Table 208.40.

Public elementary and secondary teachers, enrollment, and pupil/teacher ratios, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, fall 2000 through fall 2017

    

State or jurisdiction	Pupil/teacher ratio								Fall 2015						Fall 2016						Fall 2017
	Fall 2000		Fall 2005		Fall 2010		Fall 2014		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	3,151,497	1	50,438,043	1	16.0	1	3,169,499	1	50,615,189	1	16.0	1	3,169,750	1	50,685,567	1	16.0	1
Alabama	15.4	2	12.8		15.3		17.4		40,766		743,789		18.2		42,533		744,930		17.5		41,802		742,444		17.8
Alaska	16.9		16.8		16.2		16.9		7,832		132,477		16.9		7,825		132,737		17.0		7,743		132,872		17.2
Arizona	19.8		21.3		21.4		23.1		47,944		1,109,040		23.1		48,220		1,123,137		23.3		47,868		1,110,851		23.2
Arkansas	14.1		14.4		14.1		13.9		35,804		492,132		13.7		35,730		493,447		13.8		35,800		496,085		13.9
California	20.6	2	20.8	2	24.1	2	23.6	2	263,475		6,305,347	2	23.9	2	271,287	2	6,309,138	2	23.3	2	271,523	2	6,304,266	2	23.2	2
Colorado	17.3		17.0		17.4		17.3		51,798		899,112		17.4		52,014		905,019		17.4		52,373		910,280		17.4
Connecticut	13.7		14.5		13.1		12.9		43,772		537,933		12.3		42,343		535,118		12.6		45,081		531,288		11.8
Delaware	15.4		15.1		14.5		13.9		8,962		134,847		15.0		9,208		136,264		14.8		9,399		136,293		14.5
District of Columbia	13.9		14.0	3	12.0		12.3		6,789		84,024		12.4		6,727		85,850		12.8		6,659		87,315		13.1
Florida	18.4		16.8		15.1		15.3		182,586		2,792,234		15.3		186,339		2,816,791		15.1		186,128		2,832,424		15.2
Georgia	15.9		14.7		14.9		15.6		113,031		1,757,237		15.5		114,763		1,764,346		15.4		116,022		1,768,642		15.2
Hawaii	16.9		16.3		15.8		15.6		11,747		181,995		15.5		11,782		181,550		15.4		12,033		180,837		15.0
Idaho	17.9		18.0		17.6		18.6		15,656		292,277		18.7		16,204		297,200		18.3		16,592		301,186		18.2
Illinois	16.1		15.8		15.7		15.5	4	129,948		2,041,779		15.7		128,893		2,026,718		15.7		128,204		2,005,153		15.6
Indiana	16.7		17.1		18.0	2	18.5		57,675		1,046,757		18.1		60,162		1,049,547		17.4		61,018		1,054,187		17.3
Iowa	14.3		13.7		14.3		14.2		35,687		508,014		14.2		35,808		509,831		14.2		35,553		511,850		14.4
Kansas	14.4		13.9		14.0		13.2		40,035		495,884		12.4		36,193		494,347		13.7		36,387		497,088		13.7
Kentucky	16.8		16.0		16.0		16.6		41,902		686,598		16.4		42,029		684,017		16.3		42,064		680,978		16.2
Louisiana	14.9		14.7		14.3		15.5		58,469		718,711		12.3		48,408		716,293		14.8		40,281		715,135		17.8
Maine	12.5		11.7		12.3		12.2		14,857		181,613		12.2		14,750		180,512		12.2		14,760		180,473		12.2
Maryland	16.3		15.2		14.6		14.8		59,414		879,601		14.8		59,703		886,221		14.8		60,175		893,684		14.9
Massachusetts	14.5		13.2		13.9		13.3		71,969		964,026		13.4		72,413		964,514		13.3		73,381		964,791		13.1
Michigan	17.7	2	17.8		17.9		18.1		84,181		1,536,231		18.2		83,597		1,528,666		18.3		84,473		1,516,398		18.0
Minnesota	16.0		16.4		15.9		15.4		55,985		864,384		15.4		56,715		875,021		15.4		57,260		884,944		15.5
Mississippi	16.1		15.7		15.2		15.2		32,175		487,200		15.1		31,924		483,150		15.1		31,625		478,321		15.1
Missouri	14.1		13.7		13.8		13.6		67,635		919,234		13.6		67,926		915,040		13.5		68,496		915,472		13.4
Montana	14.9		14.0		13.7		14.1		10,412		145,319		14.0		10,555		146,375		13.9		10,515		149,474		14.2
Nebraska	13.6		13.4		13.4		13.6		23,308		316,014		13.6		23,611		319,194		13.5		23,771		323,766		13.6
Nevada	18.6		19.0		20.0		21.2		22,702		467,527		20.6		23,705		473,744		20.0		23,709		485,785		20.5
