Table 85.

Staff employed in public elementary and secondary school systems, by functional area: Selected years, 1949-50 through fall 2009

[In full-time equivalents]
School year	Total	School district administrative staff			Instructional staff						Support staff1
		Total	Officials and administrators	Instruction coordinators	Total	Principals and assistant principals	Teachers	Instructional aides	Librarans	Guidance counselors
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1949-502	1,300,031	33,642	23,868	9,774	956,808	43,137	913,671	(3)	(3)	(3)	309,582
1959-602	2,089,283	42,423	28,648	13,775	1,448,931	63,554	1,353,372	(3)	17,363	14,643	597,929
1969-702	3,360,763	65,282	33,745	31,537	2,255,707	90,593	2,016,244	57,418	42,689	48,763	1,039,774
Fall 19802	4,168,286	78,784	58,230	20,554	2,729,023	107,061	2,184,216	325,755	48,018	63,973	1,360,479
Fall 1990	4,494,076	75,868	—	—	3,051,404	127,417	2,398,169	395,959	49,909	79,950	1,366,804
Fall 1994	4,904,757	81,867	48,827	33,040	3,280,752	120,017	2,551,875	473,348	50,668	84,844	1,542,138
Fall 1995	4,994,358	82,998	49,315	33,683	3,351,528	120,629	2,598,220	494,289	50,862	87,528	1,559,832
Fall 1996	5,091,205	81,975	48,480	33,495	3,447,580	123,734	2,667,419	516,356	51,464	88,607	1,561,650
Fall 1997	5,266,415	85,267	50,432	34,835	3,572,955	126,129	2,746,157	557,453	52,142	91,074	1,608,193
Fall 1998	5,419,181	88,939	52,975	35,964	3,693,630	129,317	2,830,286	588,108	52,805	93,114	1,636,612
Fall 1999	5,632,004	94,134	55,467	38,667	3,819,057	137,199	2,910,633	621,942	53,659	95,624	1,718,813
Fall 2000	5,709,753	97,270	57,837	39,433	3,876,628	141,792	2,941,461	641,392	54,246	97,737	1,735,855
Fall 2001	5,904,195	109,526	63,517	46,009	3,989,211	160,543	2,999,528	674,741	54,350	100,049	1,805,458
Fall 2002	5,954,661	110,777	62,781	47,996	4,016,963	164,171	3,034,123	663,552	54,205	100,912	1,826,921
Fall 2003	5,953,667	107,483	63,418	44,065	4,052,739	165,233	3,048,652	685,118	54,349	99,387	1,793,445
Fall 2004	6,058,174	111,832	64,101	47,731	4,120,063	165,657	3,090,925	707,514	54,145	101,822	1,826,279
Fall 2005	6,130,686	121,164	62,464	58,700	4,151,236	156,454	3,143,003	693,792	54,057	103,930	1,858,286
Fall 2006	6,153,735	118,707	53,722	64,985	4,186,968	153,673	3,166,391	709,715	54,444	102,745	1,848,060
Fall 2007	6,215,635	130,046	59,369	70,677	4,213,729	157,564	3,178,142	718,119	54,385	105,519	1,871,860
Fall 2008	6,326,702	135,706	62,153	73,553	4,277,674	159,897	3,222,154	734,010	53,805	107,808	1,913,322
Fall 2009	6,355,351	138,645	64,146	74,498	4,275,546	169,171	3,209,637	736,635	52,541	107,564	1,941,160
	Percentage distribution
1949-502	100.0	2.6	1.8	0.8	73.6	3.3	70.3	(3)	(3)	(3)	23.8
1959-602	100.0	2.0	1.4	0.7	69.4	3.0	64.8	(3)	0.8	0.7	28.6
1969-702	100.0	1.9	1.0	0.9	67.1	2.7	60.0	1.7	1.3	1.5	30.9
Fall 19802	100.0	1.9	1.4	0.5	65.5	2.6	52.4	7.8	1.2	1.5	32.6
Fall 1990	100.0	1.7	—	—	67.9	2.8	53.4	8.8	1.1	1.8	30.4
Fall 1994	100.0	1.7	1.0	0.7	66.9	2.4	52.0	9.7	1.0	1.7	31.4
Fall 1995	100.0	1.7	1.0	0.7	67.1	2.4	52.0	9.9	1.0	1.8	31.2
Fall 1996	100.0	1.6	1.0	0.7	67.7	2.4	52.4	10.1	1.0	1.7	30.7
Fall 1997	100.0	1.6	1.0	0.7	67.8	2.4	52.1	10.6	1.0	1.7	30.5
