Table 84.

Staff, enrollment, and pupil/staff ratios in public elementary and secondary school systems, by state or jurisdiction: Fall 2000 through fall 2007

State or jurisdiction	Pupil/staff ratio										Fall 2005						Fall 20061						Fall 2007
	Fall 2000		Fall 2001		Fall 2002		Fall 2003		Fall 2004		Staff		Enrollment		Pupil/ staff ratio		Staff		Enrollment		Pupil/ staff ratio		Staff		Enrollment	Pupil/ staff ratio
1	2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		14	15
United States2	8.3		8.1		8.1		8.2		8.1		6,130,686		49,113,298		8.0		6,153,735		49,315,842		8.0		6,215,635		49,292,507	7.9
Alabama	8.2	3	8.4	3	8.3	3	7.3		7.9		103,775		741,761		7.1		109,839		743,632		6.8		111,656	3	744,865	6.7	3
Alaska	8.3	3	8.1	3	7.9	3	8.1	3	7.5	3	17,954	3	133,288		7.4	3	16,854	3	132,608		7.9	3	16,593	3	131,029	7.9	3
Arizona	9.7		9.8		9.7		10.5		10.7		100,162		1,094,454		10.9		102,390		1,068,249		10.4		104,670		1,087,447	10.4
Arkansas	7.1		6.8		7.1		7.0		7.0		70,673		474,206		6.7		71,616		476,409		6.7		70,331		479,016	6.8
California	11.1	3	10.9	3	10.9	3	11.2	3	11.2	3	579,118	3	6,437,202	3	11.1	3	580,141	3	6,406,750	3	11.0	3	583,625	3	6,343,471	10.9	3
Colorado	8.7		8.5		8.3		8.5		8.4		93,148		779,826		8.4		97,364		794,026		8.2		99,326		801,867	8.1
Connecticut	6.8		6.7		6.6		6.8		6.9		84,669		575,059		6.8		86,709		575,100		6.6		86,762		570,626	6.6
Delaware	9.1		8.2		8.1		8.1		8.0		15,473		120,937		7.8		15,403		122,254		7.9		15,524		122,574	7.9
District of Columbia	6.4		6.6		6.6		7.4		6.3		12,372	3	76,876		6.2	3	12,177	3	72,850		6.0	3	12,532		78,422	6.3
Florida	8.8		8.8		8.8		8.7		8.5		314,219		2,675,024		8.5		321,600		2,671,513		8.3		329,726		2,666,811	8.1
Georgia	7.8		7.7		7.6		7.6		7.4		218,965		1,598,461		7.3		227,616		1,629,157		7.2		235,083		1,649,589	7.0
Hawaii	10.0		9.5		8.9		8.7		8.9		21,059		182,818		8.7		21,061		180,728		8.6		21,657		179,897	8.3
Idaho	10.1		10.0		10.0		10.0		10.0		26,018		261,982		10.1		26,312		267,380		10.2		27,149		272,119	10.0
Illinois	8.2	3	8.1	3	8.1	3	8.3	3	8.0	3	251,769	3	2,111,706		8.4	3	221,661	3	2,118,276		9.6	3	214,459	3	2,112,805	9.9	3
Indiana	7.8		7.7		7.9		7.7		7.7		133,096		1,035,074		7.8		134,678		1,045,940		7.8		139,460		1,046,766	7.5
Iowa	7.3		7.0		7.2		7.1		7.0		69,080		483,482		7.0		69,690		483,122		6.9		71,794		485,115	6.8
Kansas	7.3		7.2		7.4		7.4		7.3		65,537		467,525		7.1		53,762		469,506		8.7		54,232		468,295	8.6
Kentucky	7.4		6.9		6.9		6.9		7.0		97,937		679,878		6.9		98,812		683,152	3	6.9	3	100,362		666,225	6.6
Louisiana	7.3		7.2		7.1		7.1		7.1		92,612		654,526		7.1		95,226		675,851		7.1		99,625		681,038	6.8
Maine	6.2		6.0		5.9		5.6		5.7		35,249		195,498		5.5		36,785		193,986		5.3		39,918		196,245	4.9
Maryland	8.8		8.7		8.4		8.1		8.0		111,215		860,020		7.7		113,474		851,640		7.5		116,857		845,700	7.2
Massachusetts	8.0		7.7		6.8		7.3	3	7.1	3	138,781	3	971,909		7.0	3	136,563	3	968,661		7.1	3	123,114		962,958	7.8
Michigan	8.2	3	8.1		9.5		8.5	3	8.3		204,764	3	1,742,282		8.5	3	212,320		1,722,656		8.1		208,987		1,692,739	8.1
Minnesota	8.2	3	8.1		8.0	3	8.1		8.0		104,489		839,243		8.0		106,701		840,565		7.9		108,432		837,578	7.7
Mississippi	7.7		7.6		7.4		7.2		7.4		67,659		494,954		7.3		68,815		495,026		7.2		71,144		494,122	6.9
Missouri	7.5		7.3		7.1		7.2		7.1		128,794		917,705		7.1		131,633		920,353		7.0		133,607		917,188	6.9
Montana	8.0	3	7.8	3	8.0	3	8.0		7.8	3	19,611	3	145,416		7.4	3	19,005	3	144,418		7.6	3	19,179	3	142,823	7.4	3
Nebraska	7.2		7.0		7.0		7.0		6.9		41,166		286,646		7.0		42,938		287,580		6.7		43,672		291,244	6.7
