Table 89.

Staff, enrollment, and pupil/staff ratios in public elementary and secondary school systems, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, fall 2000 through fall 2009

State or jurisdiction	Pupil/staff ratio										Fall 2007						Fall 2008					Fall 2009
	Fall 2000		Fall 2003		Fall 2004		Fall 2005		Fall 2006		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 States1	8.3		8.2		8.1		8.0		8.0		6,215,635		49,292,507		7.9		6,326,702		49,265,572	7.8		6,355,351		49,373,307	7.8
Alabama	8.2	2	7.3		7.9		7.1		6.8		111,656	2	744,865		6.7	2	95,368		745,668	7.8	2	94,058		748,889	8.0	2
Alaska	8.3	2	8.1	2	7.5	2	7.4	2	7.9	2	16,593	2	131,029		7.9	2	17,160	2	130,662	7.6	2	17,743	2	131,661	7.4	2
Arizona	9.7		10.5		10.7		10.9		10.4		104,670		1,087,447		10.4		105,548		1,087,817	10.3		100,320		1,077,831	10.7
Arkansas	7.1		7.0		7.0		6.7		6.7		70,331		479,016		6.8		71,270		478,965	6.7		74,311		480,559	6.5
California	11.1	2	11.2	2	11.2	2	11.1	2	11.0	2	583,625	2	6,343,471	2	10.9	2	590,016	2	6,322,528	10.7	2	594,796	2	6,263,449	10.5	2
Colorado	8.7		8.5		8.4		8.4		8.2		99,326		801,867		8.1		102,566		818,443	8.0		103,354		832,368	8.1
Connecticut	6.8		6.8		6.9		6.8		6.6		86,762		570,626		6.6		92,467		567,198	6.1		92,877		563,985	6.1
Delaware	9.1		8.1		8.0		7.8		7.9		15,524		122,574		7.9		14,821		125,430	8.5		16,977		126,801	7.5
District of Columbia	6.4		7.4		6.3		6.2	2	6.0	2	12,532		78,422		6.3		12,131		68,681	5.7		12,256		69,433	5.7
Florida	8.8		8.7		8.5		8.5		8.3		329,726		2,666,811		8.1		340,713		2,631,020	7.7		335,446		2,634,522	7.9
Georgia	7.8		7.6		7.4		7.3		7.2		235,083		1,649,589		7.0		239,139		1,655,792	6.9		234,694		1,667,685	7.1
Hawaii	10.0		8.7		8.9		8.7		8.6		21,657		179,897		8.3		21,610		179,478	8.3		21,653		180,196	8.3
Idaho	10.1		10.0		10.0		10.1		10.2		27,149		272,119		10.0		27,261		275,051	10.1		27,701		276,299	10.0
Illinois	8.2	2	8.3	2	8.0	2	8.4	2	9.6	2	214,459	2	2,112,805		9.9	2	221,005	2	2,119,707	9.6	2	221,771	2	2,104,175	9.5	2
Indiana	7.8		7.7		7.7		7.8		7.8		139,460		1,046,766		7.5		141,979		1,046,147	7.4		142,724		1,046,661	7.3
Iowa	7.3		7.1		7.0		7.0		6.9		71,794		485,115		6.8		72,350		487,559	6.7		72,546		491,842	6.8
Kansas	7.3		7.4		7.3		7.1		8.7		54,232		468,295		8.6		55,355		471,060	8.5		67,531		474,489	7.0
Kentucky	7.4		6.9		7.0		6.9		6.9	2	100,362		666,225	2	6.6		100,217		670,030	6.7		118,431		680,089	5.7
Louisiana	7.3		7.1		7.1		7.1		7.1		99,625		681,038		6.8		100,873		684,873	6.8		102,874		690,915	6.7
Maine	6.2		5.6		5.7		5.5		5.3		39,918		196,245		4.9		36,459		192,935	5.3		37,081		189,225	5.1
Maryland	8.8		8.1		8.0		7.7		7.5		116,857		845,700		7.2		116,856		843,861	7.2		115,288		848,412	7.4
Massachusetts	8.0		7.3	2	7.1	2	7.0	2	7.1	2	123,114		962,958		7.8		123,636		958,910	7.8		123,167		957,053	7.8
Michigan	8.2	2	8.5	2	8.3		8.5	2	8.1		208,987		1,692,739		8.1		208,058		1,659,921	8.0		204,625		1,649,082	8.1
Minnesota	8.2	2	8.1		8.0		8.0		7.9		108,432		837,578		7.7		109,222		836,048	7.7		109,066		837,053	7.7
Mississippi	7.7		7.2		7.4		7.3		7.2		71,144		494,122		6.9		72,050		491,962	6.8		70,782		492,481	7.0
Missouri	7.5		7.2		7.1		7.1		7.0		133,607		917,188		6.9		132,676		917,871	6.9		132,047		917,982	7.0
Montana	8.0	2	8.0		7.8	2	7.4	2	7.6	2	19,179	2	142,823		7.4	2	19,212	2	141,899	7.4	2	19,429	2	141,807	7.3	2
Nebraska	7.2		7.0		6.9		7.0		6.7		43,672		291,244		6.7		45,243		292,590	6.5		45,835		295,368	6.4
