Skip Navigation
Digest of Education Statistics
2017 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest


Table 208.30. Public elementary and secondary teachers, by level and state or jurisdiction: Selected years, fall 2000 through fall 2015
[In full-time equivalents]
State or jurisdiction Fall 2000 Fall 2005 Fall 2010 Fall 2012 Fall 2013 Fall 2014 Fall 2015
Total Elementary Secondary Ungraded Total Elementary Secondary Ungraded
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
United States 2,941,461 1  3,143,003 1  3,099,095 1  3,109,101 1  3,113,764 1  3,132,351 1  1,743,157 1  1,203,263 1  185,931 1  3,151,497 1  1,745,337 1  1,220,166 1  185,994 1 
Alabama 48,194 2 57,757   49,363   51,877   47,162   42,737   22,660   20,076   0   40,766   21,687   19,080   0  
Alaska 7,880   7,912   8,171   7,682   7,898   7,759   4,257   3,502   0   7,832   4,325   3,507   0  
Arizona 44,438   51,376   50,031   48,866   48,359   48,124   33,274   14,851   0   47,944   33,455   14,489   0  
Arkansas 31,947   32,997   34,273   34,131   34,933   35,430   18,551   14,288   2,591   35,804   18,474   14,714   2,616  
California 298,021 2 309,222 2 260,806 2 266,255 2 259,506 2 267,685 2 180,094 2 85,079   2,512   263,475   176,192   84,322   2,960  
                                                     
Colorado 41,983   45,841   48,543   48,922   50,157   51,388   29,488   21,900   0   51,798   29,578   22,220   0  
Connecticut 41,044   39,687   42,951   43,931   43,443   42,062   26,594   15,237   231   43,772   27,256   16,233   284  
Delaware 7,469   7,998   8,933   9,257   9,388   9,649   4,879   4,770   0   8,962   4,524   4,438   0  
District of Columbia 4,949   5,481 3 5,925   5,925   5,991   6,565   4,806   1,722   38   6,789   4,185   2,551   54  
Florida 132,030   158,962   175,609   176,537   177,853   180,442   77,052   66,301   37,089   182,586   76,722   67,248   38,616  
                                                     
Georgia 91,043   108,535   112,460   109,365   109,441   111,470   51,858   43,261   16,351   113,031   52,471   43,869   16,690  
Hawaii 10,927   11,226   11,396   11,608   11,781   11,663   6,380   5,218   65   11,747   6,410   5,248   89  
Idaho 13,714   14,521   15,673   14,563   15,002   15,609   7,393   8,216   0   15,656   7,438   8,218   0  
Illinois 127,620   133,857   132,983   135,701 4 136,355 5 132,456 5 91,688 5 40,706   62 5 129,948   90,437   39,508   3  
Indiana 59,226   60,592   58,121 2 59,863   59,823   56,547   29,621   26,927   0   57,675   30,305   27,370   0  
                                                     
Iowa 34,636   35,181   34,642   35,080   35,397   35,684   24,969   10,716   0   35,687   25,011   10,677   0  
Kansas 32,742   33,608   34,644   41,243   38,153   37,659   19,188   18,471   0   40,035   20,261   19,774   0  
Kentucky 39,589   42,413   42,042   42,769   41,820   41,586   24,653   9,887   7,046   41,902   24,848   10,028   7,026  
Louisiana 49,915   44,660   48,655   46,493   46,437   46,340   26,884   11,920   7,536   58,469   33,250   15,271   9,949  
Maine 16,559   16,684   15,384   15,222   15,452   14,937   10,374   4,563   0   14,857   10,336   4,521   0  
                                                     
Maryland 52,433   56,685   58,428   57,718   58,611   59,194   35,870   23,324   0   59,414   36,196   23,218   0  
Massachusetts 67,432   73,596   68,754   70,636   70,490   71,859   47,116   24,743   0   71,969   47,210   24,759   0  
Michigan 97,031   98,069   88,615   86,154   85,786   85,038   35,201   33,377   16,460   84,181   34,885   33,107   16,190  
Minnesota 53,457   51,107   52,672   53,585   54,413   55,690   30,105   23,961   1,624   55,985   30,149   24,014   1,822  
Mississippi 31,006   31,433   32,255   32,613   32,292   32,311   15,299   13,092   3,921   32,175   15,112   13,181   3,882  
                                                     
