Download Excel (177 KB)

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.

Return to Data Tables

Download Excel (177 KB)

CCD