Fall 1998	100.0	1.6	1.0	0.7	68.2	2.4	52.2	10.9	1.0	1.7	30.2
Fall 1999	100.0	1.7	1.0	0.7	67.8	2.4	51.7	11.0	1.0	1.7	30.5
Fall 2000	100.0	1.7	1.0	0.7	67.9	2.5	51.5	11.2	1.0	1.7	30.4
Fall 2001	100.0	1.9	1.1	0.8	67.6	2.7	50.8	11.4	0.9	1.7	30.6
Fall 2002	100.0	1.9	1.1	0.8	67.5	2.8	51.0	11.1	0.9	1.7	30.7
Fall 2003	100.0	1.8	1.1	0.7	68.1	2.8	51.2	11.5	0.9	1.7	30.1
Fall 2004	100.0	1.8	1.1	0.8	68.0	2.7	51.0	11.7	0.9	1.7	30.1
Fall 2005	100.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	67.7	2.6	51.3	11.3	0.9	1.7	30.3
Fall 2006	100.0	1.9	0.9	1.1	68.0	2.5	51.5	11.5	0.9	1.7	30.0
Fall 2007	100.0	2.1	1.0	1.1	67.8	2.5	51.1	11.6	0.9	1.7	30.1
Fall 2008	100.0	2.1	1.0	1.2	67.6	2.5	50.9	11.6	0.9	1.7	30.2
Fall 2009	100.0	2.2	1.0	1.2	67.3	2.7	50.5	11.6	0.8	1.7	30.5
	Pupils per staff member
1949-502	19.3	746.4	1,052.1	2,569.2	26.2	582.1	27.5	(3)	(3)	(3)	81.1
1959-602	16.8	829.3	1,228.1	2,554.1	24.3	553.6	26.0	(3)	2,026.3	2,402.7	58.8
1969-702	13.6	697.7	1,349.8	1,444.3	20.2	502.8	22.6	793.3	1,067.0	934.1	43.8
Fall 19802	9.8	518.9	702.0	1,988.8	15.0	381.8	18.7	125.5	851.3	639.0	30.0
Fall 1990	9.2	543.3	—	—	13.5	323.5	17.2	104.1	825.8	515.5	30.2
Fall 1994	9.0	538.8	903.4	1,335.1	13.4	367.5	17.3	93.2	870.6	519.9	28.6
Fall 1995	9.0	540.3	909.3	1,331.2	13.4	371.7	17.3	90.7	881.6	512.3	28.7
Fall 1996	9.0	556.4	940.8	1,361.7	13.2	368.6	17.1	88.3	886.3	514.8	29.2
Fall 1997	8.8	541.0	914.6	1,324.2	12.9	365.7	16.8	82.7	884.6	506.5	28.7
Fall 1998	8.6	523.3	878.5	1,294.0	12.6	359.9	16.4	79.1	881.3	499.8	28.4
Fall 1999	8.3	497.8	844.8	1,211.8	12.3	341.5	16.1	75.3	873.2	490.0	27.3
Fall 2000	8.3	485.3	816.1	1,197.1	12.2	332.9	16.0	73.6	870.2	483.0	27.2
Fall 2001	8.1	435.3	750.5	1,036.1	12.0	296.9	15.9	70.7	877.1	476.5	26.4
Fall 2002	8.1	435.0	767.5	1,003.9	12.0	293.5	15.9	72.6	888.9	477.5	26.4
Fall 2003	8.2	451.6	765.4	1,101.6	12.0	293.8	15.9	70.8	893.1	488.4	27.1
Fall 2004	8.1	436.3	761.2	1,022.3	11.8	294.6	15.8	69.0	901.2	479.2	26.7
Fall 2005	8.0	405.3	786.3	836.7	11.8	313.9	15.6	70.8	908.5	472.6	26.4
Fall 2006	8.0	415.4	918.0	758.9	11.8	320.9	15.6	69.5	905.8	480.0	26.7
Fall 2007	7.9	379.0	830.3	697.4	11.7	312.8	15.5	68.6	906.4	467.1	26.3
Fall 2008	7.8	363.0	792.6	669.8	11.5	308.1	15.3	67.1	915.6	457.0	25.7
Fall 2009	7.8	356.1	769.7	662.7	11.5	291.9	15.4	67.0	939.7	459.0	25.4

—Not available.

1 Includes school district administrative support staff, school and library support staff, student support staff, and other support services staff.

2 Because of classification revisions, categories other than teachers, principals, librarians, and guidance counselors are only roughly comparable to figures for years after 1980.

3 Data included in column 8.

NOTE: Data for 1949-50 through 1969-70 are cumulative for the entire school year, rather than counts as of the fall of the year. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of State School Systems, various years; Statistics of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools, various years; and Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1986-87 through 2009-10. (This table was prepared February 2012.)