Missouri 64,735   67,076   66,735   66,248   66,651   67,356   35,050   32,306   0   67,635   35,221   32,414   0  
Montana 10,411   10,369   10,361   10,200   10,310   10,234   7,149   3,073   12   10,412   7,257   3,115   40  
Nebraska 20,983   21,359   22,345   22,103   22,401   22,988   14,499   8,488   0   23,308   14,618   8,690   0  
Nevada 18,293   21,744   21,839   20,695   21,921   21,656   10,547   7,959   3,150   22,702   10,978   8,316   3,408  
New Hampshire 14,341   15,536   15,365   14,925   14,826   14,773   10,009   4,764   0   14,770   10,005   4,765   0  
                                                     
New Jersey 99,061   112,673   110,202   110,929   114,581   115,067   60,999   38,229   15,839   114,968   60,873   37,731   16,365  
New Mexico 21,042   22,021   22,437   22,201   22,239   22,411   9,951   8,407   4,053   21,722   9,687   8,236   3,798  
New York 206,961   218,989   211,606   207,060   206,693   203,781   103,469   91,679   8,634   206,086   103,618   92,579   9,889  
North Carolina 83,680   95,664   98,357   98,590   99,327   99,320   69,276   29,198   846   99,355   68,977   29,550   828  
North Dakota 8,141   8,003   8,417   8,677   8,805   9,049   5,900   3,149   0   9,195   6,058   3,137   0  
                                                     
Ohio 118,361   117,982   109,282   106,000   106,010   106,526 3 50,181 3 47,251 3 9,094 3 101,742   56,898   41,212   3,632  
Oklahoma 41,318   41,833   41,278   41,775   41,983   42,073   23,506   18,568   0   42,452   23,780   18,673   0  
Oregon 28,094   28,346   28,109   26,410   26,733   27,850   19,580   8,270   0   29,086   20,642   8,444   0  
Pennsylvania 116,963   122,397   129,911   123,147   121,330   122,030   58,536   53,320   10,174   120,893   58,033   52,606   10,253  
Rhode Island 10,645   14,180 2 11,212   9,871   9,824   9,471   5,186   4,285   0   10,631   5,983   4,648   0  
                                                     
South Carolina 45,380   48,212   45,210   48,072   48,151   49,475   34,696   14,779   0   50,237   35,293   14,943   0  
South Dakota 9,397   9,129   9,512   9,334   9,510   9,618   6,247   2,510   861   9,638   6,274   2,483   881  
Tennessee 57,164   59,596   66,558   66,406   65,847   65,341   44,738   18,687   1,916   66,488   45,314   18,972   2,203  
Texas 274,826   302,425   334,997   327,357   334,580   342,257   171,843   141,716   28,698   347,329   171,673   148,168   27,488  
Utah 22,008   22,993   25,677   26,610   27,247   27,374 3 13,588 3 11,230 3 2,556 3 28,348 3 14,008 3 11,673 3 2,668 3
                                                     
Vermont 8,414   8,851   8,382   8,403   8,375   8,276   3,239   2,928   2,109   8,338   3,332   2,893   2,113  
Virginia 86,977 2 103,944   70,947   89,389   90,098   89,968   41,853   48,115   0   90,255   42,373   47,882   0  
Washington 51,098   53,508   53,934   53,699   54,867   59,555   41,872   15,629   2,054   57,942   31,333   24,898   1,712  
West Virginia 20,930   19,940   20,338   20,101   19,978   20,029   9,425   10,585   19   19,664   9,362   10,278   25  
Wisconsin 60,165   60,127   57,625   57,551   57,980   58,376 3 29,462 3 28,523 3 391 3 58,185   28,911   28,761   513  
Wyoming 6,783   6,706   7,127   7,350   7,555   7,615   4,105   3,509   0   7,653   4,123   3,531   0  
                                                     
Bureau of Indian
      Education
      5,308                    
                                                     
DoD, overseas 5,105   5,726                        
DoD, domestic 2,399   2,033                        
                                                     
Other jurisdictions                                                    
American Samoa 820   989                        
Guam 1,975   1,804   1,843   2,291   2,291   2,286   1,213   1,073   0   2,336   1,192   1,144   0  
Northern Marianas 526   614   607   409   417                  
Puerto Rico 37,620   42,036   36,506   30,986   33,412   31,186   13,458   11,996   5,732   30,438   13,018   11,754   5,666  
U.S. Virgin Islands 1,511   1,434   1,457   1,129   1,082   1,131   483   346   302   1,106   520   565   21  
—Not available.
1 Includes imputed values for states.
2 Includes imputations to correct for underreporting of prekindergarten teachers.
3 Imputed.
4 Includes imputations to correct for underreporting of prekindergarten, kindergarten, and secondary teachers.
5 Includes imputations to correct for underreporting of prekindergarten, kindergarten, and ungraded teachers.
NOTE: Distribution of elementary and secondary teachers determined by reporting units. 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 2015-16. (This table was prepared January 2018.)

2017 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest