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Table 83. Staff, enrollment, and pupil to staff ratios in public elementary and secondary school systems, by state or jurisdiction: Fall 1995 to fall 2001

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                         |     Pupil/staff ratio             |           Fall 1999                 |           Fall 2000\1\              |           Fall 2001
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  State or jurisdiction  |  Fall  |  Fall  |  Fall  |  Fall  |             |              | Pupil/ |             |              | Pupil/ |             |              | Pupil/
                         |  1995  |  1996  |  1997  |  1998  |     Staff   |   Enrollment | staff  |     Staff   |   Enrollment | staff  |     Staff   |   Enrollment | staff
                         |        |        |        |        |             |              | ratio  |             |              | ratio  |             |              | ratio
_________________________|________|________|________|________|_____________|______________|________|_____________|______________|________|_____________|______________|________
            1            |   2    |   3    |   4    |   5    |       6     |        7     |     8  |       9     |       10     |    11  |       12    |       13     |    14
_________________________|________|________|________|________|_____________|______________|________|_____________|______________|________|_____________|______________|________
   United States\2\ .....|     9.0|     9.0|     8.8|     8.6|    5,632,004|    46,857,149|     8.3|    5,709,753|    47,203,539|     8.3|    5,902,923|    47,687,871|     8.1
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Alabama .................|\3\  9.0|\3\  8.8|\3\  8.7|\3\  8.5|\3\    88,492|\3\    740,732|\3\  8.4|\3\    89,818|\3\    739,992|\3\  8.2|\3\    88,171|\3\    737,294|\3\  8.4
Alaska ..................|\3\  8.5|\3\  8.8|\3\  8.8|\3\  8.4|\3\    16,088|       134,391|\3\  8.4|\3\    15,985|       133,356|\3\  8.3|\3\    16,729|       134,358|\3\  8.0
Arizona .................|     9.8|    10.1|    10.1|\3\ 10.0|       88,259|       852,612|     9.7|       90,115|       877,696|     9.7|       93,976|       922,180|     9.8
Arkansas ................|     9.2|\3\  9.0|\3\  8.9|\3\ 11.1|       59,755|       451,034|     7.5|       63,149|       449,959|     7.1|       66,578|       449,805|     6.8
California ..............|\3\ 12.5|\3\ 12.1|\3\ 11.8|\3\ 11.5|\3\   532,754|\3\  6,038,590|\3\ 11.3|\3\   551,258|\3\  6,140,814|\3\ 11.1|\3\   574,559|\3\  6,248,610|\3\ 10.9
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Colorado ................|     9.7|     9.5|     9.5|     9.2|       79,672|       708,109|     8.9|       82,827|       724,508|     8.7|       87,582|       742,145|     8.5
Connecticut .............|     7.8|     7.7|     7.3|     7.0|       79,847|       553,993|     6.9|       82,107|       562,179|     6.8|       84,884|       570,228|     6.7
Delaware ................|     9.1|     9.1|     8.9|     8.8|       13,369|       112,836|     8.4|       12,616|       114,676|     9.1|       14,172|       115,555|     8.2
District of Columbia ....|     8.5|     8.4|\3\  8.8|     7.3|\3\     9,493|        77,194|\3\  8.1|       10,712|        68,925|     6.4|       11,391|        75,392|     6.6
Florida .................|     9.2|     9.0|     9.0|     8.9|      271,339|     2,381,396|     8.8|      276,421|     2,434,821|     8.8|      282,696|     2,500,478|     8.8
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Georgia .................|\3\  7.9|\3\  8.9|\3\  8.5|     7.9|      183,674|     1,422,762|     7.7|      184,866|     1,444,937|     7.8|      190,054|     1,470,634|     7.7
Hawaii ..................|    11.1|    11.1|    11.1|    10.8|       17,902|       185,860|    10.4|       18,352|       184,360|    10.0|       19,464|       184,546|     9.5
Idaho ...................|    11.1|    10.8|    10.6|    10.3|       24,192|       245,136|    10.1|       24,386|       245,117|    10.1|       24,773|       246,521|    10.0
Illinois ................|     9.3|\3\  8.9|\3\  8.7|\3\  8.6|\3\   244,538|     2,027,600|\3\  8.3|\3\   249,791|     2,048,792|\3\  8.2|\3\   255,719|     2,071,391|\3\  8.1
Indiana..................|     8.4|     8.2|     8.1|     8.0|      125,236|       988,702|     7.9|      126,833|       989,267|     7.8|      128,939|       996,133|     7.7
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Iowa ....................|     8.1|     8.0|     7.8|     7.6|       65,957|       497,301|     7.5|       67,765|       495,080|     7.3|       69,504|       485,932|     7.0