Nevada	10.9		11.3		12.8		12.7	2	12.5	2	35,574	2	429,362		12.1	2	33,548	2	433,371	12.9	2	33,747	2	428,947	12.7	2
New Hampshire	7.4		6.7		6.6		6.4		6.3		32,573		200,772		6.2		32,849		197,934	6.0		32,911		197,140	6.0
New Jersey	7.1		6.8		6.5		6.6	2	6.8	2	201,552	2	1,382,348		6.9	2	205,672	2	1,381,420	6.7	2	213,783	2	1,396,029	6.5	2
New Mexico	7.1		7.2		7.0		6.8		7.1		46,699		329,040		7.0		47,850		330,245	6.9		47,565		334,419	7.0
New York	6.9		7.3		7.1		7.5		7.5		374,080		2,765,435		7.4		428,139		2,740,592	6.4		421,929		2,766,052	6.6
North Carolina	8.0		7.9		7.8		7.8		7.1		203,287		1,489,492		7.3		207,859		1,488,645	7.2		200,461	2	1,483,397	7.4	2
North Dakota	7.2		6.8		6.6		6.5		6.4		15,385		95,059		6.2		15,636		94,728	6.1		15,983		95,073	5.9
Ohio	8.2		7.6		7.7		7.7		7.6		243,579		1,827,184		7.5		244,730		1,817,163	7.4		244,232		1,764,297	7.2
Oklahoma	8.3		8.8		8.1		7.8		7.8		86,758		642,065		7.4		87,478		645,108	7.4		85,036		654,802	7.7
Oregon	9.7		10.2		9.8		9.2		9.0		64,619		565,586		8.8		65,106		575,393	8.8		62,969		582,839	9.3
Pennsylvania	8.1		7.8		7.7		7.6		7.8		254,476		1,801,971		7.1		251,928		1,775,029	7.0		253,869		1,786,103	7.0
Rhode Island	8.9		8.0	2	6.9	2	6.3	2	8.5	2	17,559		147,629		8.4		18,598		145,342	7.8		18,638		145,118	7.8
South Carolina	9.8	2	11.1	2	10.8	2	10.3	2	10.3	2	66,087		712,317		10.8		69,790		718,113	10.3		67,358		723,143	10.7
South Dakota	7.1		6.6		6.8		6.4		7.0		17,019		121,606		7.1		18,391		126,429	6.9		18,631		123,713	6.6
Tennessee	8.3	2	8.1	2	8.1	2	8.4		7.9		126,646		964,259		7.6		126,841		971,950	7.7		127,743		972,549	7.6
Texas	7.5		7.3		7.3		7.6		7.5		635,715		4,674,832		7.4		649,381		4,752,148	7.3		662,369		4,850,210	7.3
Utah	11.8		11.9		11.3		11.1		11.1		48,515		576,244		11.9		49,057		559,778	11.4		51,660		582,793	11.3
Vermont	5.7		5.3		5.2		5.1		5.0		19,184		94,038		4.9		19,370		93,625	4.8		19,337		92,431	4.8
Virginia	7.1	2	7.2		6.7		5.2		5.7		204,384		1,230,857		6.0		203,567		1,235,795	6.1		202,907		1,245,340	6.1
Washington	10.3		9.3		9.1		9.1		10.0		103,714		1,030,247		9.9		104,617		1,037,018	9.9		103,938		1,035,347	10.0
West Virginia	7.4		7.4		7.4		7.4		7.7	2	38,309	2	282,535		7.4	2	38,596		282,729	7.3		39,205	2	282,662	7.2	2
Wisconsin	8.2		8.4		8.3		8.3		8.3		104,981		874,633		8.3		106,597		873,750	8.2		105,229		872,436	8.3
Wyoming	6.4		6.2		5.9		5.8		5.6		15,464		86,422		5.6		15,841		87,161	5.5		16,468		88,155	5.4
Bureau of Indian    Education	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		40,927	—		—		41,351	—
DoD, overseas	9.5		9.8		10.0		6.9		7.3		6,265		57,247		9.1		7,526		56,768	7.5		—		—	—
DoD, domestic	8.4		7.4		10.2		7.7		7.5		3,994		27,548		6.9		3,845		28,013	7.3		—		—	—
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	9.6		9.0		8.9		11.4		8.8		—		—		—		—		—	—		—		—	—
Guam	8.5		9.1		9.2		9.0		—		—		—		—		—		—	—		—		—	—
Northern Marianas	9.6		9.7		9.9		9.5		10.1		1,111		11,299		10.2		1,043		10,913	10.5		1,155		10,961	9.5
Puerto Rico	8.9		7.8		7.5		7.5		7.6		71,847		526,565		7.3		70,034		503,635	7.2		63,198		493,393	7.8
U.S. Virgin Islands	6.7		6.1		5.5		6.3		5.4		3,137		15,903		5.1		2,472		15,768	6.4		2,854		15,493	5.4

—Not available.

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

2 Includes imputations for underreporting.

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 Education," 2000-01 through 2009-10. (This table was prepared February 2012.)