Table 208.40.

Public elementary and secondary teachers, enrollment, and pupil/teacher ratios, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, fall 2000 through fall 2014

State or jurisdiction	Pupil/teacher ratio								Fall 2012					Fall 2013					Fall 2014
	Fall 2000		Fall 2009		Fall 2010		Fall 2011		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	1	15.4	1	16.0	1	16.0	1	3,109,101	1	49,771,118	16.0	1	3,113,764	1	50,044,522	16.1	1	3,132,351	1	50,312,581	16.1	1
Alabama	15.4	2	15.8		15.3		15.6		51,877		744,637	14.4		47,162		746,204	15.8		42,737		744,164	17.4
Alaska	16.9		16.3		16.2		16.2		7,682		131,489	17.1		7,898		130,944	16.6		7,759		131,176	16.9
Arizona	19.8		20.7		21.4		21.3		48,866		1,089,384	22.3		48,359		1,102,445	22.8		48,124		1,111,695	23.1
Arkansas	14.1		12.9		14.1		14.2		34,131		486,157	14.2		34,933		489,979	14.0		35,430		490,917	13.9
California	20.6	2	19.8	2	24.1	2	23.4	2	266,255	2	6,299,451	23.7	2	259,506	2	6,312,623	24.3	2	267,685	2	6,312,161	23.6	2
Colorado	17.3		17.0		17.4		17.8		48,922		863,561	17.7		50,157		876,999	17.5		51,388		889,006	17.3
Connecticut	13.7		12.9		13.1		12.7		43,931		550,954	12.5		43,443		546,200	12.6		42,062		542,678	12.9
Delaware	15.4		14.7		14.5		15.0		9,257		129,026	13.9		9,388		131,687	14.0		9,649		134,042	13.9
District of Columbia	13.9		11.9		12.0		11.8		5,925		76,140	12.9		5,991		78,153	13.0		6,565		80,958	12.3
Florida	18.4		14.3		15.1		15.2		176,537		2,692,162	15.2		177,853		2,720,744	15.3		180,442		2,756,944	15.3
Georgia	15.9		14.4		14.9		15.2		109,365		1,703,332	15.6		109,441		1,723,909	15.8		111,470		1,744,437	15.6
Hawaii	16.9		15.7		15.8		15.9		11,608		184,760	15.9		11,781		186,825	15.9		11,663		182,384	15.6
Idaho	17.9		18.2		17.6		17.5		14,563		284,834	19.6		15,002		296,476	19.8		15,609		290,885	18.6
Illinois	16.1		15.2		15.7		15.8		135,701	3	2,072,880	15.3	3	136,355	4	2,066,990	15.2	4	132,456	4	2,050,239	15.5	4
Indiana	16.7		16.8		18.0	2	16.7	2	59,863		1,041,369	17.4		59,823		1,047,385	17.5		56,547		1,046,269	18.5
Iowa	14.3		13.7		14.3		14.3		35,080		499,825	14.2		35,397		502,964	14.2		35,684		505,311	14.2
Kansas	14.4		13.7		14.0		13.0		41,243		489,043	11.9		38,153		496,440	13.0		37,659		497,275	13.2
Kentucky	16.8		16.2		16.0		16.3		42,769		685,167	16.0		41,820		677,389	16.2		41,586		688,640	16.6
Louisiana	14.9		13.9		14.3		14.5		46,493		710,903	15.3		46,437		711,491	15.3		46,340		716,800	15.5
Maine	12.5		11.6		12.3		12.7		15,222		185,739	12.2		15,452		183,995	11.9		14,937		182,470	12.2
Maryland	16.3		14.5		14.6		14.8		57,718		859,638	14.9		58,611		866,169	14.8		59,194		874,514	14.8
Massachusetts	14.5		13.7		13.9		13.7		70,636		954,773	13.5		70,490		955,739	13.6		71,859		955,844	13.3
Michigan	17.7	2	17.8		17.9		18.1		86,154		1,555,370	18.1		85,786		1,548,841	18.1		85,038		1,537,922	18.1
Minnesota	16.0		15.8		15.9		15.9		53,585		845,404	15.8		54,413		850,973	15.6		55,690		857,235	15.4
Mississippi	16.1		14.9		15.2		15.3		32,613		493,650	15.1		32,292		492,586	15.3		32,311		490,917	15.2
Missouri	14.1		13.5		13.8		13.8		66,248		917,900	13.9		66,651		918,288	13.8		67,356		917,785	13.6
Montana	14.9		13.5		13.7		14.0		10,200		142,908	14.0		10,310		144,129	14.0		10,234		144,532	14.1
Nebraska	13.6		13.3		13.4		13.6		22,103		303,505	13.7		22,401		307,677	13.7		22,988		312,635	13.6
Nevada	18.6		19.4		20.0		20.8		20,695		445,707	21.5		21,921		451,831	20.6		21,656		459,189	21.2
New Hampshire	14.5		12.7		12.7		12.8		14,925		188,974	12.7		14,826		186,310	12.6		14,773		184,670	12.5
New Jersey	13.3		12.1		12.7		12.4		110,929		1,372,203	12.4		114,581		1,370,295	12.0		115,067		1,400,579	12.2
