Table 61.

Public and private elementary and secondary teachers, enrollment, and pupil/teacher ratios: Selected years, fall 1955 through fall 2016

Year	Teachers (in thousands)				Enrollment (in thousands)				Pupil/teacher ratio
	Total	Public	Private		Total	Public	Private		Total	Public	Private
1	2	3	4		5	6	7		8	9	10
1955	1,286	1,141	145	1	35,280	30,680	4,600	1	27.4	26.9	31.7	1
1960	1,600	1,408	192	1	42,181	36,281	5,900	1	26.4	25.8	30.7	1
1965	1,933	1,710	223		48,473	42,173	6,300		25.1	24.7	28.3
1970	2,292	2,059	233		51,257	45,894	5,363		22.4	22.3	23.0
1971	2,293	2,063	230	1	51,271	46,071	5,200	1	22.4	22.3	22.6	1
1972	2,337	2,106	231	1	50,726	45,726	5,000	1	21.7	21.7	21.6	1
1973	2,372	2,136	236	1	50,446	45,445	5,000	1	21.3	21.3	21.2	1
1974	2,410	2,165	245	1	50,073	45,073	5,000	1	20.8	20.8	20.4	1
1975	2,453	2,198	255	1	49,819	44,819	5,000	1	20.3	20.4	19.6	1
1976	2,457	2,189	268		49,478	44,311	5,167		20.1	20.2	19.3
1977	2,488	2,209	279		48,717	43,577	5,140		19.6	19.7	18.4
1978	2,479	2,207	272		47,637	42,551	5,086		19.2	19.3	18.7
1979	2,461	2,185	276	1	46,651	41,651	5,000	1	19.0	19.1	18.1	1
1980	2,485	2,184	301		46,208	40,877	5,331		18.6	18.7	17.7
1981	2,440	2,127	313	1	45,544	40,044	5,500	1	18.7	18.8	17.6	1
1982	2,458	2,133	325	1	45,166	39,566	5,600	1	18.4	18.6	17.2	1
1983	2,476	2,139	337		44,967	39,252	5,715		18.2	18.4	17.0
1984	2,508	2,168	340	1	44,908	39,208	5,700	1	17.9	18.1	16.8	1
1985	2,549	2,206	343		44,979	39,422	5,557		17.6	17.9	16.2
1986	2,592	2,244	348	1	45,205	39,753	5,452	1	17.4	17.7	15.7	1
1987	2,631	2,279	352		45,488	40,008	5,479		17.3	17.6	15.6
1988	2,668	2,323	345		45,430	40,189	5,242	1	17.0	17.3	15.2	1
1989	2,713	2,357	356		46,141	40,543	5,599		17.0	17.2	15.7
1990	2,759	2,398	361	1	46,864	41,217	5,648	1	17.0	17.2	15.6	1
1991	2,797	2,432	365		47,728	42,047	5,681		17.1	17.3	15.6
1992	2,827	2,459	368	1	48,500	42,823	5,677	1	17.2	17.4	15.4	1
1993	2,874	2,504	370		49,133	43,465	5,668		17.1	17.4	15.3
1994	2,925	2,552	373	1	49,898	44,111	5,787	1	17.1	17.3	15.5	1
1995	2,974	2,598	376		50,759	44,840	5,918		17.1	17.3	15.7
1996	3,051	2,667	384	1	51,544	45,611	5,933	1	16.9	17.1	15.5	1
1997	3,138	2,746	391		52,071	46,127	5,944		16.6	16.8	15.2
1998	3,230	2,830	400	1	52,526	46,539	5,988	1	16.3	16.4	15.0	1
1999	3,319	2,911	408		52,875	46,857	6,018		15.9	16.1	14.7
2000	3,366	2,941	424	1	53,373	47,204	6,169	1	15.9	16.0	14.5	1
2001	3,440	3,000	441		53,992	47,672	6,320		15.7	15.9	14.3
2002	3,476	3,034	442	1	54,403	48,183	6,220	1	15.7	15.9	14.1	1
2003	3,490	3,049	441		54,639	48,540	6,099		15.7	15.9	13.8
2004	3,537	3,090	447	2	54,928	48,795	6,133	2	15.5	15.8	13.7	2
2005	3,588	3,137	451	2	55,224	49,113	6,111	2	15.4	15.7	13.5	2
20062	3,637	3,177	460		55,524	49,370	6,155		15.3	15.5	13.4
20072	3,679	3,213	466		55,762	49,610	6,152		15.2	15.4	13.2
20082	3,725	3,252	473		55,966	49,812	6,154		15.0	15.3	13.0
20092	3,770	3,289	480		56,186	50,028	6,158		14.9	15.2	12.8
20102	3,812	3,325	487		56,480	50,303	6,177		14.8	15.1	12.7
20112	3,857	3,363	494		56,857	50,653	6,204		14.7	15.1	12.6
20122	3,913	3,410	502		57,338	51,093	6,245		14.7	15.0	12.4
20132	3,971	3,461	511		57,872	51,579	6,293		14.6	14.9	12.3
20142	4,038	3,518	520		58,486	52,135	6,350		14.5	14.8	12.2
20152	4,107	3,578	529		59,147	52,733	6,414		14.4	14.7	12.1
20162	4,180	3,642	538		59,780	53,300	6,481		14.3	14.6	12.0

1 Estimated. 2 Projected. NOTE: Data for teachers are expressed in full-time equivalents (FTE). Counts of private school teachers and enrollment include prekindergarten through grade 12 in schools offering kindergarten or higher grades. Counts of public school teachers and enrollment include kindergarten through grade 12. The pupil/teacher ratio includes teachers for students with disabilities and other special teachers, while these teachers are generally excluded from class size calculations. Ratios for public schools reflect totals reported by states and differ from totals reported for schools or school districts. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of Public Elementary and Secondary Day Schools, 1955-56 through 1984-85; Com­mon Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1985-86 through 2005-06; Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 1989-90 through 2003-04; Projections of Education Statistics to 2016; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared August 2007.)