Table 66. | Teachers, enrollment, and pupil/teacher ratios in public elementary and secondary schools, by state or jurisdiction: Fall 1996 to fall 2001 |
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | Fall 1999 | Fall 2000\1\ | Fall 2001 |Pupil/ |Pupil/ | Pupil/ |__________________________________|__________________________________|__________________________________ |teacher|teacher| teacher | | | | | | | | | State or jurisdiction |ratio, |ratio, | ratio | | |Pupil/ | | |Pupil/ | | |Pupil/ | fall | fall | fall | Teachers | Enrollment |teacher| Teachers | Enrollment |teacher| Teachers | Enrollment |teacher | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | | |ratio | | |ratio | | |ratio ______________________|_______|_______|_________|____________|_____________|_______|____________|_____________|_______|____________|_____________|_______ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 ______________________|_______|_______|_________|____________|_____________|_______|____________|_____________|_______|____________|_____________|_______ United States .....| 17.1| 16.8|\2\ 16.4|\2\2,910,633|\2\46,857,149|\2\16.1|\2\2,941,461|\2\47,203,539|\2\16.0|\2\2,997,748|\2\47,687,871|\2\15.9 |_______|_______|_________|____________|_____________|_______|____________|_____________|_______|____________|_____________|_______ Alabama ..............| 16.6| 16.3|\2\ 15.7|\2\ 48,624|\2\ 740,732|\2\15.2|\2\ 48,194|\2\ 739,992|\2\15.4|\2\ 46,796|\2\ 737,294|\2\15.8 Alaska ...............| 17.5| 17.3| 16.7| 7,838| 134,391| 17.1| 7,880| 133,356| 16.9| 8,026| 134,358| 16.7 Arizona ..............| 19.7| 19.8| 20.0| 43,892| 852,612| 19.4| 44,438| 877,696| 19.8| 46,015| 922,180| 20.0 Arkansas .............| 17.1| 17.0| 16.2| 31,362| 451,034| 14.4| 31,947| 449,959| 14.1| 33,079| 449,805| 13.6 California ...........| 22.9| 21.6|\2\ 21.0|\2\ 287,433|\2\ 6,038,590|\2\21.0|\2\ 298,021|\2\ 6,140,814|\2\20.6|\2\ 304,296|\2\ 6,248,610|\2\20.5 | | | | | | | | | | | | Colorado .............| 18.5| 18.2| 17.7| 40,772| 708,109| 17.4| 41,983| 724,508| 17.3| 44,182| 742,145| 16.8 Connecticut ..........| 14.4| 14.2| 14.0| 39,907| 553,993| 13.9| 41,044| 562,179| 13.7| 41,773| 570,228| 13.7 Delaware .............| 16.6| 16.3| 16.0| 7,318| 112,836| 15.4| 7,469| 114,676| 15.4| 7,571| 115,555| 15.3 District of Columbia .| 14.9| 17.6|\2\ 13.9|\2\ 4,812| 77,194|\2\16.0| 4,949| 68,925| 13.9| 4,951| 75,392|\3\13.9 Florida ..............| 18.6| 18.4| 18.4| 130,336| 2,381,396| 18.3| 132,030| 2,434,821| 18.4| 134,684| 2,500,478| 18.6 | | | | | | | | | | | | Georgia ..............| 16.5| 16.0| 15.8| 90,638| 1,422,762| 15.7| 91,043| 1,444,937| 15.9| 92,732| 1,470,634| 15.9 Hawaii ...............| 17.7| 17.8| 17.7| 10,866| 185,860| 17.1| 10,927| 184,360| 16.9| 11,007| 184,546| 16.8 Idaho ................| 18.8| 18.5| 18.2| 13,641| 245,136| 18.0| 13,714| 245,117| 17.9| 13,854| 246,521| 17.8 Illinois .............| 17.0| 16.8| 16.5| 124,815| 2,027,600| 16.2| 127,620| 2,048,792| 16.1| 129,600| 2,071,391| 16.0 Indiana...............