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 2016

State or jurisdiction	Pupil/staff ratio												Fall 2014					Fall 2015					Fall 2016
	Fall 2000		Fall 2005		Fall 2010		Fall 2011		Fall 2012		Fall 2013		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		8.0		8.1		8.1		8.1		6,258,543		50,312,581	8.0		6,373,406		50,438,043	7.9		6,484,723		50,615,189	7.8
Alabama	8.2	2	7.1		7.9		8.1		7.7	2	8.1		87,454		744,164	8.5		71,628	2	743,789	10.4	2	87,251		744,930	8.5
Alaska	8.3	2	7.4	2	7.3	2	7.4	2	7.7	2	7.6	2	17,088	2	131,176	7.7	2	16,982		132,477	7.8		17,231		132,737	7.7
Arizona	9.7		10.9		11.1		10.9		10.6		10.7		102,383		1,111,695	10.9		103,175		1,109,040	10.7		104,170		1,123,137	10.8
Arkansas	7.1		6.7		6.7		6.6		6.8		7.0		74,107		490,917	6.6		73,658		492,132	6.7		73,599		493,447	6.7
California	11.1	2	11.1	2	11.9	2	11.5	2	11.6	2	11.7	2	571,389	2	6,312,161	11.0	2	577,836		6,305,347	10.9		599,786		6,309,138	10.5
Colorado	8.7		8.4		8.3		8.5		8.4		8.4		108,671		889,006	8.2		111,939		899,112	8.0		111,293		905,019	8.1
Connecticut	6.8		6.8		6.0		6.0		6.0		5.8		94,058		542,678	5.8		98,166		537,933	5.5		96,047	2	535,118	5.6	2
Delaware	9.1		7.8		7.9		8.3		7.4		7.2		18,553		134,042	7.2		17,097		134,847	7.9		17,142		136,264	7.9
District of Columbia	6.4		6.2	3	6.3		6.4		6.1		6.9		13,617		80,958	5.9		14,106		84,024	6.0		13,402		85,850	6.4
Florida	8.8		8.5		7.9		8.1		8.0		8.1		341,440		2,756,944	8.1		345,645		2,792,234	8.1		351,531		2,816,791	8.0
Georgia	7.8		7.3		7.4		7.5		7.7		7.9		221,926		1,744,437	7.9		224,488		1,757,237	7.8		228,523		1,764,346	7.7
Hawaii	10.0		8.7		8.3		8.3		8.3		8.3		22,424		182,384	8.1		22,596		181,995	8.1		22,598		181,550	8.0
Idaho	10.1		10.1		9.9		10.0		10.8	2	12.5	2	27,451		290,885	10.6		27,186		292,277	10.8		28,079		297,200	10.6
Illinois	8.2	2	8.4	2	9.7	2	9.8	2	7.9	2	7.8	2	261,922		2,050,239	7.8		260,463		2,041,779	7.8		259,560		2,026,718	7.8
Indiana	7.8		7.8		7.5	2	6.9		7.0		7.3		139,587		1,046,269	7.5		143,417		1,046,757	7.3		144,997		1,049,547	7.2
Iowa	7.3		7.0		7.1		7.1		7.0		7.0		72,129		505,311	7.0		72,887		508,014	7.0		73,495		509,831	6.9
Kansas	7.3		7.1		7.1		6.9		6.7		6.9		71,175		497,275	7.0		73,272		495,884	6.8		68,847	2	494,347	7.2	2
Kentucky	7.4		6.9		6.8		7.4		6.9		6.9		97,269		688,640	7.1		97,712		686,598	7.0		97,694		684,017	7.0
Louisiana	7.3		7.1		6.9		7.0		7.4		7.4		85,371		716,800	8.4		107,600		718,711	6.7		97,152	2	716,293	7.4	2
Maine	6.2		5.5		5.8		4.7	2	5.7		5.4		32,225		182,470	5.7		35,241		181,613	5.2		35,607		180,512	5.1
Maryland	8.8		7.7		7.4		7.5		7.6		7.5		117,238		874,514	7.5		115,517		879,601	7.6		117,750	2	886,221	7.5	2
Massachusetts	8.0		7.0	2	7.8		7.8		7.6		7.5		128,723		955,844	7.4		128,291		964,026	7.5		130,732	2	964,514	7.4	2
Michigan	8.2	2	8.5	2	8.2		8.4		8.4		8.4		183,722		1,537,922	8.4		181,468		1,536,231	8.5		181,556		1,528,666	8.4
Minnesota	8.2	2	8.0		7.7		7.7		7.6		7.5		115,999		857,235	7.4		117,236		864,384	7.4		118,632		875,021	7.4
Mississippi	7.7		7.3		7.2		7.2		7.2		7.2		68,000		490,917	7.2		67,757		487,200	7.2		67,583		483,150	7.1
Missouri	7.5		7.1		7.2		6.9		7.2		7.4		127,062		917,785	7.2		128,938		919,234	7.1		124,666		915,040	7.3
Montana	8.0	2	7.4	2	7.4	2	7.6	2	7.6	2	6.9	2	20,456	2	144,532	7.1	2	21,330		145,319	6.8		21,233		146,375	6.9
Nebraska	7.2		7.0		6.6		6.7		6.7		6.7		46,931		312,635	6.7		47,292		316,014	6.7		47,979		319,194	6.7
Nevada	10.9		12.7	2	13.1	2	13.5	2	13.6	2	13.3	2	33,749	2	459,189	13.6	2	26,430		467,527	17.7		35,878		473,744	13.2
