Table 213.60.

Staff employed and pupil/staff ratios in public elementary and secondary school systems, by type of assignment and locale: Fall 2017

Locale	Total	School district staff			School staff							Student support staff	Other support services staff
		Officials and adminis- trators	Adminis- trative support staff	Instruc- tion coordi- nators	Principals and assistant principals	School support staff	Teachers	Instruc- tional aides	Guidance counsel- ors	Librar- ians	Library support staff
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	Number of staff employed
Total	6,398,896	70,783	185,025	91,550	186,801	253,420	3,121,934	789,774	112,961	42,272	23,383	343,964	1,177,031
City	1,871,851	18,120	56,662	34,546	60,746	73,072	935,826	232,883	34,437	11,166	4,678	100,051	309,664
Large	995,231	9,535	31,023	18,145	34,607	36,526	508,912	122,620	18,377	4,958	1,461	51,224	157,842
Midsize	428,984	4,147	13,571	9,249	13,305	18,236	208,561	51,714	8,137	3,066	1,445	23,556	73,997
Small	447,636	4,439	12,069	7,151	12,834	18,311	218,353	58,548	7,923	3,141	1,772	25,271	77,825
Suburban	2,684,919	26,680	80,485	37,054	73,541	111,322	1,313,595	322,315	46,983	17,229	9,509	150,375	495,831
Large	2,335,488	22,729	71,019	32,414	63,547	96,986	1,143,626	276,584	40,766	14,776	8,043	131,890	433,109
Midsize	229,143	2,637	6,056	3,282	6,649	9,472	112,921	30,736	4,199	1,765	1,029	11,696	38,701
Small	120,287	1,314	3,411	1,357	3,345	4,864	57,049	14,995	2,018	688	437	6,788	24,021
Town	736,866	8,977	20,152	8,526	20,897	28,062	346,533	99,939	12,722	5,084	3,682	39,773	142,518
Fringe	161,954	1,923	4,197	1,984	4,563	6,385	76,894	20,368	2,703	1,046	769	8,984	32,138
Distant	363,523	4,375	10,129	4,110	10,326	13,709	168,704	47,152	6,284	2,583	1,785	20,564	73,801
Remote	211,389	2,680	5,826	2,432	6,008	7,969	100,934	32,420	3,734	1,454	1,128	10,225	36,579
Rural	1,105,260	17,005	27,725	11,425	31,617	40,964	525,980	134,637	18,818	8,793	5,514	53,764	229,018
Fringe	545,083	6,625	13,348	5,891	15,260	21,206	260,450	66,388	9,528	4,315	2,436	26,796	112,841
Distant	401,718	6,521	10,030	4,062	11,616	14,319	188,493	47,174	6,768	3,232	2,094	20,383	87,025
Remote	158,460	3,859	4,347	1,473	4,741	5,438	77,038	21,075	2,522	1,246	984	6,586	29,152
	Pupils per staff member
Total	7.8	701.5	268.4	542.4	265.8	195.9	15.9	62.9	439.6	1,174.7	2,123.6	144.4	42.2
City	8.4	867.7	277.5	455.1	258.8	215.2	16.8	67.5	456.5	1,408.1	3,360.9	157.1	50.8
Large	8.7	909.7	279.6	478.0	250.7	237.5	17.0	70.7	472.0	1,749.6	5,935.6	169.3	55.0
Midsize	8.2	849.5	259.6	380.8	264.7	193.2	16.9	68.1	432.9	1,148.8	2,438.1	149.5	47.6
Small	7.9	794.3	292.1	493.1	274.7	192.6	16.1	60.2	445.0	1,122.3	1,989.8	139.5	45.3
Suburban	7.8	784.8	260.2	565.1	284.7	188.1	15.9	65.0	445.7	1,215.3	2,202.0	139.2	42.2
Large	7.8	800.0	256.0	561.0	286.1	187.5	15.9	65.7	446.0	1,230.6	2,260.9	137.9	42.0
Midsize	7.8	680.9	296.5	547.1	270.1	189.6	15.9	58.4	427.6	1,017.5	1,744.6	153.5	46.4
Small	8.0	730.8	281.5	707.3	287.0	197.4	16.8	64.0	475.6	1,394.8	2,195.5	141.4	40.0
Town	7.3	600.9	267.7	632.7	258.1	192.2	15.6	54.0	424.0	1,061.1	1,464.9	135.6	37.9
Fringe	7.7	645.2	295.6	625.4	271.9	194.3	16.1	60.9	458.9	1,185.4	1,612.9	138.1	38.6
Distant	7.2	598.3	258.4	636.8	253.5	190.9	15.5	55.5	416.5	1,013.3	1,466.1	127.3	35.5
Remote	7.3	573.3	263.7	631.7	255.7	192.8	15.2	47.4	411.4	1,056.5	1,362.2	150.3	42.0
Rural	6.9	446.9	274.1	665.2	240.4	185.5	14.4	56.5	403.9	864.4	1,378.5	141.4	33.2
Fringe	7.2	595.5	295.5	669.7	258.5	186.0	15.1	59.4	414.1	914.3	1,619.6	147.2	35.0
Distant	6.7	411.4	267.4	660.5	230.9	187.3	14.2	56.9	396.3	829.9	1,281.3	131.6	30.8
Remote	6.1	252.0	223.8	660.6	205.2	178.9	12.6	46.2	385.6	780.9	988.5	147.7	33.4

NOTE: Staff reported in full-time equivalents. Data are based on locales of school districts rather than of individual schools. Includes all regular and other types of school districts reporting both enrollment and staff data.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2017-18; and Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates (EDGE), "Public District File," 2017-18. (This table was prepared February 2020.)