Table 213.50.

Staff, enrollment, and pupil/staff ratios in public elementary and secondary school systems, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, fall 2000 through fall 2011

State or jurisdiction	Pupil/staff ratio										Fall 2009					Fall 2010					Fall 2011
	Fall 2000		Fall 2005		Fall 2006		Fall 2007		Fall 2008		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		8.0		8.0		7.9		7.8		6,351,157		49,360,982	7.8		6,195,207		49,484,181	8.0		6,138,890		49,521,669	8.1
Alabama	8.2	2	7.1		6.8		6.7	2	7.8		94,058		748,889	8.0		95,144		755,552	7.9		92,289		744,621	8.1
Alaska	8.3	2	7.4	2	7.9	2	7.9	2	7.6	2	17,743	2	131,661	7.4	2	18,102	2	132,104	7.3	2	17,747	2	131,167	7.4	2
Arizona	9.7		10.9		10.4		10.4		10.3		100,320		1,077,831	10.7		96,622		1,071,751	11.1		98,712		1,080,319	10.9
Arkansas	7.1		6.7		6.7		6.8		6.7		74,311		480,559	6.5		72,185		482,114	6.7		72,650		483,114	6.6
California	11.1	2	11.1	2	11.0	2	10.9	2	10.7	2	609,655	2	6,263,438	10.3	2	530,337	2	6,289,578	11.9	2	547,188	2	6,287,834	11.5	2
Colorado	8.7		8.4		8.2		8.1		8.0		103,354		832,368	8.1		101,426		843,316	8.3		100,349		854,265	8.5
Connecticut	6.8		6.8		6.6		6.6		6.1		92,877		563,968	6.1		93,088		560,546	6.0		92,955		554,437	6.0
Delaware	9.1		7.8		7.9		7.9		8.5		16,977		126,801	7.5		16,478		129,403	7.9		15,449		128,946	8.3
District of Columbia	6.4		6.2	2	6.0	2	6.3		5.7		11,682		69,433	5.9		11,381		71,284	6.3		11,541		73,911	6.4
Florida	8.8		8.5		8.3		8.1		7.7		335,446		2,634,522	7.9		333,183		2,643,347	7.9		328,709		2,668,156	8.1
Georgia	7.8		7.3		7.2		7.0		6.9		234,694		1,667,685	7.1		227,188		1,677,067	7.4		224,207		1,685,016	7.5
Hawaii	10.0		8.7		8.6		8.3		8.3		21,677		180,196	8.3		21,704		179,601	8.3		22,065		182,706	8.3
Idaho	10.1		10.1		10.2		10.0		10.1		27,701		276,299	10.0		27,783		275,859	9.9		28,065		279,873	10.0
Illinois	8.2	2	8.4	2	9.6	2	9.9	2	9.6	2	221,823	2	2,104,175	9.5	2	215,764	2	2,091,654	9.7	2	213,578	2	2,083,097	9.8	2
Indiana	7.8		7.8		7.8		7.5		7.4		142,724		1,046,661	7.3		138,802	2	1,047,232	7.5	2	150,191		1,040,765	6.9
Iowa	7.3		7.0		6.9		6.8		6.7		72,546		491,842	6.8		69,615		495,775	7.1		69,901		495,870	7.1
Kansas	7.3		7.1		8.7		8.6		8.5		67,531		474,489	7.0		67,751		483,701	7.1		70,631		486,108	6.9
Kentucky	7.4		6.9		6.9	2	6.6	2	6.7		99,162		680,089	6.9		99,225		673,128	6.8		92,287		681,987	7.4
Louisiana	7.3		7.1		7.1		6.8		6.8		102,874		690,915	6.7		100,881		696,558	6.9		100,880		703,390	7.0
Maine	6.2		5.5		5.3		4.9		5.3		37,317		189,225	5.1		32,549		189,077	5.8		39,946	2	188,969	4.7	2
Maryland	8.8		7.7		7.5		7.2		7.2		115,286		848,412	7.4		115,367		852,211	7.4		113,351		854,086	7.5
Massachusetts	8.0		7.0	2	7.1	2	7.8		7.8		123,167		957,053	7.8		122,057		955,563	7.8		122,880		953,369	7.8
Michigan	8.2	2	8.5	2	8.1		8.1		8.0		204,625		1,649,082	8.1		193,487		1,587,067	8.2		188,428		1,573,537	8.4
Minnesota	8.2	2	8.0		7.9		7.7		7.7		109,066		837,053	7.7		108,993		838,037	7.7		109,119		839,738	7.7
Mississippi	7.7		7.3		7.2		6.9		6.8		70,782		492,481	7.0		67,866		490,526	7.2		67,850		490,619	7.2
Missouri	7.5		7.1		7.0		6.9		6.9		132,047		917,982	7.0		128,289		918,710	7.2		132,167		916,584	6.9
Montana	8.0	2	7.4	2	7.6	2	7.4	2	7.4	2	19,434	2	141,807	7.3	2	19,249	2	141,693	7.4	2	18,790	2	142,349	7.6	2
Nebraska	7.2		7.0		6.7		6.7		6.5		45,835		295,368	6.4		45,509		298,500	6.6		45,290		301,296	6.7
