Table 63.

Teachers, enrollment, and pupil/teacher ratios in public elementary and secondary schools, by state or jurisdiction: Fall 1999 through fall 2004

State or jurisdiction	Pupil/teacher ratio, fall 1999		Pupil/teacher ratio, fall 2000		Pupil/teacher ratio, fall 2001		Fall 2002						Fall 20031						Fall 2004
							Teachers		Enrollment		Pupil/ teacher ratio		Teachers		Enrollment		Pupil/ teacher ratio		Teachers		Enrollment		Pupil/ teacher ratio
1	2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13
United States	16.1	2	16.0	2	15.9	2	3,034,123	2	48,183,086	2	15.9	2	3,048,652	2	48,540,215	2	15.9	2	3,090,513	2	48,794,911	2	15.8	2
Alabama	15.2	3	15.4	3	15.8	3	47,115	3	739,366	3	15.7	3	58,070		731,220		12.6		51,594		730,140		14.2
Alaska	17.1		16.9		16.7		8,080		134,364		16.6		7,808		133,933		17.2		7,756		132,970		17.1
Arizona	19.4		19.8		20.0		47,101		937,755		19.9		47,507		1,012,068		21.3		48,935		1,043,298		21.3
Arkansas	14.4		14.1		13.6		30,330		450,985		14.9		30,876		454,523		14.7		31,234		463,115		14.8
California	21.0	3	20.6	3	20.5	3	307,764	3	6,353,667	3	20.6	3	304,311	3	6,413,867	3	21.1	3	305,969	3	6,441,557	3	21.1	3
Colorado	17.4		17.3		16.8		45,401		751,862		16.6		44,904		757,693		16.9		45,165		765,976		17.0
Connecticut	13.9		13.7		13.7		42,296		570,023		13.5		42,370		577,203		13.6		38,808		577,390		14.9
Delaware	15.4		15.4		15.3		7,698		116,342		15.1		7,749		117,668		15.2		7,856		119,091		15.2
District of Columbia	16.0	3	13.9		13.9	4	5,005		76,166		13.9		5,676		78,057		13.8		5,387		76,714		14.2
Florida	18.3		18.4		18.6		138,226		2,539,929		18.4		144,955		2,587,628		17.9		154,864		2,639,336		17.0
Georgia	15.7		15.9		15.9		96,044		1,496,012		15.6		97,150		1,522,611		15.7		104,987		1,553,437		14.8
Hawaii	17.1		16.9		16.8		10,973		183,829		16.8		11,129		183,609		16.5		11,146		183,185		16.4
Idaho	18.0		17.9		17.8		13,896		248,604		17.9		14,049		252,120		17.9		14,269		256,084		17.9
Illinois	16.2		16.1		16.0		131,046		2,084,187		15.9		127,669		2,100,961		16.5		131,047		2,097,503		16.0
Indiana	16.8		16.7		16.7		59,968		1,003,875		16.7		59,924		1,011,130		16.9		60,563		1,021,348		16.9
Iowa	14.9		14.3		13.9		34,573		482,210		13.9		34,791		481,226		13.8		34,697		478,319		13.8
Kansas	14.3		14.4		14.2		32,643		470,957		14.4		32,589		470,490		14.4		32,932		469,136		14.2
Kentucky	15.4		16.8		16.2		40,662		660,782		16.3		41,246		663,369		16.1		41,463		674,796		16.3
Louisiana	15.1		16.6		16.6		50,062		730,464		16.6		50,495		727,709		16.6		49,192		724,281		16.6
Maine	12.8		12.5		12.3		16,837		204,337		12.1		17,621		202,084		11.5		16,656		198,820		11.9
Maryland	16.6		16.3		16.0		55,382		866,743		15.7		55,198		869,113		15.7		55,101		865,561		15.7
Massachusetts	12.5		14.5		14.1		74,214		982,989		13.2		72,062		980,459		13.6		73,399		975,574		13.3
Michigan	18.0	3	17.7	3	17.5		89,595		1,785,160		19.9		97,014		1,757,604		18.1		100,634		1,750,919		17.4
Minnesota	15.2		16.0		16.0		52,808		846,891		16.0		51,611		842,854		16.3		52,152		838,503		16.1
Mississippi	16.3		16.1		15.8		31,598		492,645		15.6		32,591		493,540		15.1		31,321		495,376		15.8
Missouri	14.3		14.1		13.9		66,717		906,499		13.6		65,169		905,941		13.9		65,481		905,449		13.8
Montana	15.2		14.9		14.6		10,362		149,995		14.5		10,301		148,356		14.4		10,224		146,705		14.3
Nebraska	13.9		13.6		13.5		21,043		285,402		13.6		20,921		285,542		13.6		21,077		285,761		13.6
Nevada	18.7		18.6		18.5		20,038		369,498		18.4		20,234		385,401		19.0		20,950		400,083		19.1
New Hampshire	14.7		14.5		14.1		14,977		207,671		13.9		15,112		207,417		13.7		15,298		206,852		13.5
