Table 208.40.

Public elementary and secondary teachers, enrollment, and pupil/teacher ratios, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, fall 2000 through fall 2018

State or jurisdiction	Pupil/teacher ratio				Fall 2016			Fall 2017			Fall 2018
	Fall 2000	Fall 2005	Fall 2010	Fall 2015	Teachers	Enrollment	Pupil/ teacher ratio	Teachers	Enrollment	Pupil/ teacher ratio	Teachers	Enrollment	Pupil/ teacher ratio
1	2	3	4	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
United States	16.0	15.6	16.0	16.0	3,169,499	50,615,189	16.0	3,169,750	50,685,567	16.0	3,169,762	50,694,061	16.0
Alabama	15.4	12.8	15.3	18.2	42,533	744,930	17.5	41,802	742,444	17.8	42,114	739,716	17.6
Alaska	16.9	16.8	16.2	16.9	7,825	132,737	17.0	7,743	132,872	17.2	7,657	130,963	17.1
Arizona	19.8	21.3	21.4	23.1	48,220	1,123,137	23.3	47,868	1,110,851	23.2	48,510	1,141,511	23.5
Arkansas	14.1	14.4	14.1	13.7	35,730	493,447	13.8	35,800	496,085	13.9	38,019	495,291	13.0
California	20.6	20.8	24.1	23.9	271,287	6,309,138	23.3	271,523	6,304,266	23.2	271,805	6,272,734	23.1
Colorado	17.3	17.0	17.4	17.4	52,014	905,019	17.4	52,373	910,280	17.4	53,147	911,536	17.2
Connecticut	13.7	14.5	13.1	12.3	42,343	535,118	12.6	45,081	531,288	11.8	42,828	526,634	12.3
Delaware	15.4	15.1	14.5	15.0	9,208	136,264	14.8	9,399	136,293	14.5	9,624	138,405	14.4
District of Columbia	13.9	14.0	12.0	12.4	6,727	85,850	12.8	6,659	87,315	13.1	7,312	88,493	12.1
Florida	18.4	16.8	15.1	15.3	186,339	2,816,791	15.1	186,128	2,832,424	15.2	164,399	2,846,444	17.3
Georgia	15.9	14.7	14.9	15.5	114,763	1,764,346	15.4	116,022	1,768,642	15.2	117,159	1,767,202	15.1
Hawaii	16.9	16.3	15.8	15.5	11,782	181,550	15.4	12,033	180,837	15.0	12,132	181,278	14.9
Idaho	17.9	18.0	17.6	18.7	16,204	297,200	18.3	16,592	301,186	18.2	16,745	310,522	18.5
Illinois	16.1	15.8	15.7	15.7	128,893	2,026,718	15.7	128,204	2,005,153	15.6	132,423	1,982,327	15.0
Indiana	16.7	17.1	18.0	18.1	60,162	1,049,547	17.4	61,018	1,054,187	17.3	61,155	1,055,706	17.3
Iowa	14.3	13.7	14.3	14.2	35,808	509,831	14.2	35,553	511,850	14.4	35,618	514,833	14.5
Kansas	14.4	13.9	14.0	12.4	36,193	494,347	13.7	36,387	497,088	13.7	36,724	497,733	13.6
Kentucky	16.8	16.0	16.0	16.4	42,029	684,017	16.3	42,064	680,978	16.2	41,827	677,821	16.2
Louisiana	14.9	14.7	14.3	12.3	48,408	716,293	14.8	40,281	715,135	17.8	38,913	711,783	18.3
Maine	12.5	11.7	12.3	12.2	14,750	180,512	12.2	14,760	180,473	12.2	15,034	180,461	12.0
Maryland	16.3	15.2	14.6	14.8	59,703	886,221	14.8	60,175	893,684	14.9	60,699	896,827	14.8
Massachusetts	14.5	13.2	13.9	13.4	72,413	964,514	13.3	73,381	964,791	13.1	73,868	962,297	13.0
Michigan	17.7	17.8	17.9	18.2	83,597	1,528,666	18.3	84,473	1,516,398	18.0	85,015	1,504,194	17.7
Minnesota	16.0	16.4	15.9	15.4	56,715	875,021	15.4	57,260	884,944	15.5	57,698	889,304	15.4
Mississippi	16.1	15.7	15.2	15.1	31,924	483,150	15.1	31,625	478,321	15.1	31,963	471,298	14.7
Missouri	14.1	13.7	13.8	13.6	67,926	915,040	13.5	68,496	915,472	13.4	68,498	913,441	13.3
Montana	14.9	14.0	13.7	14.0	10,555	146,375	13.9	10,515	149,474	14.2	10,575	148,844	14.1
Nebraska	13.6	13.4	13.4	13.6	23,611	319,194	13.5	23,771	323,766	13.6	23,912	326,392	13.6
Nevada	18.6	19.0	20.0	20.6	23,705	473,744	20.0	23,709	485,785	20.5	23,240	492,640	21.2