Nevada	10.9		10.5		11.0		11.3		12.8		32,345	3	412,395		12.7	3	33,951	3	424,766		12.5	3	35,574	3	429,362	12.1	3
New Hampshire	7.4		7.1		6.9		6.7		6.6		32,022		205,767		6.4		32,174		203,572		6.3		32,573		200,772	6.2
New Jersey	7.1		6.9		6.9		6.8		6.5		211,893	3	1,395,602		6.6	3	205,319	3	1,388,850		6.8	3	201,552	3	1,382,348	6.9	3
New Mexico	7.1		7.1		7.3		7.2		7.0		47,940		326,758		6.8		46,551		328,220		7.1		46,699		329,040	7.0
New York	6.9		6.8		6.7		7.3		7.1		373,504		2,815,581		7.5		373,360		2,809,649		7.5		374,080		2,765,435	7.4
North Carolina	8.0		7.9		7.9		7.9		7.8		182,107		1,416,436		7.8		204,549		1,444,481		7.1		203,287		1,489,492	7.3
North Dakota	7.2		7.1		6.9		6.8		6.6		15,128		98,283		6.5		15,157		96,670		6.4		15,385		95,059	6.2
Ohio	8.2		8.0		7.6		7.6		7.7		238,977		1,839,683		7.7		242,643		1,836,722		7.6		243,579		1,827,184	7.5
Oklahoma	8.3		8.1		8.4		8.8		8.1		81,857		634,739		7.8		81,831		639,391		7.8		86,758		642,065	7.4
Oregon	9.7		9.6		10.1		10.2		9.8		60,349		552,194		9.2		62,205		562,574		9.0		64,619		565,586	8.8
Pennsylvania	8.1		7.9		7.9		7.8		7.7		240,409		1,830,684		7.6		240,558		1,871,060		7.8		254,476		1,801,971	7.1
Rhode Island	8.9		8.5		8.7		8.0	3	6.9	3	24,267	3	153,422		6.3	3	17,912	3	151,612		8.5	3	17,559		147,629	8.4
South Carolina	9.8	3	9.5	3	11.0	3	11.1	3	10.8	3	67,992	3	701,544		10.3	3	68,833	3	708,021		10.3	3	66,087		712,317	10.8
South Dakota	7.1		6.9		6.8		6.6		6.8		19,018		122,012		6.4		17,294		121,158		7.0		17,019		121,606	7.1
Tennessee	8.3	3	8.3	3	8.1	3	8.1	3	8.1	3	114,171		953,928		8.4		123,218		978,368		7.9		126,646		964,259	7.6
Texas	7.5		7.1		7.2		7.3		7.3		598,513		4,525,394		7.6		616,155		4,599,509		7.5		635,715		4,674,832	7.4
Utah	11.8		11.8		11.8		11.9		11.3		45,821		508,430		11.1		47,365		523,386		11.1		48,515		576,244	11.9
Vermont	5.7		5.6		5.4		5.3		5.2		19,024		96,638		5.1		19,232		95,399		5.0		19,184		94,038	4.9
Virginia	7.1	3	7.0		7.2		7.2		6.7		233,898		1,213,616		5.2		214,464		1,220,440		5.7		204,384		1,230,857	6.0
Washington	10.3		9.0		9.0		9.3		9.1		113,845		1,031,985		9.1		102,948		1,026,774		10.0		103,714		1,030,247	9.9
West Virginia	7.4		7.5		7.4		7.4		7.4		38,152		280,866		7.4		36,717	3	281,939		7.7	3	38,309	3	282,535	7.4	3
Wisconsin	8.2		7.6		7.8		8.4		8.3		105,564		875,174		8.3		105,033		876,700		8.3		104,981		874,633	8.3
Wyoming	6.4		6.4		6.4	3	6.2		5.9		14,526		84,409		5.8		15,121		85,193		5.6		15,464		86,422	5.6
Bureau of Indian    Education	—		—		—		—		—		—		50,938		—		—		—		—		—		—	—
DoD, overseas	9.5		9.3		10.3		9.8		10.0		9,099		62,543		6.9		8,338		60,891		7.3		6,265		57,247	9.1
DoD, domestic	8.4		7.6		7.6		7.4		10.2		3,671		28,329		7.7		3,574		26,631		7.5		3,994		27,548	6.9
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	9.6		9.4		9.2		9.0		8.9		1,446		16,438		11.4		1,869		16,400		8.8		—		—	—
Guam	8.5		8.5		—		9.1		9.2		3,455		30,986		9.0		—		—		—		—		—	—
Northern Marianas	9.6		10.3		10.3		9.7		9.9		1,234		11,718		9.5		1,160		11,695		10.1		1,111		11,299	10.2
Puerto Rico	8.9		8.0		8.0		7.8		7.5		75,023		563,490		7.5		71,962		544,138		7.6		71,847		526,565	7.3
U.S. Virgin Islands	6.7		6.7		6.0		6.1		5.5		2,664		16,750		6.3		3,020		16,284		5.4		3,137		15,903	5.1

—Not available.

1 Data revised from previously published figures.

2 U.S. totals include imputations for underreporting and nonreporting states.

3 Includes imputations for underreporting.

NOTE: DoD = Department of Defense.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2000-01 through 2007-08. (This table was prepared September 2009.)