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 2015

State or jurisdiction	Pupil/staff ratio												Fall 2013					Fall 2014					Fall 2015
	Fall 2000		Fall 2005		Fall 2009		Fall 2010		Fall 2011		Fall 2012		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		8.0		8.1		8.1		6,187,901		50,044,522	8.1		6,258,543		50,312,581	8.0		6,382,816		50,438,043	7.9
Alabama	8.2	2	7.1		8.0		7.9		8.1		7.7	2	91,753		746,204	8.1		87,454		744,164	8.5		71,628	2	743,789	10.4	2
Alaska	8.3	2	7.4	2	7.4	2	7.3	2	7.4	2	7.7	2	17,127	2	130,944	7.6	2	17,088	2	131,176	7.7	2	16,982		132,477	7.8
Arizona	9.7		10.9		10.7		11.1		10.9		10.6		103,343		1,102,445	10.7		102,383		1,111,695	10.9		103,175		1,109,040	10.7
Arkansas	7.1		6.7		6.5		6.7		6.6		6.8		70,387		489,979	7.0		74,107		490,917	6.6		73,658		492,132	6.7
California	11.1	2	11.1	2	10.3	2	11.9	2	11.5	2	11.6	2	541,762	2	6,312,623	11.7	2	571,389	2	6,312,161	11.0	2	577,836		6,305,347	10.9
Colorado	8.7		8.4		8.1		8.3		8.5		8.4		104,025		876,999	8.4		108,671		889,006	8.2		111,939		899,112	8.0
Connecticut	6.8		6.8		6.1		6.0		6.0		6.0		94,208		546,200	5.8		94,058		542,678	5.8		98,166		537,933	5.5
Delaware	9.1		7.8		7.5		7.9		8.3		7.4		18,253		131,687	7.2		18,553		134,042	7.2		17,097		134,847	7.9
District of Columbia	6.4		6.2	2	5.9		6.3		6.4		6.1		11,403		78,153	6.9		13,617		80,958	5.9		14,106		84,024	6.0
Florida	8.8		8.5		7.9		7.9		8.1		8.0		335,081		2,720,744	8.1		341,440		2,756,944	8.1		345,645		2,792,234	8.1
Georgia	7.8		7.3		7.1		7.4		7.5		7.7		218,097		1,723,909	7.9		221,926		1,744,437	7.9		224,488		1,757,237	7.8
Hawaii	10.0		8.7		8.3		8.3		8.3		8.3		22,438		186,825	8.3		22,424		182,384	8.1		22,596		181,995	8.1
Idaho	10.1		10.1		10.0		9.9		10.0		10.8	2	23,803	2	296,476	12.5	2	27,451		290,885	10.6		27,186		292,277	10.8
Illinois	8.2	2	8.4	2	9.5	2	9.7	2	9.8	2	7.9	2	266,645	2	2,066,990	7.8	2	261,922		2,050,239	7.8		260,463		2,041,779	7.8
Indiana	7.8		7.8		7.3		7.5	2	6.9		7.0		144,412		1,047,385	7.3		139,587		1,046,269	7.5		152,826		1,046,757	6.8
Iowa	7.3		7.0		6.8		7.1		7.1		7.0		71,551		502,964	7.0		72,129		505,311	7.0		72,887		508,014	7.0
Kansas	7.3		7.1		7.0		7.1		6.9		6.7		72,016		496,440	6.9		71,175		497,275	7.0		73,272		495,884	6.8
Kentucky	7.4		6.9		6.9		6.8		7.4		6.9		97,808		677,389	6.9		97,269		688,640	7.1		97,712		686,598	7.0
Louisiana	7.3		7.1		6.7		6.9		7.0		7.4		95,687		711,491	7.4		85,371		716,800	8.4		107,600		718,711	6.7
Maine	6.2		5.5		5.1		5.8		4.7	2	5.7		34,249		183,995	5.4		32,225		182,470	5.7		35,241		181,613	5.2
Maryland	8.8		7.7		7.4		7.4		7.5		7.6		115,066		866,169	7.5		117,238		874,514	7.5		115,517		879,601	7.6
Massachusetts	8.0		7.0	2	7.8		7.8		7.8		7.6		126,962		955,739	7.5		128,723		955,844	7.4		128,291		964,026	7.5
Michigan	8.2	2	8.5	2	8.1		8.2		8.4		8.4		184,175		1,548,841	8.4		183,722		1,537,922	8.4		181,468		1,536,231	8.5
Minnesota	8.2	2	8.0		7.7		7.7		7.7		7.6		112,735		850,973	7.5		115,999		857,235	7.4		117,236		864,384	7.4
Mississippi	7.7		7.3		7.0		7.2		7.2		7.2		68,252		492,586	7.2		68,000		490,917	7.2		67,757		487,200	7.2
Missouri	7.5		7.1		7.0		7.2		6.9		7.2		123,505		918,288	7.4		127,062		917,785	7.2		128,938		919,234	7.1
Montana	8.0	2	7.4	2	7.3	2	7.4	2	7.6	2	7.6	2	20,885	2	144,129	6.9	2	20,456	2	144,532	7.1	2	21,330		145,319	6.8
Nebraska	7.2		7.0		6.4		6.6		6.7		6.7		45,907		307,677	6.7		46,931		312,635	6.7		47,292		316,014	6.7
