Table 2. Number of operating public schools and districts, student membership, teachers, and pupil/teacher ratio, by state or jurisdiction:
School year 2021–22




State or jurisdiction	Number of operating schools¹	Number of operating districts¹	Student Membership²	Teachers²	Pupil/Teacher Ratio
United States³	99,271	19,269	49,342,118	‡	‡

Alabama	1,507	152	748,274	38,835	19.3
Alaska	500	54	129,944	7,246	17.9
Arizona	2,418	691	1,133,284	51,093	22.2
Arkansas	1,084	302	489,565	38,846	12.6
California	10,327	2,117	5,892,073	267,758	22.0

Colorado	1,941	272	880,597	53,903	16.3
Connecticut	1,000	208	509,748	41,686	12.2
Delaware	229	45	139,935	9,965	14.0
District of Columbia	240	70	88,908	7,828	11.4
Florida	4,191	77	2,833,186	159,866	17.7

Georgia	2,314	241	1,740,875	119,831	14.5
Hawaii	294	1	173,178	12,026	14.4
Idaho	784	183	314,258	17,935	17.5
Illinois	4,386	1,033	1,868,482	139,378	13.4
Indiana	1,915	440	1,036,625	66,414	15.6

Iowa	1,325	336	510,661	36,059	14.2
Kansas	1,355	338	485,424	38,353	12.7
Kentucky	1,535	185	654,239	43,380	15.1
Louisiana	1,367	198	683,216	38,773	17.6
Maine	598	278	173,215	15,418	11.2

Maryland	1,417	25	881,461	62,443	14.1
Massachusetts	1,847	426	921,180	76,329	12.1
Michigan	3,538	890	1,440,090	86,258	16.7
Minnesota	2,661	577	870,506	55,662	15.6
Mississippi	1,040	152	442,000	31,686	13.9

Missouri	2,453	565	888,823	69,569	12.8
Montana	827	482	150,195	11,042	13.6
Nebraska	1,083	278	327,564	24,230	13.5
Nevada	746	20	486,648	—	—
New Hampshire	494	312	170,005	14,626	11.6

New Jersey	2,558	691	1,372,381	117,127	11.7
New Mexico	890	148	316,785	21,475	14.8
New York	4,802	1058	2,548,490	215,092	11.8
North Carolina	2,719	350	1,525,223	102,034	14.9
North Dakota	513	219	116,864	9,531	12.3

Ohio	3,659	1,046	1,683,612	99,442	16.9
Oklahoma	1,792	596	698,696	43,090	16.2
Oregon	1,285	222	553,012	31,629	17.5
Pennsylvania	2,941	789	1,695,092	126,344	13.4
Rhode Island	315	66	138,566	10,774	12.9

South Carolina	1,267	101	780,878	55,489	14.1
South Dakota	721	166	141,307	10,216	13.8
Tennessee	1,906	148	996,709	64,747	15.4
Texas	9,105	1,232	5,428,613	371,002	14.6
Utah	1,106	162	690,934	30,860	22.4

Vermont	305	184	83,975	7,965	10.5
Virginia	2,129	214	1,249,815	86,917	14.4
Washington	2,546	341	1,081,835	60,147	18.0
West Virginia	694	60	252,720	18,724	13.5
Wisconsin	2,243	469	829,359	60,337	13.7
Wyoming	359	59	93,093	7,308	12.7

Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), Bureau of Indian Education, and other jurisdictions

DoDEA	—	—	—	—	—
Bureau of Indian Education	174	174	32,457	4,638	7.0
American Samoa	29	1	—	—	—
Guam	44	4	28,402	1,767	16.1
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	35	1	9,491	507	18.7
Puerto Rico	851	1	259,535	23,348	11.1
U.S. Virgin Islands	21	2	10,234	916	11.2
— Not available.
^‡The total number of teachers and pupil teacher ratio across the 50 states and DC are not shown due to missing data for Nevada in SY 2021–22.
¹Operating schools/districts include all those providing services as of the start of the reported school year. For analytical purposes, the member LEAs within the New York City supervisory union are reported as a single LEA.
²The student membership and teacher 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 include prekindergarten through grade 13. Specifically, U.S. totals for SY 2021–22 include 1,322,618 Pre-kindergartners and 68,364 Pre-kindergarten teachers. Student membership excludes adult education students.
³U.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," 2021–22, Provisional Version 1a, "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2021–22, Provisional Version 1a, and "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2021–22, Provisional Version 1a.

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