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Table 2. Number of operating public schools and districts, student membership, teachers, and pupil/teacher ratio, by
state or jurisdiction: School year 2016–17

               
          State Level    
State or jurisdiction Number of
operating schools1
Number of
operating districts
  Student
Membership2
Number of
Teachers2
  Pupil/
Teacher Ratio
United States3 98,331 18,344   50,587,859 3,169,499   16.0
               
Alabama 1,513 178   744,930 42,533   17.5
Alaska 507 54   132,737 7,825   17.0
Arizona 2,308 698   1,123,137 48,220   23.3
Arkansas 1,090 292   493,447 35,730   13.8
California 10,291 1,159   6,309,138 271,287   23.3
               
Colorado 1,888 267   905,019 52,014   17.4
Connecticut 1,250 205   535,118 42,343   12.6
Delaware 228 49   136,264 9,208   14.8
District of Columbia 223 67   85,850 6,727   12.8
Florida 4,336 77   2,816,791 186,339   15.1
               
Georgia 2,300 226   1,764,346 114,763   15.4
Hawaii 290 1   181,550 11,782   15.4
Idaho 745 160   297,200 16,204   18.3
Illinois 4,173 1,057   2,026,718 128,893   15.7
Indiana 1,921 423   1,049,547 60,162   17.4
               
Iowa 1,328 342   509,831 35,808   14.2
Kansas 1,318 317   494,347 36,193   13.7
Kentucky 1,539 186   684,017 42,029   16.3
Louisiana 1,404 185   716,293 48,408   14.8
Maine 605 268   180,512 14,750   12.2
               
Maryland 1,424 25   886,221 59,703   14.8
Massachusetts 1,856 431   964,514 72,413   13.3
Michigan 3,458 899   1,528,666 83,597   18.3
Minnesota 2,513 567   875,021 56,715   15.4
Mississippi 1,066 158   483,150 31,924   15.1
               
Missouri 2,424 566   915,040 67,926   13.5
Montana 820 487   146,375 10,555   13.9
Nebraska 1,095 284   319,194 23,611   13.5
Nevada 663 19   473,744 23,705   20.0
New Hampshire 490 301   180,888 14,760   12.3
               
New Jersey 2,590 678   1,410,421 115,729   12.2
New Mexico 869 157   336,263 21,331   15.8
New York 4,798 999   2,729,776 209,151   13.1
North Carolina 2,624 306   1,550,062 100,220   15.5
North Dakota 519 222   109,706 9,265   11.8
               
Ohio 3,591 1,088   1,710,143 102,600   16.7
Oklahoma 1,792 600   693,903 41,090   16.9
Oregon 1,243 221   578,947 29,756   19.5
Pennsylvania 3,004 789   1,727,497 122,552   14.1
Rhode Island 315 63   142,150 10,689   13.3
               
South Carolina 1,252 101   771,250 50,789   15.2
South Dakota 697 167   136,302 9,777   13.9
Tennessee 1,774 146   1,001,562 64,270   15.6
Texas 8,912 1,228   5,360,849 352,809   15.2
Utah 1,037 156   659,801 28,841   22.9
               
Vermont 312 343   88,428 8,187   10.8
Virginia 2,134 222   1,287,026 91,628   14.0
Washington 2,436 332   1,101,711 58,815   18.7
West Virginia 739 57   273,855 19,356   14.1
Wisconsin 2,256 461   864,432 59,011   14.6
Wyoming 371 60   94,170 7,506   12.5
               
Department of Defense Education Activity, Bureau of Indian Education, and other jurisdictions
               
DoDEA 166 8    
Bureau of Indian Education 174 174   45,399  
American Samoa 28 1    
Guam 41 1   30,758 2,289   13.4
Commonwealth of the
   Northern Mariana Islands
   
Puerto Rico 1,283 1   365,181 28,899   12.6
U.S. Virgin Islands 28 2   13,194 1,154   11.4
— Not available.
1 Operating schools/agencies include all those providing services as of the start of the reported school year. 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 includesone in Arizona, two in Michigan, and eight in North Dakota. The specific list of schools, along with the links to schools operated in those states is available in the CCD Reference Library, document #5 (https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/reference_library.asp).
2 The membership and staff counts are from the state education agency (SEA) data files referenced in the source notes. Data for teachers are expressed in full-time equivalents (FTE). Counts of public school teachers and enrollment include prekindergarten through grade 13.
3 U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/ Secondary School Universe Survey," 2016–17, Provisional Version 1a, "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2016–17, Provisional Version 1a, and "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2016–17, Provisional Version 1a.