Nevada	10.9		12.7	2	12.7	2	13.1	2	13.5	2	13.6	2	34,003	2	451,831	13.3	2	33,749	2	459,189	13.6	2	26,430		467,527	17.7
New Hampshire	7.4		6.4		6.0		5.9		6.0		6.0		31,832		186,310	5.9		31,851		184,670	5.8		31,980		182,425	5.7
New Jersey	7.1		6.6	2	6.5	2	6.9	2	6.7	2	6.1	2	231,012	2	1,370,295	5.9	2	235,231	2	1,400,579	6.0	2	236,558		1,408,845	6.0
New Mexico	7.1		6.8		7.0		7.3		7.3		7.3		46,380		339,244	7.3		46,921		340,365	7.3		37,573		335,694	8.9
New York	6.9		7.5		6.6		6.6		6.7		7.3		359,255		2,732,770	7.6		356,055		2,741,185	7.7		372,692		2,711,626	7.3
North Carolina	8.0		7.8		7.4	2	7.7		8.0		7.9		192,336		1,530,857	8.0		191,323		1,548,895	8.1		190,855		1,544,934	8.1
North Dakota	7.2		6.5		5.9		5.9		6.0		6.0		17,036		103,947	6.1		17,599		106,586	6.1		17,983		108,644	6.0
Ohio	8.2		7.7		7.2		7.3		7.1		7.1		248,469		1,724,111	6.9		250,106	2	1,724,810	6.9	2	322,611		1,716,585	5.3
Oklahoma	8.3		7.8		7.7		8.0		8.1		8.0		85,152		681,848	8.0		85,835		688,511	8.0		85,915		692,878	8.1
Oregon	9.7		9.2		9.3		9.0		9.4		9.8		59,768		593,000	9.9		62,956		601,318	9.6		65,928		608,825	9.2
Pennsylvania	8.1		7.6		7.0		6.7		7.0		7.0		243,021	2	1,755,236	7.2	2	243,290		1,743,160	7.2		241,548		1,717,414	7.1
Rhode Island	8.9		6.3	2	7.7		7.7		7.6		8.4		17,312		142,008	8.2		15,716		141,959	9.0		19,483		142,014	7.3
South Carolina	9.8	2	10.3	2	10.7		11.1		10.5		10.2		72,401		745,657	10.3		75,718		756,523	10.0		78,108		763,533	9.8
South Dakota	7.1		6.4		6.6		6.5		6.7		6.8		19,205		130,890	6.8		19,326		133,040	6.9		19,543		134,253	6.9
Tennessee	8.3	2	8.4		7.6		7.7		7.8		7.8		125,506		993,556	7.9		127,043		995,475	7.8		128,469		1,001,235	7.8
Texas	7.5		7.6		7.3		7.4		7.8		7.9		658,340		5,153,702	7.8		675,112		5,233,765	7.8		690,077		5,301,477	7.7
Utah	11.8		11.1		11.0		11.2		11.5		11.4		54,945		625,461	11.4		55,355	2	635,577	11.5	2	56,146	2	647,870	11.5	2
Vermont	5.7		5.1		4.7		5.2		4.9		4.9		18,300		88,690	4.8		18,130		87,311	4.8		18,183		87,866	4.8
Virginia	7.1	2	5.2		6.1		6.2		7.0		7.1		178,202		1,273,825	7.1		177,733		1,280,381	7.2		178,551		1,283,590	7.2
Washington	10.3		9.1		10.0		10.1		10.3		10.3		105,365		1,058,936	10.1		111,696		1,073,638	9.6		94,883	2	1,087,030	11.5	2
West Virginia	7.4		7.4		7.2	2	7.2	2	7.2	2	7.2	2	39,121	2	280,958	7.2	2	39,272	2	280,310	7.1	2	38,452		277,452	7.2
Wisconsin	8.2		8.3		8.3		8.4		8.6		8.6		102,476		874,414	8.5		103,208	2	871,432	8.4	2	101,250		867,800	8.6
Wyoming	6.4		5.8		5.4		5.4		5.3		5.5		16,931		92,732	5.5		16,946		94,067	5.6		17,269		94,717	5.5
Bureau of Indian
Education	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—	—		—		—	—		—		—	—
DoD, overseas	9.5		6.9		—		—		—		—		—		—	—		—		—	—		—		74,970	—
DoD, domestic	8.4		7.7		—		—		—		—		—		—	—		—		—	—		—		—	—
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	9.6		11.4		—		—		—		—		—		—	—		—		—	—		—		—	—
Guam	8.5		9.0		—		9.3		8.0		7.9		3,923		33,414	8.5		3,938		31,144	7.9		4,019		30,821	7.7
Northern Marianas	9.6		9.5		9.5		9.1		10.6		11.9		876		10,638	12.1		—		—	—		—		—	—
Puerto Rico	8.9		7.5		7.8		8.0		8.1		8.0		54,430		423,934	7.8		50,099		410,950	8.2		48,820		379,818	7.8
U.S. Virgin Islands	6.7		6.3		5.4		5.3		6.6		6.9		2,170		14,953	6.9		2,212		14,241	6.4		2,284		13,805	6.0

—Not available.

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

2 Includes imputations to correct for underreporting.

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