| 17.3| 17.2| 17.0| 58,864| 988,702| 16.8| 59,226| 989,267| 16.7| 59,659| 996,133| 16.7 | | | | | | | | | | | | Iowa .................| 15.4| 15.3| 15.2| 33,480| 497,301| 14.9| 34,636| 495,080| 14.3| 34,906| 485,932| 13.9 Kansas ...............| 15.1| 14.9| 14.8| 32,969| 472,188| 14.3| 32,742| 470,610| 14.4| 33,084| 470,205| 14.2 Kentucky .............| 16.7| 16.5| 16.1| 41,954| 648,180| 15.4| 39,589| 665,850| 16.8| 40,376| 654,363| 16.2 Louisiana ............| 16.8| 16.0| 15.6| 50,031| 756,579| 15.1| 49,915| 743,089| 16.6| 49,980| 731,328| 16.6 Maine ................| 13.7| 13.5| 13.3| 16,349| 209,253| 12.8| 16,559| 207,037| 12.5| 16,741| 205,586| 12.3 | | | | | | | | | | | | Maryland .............| 17.1| 17.2| 16.9| 50,995| 846,582| 16.6| 52,433| 852,920| 16.3| 53,774| 860,640| 16.0 Massachusetts ........| 14.5| 14.1| 13.8| 77,596| 971,425| 12.5| 67,432| 975,150| 14.5| 68,942| 973,140| 14.1 Michigan .............| 19.1| 18.8|\2\ 18.5| 96,094|\2\ 1,725,639|\2\18.0| 97,031|\2\ 1,720,626|\2\17.7| 98,849| 1,730,668| 17.5 Minnesota ............| 17.6| 16.4| 15.7| 56,010| 854,034| 15.2| 53,457| 854,340| 16.0| 53,081| 851,384| 16.0 Mississippi ..........| 17.2| 17.1| 16.1| 30,722| 500,716| 16.3| 31,006| 497,871| 16.1| 31,214| 493,507| 15.8 | | | | | | | | | | | | Missouri..............| 15.2| 15.0| 14.6| 63,890| 914,110| 14.3| 64,735| 912,744| 14.1| 65,240| 909,792| 13.9 Montana ..............| 16.0| 15.9| 15.7| 10,353| 157,556| 15.2| 10,411| 154,875| 14.9| 10,408| 151,947| 14.6 Nebraska .............| 14.5| 14.6| 14.3| 20,766| 288,261| 13.9| 20,983| 286,199| 13.6| 21,083| 285,095| 13.5 Nevada ...............| 19.1| 18.5| 18.9| 17,380| 325,610| 18.7| 18,293| 340,706| 18.6| 19,276| 356,814| 18.5 New Hampshire ........| 15.6| 15.6| 15.4| 14,037| 206,783| 14.7| 14,341| 208,461| 14.5| 14,677| 206,847| 14.1 | | | | | | | | | | | | New Jersey ...........| 14.0| 13.9| 13.8| 95,883| 1,289,256| 13.4| 99,061| 1,313,405| 13.3| 103,611| 1,341,656| 12.9 New Mexico ...........| 16.7| 16.9| 16.5| 19,797| 324,495| 16.4| 21,042| 320,306| 15.2| 21,823| 320,260| 14.7 New York .............| 15.4| 15.0| 14.6| 202,078| 2,887,776| 14.3| 206,961| 2,882,188| 13.9| 209,128| 2,872,132| 13.7 North Carolina .......| 16.1| 15.9| 15.8| 81,914| 1,275,925| 15.6| 83,680| 1,293,638| 15.5| 85,684| 1,315,363| 15.4 North Dakota .........| 15.2| 14.7| 14.4| 8,150| 112,751| 13.8| 8,141| 109,201| 13.4| 8,035| 106,047| 13.2 | | | | | | | | | | | | Ohio .................| 17.0| 16.7| 16.2| 116,200| 1,836,554| 15.8| 118,361| 1,835,049| 15.5| 122,115| 1,830,985| 15.0 Oklahoma .............| 15.7| 15.5| 15.4| 41,498| 627,032| 15.1| 41,318| 623,110| 15.1| 41,632| 622,139| 14.9 Oregon ...............| 20.1| 20.1| 20.0| 27,803| 545,033| 19.6| 28,094| 546,231| 19.4| 28,402| 551,480| 19.4 Pennsylvania .........| 17.0| 16.8| 16.4| 114,525| 1,816,716| 15.9| 116,963| 1,814,311| 15.5| 118,470| 1,821,627| 15.4 Rhode Island .........| 14.2| 14.5| 13.9| 11,041| 156,454| 14.2| 10,645| 157,347| 14.8| 11,104| 158,046| 14.2 | | | | | | | | | | | | South Carolina .......