Nevada	10.9		12.7	2	12.5	2	12.1	2	12.9	2	33,749	2	428,947	12.7	2	33,400	2	437,149	13.1	2	32,533	2	439,634	13.5	2
New Hampshire	7.4		6.4		6.3		6.2		6.0		32,911		197,140	6.0		32,955		194,711	5.9		31,971		191,900	6.0
New Jersey	7.1		6.6	2	6.8	2	6.9	2	6.7	2	213,783	2	1,396,029	6.5	2	202,634	2	1,402,548	6.9	2	202,928	2	1,356,431	6.7	2
New Mexico	7.1		6.8		7.1		7.0		6.9		47,565		334,419	7.0		46,519		338,122	7.3		45,907		337,225	7.3
New York	6.9		7.5		7.5		7.4		6.4		421,929		2,766,052	6.6		413,971		2,734,955	6.6		406,625		2,704,718	6.7
North Carolina	8.0		7.8		7.1		7.3		7.2		200,447	2	1,483,397	7.4	2	193,039		1,490,605	7.7		188,553		1,507,864	8.0
North Dakota	7.2		6.5		6.4		6.2		6.1		15,983		95,073	5.9		16,239		96,323	5.9		16,401		97,646	6.0
Ohio	8.2		7.7		7.6		7.5		7.4		244,232		1,764,297	7.2		241,212		1,754,191	7.3		243,586		1,740,030	7.1
Oklahoma	8.3		7.8		7.8		7.4		7.4		84,740		654,802	7.7		82,262		659,911	8.0		82,719		666,120	8.1
Oregon	9.7		9.2		9.0		8.8		8.8		62,994		582,839	9.3		63,603		570,720	9.0		60,715		568,208	9.4
Pennsylvania	8.1		7.6		7.8		7.1		7.0		253,866		1,785,993	7.0		266,796		1,793,284	6.7		254,297		1,771,395	7.0
Rhode Island	8.9		6.3	2	8.5	2	8.4		7.8		18,825		145,118	7.7		18,632		143,793	7.7		18,743		142,854	7.6
South Carolina	9.8	2	10.3	2	10.3	2	10.8		10.3		67,355		723,143	10.7		65,508		725,838	11.1		69,272		727,186	10.5
South Dakota	7.1		6.4		7.0		7.1		6.9		18,631		123,713	6.6		19,545		126,128	6.5		19,059		128,016	6.7
Tennessee	8.3	2	8.4		7.9		7.6		7.7		127,743		972,549	7.6		128,197		987,422	7.7		127,781		999,693	7.8
Texas	7.5		7.6		7.5		7.4		7.3		662,369		4,850,210	7.3		665,419		4,935,715	7.4		640,166		5,000,470	7.8
Utah	11.8		11.1		11.1		11.9		11.4		51,844		571,586	11.0		52,341		585,552	11.2		51,994		598,832	11.5
Vermont	5.7		5.1		5.0		4.9		4.8		19,337		91,451	4.7		18,485		96,858	5.2		18,385		89,908	4.9
Virginia	7.1	2	5.2		5.7		6.0		6.1		203,301		1,245,340	6.1		201,047		1,251,440	6.2		180,086		1,257,883	7.0
Washington	10.3		9.1		10.0		9.9		9.9		103,938		1,035,347	10.0		103,783		1,043,788	10.1		101,914		1,045,453	10.3
West Virginia	7.4		7.4		7.7	2	7.4	2	7.3		39,205	2	282,662	7.2	2	39,270	2	282,879	7.2	2	39,380	2	282,870	7.2	2
Wisconsin	8.2		8.3		8.3		8.3		8.2		105,229		872,436	8.3		103,901		872,286	8.4		101,533		871,105	8.6
Wyoming	6.4		5.8		5.6		5.6		5.5		16,468		88,155	5.4		16,424		89,009	5.4		17,128		90,099	5.3
Bureau of Indian    Education	—		—		—		—		—		—		41,351	—		—		41,962	—		—		—	—
DoD, overseas	9.5		6.9		7.3		9.1		7.5		—		—	—		—		—	—		—		—	—
DoD, domestic	8.4		7.7		7.5		6.9		7.3		—		—	—		—		—	—		—		—	—
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	9.6		11.4		8.8		—		—		—		—	—		—		—	—		—		—	—
Guam	8.5		9.0		—		—		—		—		—	—		3,383		31,618	9.3		3,923		31,243	8.0
Northern Marianas	9.6		9.5		10.1		10.2		10.5		1,155		10,961	9.5		1,215		11,105	9.1		1,042		11,011	10.6
Puerto Rico	8.9		7.5		7.6		7.3		7.2		63,198		493,393	7.8		59,261		473,735	8.0		55,797		452,740	8.1
U.S. Virgin Islands	6.7		6.3		5.4		5.1		6.4		2,854		15,493	5.4		2,918		15,495	5.3		2,391		15,711	6.6

—Not available.

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

2 Includes imputations for underreporting.

NOTE: Staff reported in full-time equivalents. 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 2011-12. (This table was prepared August 2013.)