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 2014

State or jurisdiction	Pupil/staff ratio												Fall 2012					Fall 2013					Fall 2014
	Fall 2000		Fall 2005		Fall 2008		Fall 2009		Fall 2010		Fall 2011		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	16
United States1	8.3		8.0		7.8		7.8		8.0		8.1		6,181,238		49,771,118	8.1		6,187,901		50,044,522	8.1		6,258,543		50,312,581	8.0
Alabama	8.2	2	7.1		7.8		8.0		7.9		8.1		96,485	2	744,637	7.7	2	91,753		746,204	8.1		87,454		744,164	8.5
Alaska	8.3	2	7.4	2	7.6	2	7.4	2	7.3	2	7.4	2	17,116	2	131,489	7.7	2	17,127	2	130,944	7.6	2	17,088	2	131,176	7.7	2
Arizona	9.7		10.9		10.3		10.7		11.1		10.9		103,228		1,089,384	10.6		103,343		1,102,445	10.7		102,383		1,111,695	10.9
Arkansas	7.1		6.7		6.7		6.5		6.7		6.6		71,279		486,157	6.8		70,387		489,979	7.0		74,107		490,917	6.6
California	11.1	2	11.1	2	10.7	2	10.3	2	11.9	2	11.5	2	544,875	2	6,299,451	11.6	2	541,762	2	6,312,623	11.7	2	571,389	2	6,312,161	11.0	2
Colorado	8.7		8.4		8.0		8.1		8.3		8.5		102,480		863,561	8.4		104,025		876,999	8.4		108,671		889,006	8.2
Connecticut	6.8		6.8		6.1		6.1		6.0		6.0		91,264		550,954	6.0		94,208		546,200	5.8		94,058		542,678	5.8
Delaware	9.1		7.8		8.5		7.5		7.9		8.3		17,554		129,026	7.4		18,253		131,687	7.2		18,553		134,042	7.2
District of Columbia	6.4		6.2	2	5.7		5.9		6.3		6.4		12,480		76,140	6.1		11,403		78,153	6.9		13,617		80,958	5.9
Florida	8.8		8.5		7.7		7.9		7.9		8.1		335,100		2,692,162	8.0		335,081		2,720,744	8.1		341,440		2,756,944	8.1
Georgia	7.8		7.3		6.9		7.1		7.4		7.5		220,603		1,703,332	7.7		218,097		1,723,909	7.9		221,926		1,744,437	7.9
Hawaii	10.0		8.7		8.3		8.3		8.3		8.3		22,238		184,760	8.3		22,438		186,825	8.3		22,424		182,384	8.1
Idaho	10.1		10.1		10.1		10.0		9.9		10.0		26,319	2	284,834	10.8	2	23,803	2	296,476	12.5	2	27,451		290,885	10.6
Illinois	8.2	2	8.4	2	9.6	2	9.5	2	9.7	2	9.8	2	263,565	2	2,072,880	7.9	2	266,645	2	2,066,990	7.8	2	261,922		2,050,239	7.8
Indiana	7.8		7.8		7.4		7.3		7.5	2	6.9		147,936		1,041,369	7.0		144,412		1,047,385	7.3		139,587		1,046,269	7.5
Iowa	7.3		7.0		6.7		6.8		7.1		7.1		71,089		499,825	7.0		71,551		502,964	7.0		72,129		505,311	7.0
Kansas	7.3		7.1		8.5		7.0		7.1		6.9		73,020		489,043	6.7		72,016		496,440	6.9		71,175		497,275	7.0
Kentucky	7.4		6.9		6.7		6.9		6.8		7.4		99,176		685,167	6.9		97,808		677,389	6.9		97,269		688,640	7.1
Louisiana	7.3		7.1		6.8		6.7		6.9		7.0		95,585		710,903	7.4		95,687		711,491	7.4		85,371		716,800	8.4
Maine	6.2		5.5		5.3		5.1		5.8		4.7	2	32,859		185,739	5.7		34,249		183,995	5.4		32,225		182,470	5.7
Maryland	8.8		7.7		7.2		7.4		7.4		7.5		113,093		859,638	7.6		115,066		866,169	7.5		117,238		874,514	7.5
Massachusetts	8.0		7.0	2	7.8		7.8		7.8		7.8		125,347		954,773	7.6		126,962		955,739	7.5		128,723		955,844	7.4
Michigan	8.2	2	8.5	2	8.0		8.1		8.2		8.4		186,065		1,555,370	8.4		184,175		1,548,841	8.4		183,722		1,537,922	8.4
Minnesota	8.2	2	8.0		7.7		7.7		7.7		7.7		111,069		845,404	7.6		112,735		850,973	7.5		115,999		857,235	7.4
Mississippi	7.7		7.3		6.8		7.0		7.2		7.2		68,215		493,650	7.2		68,252		492,586	7.2		68,000		490,917	7.2
Missouri	7.5		7.1		6.9		7.0		7.2		6.9		126,937		917,900	7.2		123,505		918,288	7.4		127,062		917,785	7.2
Montana	8.0	2	7.4	2	7.4	2	7.3	2	7.4	2	7.6	2	18,896	2	142,908	7.6	2	20,885	2	144,129	6.9	2	20,456	2	144,532	7.1	2
Nebraska	7.2		7.0		6.5		6.4		6.6		6.7		45,426		303,505	6.7		45,907		307,677	6.7		46,931		312,635	6.7
Nevada	10.9		12.7	2	12.9	2	12.7	2	13.1	2	13.5	2	32,702	2	445,707	13.6	2	34,003	2	451,831	13.3	2	33,749	2	459,189	13.6	2