| 15.7| 15.6| 15.2| 45,468| 666,780| 14.7| 45,380| 677,411| 14.9| 46,617| 691,078| 14.8 South Dakota .........| 14.9| 15.3| 14.3| 9,384| 131,037| 14.0| 9,397| 128,603| 13.7| 9,370| 127,542| 13.6 Tennessee ............| 16.5| 16.5|\2\ 15.3| 60,702|\2\ 916,202|\2\15.1| 57,164|\2\ 909,161|\2\15.9|\2\ 58,358|\2\ 925,030|\2\15.9 Texas ................| 15.5| 15.3| 15.2| 267,935| 3,991,783| 14.9| 274,826| 4,059,619| 14.8| 282,847| 4,163,447| 14.7 Utah .................| 24.4| 22.9| 22.4| 21,832| 480,255| 22.0| 22,008| 481,485| 21.9| 22,211| 484,677| 21.8 | | | | | | | | | | | | Vermont ..............| 13.7| 13.4| 12.8| 8,474| 104,559| 12.3| 8,414| 102,049| 12.1| 8,554| 101,179| 11.8 Virginia .............| 14.7| 14.3|\2\ 14.2| 85,037|\2\ 1,133,994|\2\13.3|\2\ 86,977| 1,144,915|\2\13.2| 89,314| 1,163,091| 13.0 Washington ...........| 20.2| 20.2| 20.1| 50,368| 1,003,714| 19.9| 51,098| 1,004,770| 19.7| 52,534| 1,009,200| 19.2 West Virginia.........| 14.6| 14.4| 14.2| 21,082| 291,811| 13.8| 20,930| 286,367| 13.7| 20,139| 282,885| 14.0 Wisconsin ............| 16.1| 15.8| 14.4| 60,778| 877,753| 14.4| 60,165| 879,476| 14.6| 60,918| 879,361| 14.4 Wyoming ..............| 14.7| 14.5| 14.2| 6,940| 92,105| 13.3| 6,783| 89,940| 13.3| 7,026| 88,128| 12.5 |_______|_______|_________|____________|_____________|_______|____________|_____________|_______|____________|_____________|_______ Bureau of Indian | | | | | | | | | | | | Affairs ............| --- | --- | --- | --- | 49,076| --- | --- | 46,938| --- | --- | 46,476| --- Department of Defense | | | | | | | | | | | | dependents schools: | | | | | | | | | | | | Overseas schools ..| 16.1| 15.0| 15.1|\4\ 7,415|\4\ 108,035|\4\14.6| 5,105| 73,581| 14.4| 5,154| 73,212| 14.2 Domestic schools ..| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 2,399| 34,174| 14.2| 2,486| 32,847| 13.2 |=======|=======|=========|============|=============|=======|============|=============|=======|============|=============|======= Outlying areas | | | | | | | | | | | | American Samoa .......| 20.1| 20.0| 20.1| 801| 15,477| 19.3| 820| 15,702| 19.1| 914| 15,897| 17.4 Guam .................| 21.5| 23.8| 30.6| 1,809| 32,951| 18.2| 1,975| 32,473| 16.4| 1,918| 31,992| 16.7 Northern Marianas ....| 20.5| 19.1| 19.1| 488| 9,732| 19.9| 526| 10,004| 19.0| 519| 10,479| 20.2 Puerto Rico ..........| 15.6| 15.8| 15.4| 41,349| 613,019| 14.8| 37,620| 612,725| 16.3| 42,906| 604,177| 14.1 Virgin Islands .......| 14.2| 14.2| 13.4| 1,528| 20,866| 13.7| 1,511| 19,459| 12.9| --- | 18,780| --- ______________________|_______|_______|_________|____________|_____________|_______|____________|_____________|_______|____________|_____________|_______ |
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NOTE: Teachers reported in full-time equivalents. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD),"State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1996-97 through 2001-02. (This table was prepared July 2003.) |