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Digest of Education Statistics: 2008
Digest of Education Statistics: 2008

NCES 2009-020
March 2009


Table 82. Staff employed in public elementary and secondary school systems, by type of assignment and state or jurisdiction: Fall 2005

[In full-time equivalents]
State or jurisdiction Total School district staff School staff Student support staff Other support services staff
Officials and administrators Administrative support staff Instruction coordinators Principals and assistant principals School and library support staff Teachers Instructional aides Guidance counselors Librarians
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
United States1 6,130,686 62,464 182,005 58,700 156,454 289,682 3,143,003 693,792 103,930 54,057 230,549 1,156,050
Alabama 103,775 255 3,745 999 3,003 5,173 57,757 6,768 1,814 1,404 2,387 20,470
Alaska2  17,954 425 928 195 775 1,539 7,912 2,243 277 180 462 3,018
Arizona 100,162 453 555 158 2,311 7,866 51,376 14,520 1,373 824 7,403 13,323
Arkansas 70,673 670 1,766 672 1,677 1,699 32,997 7,381 1,441 1,014 4,908 16,448
California3  579,118 2,858 22,884 6,657 13,946 36,341 309,222 67,073 6,998 1,214 15,904 96,021
                         
Colorado 93,148 1,100 2,561 1,550 2,477 5,090 45,841 10,527 1,424 841 4,009 17,728
Connecticut 84,669 1,363 1,679 412 2,318 3,684 39,687 12,488 1,399 815 4,736 16,088
Delaware 15,473 321 351 285 382 456 7,998 1,701 282 132 674 2,891
District of Columbia4  12,372 134 700 110 403 416 5,481 1,373 101 41 622 2,991
Florida 314,219 1,903 15,170 699 7,289 16,846 158,962 29,121 5,584 2,783 12,121 63,741
                         
Georgia 218,965 2,217 2,739 551 6,374 9,907 108,535 25,512 3,536 2,216 7,004 50,374
Hawaii 21,059 212 284 573 493 1,252 11,226 2,158 672 292 1,363 2,534
Idaho 26,018 135 524 249 715 1,147 14,521 2,840 594 166 535 4,592
Illinois5,6  251,769 3,817 6,174 1,251 6,555 11,608 133,857 30,719 3,172 2,193 8,862 43,561
Indiana 133,096 1,029 760 1,681 3,026 8,492 60,592 19,830 1,804 963 2,016 32,903
                         
Iowa 69,080 990 715 468 2,182 4,521 35,181 9,707 1,169 537 2,508 11,102
Kansas 65,537 1,265 870 132 1,738 2,672 33,608 7,500 1,135 925 3,197 12,495
Kentucky 97,937 857 2,445 911 2,276 5,941 42,413 14,096 1,456 1,111 3,098 23,333
Louisiana 92,612 311 2,340 1,772 2,553 3,359 44,660 10,319 2,955 1,150 3,028 20,165
Maine 35,249 662 695 348 952 1,753 16,684 6,046 633 261 1,430 5,785
                         
Maryland 111,215 904 1,117 1,367 3,397 4,612 56,685 10,529 2,300 1,182 3,121 26,001
Massachusetts7  138,781 1,611 4,906 933 3,903 5,645 73,596 20,596 2,141 942 6,923 17,585
Michigan3  204,764 3,224 1,246 3,369 5,104 14,830 98,069 25,255 2,726 1,336 8,427 41,178
Minnesota 104,489 2,061 2,333 1,552 1,986 4,841 51,107 15,112 1,034 878 10,968 12,617
Mississippi 67,659 1,000 1,902 736 1,794 2,525 31,433 8,658 1,023 970 2,957 14,661
                         
Missouri 128,794 1,360 8,465 961 3,093 516 67,076 12,332 2,635 1,632 4,591 26,133
Montana6  19,611 165 493 178 529 886 10,369 1,965 439 371 684 3,532
Nebraska 41,166 583 832 491 1,023 1,660 21,359 4,749 777 554 1,137 8,001
Nevada8  32,345 271 985 213 980 1,711 21,744 3,802 794 356 820 669
New Hampshire 32,022 552 645 220 513 927 15,536 6,712 826 305 649 5,137
                         