New Hampshire	14.5	13.2	12.7	12.4	14,760	180,888	12.3	14,589	179,433	12.3	14,644	178,515	12.2
New Jersey	13.3	12.4	12.7	12.3	115,729	1,410,421	12.2	115,496	1,408,102	12.2	116,189	1,400,069	12.0
New Mexico	15.2	14.8	15.1	15.5	21,331	336,263	15.8	21,092	334,345	15.9	21,139	333,537	15.8
New York	13.9	12.9	12.9	13.2	209,151	2,729,776	13.1	213,159	2,724,663	12.8	212,157	2,700,833	12.7
North Carolina	15.5	14.8	15.2	15.5	100,220	1,550,062	15.5	100,401	1,553,513	15.5	100,220	1,552,497	15.5
North Dakota	13.4	12.3	11.4	11.8	9,265	109,706	11.8	9,284	111,920	12.1	9,470	113,845	12.0
Ohio	15.5	15.6	16.1	16.9	102,600	1,710,143	16.7	98,912	1,704,399	17.2	101,739	1,695,762	16.7
Oklahoma	15.1	15.2	16.0	16.3	41,090	693,903	16.9	41,597	695,092	16.7	42,448	698,891	16.5
Oregon	19.4	19.5	20.3	20.9	29,756	606,277	20.4	29,909	608,014	20.3	30,152	609,507	20.2
Pennsylvania	15.5	15.0	13.8	14.2	122,552	1,727,497	14.1	121,918	1,726,809	14.2	123,350	1,730,757	14.0
Rhode Island	14.8	10.8	12.8	13.4	10,689	142,150	13.3	10,687	142,949	13.4	10,749	143,436	13.3
South Carolina	14.9	14.6	16.1	15.2	50,789	771,250	15.2	52,467	777,507	14.8	52,730	780,882	14.8
South Dakota	13.7	13.4	13.3	13.9	9,777	136,302	13.9	9,833	137,823	14.0	9,865	138,975	14.1
Tennessee	15.9	16.0	14.8	15.1	64,270	1,001,562	15.6	64,019	1,001,967	15.7	64,116	1,007,624	15.7
Texas	14.8	15.0	14.7	15.3	352,809	5,360,849	15.2	356,877	5,401,341	15.1	359,576	5,433,471	15.1
Utah	21.9	22.1	22.8	22.9	28,841	659,801	22.9	29,212	668,274	22.9	29,753	677,031	22.8
Vermont	12.1	10.9	11.6	10.5	8,187	88,428	10.8	8,313	88,028	10.6	8,317	87,074	10.5
Virginia	13.2	11.7	17.6	14.2	91,628	1,287,026	14.0	85,936	1,291,462	15.0	86,974	1,289,367	14.8
Washington	19.7	19.3	19.4	18.8	58,815	1,101,711	18.7	60,183	1,110,367	18.4	61,837	1,123,736	18.2
West Virginia	13.7	14.1	13.9	14.1	19,356	273,855	14.1	19,239	272,266	14.2	18,912	267,976	14.2
Wisconsin	14.6	14.6	15.1	14.9	59,011	864,432	14.6	58,598	860,753	14.7	59,484	859,333	14.4
Wyoming	13.3	12.6	12.5	12.4	7,506	94,170	12.5	7,335	94,258	12.9	7,327	94,313	12.9
Bureau of Indian     Education	---	---	---	---	---	45,399	---	---	46,330	---	5,585	43,706	7.8
DoDEA1	14.4	11.7	---	---	---	72,226	---	---	71,134	---	---	71,406	---
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	19.1	16.6	---	---	---	---	---	---	12,620	---	---	12,106	---
Guam	16.4	---	17.2	13.2	2,289	30,758	13.4	2,202	30,112	13.7	2,163	29,719	13.7
Northern Marianas	19.0	19.1	18.3	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Puerto Rico	16.3	13.4	13.0	12.5	28,899	365,181	12.6	28,039	346,096	12.3	25,424	307,282	12.1
U.S. Virgin Islands	12.9	11.7	10.6	12.5	1,154	13,194	11.4	1,066	16,139	15.1	1,020	10,718	10.5

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

NOTE: Teachers reported in full-time equivalents (FTE). The pupil/teacher ratio includes teachers for students with disabilities and other special teachers; 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. 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 2018-19; and Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Data Center, Enrollment Data, 2016, 2017, and 2018, retrieved August 11, 2020, from https://www.dodea.edu/datacenter/enrollment.cfm. (This table was prepared August 2020.)