Table 208.40.

Table 208.40. Public elementary and secondary teachers, enrollment, and pupil/teacher ratios, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, fall 2000 through fall 2015

State or jurisdiction	Pupil/teacher ratio								Fall 2013					Fall 2014					Fall 2015
	Fall 2000		Fall 2010		Fall 2011		Fall 2012		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	16.0	1	16.0	1	16.0	1	3,113,764	1	50,044,522	16.1	1	3,132,351	1	50,312,581	16.1	1	3,151,497	1	50,438,043		16.0	1
Alabama	15.4	2	15.3		15.6		14.4		47,162		746,204	15.8		42,737		744,164	17.4		40,766		743,789		18.2
Alaska	16.9		16.2		16.2		17.1		7,898		130,944	16.6		7,759		131,176	16.9		7,832		132,477		16.9
Arizona	19.8		21.4		21.3		22.3		48,359		1,102,445	22.8		48,124		1,111,695	23.1		47,944		1,109,040		23.1
Arkansas	14.1		14.1		14.2		14.2		34,933		489,979	14.0		35,430		490,917	13.9		35,804		492,132		13.7
California	20.6	2	24.1	2	23.4	2	23.7	2	259,506	2	6,312,623	24.3	2	267,685	2	6,312,161	23.6	2	263,475		6,305,347	2	23.9	2
Colorado	17.3		17.4		17.8		17.7		50,157		876,999	17.5		51,388		889,006	17.3		51,798		899,112		17.4
Connecticut	13.7		13.1		12.7		12.5		43,443		546,200	12.6		42,062		542,678	12.9		43,772		537,933		12.3
Delaware	15.4		14.5		15.0		13.9		9,388		131,687	14.0		9,649		134,042	13.9		8,962		134,847		15.0
District of Columbia	13.9		12.0		11.8		12.9		5,991		78,153	13.0		6,565		80,958	12.3		6,789		84,024		12.4
Florida	18.4		15.1		15.2		15.2		177,853		2,720,744	15.3		180,442		2,756,944	15.3		182,586		2,792,234		15.3
Georgia	15.9		14.9		15.2		15.6		109,441		1,723,909	15.8		111,470		1,744,437	15.6		113,031		1,757,237		15.5
Hawaii	16.9		15.8		15.9		15.9		11,781		186,825	15.9		11,663		182,384	15.6		11,747		181,995		15.5
Idaho	17.9		17.6		17.5		19.6		15,002		296,476	19.8		15,609		290,885	18.6		15,656		292,277		18.7
Illinois	16.1		15.7		15.8		15.3	3	136,355	4	2,066,990	15.2	4	132,456	4	2,050,239	15.5	4	129,948		2,041,779		15.7
Indiana	16.7		18.0	2	16.7	2	17.4		59,823		1,047,385	17.5		56,547		1,046,269	18.5		57,675		1,046,757		18.1
Iowa	14.3		14.3		14.3		14.2		35,397		502,964	14.2		35,684		505,311	14.2		35,687		508,014		14.2
Kansas	14.4		14.0		13.0		11.9		38,153		496,440	13.0		37,659		497,275	13.2		40,035		495,884		12.4
Kentucky	16.8		16.0		16.3		16.0		41,820		677,389	16.2		41,586		688,640	16.6		41,902		686,598		16.4
Louisiana	14.9		14.3		14.5		15.3		46,437		711,491	15.3		46,340		716,800	15.5		58,469		718,711		12.3
Maine	12.5		12.3		12.7		12.2		15,452		183,995	11.9		14,937		182,470	12.2		14,857		181,613		12.2
Maryland	16.3		14.6		14.8		14.9		58,611		866,169	14.8		59,194		874,514	14.8		59,414		879,601		14.8
Massachusetts	14.5		13.9		13.7		13.5		70,490		955,739	13.6		71,859		955,844	13.3		71,969		964,026		13.4
Michigan	17.7	2	17.9		18.1		18.1		85,786		1,548,841	18.1		85,038		1,537,922	18.1		84,181		1,536,231		18.2
Minnesota	16.0		15.9		15.9		15.8		54,413		850,973	15.6		55,690		857,235	15.4		55,985		864,384		15.4
Mississippi	16.1		15.2		15.3		15.1		32,292		492,586	15.3		32,311		490,917	15.2		32,175		487,200		15.1
Missouri	14.1		13.8		13.8		13.9		66,651		918,288	13.8		67,356		917,785	13.6		67,635		919,234		13.6
Montana	14.9		13.7		14.0		14.0		10,310		144,129	14.0		10,234		144,532	14.1		10,412		145,319		14.0
