Table 70.

Teachers, enrollment, and pupil/teacher ratios in public elementary and secondary schools, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, fall 2000 through fall 2008

State or jurisdiction	Pupil/ teacher ratio, fall 2000		Pupil/ teacher ratio, fall 2003		Pupil/ teacher ratio, fall 2004		Pupil/ teacher ratio, fall 2005		Fall 2006						Fall 20071						Fall 2008
									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	14
United States	16.0	2	15.9	2	15.8	2	15.6	2	3,166,391	2	49,315,842	2	15.6	2	3,178,142	2	49,292,507	2	15.5	2	3,219,458	2	49,265,572	15.3	2
Alabama	15.4	3	12.6		14.2		12.8		56,134		743,632		13.2		50,420		744,865		14.8		47,818		745,668	15.6
Alaska	16.9		17.2		17.1		16.8		7,903		132,608		16.8		7,613		131,029		17.2		7,927		130,662	16.5
Arizona	19.8		21.3		21.3		21.3		52,625		1,068,249		20.3		54,032		1,087,447		20.1		54,696		1,087,817	19.9
Arkansas	14.1		14.7		14.8		14.4		35,089		476,409		13.6		33,882		479,016		14.1		37,162		478,965	12.9
California	20.6	3	21.1	3	21.1	3	20.8	3	307,366	3	6,406,750	3	20.8	3	305,230	3	6,343,471	3	20.8	3	303,647	3	6,322,528	20.8	3
Colorado	17.3		16.9		17.0		17.0		46,973		794,026		16.9		47,761		801,867		16.8		48,692		818,443	16.8
Connecticut	13.7		13.6		14.9		14.5		39,115		575,100		14.7		39,304		570,626		14.5		48,463		567,198	11.7
Delaware	15.4		15.2		15.2		15.1		8,038		122,254		15.2		8,198		122,574		15.0		8,322		125,430	15.1
District of Columbia	13.9		13.8		14.2		14.0	4	5,383	4	72,850		13.5	4	6,347		78,422		12.4		5,321		68,681	12.9
Florida	18.4		17.9		17.0		16.8		162,851		2,671,513		16.4		168,737		2,666,811		15.8		186,361		2,631,020	14.1
Georgia	15.9		15.7		14.8		14.7		113,597		1,629,157		14.3		116,857		1,649,589		14.1		118,839		1,655,792	13.9
Hawaii	16.9		16.5		16.4		16.3		11,271		180,728		16.0		11,397		179,897		15.8		11,295		179,478	15.9
Idaho	17.9		17.9		17.9		18.0		14,770		267,380		18.1		15,013		272,119		18.1		15,148		275,051	18.2
Illinois	16.1		16.5		16.0		15.8		140,988		2,118,276		15.0		136,571		2,112,805		15.5		135,704		2,119,707	15.6
Indiana	16.7		16.9		16.9		17.1		61,346		1,045,940		17.0		62,334		1,046,766		16.8		62,668		1,046,147	16.7
Iowa	14.3		13.8		13.8		13.7		35,653		483,122		13.6		36,089		485,115		13.4		35,961		487,559	13.6
Kansas	14.4		14.4		14.2		13.9		35,297		469,506		13.3		35,359		468,295		13.2		35,883		471,060	13.1
Kentucky	16.8		16.1		16.3		16.0		43,371		683,152		15.8		43,536		666,225		15.3		43,451		670,030	15.4
Louisiana	16.6		16.6		16.6		16.6		45,951		675,851		16.6		48,610		681,038		16.6		49,377		684,873	16.6
Maine	12.5		11.5		11.9		11.7		16,826		193,986		11.5		16,558		196,245		11.9		15,912		192,935	12.1
Maryland	16.3		15.7		15.7		15.2		58,443		851,640		14.6		59,320		845,700		14.3		58,940		843,861	14.3
Massachusetts	14.5		13.6		13.3		13.2		73,157		968,661		13.2		70,719		962,958		13.6		70,398		958,910	13.6
Michigan	17.7	3	18.1		17.4		17.8		98,037		1,722,656		17.6		96,204		1,692,739		17.6		94,754		1,659,921	17.5
Minnesota	16.0		16.3		16.1		16.4		51,880		840,565		16.2		52,975		837,578		15.8		53,083		836,048	15.7
Mississippi	16.1		15.1		15.8		15.7		32,351		495,026		15.3		33,560		494,122		14.7		33,358		491,962	14.7
Missouri	14.1		13.9		13.8		13.7		67,521		920,353		13.6		68,430		917,188		13.4		68,015		917,871	13.5
Montana	14.9		14.4		14.3		14.0		10,398		144,418		13.9		10,519		142,823		13.6		9,570		141,899	14.8
Nebraska	13.6		13.6		13.5		13.4		21,459		287,580		13.4		21,930		291,244		13.3		20,258		292,590	14.4
