Table 208.40.

Public elementary and secondary teachers, enrollment, and pupil/teacher ratios, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, fall 2000 through fall 2016

State or jurisdiction	Pupil/teacher ratio								Fall 2014					Fall 2015						Fall 2016
	Fall 2000		Fall 2005		Fall 2010		Fall 2013		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	15.6	1	16.0	1	16.1	1	3,132,351	1	50,312,581	16.1	1	3,151,497	1	50,438,043	1	16.0	1	3,169,499	1	50,615,189	1	16.0	1
Alabama	15.4	2	12.8		15.3		15.8		42,737		744,164	17.4		40,766		743,789		18.2		42,533		744,930		17.5
Alaska	16.9		16.8		16.2		16.6		7,759		131,176	16.9		7,832		132,477		16.9		7,825		132,737		17.0
Arizona	19.8		21.3		21.4		22.8		48,124		1,111,695	23.1		47,944		1,109,040		23.1		48,220		1,123,137		23.3
Arkansas	14.1		14.4		14.1		14.0		35,430		490,917	13.9		35,804		492,132		13.7		35,730		493,447		13.8
California	20.6	2	20.8	2	24.1	2	24.3	2	267,685	2	6,312,161	23.6	2	263,475		6,305,347	2	23.9	2	271,287	2	6,309,138	2	23.3	2
Colorado	17.3		17.0		17.4		17.5		51,388		889,006	17.3		51,798		899,112		17.4		52,014		905,019		17.4
Connecticut	13.7		14.5		13.1		12.6		42,062		542,678	12.9		43,772		537,933		12.3		42,343		535,118		12.6
Delaware	15.4		15.1		14.5		14.0		9,649		134,042	13.9		8,962		134,847		15.0		9,208		136,264		14.8
District of Columbia	13.9		14.0	3	12.0		13.0		6,565		80,958	12.3		6,789		84,024		12.4		6,727		85,850		12.8
Florida	18.4		16.8		15.1		15.3		180,442		2,756,944	15.3		182,586		2,792,234		15.3		186,339		2,816,791		15.1
Georgia	15.9		14.7		14.9		15.8		111,470		1,744,437	15.6		113,031		1,757,237		15.5		114,763		1,764,346		15.4
Hawaii	16.9		16.3		15.8		15.9		11,663		182,384	15.6		11,747		181,995		15.5		11,782		181,550		15.4
Idaho	17.9		18.0		17.6		19.8		15,609		290,885	18.6		15,656		292,277		18.7		16,204		297,200		18.3
Illinois	16.1		15.8		15.7		15.2	4	132,456	4	2,050,239	15.5	4	129,948		2,041,779		15.7		128,893		2,026,718		15.7
Indiana	16.7		17.1		18.0	2	17.5		56,547		1,046,269	18.5		57,675		1,046,757		18.1		60,162		1,049,547		17.4
Iowa	14.3		13.7		14.3		14.2		35,684		505,311	14.2		35,687		508,014		14.2		35,808		509,831		14.2
Kansas	14.4		13.9		14.0		13.0		37,659		497,275	13.2		40,035		495,884		12.4		36,193		494,347		13.7
Kentucky	16.8		16.0		16.0		16.2		41,586		688,640	16.6		41,902		686,598		16.4		42,029		684,017		16.3
Louisiana	14.9		14.7		14.3		15.3		46,340		716,800	15.5		58,469		718,711		12.3		48,408		716,293		14.8
Maine	12.5		11.7		12.3		11.9		14,937		182,470	12.2		14,857		181,613		12.2		14,750		180,512		12.2
Maryland	16.3		15.2		14.6		14.8		59,194		874,514	14.8		59,414		879,601		14.8		59,703		886,221		14.8
Massachusetts	14.5		13.2		13.9		13.6		71,859		955,844	13.3		71,969		964,026		13.4		72,413		964,514		13.3
Michigan	17.7	2	17.8		17.9		18.1		85,038		1,537,922	18.1		84,181		1,536,231		18.2		83,597		1,528,666		18.3
Minnesota	16.0		16.4		15.9		15.6		55,690		857,235	15.4		55,985		864,384		15.4		56,715		875,021		15.4
Mississippi	16.1		15.7		15.2		15.3		32,311		490,917	15.2		32,175		487,200		15.1		31,924		483,150		15.1
Missouri	14.1		13.7		13.8		13.8		67,356		917,785	13.6		67,635		919,234		13.6		67,926		915,040		13.5
Montana	14.9		14.0		13.7		14.0		10,234		144,532	14.1		10,412		145,319		14.0		10,555		146,375		13.9
Nebraska	13.6		13.4		13.4		13.7		22,988		312,635	13.6		23,308		316,014		13.6		23,611		319,194		13.5
Nevada	18.6		19.0		20.0		20.6		21,656		459,189	21.2		22,702		467,527		20.6		23,705		473,744		20.0
