,b ,c 17.1 45,592,213 2,666,034 26,807 127,982 1,330,894 955,052 225,299
Alabamaa ,b 16.6 748,156 45,040 516 3,558 21,324 19,642 0
Alaska 17.5 129,919 7,418 58 375 4,373 2,612 0
Arizona 19.7 799,250 40,521 193 1,720 27,668 10,940 0
Arkansasb 17.1 457,349 26,680 104 2,000 11,903 12,399 274
Californiaa ,b 22.9 5,687,901 248,857 3,922 16,477 139,780 63,609 25,069
Colorado 18.5 673,438 36,398 308 1,261 17,054 17,775 0
Connecticut 14.4 527,129 36,551 139 1,399 19,880 10,812 4,321
Delaware 16.6 110,549 6,642 30 173 3,075 3,364 0
District of Columbia 14.9 78,648 5,288 280 296 2,490 1,815 407
Florida 18.6 2,242,212 120,471 921 6,779 45,055 44,902 22,814
Georgia 17.0 1,346,761 79,091 1,098 5,289 50,473 22,231 0
Hawaii 17.7 187,653 10,576 111 458 5,451 4,513 43
Idaho 18.8 245,252 13,078 105 424 6,112 6,274 163
Illinois 17.0 1,973,040 116,274 1,307 4,577 63,708 29,826 16,856
Indiana 17.3 983,415 56,708 321 2,297 26,112 25,154 2,824
Iowa 15.4 502,941 32,593 410 1,829 17,181 11,997 1,176
Kansas 15.1 466,293 30,875 163 1,094 13,443 13,133 3,042
Kentucky 16.7 656,089 39,331 859 1,598 24,945 11,929 0
Louisiana 16.8 793,296 47,334 336 2,181 25,503 19,314 0
Maine 13.7 213,593 15,551 196 809 9,633 4,913 0
Maryland 17.1 818,583 47,943 443 1,656 22,206 23,638 0
Massachusetts 14.5 933,898 64,574 473 1,952 21,425 31,983 8,741
Michigan 19.1 1,684,386 88,051 957 3,489 33,579 40,210 9,816
Minnesota 17.6 847,204 48,245 67 1,458 23,611 23,096 13
Mississippi 17.2 503,967 29,293 204 1,624 13,097 9,283 5,085
Missouri 15.1 900,042 59,436 910 2,935 26,275 28,596 720
Montana 16.0 164,627 10,268 129 533 6,340 3,266 0
Nebraska 14.5 291,967 20,174 213 880 10,477 8,523 81
Nevada 19.1 282,131 14,805 218 483 6,869 5,330 1,905
New Hampshire 15.6 198,308 12,692 97 246 8,552 3,797 0
New Jerseyc 13.6 1,208,179 88,903 267 3,114 46,303 26,695 12,524
New Mexico 16.7 332,632 19,971 292 844 10,540 4,599 3,696
New York 15.4 2,843,131 185,104 2,060 10,187 82,069 63,744 27,044
North Carolina 16.1 1,210,108 75,239 760 5,261 39,381 26,866 2,971
North Dakota 15.2 120,123 7,892 99 288 4,505 3,000 0
Ohio 17.0 1,844,389 108,602 1,019 3,762 67,502 36,075 244
Oklahoma 15.7 620,695 39,491 195 1,559 16,674 16,868 4,195
Oregon 20.1 537,854 26,757 62 974 13,101 8,675 3,945
Pennsylvania 17.0 1,804,256 106,432 897 3,701 44,049 44,851 12,934
Rhode Island 14.2 151,324 10,656 37 304 4,556 4,280 1,479
South Carolinaa 15.7 653,011 41,463 445 1,596 26,340 13,082 0
South Dakota 14.9 143,331 9,625 38 293 5,571 2,700 1,023
Tennesseea 16.5 905,089 54,790 143 3,490 35,865 13,762 1,530
Texas 15.5 3,828,975 247,650 3,920 12,733 104,493 88,160 38,344
Utah 24.4 481,812 19,734 126 787 8,337 7,958 2,526
Vermont 13.7 106,341 7,751 41 282 2,772 3,024 1,632
Virginiab 14.7 1,096,093 74,523 205 3,587 41,943 28,788 0
Washington 20.2 974,504 48,307 57 2,071 22,684 19,289 4,206
West Virginia 14.6 304,052 20,888 150 1,118 9,018 7,087 3,515
Wisconsin 16.1 879,259 54,769 906 1,979 34,627 17,257 0
Wyomingd 14.7 99,058 6,729 0 202 2,970 3,416 141
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Outlying Areas and DOD Dependent Schools
DOD Dependents Schools 16.1 80,175 5,000 33 201 1,879 1,927 960
American Samoa 20.1 14,766 734 115 33 371 200 15
Guam 21.5 33,393 1,552 15 139 544 703 151
Northern Marianas 20.5 9,041 441 -- 18 242 181 0
Puerto Rico 15.6 618,861 39,743 28 1,260 20,689 14,521 3,245
Virgin Islandsd 14.2 22,385 1,580 0 74 655 789 62
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a Values for prekindergarten students were imputed based on current year (Fall 1996) data.
b Prekindergarten teacher counts were imputed based on current year (Fall 1996) data.
c New Jersey staff and student data were imputed based on prior year (Fall 1995) data.
d Wyoming and Virgin Islands do not have prekindergarten programs.
-- Data not available.
NOTE: Teacher counts are full-time equivalency (FTE) counts. Elementary and secondary teacher counts are not directly
comparable across states due to differences in the grades included in these designations.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, , Common Core of Data, State Nonfiscal Survey.
