Table 1. Number of students, teachers, schools, principals, school libraries, and districts, by state: 2003

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Table 1. Number of students, teachers, schools, principals, school libraries, and districts, by state: 2003–04

State	Students	Teachers¹	Schools	Principals¹	Libraries	Districts
United States	47,315,700	3,250,600	88,113	87,621	78,257	15,538

Alabama	742,800	50,900	1,490	1,469	1,343	133
Alaska	125,200	8,600	447	447	390	55
Arizona	979,100	56,400	1,703	1,701	1,324	475
Arkansas	489,100	37,200	1,071	1,073	1,039	323
California	5,771,900	284,800	8,866	8,759	7,190	1,049

Colorado	716,200	49,100	1,516	1,499	1,380	189
Connecticut	541,900	45,000	1,008	1,008	953	176
Delaware	116,300	7,900	183	185	165	30
District of Columbia	72,900	5,400	193	184	‡	24	!
Florida	2,518,500	156,800	3,089	3,024	2,644	73	!

Georgia	1,383,200	102,300	1,874	1,878	1,838	183
Hawaii	196,200	13,600	281	279	281	1
Idaho	251,000	15,400	651	651	568	115
Illinois	1,993,600	139,600	4,150	4,151	3,417	1,001
Indiana	987,800	63,000	1,901	1,907	1,735	307

Iowa	475,100	38,200	1,326	1,328	1,304	371
Kansas	445,600	37,700	1,415	1,411	1,384	304
Kentucky	676,200	48,300	1,397	1,393	1,291	180
Louisiana	727,400	52,500	1,465	1,467	1,295	72
Maine	222,400	18,900	698	698	649	177

Maryland	859,600	59,300	1,362	1,371	1,289	24
Massachusetts	1,017,100	84,500	1,797	1,796	1,609	371
Michigan	1,740,100	100,100	3,675	3,658	2,709	804
Minnesota	862,500	61,000	1,782	1,755	1,484	446
Mississippi	510,000	34,400	1,035	1,035	880	162

Missouri	906,200	74,300	1,998	2,009	1,849	522
Montana	147,300	12,200	585	490	529	378
Nebraska	295,200	25,900	1,146	1,142	940	551
Nevada	363,100	19,900	499	495	480	17	!
New Hampshire	199,700	16,500	437	436	428	167

New Jersey	1,297,500	114,000	2,390	2,399	2,027	642
New Mexico	323,400	21,300	703	695	684	89
New York	2,905,000	234,100	4,257	4,254	4,116	759
North Carolina	1,347,200	95,600	2,201	2,193	2,105	206
North Dakota	108,400	9,700	400	398	373	210

Ohio	1,900,000	133,500	3,875	3,879	3,408	736
Oklahoma	650,300	46,000	1,564	1,561	1,530	545
Oregon	543,100	29,000	1,248	1,248	1,125	198
Pennsylvania	1,760,800	125,500	3,108	3,093	2,786	669
Rhode Island	165,200	13,800	303	303	298	40

South Carolina	684,400	47,500	1,119	1,120	1,045	105
South Dakota	125,800	10,800	493	484	404	179
Tennessee	932,400	64,600	1,634	1,634	1,586	138
Texas	4,097,300	291,000	7,420	7,366	6,668	1,203
Utah	459,600	23,400	776	775	724	41

Vermont	100,000	10,000	329	327	301	69
Virginia	1,188,200	92,200	2,004	1,991	1,905	169
Washington	1,078,600	63,500	2,072	2,030	1,844	307
West Virginia	296,500	22,900	776	771	601	57
Wisconsin	929,100	74,800	2,050	2,056	1,909	439
Wyoming	89,900	7,800	353	345	304	57
‡ Reporting standards not met. The base-weighted unit response rate was below 50 percent.
! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 50 percent or more of the estimate's value.
¹ Includes full- and part-time head counts.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey, Public School, Public School Teacher, Public School Principal, Public School Library Media Center, and District Data Files, 2003–04.

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