Kansas ..................|     8.1|     8.0|     7.9|     7.8|       63,771|       472,188|     7.4|       64,319|       470,610|     7.3|       65,155|       470,205|     7.2
Kentucky ................|     7.8|\3\  8.8|\3\  7.5|     7.2|       93,332|       648,180|     6.9|       89,674|       665,850|     7.4|       94,827|       654,363|     6.9
Louisiana ...............|     8.6|     8.4|     7.9|     7.7|      101,233|       756,579|     7.5|      101,200|       743,089|     7.3|      101,552|       731,328|     7.2
Maine ...................|     7.3|     7.1|     7.0|     6.7|       32,502|       209,253|     6.4|       33,305|       207,037|     6.2|       34,072|       205,586|     6.0
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Maryland ................|     9.2|     9.6|     9.5|     9.0|       93,620|       846,582|     9.0|       96,504|       852,920|     8.8|       99,282|       860,640|     8.7
Massachusetts ...........|     8.1|     8.0|     7.8|     7.6|\3\   136,254|       971,425|\3\  7.1|      122,481|       975,150|     8.0|\3\   125,625|       973,140|\3\  7.7
Michigan ................|     9.2|     8.6|     8.4|\3\  8.2|      210,701|\3\  1,725,639|\3\  8.2|      210,481|\3\  1,720,626|\3\  8.2|      214,894|     1,730,668|     8.1
Minnesota ...............|    11.2|     9.8|     8.8|     8.4|      104,546|       854,034|     8.2|\3\   103,570|       854,340|\3\  8.2|      104,741|       851,384|     8.1
Mississippi .............|     8.3|     8.2|     8.2|     7.7|       63,946|       500,716|     7.8|       64,723|       497,871|     7.7|       65,155|       493,507|     7.6
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Missouri.................|     7.4|     8.3|     8.2|     7.9|      117,076|       914,110|     7.8|      121,610|       912,744|     7.5|      124,756|       909,792|     7.3
Montana .................|\3\  8.9|\3\  8.7|\3\  8.5|\3\  8.4|\3\    20,032|       157,556|\3\  7.9|\3\    19,448|       154,875|\3\  8.0|\3\    19,501|       151,947|\3\  7.8
Nebraska ................|     7.6|     7.7|     7.7|     7.6|       39,142|       288,261|     7.4|       39,925|       286,199|     7.2|       40,541|       285,095|     7.0
Nevada ..................|    11.2|    11.1|    10.7|    10.7|       30,247|       325,610|    10.8|       31,191|       340,706|    10.9|       33,967|       356,814|    10.5
New Hampshire ...........|     8.4|     8.3|     8.1|     8.0|       27,129|       206,783|     7.6|       28,055|       208,461|     7.4|       29,141|       206,847|     7.1
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New Jersey ..............|     7.3|     7.5|     7.5|     7.4|      178,053|     1,289,256|     7.2|      185,607|     1,313,405|     7.1|      193,337|     1,341,656|     6.9
New Mexico ..............|     8.2|     8.2|     8.2|     8.0|       43,184|       324,495|     7.5|       44,979|       320,306|     7.1|       44,941|       320,260|     7.1
New York ................|     7.9|     7.8|     7.6|     7.6|      408,977|     2,887,776|     7.1|      416,236|     2,882,188|     6.9|      423,199|     2,872,132|     6.8
North Carolina ..........|\3\  8.4|\3\  8.3|\3\  8.3|     8.2|      158,696|     1,275,925|     8.0|      162,432|     1,293,638|     8.0|      166,164|     1,315,363|     7.9
North Dakota ............|     8.6|     8.3|     8.0|     7.8|       15,132|       112,751|     7.5|       15,115|       109,201|     7.2|       14,896|       106,047|     7.1
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Ohio ....................|     9.4|     9.4|     9.1|     8.8|      217,634|     1,836,554|     8.4|      222,961|     1,835,049|     8.2|      230,007|     1,830,985|     8.0
Oklahoma ................|\3\  7.4|\3\  9.1|     9.0|     8.9|       73,831|       627,032|     8.5|       75,148|       623,110|     8.3|       76,405|       622,139|     8.1
Oregon ..................|    10.3|    10.3|    10.2|    10.1|       55,610|       545,033|     9.8|       56,168|       546,231|     9.7|       57,473|       551,480|     9.6
Pennsylvania ............|     9.0|     9.0|     8.8|     8.7|      216,725|     1,816,716|     8.4|      223,935|     1,814,311|     8.1|      229,238|     1,821,627|     7.9
Rhode Island ............|     9.1|     9.0|     8.9|     8.7|       17,927|       156,454|     8.7|       17,736|       157,347|     8.9|       18,584|       158,046|     8.5
