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Table 66. Teachers, enrollment, and pupil/teacher ratios in public elementary and secondary schools, by state or jurisdiction: Fall 1996 to fall 2001

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                      |       |       |         |            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
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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
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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
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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
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    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|   ---
______________________|_______|_______|_________|____________|_____________|_______|____________|_____________|_______|____________|_____________|_______

---Not available.
\1\Data have been revised from previously published data.
\2\Includes imputations for underreporting of prekindergarten teachers.
\3\Ratio excludes 6,943 students in charter schools for which no teacher data were reported.
\4\Includes domestic schools.

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.)


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