New Hampshire	14.5		13.2		12.7		12.6		14,773		184,670	12.5		14,770		182,425		12.4		14,760		180,888		12.3
New Jersey	13.3		12.4		12.7		12.0		115,067		1,400,579	12.2		114,968		1,408,845		12.3		115,729		1,410,421		12.2
New Mexico	15.2		14.8		15.1		15.3		22,411		340,365	15.2		21,722		335,694		15.5		21,331		336,263		15.8
New York	13.9		12.9		12.9		13.2		203,781		2,741,185	13.5		206,086		2,711,626		13.2		209,151		2,729,776		13.1
North Carolina	15.5		14.8		15.2		15.4		99,320		1,548,895	15.6		99,355		1,544,934		15.5		100,220		1,550,062		15.5
North Dakota	13.4		12.3		11.4		11.8		9,049		106,586	11.8		9,195		108,644		11.8		9,265		109,706		11.8
Ohio	15.5		15.6		16.1		16.3		106,526	3	1,724,810	16.2	3	101,742		1,716,585		16.9		102,600		1,710,143		16.7
Oklahoma	15.1		15.2		16.0		16.2		42,073		688,511	16.4		42,452		692,878		16.3		41,090		693,903		16.9
Oregon	19.4		19.5		20.3		22.2		27,850		601,318	21.6		29,086		608,825	2	20.9	2	29,756		606,277	2	20.4	2
Pennsylvania	15.5		15.0		13.8		14.5		122,030		1,743,160	14.3		120,893		1,717,414		14.2		122,552		1,727,497		14.1
Rhode Island	14.8		10.8		12.8		14.5		9,471		141,959	15.0		10,631		142,014		13.4		10,689		142,150		13.3
South Carolina	14.9		14.6		16.1		15.5		49,475		756,523	15.3		50,237		763,533		15.2		50,789		771,250		15.2
South Dakota	13.7		13.4		13.3		13.8		9,618		133,040	13.8		9,638		134,253		13.9		9,777		136,302		13.9
Tennessee	15.9	2	16.0		14.8		15.1		65,341		995,475	15.2		66,488		1,001,235		15.1		64,270		1,001,562		15.6
Texas	14.8		15.0		14.7		15.4		342,257		5,233,765	15.3		347,329		5,301,477		15.3		352,809		5,360,849		15.2
Utah	21.9		22.1		22.8		23.0		27,374	3	635,577	23.2	3	28,348	3	647,870		22.9	3	28,841	3	659,801		22.9
Vermont	12.1		10.9		11.6		10.6		8,276		87,311	10.6		8,338		87,866		10.5		8,187		88,428		10.8
Virginia	13.2	2	11.7		17.6		14.1		89,968		1,280,381	14.2		90,255		1,283,590		14.2		91,628		1,287,026		14.0
Washington	19.7		19.3		19.4		19.3		59,555		1,073,638	18.0		57,942		1,087,030		18.8		58,815		1,101,711		18.7
West Virginia	13.7		14.1		13.9		14.1		20,029		280,310	14.0		19,664		277,452		14.1		19,356		273,855		14.1
Wisconsin	14.6		14.6		15.1		15.1		58,376	3	871,432	14.9	3	58,185		867,800		14.9		59,011		864,432		14.6
Wyoming	13.3		12.6		12.5		12.3		7,615		94,067	12.4		7,653		94,717		12.4		7,506		94,170		12.5
Jurisdiction
Bureau of Indian    Education	—		—		—		—		—		—	—		—		—		—		—		45,399		—
DoDEA, overseas	14.4		10.9		—		—		—		—	—		—		74,970		—		—		—		—
DoDEA, domestic	14.2		13.9		—		—		—		—	—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	19.1		16.6		—		—		—		—	—		—		—		—		—		—
Guam	16.4		—		17.2		14.6		2,286		31,144	13.6		2,336		30,821		13.2		2,289		30,758		13.4
Northern Marianas	19.0		19.1		18.3		25.5		—		—	—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Puerto Rico	16.3		13.4		13.0		12.7		31,186		410,950	13.2		30,438		379,818		12.5		28,899		365,181		12.6
U.S. Virgin Islands	12.9		11.7		10.6		13.8		1,131		14,241	12.6		1,106		13,805		12.5		1,154		13,194		11.4

—Not available.

1 Includes imputed values for states.

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

3 Imputed.

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

NOTE: Teachers reported in full-time equivalents (FTE). DoDEA = Department of Defense Education Activity. 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 2016-17. (This table was prepared September 2018.)