New Jersey9  211,893 1,453 6,284 2,704 4,037 8,972 112,673 26,444 2,312 1,465 17,402 28,147
New Mexico 47,940 665 1,714 228 1,240 2,294 22,021 5,464 774 305 2,698 10,537
New York 373,504 2,981 18,954 2,220 8,806 5,739 218,989 36,293 6,865 3,296 12,219 57,142
North Carolina 182,107 1,725 3,612 1,005 4,950 6,810 95,664 28,725 3,646 2,340 5,703 27,927
North Dakota 15,128 481 161 121 393 499 8,003 1,876 275 200 525 2,594
                         
Ohio 238,977 7,894 12,251 555 4,710 19,629 117,982 17,800 3,840 1,556 4,262 48,498
Oklahoma 81,857 628 3,185 494 2,186 4,229 41,833 7,868 1,586 1,047 3,258 15,543
Oregon 60,349 802 1,699 591 1,716 3,980 28,346 9,950 1,324 421 2,525 8,995
Pennsylvania 240,409 1,937 7,298 1,531 4,752 11,537 122,397 26,877 4,404 2,232 12,048 45,396
Rhode Island 2,3,5  24,267 139 329 73 1,404 575 14,180 2,496 2,541 328 437 1,765
                         
South Carolina10  67,992 301 2,677 718 3,371 3,792 48,212 3,614 1,775 1,144 1,764 624
South Dakota 19,018 447 315 376 404 531 9,129 3,427 319 143 1,107 2,820
Tennessee 114,171 319 2,310 492 3,509 4,742 59,596 13,621 2,023 1,569 1,632 24,358
Texas 598,513 5,216 18,013 3,007 18,407 24,192 302,425 61,268 10,251 4,907 19,858 130,969
Utah 45,821 390 708 795 1,083 2,602 22,993 7,292 686 268 978 8,026
                         
Vermont 19,024 140 405 317 445 915 8,851 4,259 431 225 844 2,192
Virginia 233,898 1,610 5,004 11,571 4,621 10,705 103,944 18,965 3,331 2,001 6,803 65,343
Washington 113,845 927 1,766 429 2,826 3,956 53,508 10,191 2,011 1,253 2,883 34,095
West Virginia 38,152 451 1,686 372 1,046 454 19,940 3,280 693 381 1,634 8,215
Wisconsin 105,564 936 2,429 1,252 2,445 4,723 60,127 10,382 1,930 1,254 4,980 15,106
Wyoming 14,526 314 396 156 336 891 6,706 2,068 399 134 445 2,681
                         
Bureau of Indian Education
                         
DoD, overseas 9,099 66 76 89 253 822 5,726 537 300 151 287 792
DoD, domestic 3,671 58 10 31 102 359 2,033 179 97 97 89 616
                         
Other jurisdictions                        
American Samoa 1,446 62 14 23 67 51 989 41 33 20 82 64
Guam 3,455 16 164 105 59 308 1,804 662 44 13 65 215
Northern Marianas 1,234 7 76 10 34 69 614 249 18 1 57 99
Puerto Rico 75,023 1,687 70 423 1,489 4,685 42,036 247 1,016 1,118 3,742 18,510
U.S. Virgin Islands 2,664 77 121 8 85 80 1,434 284 79 23 174 299
— Not available.
1 Includes imputations for undercounts in designated states.
2 Includes imputations for instruction coordinators.
3 Includes imputations for prekindergarten teachers.
4 All staff data are imputed.
5 Includes imputations for instructional aides.
6 Includes imputations for administrative support staff, school and library support staff, and other support services staff.
7 Includes imputations for library support staff.
8 Includes imputations for officials and administrators, administrative support staff, and school and library support staff.
9 Includes imputations for other support services staff.
10 Includes imputations for administrative support staff and school support staff.
NOTE: DoD = Department of Defense. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Educa-tion," 2005–06. (This table was prepared August 2008.)