Nevada	18.6		19.0		19.1		19.0		22,908		424,766		18.5		23,423		429,362		18.3		21,993		433,371	19.7
New Hampshire	14.5		13.7		13.5		13.2		15,515		203,572		13.1		15,484		200,772		13.0		15,661		197,934	12.6
New Jersey	13.3		12.7		12.1		12.4		112,301		1,388,850		12.4		111,500		1,382,348		12.4		114,713		1,381,420	12.0
New Mexico	15.2		15.0		15.0		14.8		22,016		328,220		14.9		22,300		329,040		14.8		22,825		330,245	14.5
New York	13.9		13.3		13.0		12.9		218,879		2,809,649		12.8		211,854		2,765,435		13.1		217,944		2,740,592	12.6
North Carolina	15.5		15.1		15.0		14.8		112,304		1,444,481		12.9		106,562		1,489,492		14.0		109,634		1,488,645	13.6
North Dakota	13.4		12.7		12.5		12.3		8,007		96,670		12.1		8,068		95,059		11.8		8,181		94,728	11.6
Ohio	15.5		15.2		15.6		15.6		110,459		1,836,722		16.6		109,766		1,827,184		16.6		112,845		1,817,163	16.1
Oklahoma	15.1		16.0		15.6		15.2		42,206		639,391		15.1		46,735		642,065		13.7		46,571		645,108	13.9
Oregon	19.4		20.6		20.1		19.5		29,940		562,574		18.8		30,013		565,586		18.8		30,152		575,393	19.1
Pennsylvania	15.5		15.2		15.1		15.0		123,114		1,871,060		15.2		135,234		1,801,971		13.3		129,708		1,775,029	13.7
Rhode Island	14.8		13.4		13.3		10.8		11,381		151,612		13.3		11,271		147,629		13.1		11,316		145,342	12.8
South Carolina	14.9		15.3		15.0		14.6		49,284		708,021		14.4		47,382		712,317		15.0		49,941		718,113	14.4
South Dakota	13.7		13.6		13.5		13.4		9,070		121,158		13.4		9,416		121,606		12.9		9,244		126,429	13.7
Tennessee	15.9	3	15.7	3	15.7	3	16.0		62,176		978,368		15.7		64,659		964,259		14.9		64,926		971,950	15.0
Texas	14.8		15.0		15.0		15.0		311,649		4,599,509		14.8		321,929		4,674,832		14.5		327,905		4,752,148	14.5
Utah	21.9		22.4		22.6	3	22.1		23,640		523,386		22.1		24,336		576,244		23.7		23,657		559,778	23.7
Vermont	12.1		11.3		11.3		10.9		8,859		95,399		10.8		8,749		94,038		10.7		8,766		93,625	10.7
Virginia	13.2	3	13.2		12.9		11.7		79,688		1,220,440		15.3		71,861		1,230,857		17.1		71,415		1,235,795	17.3
Washington	19.7		19.3		19.2		19.3		53,743		1,026,774		19.1		53,960		1,030,247		19.1		54,428		1,037,018	19.1
West Virginia	13.7		14.0		14.0		14.1		19,633		281,939		14.4		20,306		282,535		13.9		20,209		282,729	14.0
Wisconsin	14.6		15.1		14.3		14.6		59,089		876,700		14.8		58,914		874,633		14.8		59,401		873,750	14.7
Wyoming	13.3		13.3		12.7		12.6		6,737		85,193		12.6		6,915		86,422		12.5		7,000		87,161	12.5
Bureau of Indian Education	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—	—
DoD, overseas	14.4		15.0		14.0		10.9		5,204		60,891		11.7		4,147		57,247		13.8		4,551		56,768	12.5
DoD, domestic	14.2		13.3		14.6		13.9		2,033		26,631		13.1		2,243		27,548		12.3		2,145		28,013	13.1
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	19.1		16.1		17.1		16.6		971		16,400		16.9		—		—		—		—		—	—
Guam	16.4		17.9		18.3		17.2		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—	—
Northern Marianas	19.0		20.4		20.0		19.1		579		11,695		20.2		550		11,299		20.5		514		10,913	21.2
Puerto Rico	16.3		13.8		13.4		13.4		40,163		544,138		13.5		40,826		526,565		12.9		39,356		503,635	12.8
U.S. Virgin Islands	12.9		11.7		10.6		11.7		1,531		16,284		10.6		1,518		15,903		10.5		1,331		15,768	11.8

—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 Imputed.

NOTE: Teachers reported in full-time equivalents (FTE). 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 2008-09. (This table was prepared November 2010.)