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South Carolina ..........|\3\  8.6|\3\  8.5|\3\  8.3|\3\  8.2|\3\    85,481|       666,780|\3\  7.8|\3\    69,114|       677,411|\3\  9.8|\3\    71,733|       691,078|\3\  9.6
South Dakota ............|\3\  8.0|     7.9|     8.5|     8.0|       17,437|       131,037|     7.5|       18,072|       128,603|     7.1|       18,512|       127,542|     6.9
Tennessee ...............|\3\  9.0|\3\  8.9|\3\  8.7|\3\  8.2|      111,798|\3\    916,202|\3\  8.2|      109,711|\3\    909,161|\3\  8.3|\3\   111,927|\3\    925,030|\3\  8.3
Texas ...................|     8.1|     8.0|     7.9|     7.8|      523,948|     3,991,783|     7.6|      542,791|     4,059,619|     7.5|      582,556|     4,163,447|     7.1
Utah ....................|    12.8|    12.9|    12.2|    12.3|       40,235|       480,255|    11.9|       40,717|       481,485|    11.8|       41,111|       484,677|    11.8
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Vermont .................|     6.7|     6.8|     6.5|     6.3|       17,408|       104,559|     6.0|       17,772|       102,049|     5.7|       18,050|       101,179|     5.6
Virginia ................|\3\  7.9|\3\  7.9|\3\  7.8|     7.9|\3\   157,206|     1,133,994|\3\  7.2|\3\   160,693|     1,144,915|\3\  7.1|      165,249|     1,163,091|     7.0
Washington ..............|\3\ 10.5|\3\ 10.8|    10.7|    10.6|       96,033|     1,003,714|    10.5|       97,636|     1,004,770|    10.3|      112,021|     1,009,200|     9.0
West Virginia............|     7.9|     8.0|     7.8|     7.7|       38,709|       291,811|     7.5|       38,549|       286,367|     7.4|       37,676|       282,885|     7.5
Wisconsin ...............|     9.1|     8.8|\3\  8.6|     8.0|      109,951|       877,753|     8.0|      106,937|       879,476|     8.2|      113,525|       879,361|     7.7
Wyoming .................|     7.6|     7.4|     7.2|     6.9|       13,931|        92,105|     6.6|       13,952|        89,940|     6.4|       13,919|        88,128|     6.3
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Bureau of Indian         |        |        |        |        |             |              |        |             |              |        |             |              |
  Affairs ...............|    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |         --- |        49,076|    --- |         --- |        46,938|    --- |         --- |        46,476|    ---
Department of Defense    |        |        |        |        |             |              |        |             |              |        |             |              |
  dependents schools:    |        |        |        |        |             |              |        |             |              |        |             |              |
   Overseas schools .....|    --- |    10.0|    10.0|    10.0|\4\    11,588|\4\    108,035|\4\  9.3|        7,736|        73,581|     9.5|        7,889|        73,212|     9.3
   Domestic schools .....|    --- |    --- |    --- |    --- |         --- |          --- |    --- |        4,054|        34,174|     8.4|        4,321|        32,847|     7.6
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     Outlying areas      |        |        |        |        |             |              |        |             |              |        |             |              |
American Samoa ..........|    10.3|    10.0|    10.1|    10.1|        1,613|        15,477|     9.6|        1,639|        15,702|     9.6|        1,686|        15,897|     9.4
Guam ....................|     8.8|    10.2|    11.1|    10.5|        3,685|        32,951|     8.9|        3,836|        32,473|     8.5|        3,765|        31,992|     8.5
Northern Marianas .......|     8.4|     8.6|     8.5|     9.1|          956|         9,732|    10.2|        1,047|        10,004|     9.6|        1,019|        10,479|    10.3
Puerto Rico .............|\5\  9.0|\5\  8.7|\5\  8.9|     8.9|       71,891|       613,019|     8.5|       69,188|       612,725|     8.9|       75,254|       604,177|     8.0
Virgin Islands ..........|     6.6|     7.0|     7.0|     6.9|        2,964|        20,866|     7.0|        2,899|        19,459|     6.7|         --- |        18,780|    ---
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---Not available.
\1\Data revised from previously published data.
\2\U.S. totals include imputations for underreporting and nonreporting states.
\3\Includes imputations for underreporting.
\4\Includes both overseas and domestic schools.
\5\Support staff underreported.

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," 1995-96 through 2001-02. (This table was prepared July 2003.)


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