New Hampshire	14.5		13.2		12.7		12.5		14,770		182,425		12.4		14,760		180,888		12.3		14,589		179,433		12.3
New Jersey	13.3		12.4		12.7		12.2		114,968		1,408,845		12.3		115,729		1,410,421		12.2		115,496		1,408,102		12.2
New Mexico	15.2		14.8		15.1		15.2		21,722		335,694		15.5		21,331		336,263		15.8		21,092		334,345		15.9
New York	13.9		12.9		12.9		13.5		206,086		2,711,626		13.2		209,151		2,729,776		13.1		213,159		2,724,663		12.8
North Carolina	15.5		14.8		15.2		15.6		99,355		1,544,934		15.5		100,220		1,550,062		15.5		100,401		1,553,513		15.5
North Dakota	13.4		12.3		11.4		11.8		9,195		108,644		11.8		9,265		109,706		11.8		9,284		111,920		12.1
Ohio	15.5		15.6		16.1		16.2	3	101,742		1,716,585		16.9		102,600		1,710,143		16.7		98,912		1,704,399		17.2
Oklahoma	15.1		15.2		16.0		16.4		42,452		692,878		16.3		41,090		693,903		16.9		41,597		695,092		16.7
Oregon	19.4		19.5		20.3		21.6		29,086		608,825	2	20.9	2	29,756		606,277	2	20.4	2	29,909		608,014	2	20.3	2
Pennsylvania	15.5		15.0		13.8		14.3		120,893		1,717,414		14.2		122,552		1,727,497		14.1		121,918		1,726,809		14.2
Rhode Island	14.8		10.8		12.8		15.0		10,631		142,014		13.4		10,689		142,150		13.3		10,687		142,949		13.4
South Carolina	14.9		14.6		16.1		15.3		50,237		763,533		15.2		50,789		771,250		15.2		52,467		777,507		14.8
South Dakota	13.7		13.4		13.3		13.8		9,638		134,253		13.9		9,777		136,302		13.9		9,833		137,823		14.0
Tennessee	15.9	2	16.0		14.8		15.2		66,488		1,001,235		15.1		64,270		1,001,562		15.6		64,019		1,001,967		15.7
Texas	14.8		15.0		14.7		15.3		347,329		5,301,477		15.3		352,809		5,360,849		15.2		356,877		5,401,341		15.1
Utah	21.9		22.1		22.8		23.2	3	28,348	3	647,870		22.9	3	28,841	3	659,801		22.9		29,212	3	668,274		22.9
Vermont	12.1		10.9		11.6		10.6		8,338		87,866		10.5		8,187		88,428		10.8		8,313		88,028		10.6
Virginia	13.2	2	11.7		17.6		14.2		90,255		1,283,590		14.2		91,628		1,287,026		14.0		85,936		1,291,462		15.0
Washington	19.7		19.3		19.4		18.0		57,942		1,087,030		18.8		58,815		1,101,711		18.7		60,183		1,110,367		18.4
West Virginia	13.7		14.1		13.9		14.0		19,664		277,452		14.1		19,356		273,855		14.1		19,239		272,266		14.2
Wisconsin	14.6		14.6		15.1		14.9	3	58,185		867,800		14.9		59,011		864,432		14.6		58,598		860,753		14.7
Wyoming	13.3		12.6		12.5		12.4		7,653		94,717		12.4		7,506		94,170		12.5		7,335		94,258		12.9
Jurisdiction
Bureau of Indian     Education	---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		45,399		---		---		46,330		---
DoDEA5	14.4		11.7		---		---		---		74,970		---		---		---		---		---		71,134		---
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	19.1		16.6		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		12,620		---
Guam	16.4		---		17.2		13.6		2,336		30,821		13.2		2,289		30,758		13.4		2,202		30,112		13.7
Northern Marianas	19.0		19.1		18.3		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---
Puerto Rico	16.3		13.4		13.0		13.2		30,438		379,818		12.5		28,899		365,181		12.6		28,039		346,096		12.3
U.S. Virgin Islands	12.9		11.7		10.6		12.6		1,106		13,805		12.5		1,154		13,194		11.4		1,066		16,139		15.1

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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.

5 DoDEA = Department of Defense Education Activity. Includes both domestic and overseas schools.

NOTE: Teachers reported in full-time equivalents (FTE). 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 2017-18. (This table was prepared February 2020.)