New Jersey	13.4		13.3		12.9		107,004		1,367,438		12.8		109,077		1,380,753		12.7		114,875		1,393,347		12.1
New Mexico	16.4		15.2		14.7		21,172		320,234		15.1		21,569		323,066		15.0		21,730		326,102		15.0
New York	14.3		13.9		13.7		210,926		2,888,233		13.7		216,116		2,864,775		13.3		218,612	5	2,836,337		13.0
North Carolina	15.6		15.5		15.4		87,677		1,335,954		15.2		89,988		1,360,209		15.1		92,550		1,385,754		15.0
North Dakota	13.8		13.4		13.2		8,078		104,225		12.9		8,037		102,233		12.7		8,070		100,513		12.5
Ohio	15.8		15.5		15.0		125,372		1,838,285		14.7		121,735		1,845,428		15.2		118,060		1,840,032		15.6
Oklahoma	15.1		15.1		14.9		40,638		624,548		15.4		39,253		626,160		16.0		40,416		629,476		15.6
Oregon	19.6		19.4		19.5		27,126		554,071		20.4		26,732		551,273		20.6		27,431		552,322		20.1
Pennsylvania	15.9		15.5		15.4		118,256		1,816,747		15.4		119,889		1,821,146		15.2		121,167		1,828,089		15.1
Rhode Island	14.2		14.8		14.2		11,196		159,205		14.2		11,918		159,375		13.4		11,898		156,498		13.2
South Carolina	14.7		14.9		14.5		46,528		694,389		14.9		45,830		699,198		15.3		46,914		703,736		15.0
South Dakota	14.0		13.7		13.6		9,257		130,048		14.0		9,245		125,537		13.6		9,064		122,798		13.5
Tennessee	15.1	3	15.9	3	15.8	3	58,652		927,608	3	15.8	3	59,584		936,682	3	15.7	3	60,022		941,091	3	15.7	3
Texas	14.9		14.8		14.7		288,655		4,259,823		14.8		289,481		4,331,751		15.0		294,547		4,405,215		15.0
Utah	22.0		21.9		21.8		22,415		489,262		21.8		22,147		495,981		22.4		22,287		503,607		22.6
Vermont	12.3		12.1		11.8		8,542		99,978		11.7		8,749		99,103		11.3		8,720		98,352		11.3
Virginia	13.3	3	13.2	3	13.0		99,919		1,177,229		11.8		90,573		1,192,092		13.2		93,732		1,204,739		12.9
Washington	19.9		19.7		19.2		52,953		1,014,798		19.2		52,824		1,021,349		19.3		53,125		1,020,005		19.2
West Virginia	13.8		13.7		14.0		20,119		282,455		14.0		20,020		281,215		14.0		19,958		280,129		14.0
Wisconsin	14.4		14.6		13.9		60,385		881,231		14.6		58,216		880,031		15.1		60,521		864,757		14.3
Wyoming	13.3		13.3		13.2		6,799	3	88,116		13.0	3	6,567		87,462		13.3		6,657		84,733		12.7
Bureau of Indian Affairs	—		—		—		—		46,126		—		—		45,828		—		—		—		—
DoDDS, overseas	14.6	6	14.4		14.2		4,794		72,889		15.2		4,728		71,053		15.0		4,885		68,327		14.0
DoDDS, domestic	—		14.2		13.2		2,425		32,115		13.2		2,301		30,603		13.3		2,002		29,151		14.6
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	19.3		19.1		17.4		943		15,984		17.0		988		15,893		16.1		945		16,126		17.1
Guam	18.2		16.4		16.7		—		—		—		1,760		31,572		17.9		1,672		30,605		18.3
Northern Marianas	19.9		19.0		20.2		545		11,251		20.6		550		11,244		20.4		579		11,601		20.0
Puerto Rico	14.8		16.3		14.1		42,369		596,502		14.1		42,444		584,916		13.8		43,054		575,648		13.4
Virgin Islands	13.7		12.9		12.4		1,502		18,333		12.2		1,512		17,716		11.7		1,545		16,429		10.6

—Not available. 1 Data have been revised from previously published figures. 2 Includes imputed values for states. 3  Includes imputations for underreporting of prekindergarten teachers/enrollment. 4 Ratio based on enrollment excluding 6,943 charter school students for whom no teacher counts were reported. 5 Imputed. 6 Includes both overseas and domestic schools. NOTE: Teachers reported in full-time equivalents (FTE). DoDDS = Department of Defense dependents schools. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Com­mon Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Educa­tion," 1999–2000 through 2004–05. (This table was prepared August 2006.)