New Mexico	15.2		14.7		15.1		15.4		22,201		338,220	15.2		22,239		339,244	15.3		22,411		340,365	15.2
New York	13.9		12.9		12.9		12.9		207,060		2,710,703	13.1		206,693		2,732,770	13.2		203,781		2,741,185	13.5
North Carolina	15.5		14.1	5	15.2		15.5		98,590		1,518,465	15.4		99,327		1,530,857	15.4		99,320		1,548,895	15.6
North Dakota	13.4		11.4		11.4		11.5		8,677		101,111	11.7		8,805		103,947	11.8		9,049		106,586	11.8
Ohio	15.5		15.8		16.1		16.1		106,000		1,729,916	16.3		106,010		1,724,111	16.3		106,526	6	1,724,810	16.2	6
Oklahoma	15.1		15.4		16.0		16.1		41,775		673,483	16.1		41,983		681,848	16.2		42,073		688,511	16.4
Oregon	19.4		20.3		20.3		21.2		26,410		587,564	22.2		26,733		593,000	22.2		27,850		601,318	21.6
Pennsylvania	15.5		13.6		13.8		14.2		123,147		1,763,677	14.3		121,330		1,755,236	14.5		122,030		1,743,160	14.3
Rhode Island	14.8		12.8		12.8		12.5		9,871		142,481	14.4		9,824		142,008	14.5		9,471		141,959	15.0
South Carolina	14.9		15.4		16.1		15.5		48,072		735,998	15.3		48,151		745,657	15.5		49,475		756,523	15.3
South Dakota	13.7		13.3		13.3		13.8		9,334		130,471	14.0		9,510		130,890	13.8		9,618		133,040	13.8
Tennessee	15.9	2	14.9		14.8		15.1		66,406		993,496	15.0		65,847		993,556	15.1		65,341		995,475	15.2
Texas	14.8		14.6		14.7		15.4		327,357		5,077,659	15.5		334,580		5,153,702	15.4		342,257		5,233,765	15.3
Utah	21.9		22.3		22.8		23.1		26,610		613,279	23.0		27,247		625,461	23.0		27,374	6	635,577	23.2	6
Vermont	12.1		10.5		11.6		10.7		8,403		89,624	10.7		8,375		88,690	10.6		8,276		87,311	10.6
Virginia	13.2	2	17.6		17.6		13.8		89,389		1,265,419	14.2		90,098		1,273,825	14.1		89,968		1,280,381	14.2
Washington	19.7		19.4		19.4		19.7		53,699		1,051,694	19.6		54,867		1,058,936	19.3		59,555		1,073,638	18.0
West Virginia	13.7		13.9		13.9		14.0		20,101		283,044	14.1		19,978		280,958	14.1		20,029		280,310	14.0
Wisconsin	14.6		14.9		15.1		15.5		57,551		872,436	15.2		57,980		874,414	15.1		58,376	6	871,432	14.9	6
Wyoming	13.3		12.3		12.5		11.5		7,350		91,533	12.5		7,555		92,732	12.3		7,615		94,067	12.4
Bureau of Indian       Education	—		—		—		—		5,308		—	—		—		—	—		—		—	—
DoD, overseas	14.4		—		—		—		—		—	—		—		—	—		—		—	—
DoD, domestic	14.2		—		—		—		—		—	—		—		—	—		—		—	—
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	19.1		—		—		—		—		—	—		—		—	—		—		—	—
Guam	16.4		—		17.2		13.6		2,291		31,186	13.6		2,291		33,414	14.6		2,286		31,144	13.6
Northern Marianas	19.0		19.9		18.3		22.2		409		10,646	26.0		417		10,638	25.5		—		—	—
Puerto Rico	16.3		12.6		13.0		13.7		30,986		434,609	14.0		33,412		423,934	12.7		31,186		410,950	13.2
U.S. Virgin Islands	12.9		10.9		10.6		12.9		1,129		15,192	13.5		1,082		14,953	13.8		1,131		14,241	12.6

—Not available.

1 Includes imputed values for states.

2 Includes imputations to correct for underreporting of prekindergarten teachers/enrollment.

3 Includes imputations to correct for underreporting of prekindergarten, kindergarten, and secondary teachers.

4 Includes imputations to correct for underreporting of prekindergarten, kindergarten, and unclassified teachers.

5 Includes imputations to correct for underreporting of kindergarten teachers.

6 Imputed.

NOTE: Teachers reported in full-time equivalents (FTE). DoD = Department of Defense. The pupil/teacher ratio includes teachers for students with disabilities and other special teachers, while these teachers are generally excluded from class size calculations. Ratios reflect totals reported by states and differ from totals reported for schools or school districts.

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 2014-15. (This table was prepared January 2017.)