New Hampshire	7.4		6.4		5.9		6.0		6.0		5.9		31,851		184,670	5.8		31,980		182,425	5.7		31,622		180,888	5.7
New Jersey	7.1		6.6	2	6.9	2	6.7	2	6.1	2	5.9	2	235,231	2	1,400,579	6.0	2	236,558		1,408,845	6.0		237,561		1,410,421	5.9
New Mexico	7.1		6.8		7.3		7.3		7.3		7.3		46,921		340,365	7.3		37,573		335,694	8.9		36,506		336,263	9.2
New York	6.9		7.5		6.6		6.7		7.3		7.6		356,055		2,741,185	7.7		372,692		2,711,626	7.3		386,801		2,729,776	7.1
North Carolina	8.0		7.8		7.7		8.0		7.9		8.0		191,323		1,548,895	8.1		190,855		1,544,934	8.1		193,031		1,550,062	8.0
North Dakota	7.2		6.5		5.9		6.0		6.0		6.1		17,599		106,586	6.1		17,983		108,644	6.0		18,412		109,706	6.0
Ohio	8.2		7.7		7.3		7.1		7.1		6.9		250,106	3	1,724,810	6.9	3	322,611		1,716,585	5.3		325,387		1,710,143	5.3
Oklahoma	8.3		7.8		8.0		8.1		8.0		8.0		85,835		688,511	8.0		85,915		692,878	8.1		84,115		693,903	8.2
Oregon	9.7		9.2		9.0		9.4		9.8		9.9		62,956		601,318	9.6		65,928		608,825	9.2		68,089	2	606,277	8.9	2
Pennsylvania	8.1		7.6		6.7		7.0		7.0		7.2	2	243,290		1,743,160	7.2		241,548		1,717,414	7.1		247,299		1,727,497	7.0
Rhode Island	8.9		6.3	2	7.7		7.6		8.4		8.2		15,716		141,959	9.0		19,483		142,014	7.3		20,233		142,150	7.0
South Carolina	9.8	2	10.3	2	11.1		10.5		10.2		10.3		75,718		756,523	10.0		78,108		763,533	9.8		87,314		771,250	8.8
South Dakota	7.1		6.4		6.5		6.7		6.8		6.8		19,326		133,040	6.9		19,543		134,253	6.9		19,732		136,302	6.9
Tennessee	8.3	2	8.4		7.7		7.8		7.8		7.9		127,043		995,475	7.8		128,469		1,001,235	7.8		128,323		1,001,562	7.8
Texas	7.5		7.6		7.4		7.8		7.9		7.8		675,112		5,233,765	7.8		690,077		5,301,477	7.7		707,173		5,360,849	7.6
Utah	11.8		11.1		11.2		11.5		11.4		11.4		55,355	3	635,577	11.5	3	56,146	3	647,870	11.5	3	59,325		659,801	11.1
Vermont	5.7		5.1		5.2		4.9		4.9		4.8		18,130		87,311	4.8		18,183		87,866	4.8		18,048		88,428	4.9
Virginia	7.1	2	5.2		6.2		7.0		7.1		7.1		177,733		1,280,381	7.2		178,551		1,283,590	7.2		180,091		1,287,026	7.1
Washington	10.3		9.1		10.1		10.3		10.3		10.1		111,696		1,073,638	9.6		94,883	2	1,087,030	11.5	2	94,685		1,101,711	11.6
West Virginia	7.4		7.4		7.2	2	7.2	2	7.2	2	7.2	2	39,272	2	280,310	7.1	2	38,452		277,452	7.2		36,885		273,855	7.4
Wisconsin	8.2		8.3		8.4		8.6		8.6		8.5		103,208	3	871,432	8.4	3	101,250		867,800	8.6		113,145		864,432	7.6
Wyoming	6.4		5.8		5.4		5.3		5.5		5.5		16,946		94,067	5.6		17,269		94,717	5.5		16,933		94,170	5.6
Bureau of Indian
Education	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—	—		—		—	—		—		45,399	—
DoDEA, overseas	9.5		6.9		—		—		—		—		—		—	—		—		74,970	—		—		—	—
DoDEA, domestic	8.4		7.7		—		—		—		—		—		—	—		—		—	—		—		—	—
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	9.6		11.4		—		—		—		—		—		—	—		—		—	—		—		—	—
Guam	8.5		9.0		9.3		8.0		7.9		8.5		3,938		31,144	7.9		4,019		30,821	7.7		3,954		30,758	7.8
Northern Marianas	9.6		9.5		9.1		10.6		11.9		12.1		—		—	—		—		—	—		—		—	—
Puerto Rico	8.9		7.5		8.0		8.1		8.0		7.8		50,099		410,950	8.2		48,820		379,818	7.8		41,012		365,181	8.9
U.S. Virgin Islands	6.7		6.3		5.3		6.6		6.9		6.9		2,212		14,241	6.4		2,284		13,805	6.0		2,377		13,194	5.6

—Not available.

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

2 Includes imputations to correct for underreporting.

3 Staff data imputed based on prior year's report.

NOTE: Staff reported in full-time equivalents. DoDEA = Department of Defense Education Activity. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

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 March 2019.)