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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 | |||||||
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State or jurisdiction | Number of operating schools1 |
Number of operating districts |
Student Membership2 |
Number of Teachers2 |
Pupil/ Teacher Ratio |
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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. |
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