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Table 213.20. Staff employed in public elementary and secondary school systems, by type of assignment and state or jurisdiction: Fall 2019
[In full-time equivalents]
State or jurisdiction Total School district staff School staff Student support staff Other support services staff
School district administrative staff Adminis- trative support staff School administrative and instructional staff School and library support staff
Officials and adminis- trators Instruction coordi- nators Principals and assistant principals Teachers Instruc- tional aides Guidance counsel- ors Librar- ians
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
United States 6,683,302 77,875 104,603 192,642 193,734 3,198,170 883,071 119,539 39,447 281,179 392,699 1,200,343
Alabama 76,456 1,115 53 2,094 3,993 42,022 6,740 1,757 1,305 2,394 2,004 12,981
Alaska 16,980 718 0 786 670 7,484 2,731 305 135 1,192 703 2,258
Arizona 106,835 1,484 624 4,099 2,546 48,912 16,767 1,359 419 3,936 12,311 14,379
Arkansas 77,034 656 1,172 2,605 1,946 38,629 9,111 1,351 924 3,230 7,304 10,106
California 613,096 4,041 25,130 21,835 18,050 271,805 87,748 10,254 87 35,273 21,263 117,610

Colorado
117,692 1,339 3,723 4,757 3,798 53,901 18,255 3,098 512 6,060 8,284 13,967
Connecticut 96,886 2,098 2,748 1,575 2,259 42,386 16,879 1,449 730 3,371 5,473 17,918
Delaware 17,133 121 359 116 536 9,747 2,585 360 109 390 880 1,931
District of Columbia 16,578 331 201 1,094 919 7,409 2,353 235 110 609 2,187 1,131
Florida 344,008 2,237 2,523 6,494 9,067 166,002 36,380 6,371 1,991 18,666 31,600 62,676

Georgia
237,311 3,059 4,118 2,772 6,850 117,837 27,299 4,094 2,061 10,566 9,266 49,390
Hawaii 23,336 353 617 744 740 12,221 2,565 660 126 1,005 1,728 2,578
Idaho 29,943 156 375 723 749 17,207 3,425 598 34 1,284 597 4,793
Illinois 257,248 6,079 1,432 5,630 8,876 132,815 35,299 3,281 1,400 8,958 27,557 25,921
Indiana 148,730 658 5,335 726 3,521 61,712 17,878 2,165 597 8,035 9,596 38,508

Iowa
77,460 1,928 2,563 1,891 1,744 35,737 14,163 1,347 380 2,658 4,842 10,206
Kansas 72,548 469 1,228 1,461 2,028 36,603 10,333 1,189 618 2,822 4,755 11,042
Kentucky 98,882 992 1,776 2,347 3,592 42,223 13,074 1,729 1,024 5,603 3,459 23,064
Louisiana 79,255 100 1,778 458 3,308 38,589 11,510 1,623 957 3,555 3,511 13,866
Maine 36,567 677 625 700 982 14,826 6,601 583 187 1,634 4,370 5,383

Maryland
121,158 4,100 2,167 1,919 3,669 61,485 11,950 2,554 1,150 5,918 6,827 19,419
Massachusetts 137,602 2,757 533 2,986 5,532 75,152 26,923 2,463 616 6,672 11,802 2,166
Michigan 191,891 4,424 1,300 1,129 6,983 84,838 21,160 2,231 509 12,566 16,534 40,218
Minnesota 122,018 2,558 2,991 2,231 2,612 55,630 20,764 1,419 483 4,534 15,221 13,575
Mississippi 67,226 985 724 2,094 2,119 31,578 8,397 1,104 744 2,617 3,384 13,480

Missouri
125,333 904 1,525 5,491 3,526 69,145 14,888 2,706 1,334 333 5,905 19,577
Montana 21,734 486 200 25 550 10,675 2,954 494 373 0 750 5,225
Nebraska 48,202 686 746 1,238 1,114 24,028 7,074 887 535 1,976 1,745 8,172
Nevada 48,718 54 1,773 1,504 858 25,509 6,847 1,041 278 2,807 694 7,354
New Hampshire 32,018 743 283 723 540 14,695 6,293 828 333 1,463 1,484 4,634

New Jersey
242,254 1,448 4,058 5,477 5,316 117,060 41,241 4,058 1,255 9,568 13,932 38,840
New Mexico 38,221 244 274 30 1,221 21,850 6,201 702 211 2,135 1,556 3,796
New York 426,192 4,248 6,386 23,902 9,976 217,398 78,629 7,465 539 3,906 15,970 57,774
North Carolina 194,618 1,748 1,146 5,703 6,086 100,777 22,102 4,474 2,025 7,190 11,826 31,540
North Dakota 19,133 526 220 305 513 9,284 3,217 386 177 774 984 2,747

Ohio
340,436 2,700 2,316 15,254 5,930 105,998 26,714 4,134 803 14,389 30,272 131,927
Oklahoma 88,901 819 375 3,086 2,373 43,315 11,287 1,714 890 4,426 5,609 15,006
Oregon 70,069 472 497 2,566 1,843 30,238 11,985 1,360 151 4,661 3,136 13,161
Pennsylvania 252,559 2,684 1,885 7,560 5,545 124,294 33,802 4,817 1,589 11,361 10,300 48,722
Rhode Island 20,519 312 237 518 591 10,704 2,752 348 184 736 2,153 1,986

South Carolina
98,587 957 1,533 3,730 3,494 53,556 13,144 2,270 1,099 3,981 3,044 11,779
South Dakota 20,168 745 140 347 446 9,930 2,985 380 70 616 1,144 3,366
Tennessee 135,257 403 1,773 2,653 3,885 64,784 16,855 3,368 1,526 4,770 5,251 29,989
Texas 738,419 7,773 4,488 24,427 28,339 364,478 78,377 13,345 4,563 29,677 28,610 154,341
Utah 61,023 431 2,399 1,712 1,674 30,256 10,308 1,251 228 2,776 1,364 8,624

Vermont
18,695 173 474 574 555 8,042 3,935 431 205 856 1,586 1,865
Virginia 186,269 1,994 1,831 4,601 4,398 87,147 20,166 3,867 1,814 8,358 13,858 38,234
Washington 103,507 1,423 4,048 3,398 3,594 62,212 13,804 2,454 849 5,064 4,042 2,618
West Virginia 37,262 876 383 1,325 1,139 18,854 3,650 763 209 455 1,283 8,326
Wisconsin 114,709 1,198 1,298 2,774 2,748 59,801 10,444 2,122 917 4,433 9,817 19,154
Wyoming 16,626 389 222 456 393 7,391 2,527 295 83 921 926 3,025

Bureau of Indian
    Education
12,142 23 57 34 387 5,263 978 331 46 1,066 722 3,235

DoDEA1
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Other jurisdictions
                       
American Samoa --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Guam 3,755 48 128 153 87 2,119 640 83 39 176 132 150
Northern Marianas --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Puerto Rico 34,644 192 265 964 911 24,840 63 549 765 847 1,386 3,862
U.S. Virgin Islands 2,079 38 32 73 60 976 269 65 14 82 35 435
---Not available.
1 DoDEA = Department of Defense Education Activity. Includes both domestic and overseas schools.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2019-20. (This table was prepared September 2021.)

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