Nebraska	13.6		13.4		13.6		13.7		22,401		307,677	13.7		22,988		312,635	13.6		23,308		316,014		13.6
Nevada	18.6		20.0		20.8		21.5		21,921		451,831	20.6		21,656		459,189	21.2		22,702		467,527		20.6
New Hampshire	14.5		12.7		12.8		12.7		14,826		186,310	12.6		14,773		184,670	12.5		14,770		182,425		12.4
New Jersey	13.3		12.7		12.4		12.4		114,581		1,370,295	12.0		115,067		1,400,579	12.2		114,968		1,408,845		12.3
New Mexico	15.2		15.1		15.4		15.2		22,239		339,244	15.3		22,411		340,365	15.2		21,722		335,694		15.5
New York	13.9		12.9		12.9		13.1		206,693		2,732,770	13.2		203,781		2,741,185	13.5		206,086		2,711,626		13.2
North Carolina	15.5		15.2		15.5		15.4		99,327		1,530,857	15.4		99,320		1,548,895	15.6		99,355		1,544,934		15.5
North Dakota	13.4		11.4		11.5		11.7		8,805		103,947	11.8		9,049		106,586	11.8		9,195		108,644		11.8
Ohio	15.5		16.1		16.1		16.3		106,010		1,724,111	16.3		106,526	5	1,724,810	16.2	5	101,742		1,716,585		16.9
Oklahoma	15.1		16.0		16.1		16.1		41,983		681,848	16.2		42,073		688,511	16.4		42,452		692,878		16.3
Oregon	19.4		20.3		21.2		22.2		26,733		593,000	22.2		27,850		601,318	21.6		29,086		608,825	2	20.9	2
Pennsylvania	15.5		13.8		14.2		14.3		121,330		1,755,236	14.5		122,030		1,743,160	14.3		120,893		1,717,414		14.2
Rhode Island	14.8		12.8		12.5		14.4		9,824		142,008	14.5		9,471		141,959	15.0		10,631		142,014		13.4
South Carolina	14.9		16.1		15.5		15.3		48,151		745,657	15.5		49,475		756,523	15.3		50,237		763,533		15.2
South Dakota	13.7		13.3		13.8		14.0		9,510		130,890	13.8		9,618		133,040	13.8		9,638		134,253		13.9
Tennessee	15.9	2	14.8		15.1		15.0		65,847		993,556	15.1		65,341		995,475	15.2		66,488		1,001,235		15.1
Texas	14.8		14.7		15.4		15.5		334,580		5,153,702	15.4		342,257		5,233,765	15.3		347,329		5,301,477		15.3
Utah	21.9		22.8		23.1		23.0		27,247		625,461	23.0		27,374	5	635,577	23.2	5	28,348	5	647,870		22.9	5
Vermont	12.1		11.6		10.7		10.7		8,375		88,690	10.6		8,276		87,311	10.6		8,338		87,866		10.5
Virginia	13.2	2	17.6		13.8		14.2		90,098		1,273,825	14.1		89,968		1,280,381	14.2		90,255		1,283,590		14.2
Washington	19.7		19.4		19.7		19.6		54,867		1,058,936	19.3		59,555		1,073,638	18.0		57,942		1,087,030		18.8
West Virginia	13.7		13.9		14.0		14.1		19,978		280,958	14.1		20,029		280,310	14.0		19,664		277,452		14.1
Wisconsin	14.6		15.1		15.5		15.2		57,980		874,414	15.1		58,376	5	871,432	14.9	5	58,185		867,800		14.9
Wyoming	13.3		12.5		11.5		12.5		7,555		92,732	12.3		7,615		94,067	12.4		7,653		94,717		12.4
Bureau of Indian       Education	—		—		—		—		—		—	—		—		—	—		—		—		—
DoD, overseas	14.4		—		—		—		—		—	—		—		—	—		—		74,970		—
DoD, domestic	14.2		—		—		—		—		—	—		—		—	—		—		—		—
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	19.1		—		—		—		—		—	—		—		—	—		—		—		—
Guam	16.4		17.2		13.6		13.6		2,291		33,414	14.6		2,286		31,144	13.6		2,336		30,821		13.2
Northern Marianas	19.0		18.3		22.2		26.0		417		10,638	25.5		—		—	—		—		—		—
Puerto Rico	16.3		13.0		13.7		14.0		33,412		423,934	12.7		31,186		410,950	13.2		30,438		379,818		12.5
U.S. Virgin Islands	12.9		10.6		12.9		13.5		1,082		14,953	13.8		1,131		14,241	12.6		1,106		13,805		12.5

—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 ungraded teachers.

5 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 2015-16. (This table was prepared January 2018.)