New Hampshire	7.4		6.4		6.0		6.0		5.9		6.0		31,734		188,974	6.0		31,832		186,310	5.9		31,851		184,670	5.8
New Jersey	7.1		6.6	2	6.7	2	6.5	2	6.9	2	6.7	2	223,279	2	1,372,203	6.1	2	231,012	2	1,370,295	5.9	2	235,231	2	1,400,579	6.0	2
New Mexico	7.1		6.8		6.9		7.0		7.3		7.3		46,222		338,220	7.3		46,380		339,244	7.3		46,921		340,365	7.3
New York	6.9		7.5		6.4		6.6		6.6		6.7		370,214		2,710,703	7.3		359,255		2,732,770	7.6		356,055		2,741,185	7.7
North Carolina	8.0		7.8		7.2		7.4	2	7.7		8.0		191,732		1,518,465	7.9		192,336		1,530,857	8.0		191,323		1,548,895	8.1
North Dakota	7.2		6.5		6.1		5.9		5.9		6.0		16,713		101,111	6.0		17,036		103,947	6.1		17,599		106,586	6.1
Ohio	8.2		7.7		7.4		7.2		7.3		7.1		242,806		1,729,916	7.1		248,469		1,724,111	6.9		250,106	2	1,724,810	6.9	2
Oklahoma	8.3		7.8		7.4		7.7		8.0		8.1		84,380		673,483	8.0		85,152		681,848	8.0		85,835		688,511	8.0
Oregon	9.7		9.2		8.8		9.3		9.0		9.4		59,771		587,564	9.8		59,768		593,000	9.9		62,956		601,318	9.6
Pennsylvania	8.1		7.6		7.0		7.0		6.7		7.0		252,179		1,763,677	7.0		243,021	2	1,755,236	7.2	2	243,290		1,743,160	7.2
Rhode Island	8.9		6.3	2	7.8		7.7		7.7		7.6		16,934		142,481	8.4		17,312		142,008	8.2		15,716		141,959	9.0
South Carolina	9.8	2	10.3	2	10.3		10.7		11.1		10.5		72,511		735,998	10.2		72,401		745,657	10.3		75,718		756,523	10.0
South Dakota	7.1		6.4		6.9		6.6		6.5		6.7		19,146		130,471	6.8		19,205		130,890	6.8		19,326		133,040	6.9
Tennessee	8.3	2	8.4		7.7		7.6		7.7		7.8		127,643		993,496	7.8		125,506		993,556	7.9		127,043		995,475	7.8
Texas	7.5		7.6		7.3		7.3		7.4		7.8		644,442		5,077,659	7.9		658,340		5,153,702	7.8		675,112		5,233,765	7.8
Utah	11.8		11.1		11.4		11.0		11.2		11.5		53,730		613,279	11.4		54,945		625,461	11.4		55,355	2	635,577	11.5	2
Vermont	5.7		5.1		4.8		4.7		5.2		4.9		18,422		89,624	4.9		18,300		88,690	4.8		18,130		87,311	4.8
Virginia	7.1	2	5.2		6.1		6.1		6.2		7.0		177,357		1,265,419	7.1		178,202		1,273,825	7.1		177,733		1,280,381	7.2
Washington	10.3		9.1		9.9		10.0		10.1		10.3		102,540		1,051,694	10.3		105,365		1,058,936	10.1		111,696		1,073,638	9.6
West Virginia	7.4		7.4		7.3		7.2	2	7.2	2	7.2	2	39,267	2	283,044	7.2	2	39,121	2	280,958	7.2	2	39,272	2	280,310	7.1	2
Wisconsin	8.2		8.3		8.2		8.3		8.4		8.6		101,644		872,436	8.6		102,476		874,414	8.5		103,208	2	871,432	8.4	2
Wyoming	6.4		5.8		5.5		5.4		5.4		5.3		16,573		91,533	5.5		16,931		92,732	5.5		16,946		94,067	5.6
Bureau of Indian
Education	—		—		—		—		—		—		12,373	3	—	—		—		—	—		—		—	—
DoD, overseas	9.5		6.9		7.5		—		—		—		—		—	—		—		—	—		—		—	—
DoD, domestic	8.4		7.7		7.3		—		—		—		—		—	—		—		—	—		—		—	—
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	9.6		11.4		—		—		—		—		—		—	—		—		—	—		—		—	—
Guam	8.5		9.0		—		—		9.3		8.0		3,923		31,186	7.9		3,923		33,414	8.5		3,938		31,144	7.9
Northern Marianas	9.6		9.5		10.5		9.5		9.1		10.6		891		10,646	11.9		876		10,638	12.1		—		—	—
Puerto Rico	8.9		7.5		7.2		7.8		8.0		8.1		54,381		434,609	8.0		54,430		423,934	7.8		50,099		410,950	8.2
U.S. Virgin Islands	6.7		6.3		6.4		5.4		5.3		6.6		2,208		15,192	6.9		2,170		14,953	6.9		2,212		14,241	6.4

—Not available.

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

2 Includes imputations to correct for underreporting.

3 Excludes counts for officials and administrators and for administrative support staff, which were not reported.

NOTE: Staff reported in full-time equivalents. 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 2014-15. (This table was prepared August 2016.)