Table 213.60.

Staff employed and pupil/staff ratios in public elementary and secondary school systems, by type of assignment and locale: Fall 2019

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	5,947,771	68,815	162,471	76,171	174,689	214,089	2,904,147	761,198	108,313	39,283	23,961	357,884	1,056,750
City	1,718,708	16,832	50,574	25,978	55,318	61,032	862,884	226,361	32,284	10,866	5,137	103,370	268,073
Large	929,740	8,809	29,844	12,808	31,336	31,877	473,328	125,581	17,158	4,872	1,817	54,840	137,471
Midsize	358,489	3,726	10,015	6,400	11,730	13,180	178,815	44,746	7,397	2,978	1,424	21,086	56,993
Small	430,479	4,298	10,715	6,770	12,253	15,975	210,741	56,033	7,730	3,016	1,896	27,444	73,609
Suburban	2,427,568	26,267	65,462	30,495	68,035	90,602	1,189,139	297,904	44,590	15,606	9,747	158,890	430,830
Large	2,096,555	22,327	57,352	26,805	58,542	78,012	1,028,913	254,478	38,423	13,228	8,321	137,550	372,604
Midsize	229,260	2,612	5,374	2,728	6,548	8,944	111,745	30,915	4,300	1,754	1,012	15,107	38,222
Small	101,753	1,329	2,736	962	2,945	3,646	48,481	12,511	1,868	624	415	6,234	20,004
Town	702,171	8,787	18,509	8,101	19,955	24,770	330,298	98,537	12,339	4,655	3,557	40,051	132,613
Fringe	149,043	1,805	3,779	1,608	4,110	5,343	70,661	19,470	2,525	930	721	9,239	28,851
Distant	343,211	4,242	9,351	3,940	9,850	12,087	159,623	45,822	6,018	2,330	1,704	20,169	68,075
Remote	209,918	2,740	5,379	2,554	5,995	7,340	100,014	33,245	3,795	1,395	1,132	10,643	35,687
Rural	1,099,324	16,928	27,925	11,597	31,381	37,686	521,827	138,396	19,101	8,156	5,520	55,573	225,235
Fringe	549,297	6,722	13,488	6,073	15,397	19,947	260,558	68,528	9,829	4,091	2,563	29,251	112,851
Distant	392,796	6,372	10,317	3,976	11,223	12,732	184,361	48,380	6,681	2,910	2,012	19,541	84,291
Remote	157,231	3,834	4,121	1,548	4,761	5,007	76,908	21,489	2,591	1,155	945	6,780	28,093
	Pupils per staff member
Total	7.4	642.4	272.1	580.4	253.1	206.5	15.2	58.1	408.1	1,125.3	1,845.0	123.5	41.8
City	7.8	798.4	265.7	517.3	242.9	220.2	15.6	59.4	416.3	1,236.7	2,616.1	130.0	50.1
Large	7.9	837.2	247.1	575.8	235.4	231.4	15.6	58.7	429.8	1,513.7	4,059.1	134.5	53.6
Midsize	7.8	751.6	279.6	437.5	238.7	212.5	15.7	62.6	378.6	940.4	1,966.5	132.8	49.1
Small	7.6	759.3	304.6	482.0	266.3	204.3	15.5	58.2	422.2	1,081.9	1,721.1	118.9	44.3
Suburban	7.5	697.7	280.0	601.0	269.4	202.3	15.4	61.5	411.0	1,174.4	1,880.3	115.3	42.5
Large	7.5	708.5	275.8	590.1	270.2	202.8	15.4	62.2	411.7	1,195.8	1,901.1	115.0	42.5
Midsize	7.6	665.2	323.3	636.8	265.3	194.2	15.5	56.2	404.1	990.5	1,716.8	115.0	45.5
Small	7.6	580.7	282.0	802.1	262.0	211.6	15.9	61.7	413.1	1,236.7	1,860.9	123.8	38.6
Town	7.2	572.8	271.9	621.3	252.2	203.2	15.2	51.1	407.9	1,081.2	1,414.9	125.7	38.0
Fringe	7.4	609.6	291.2	684.5	267.7	206.0	15.6	56.5	435.8	1,183.5	1,527.4	119.1	38.1
Distant	7.1	571.7	259.3	615.6	246.2	200.6	15.2	52.9	402.9	1,040.6	1,422.8	120.2	35.6
Remote	7.2	550.2	280.3	590.3	251.5	205.4	15.1	45.3	397.2	1,080.7	1,331.3	141.6	42.2
Rural	6.7	437.6	265.3	638.8	236.1	196.6	14.2	53.5	387.8	908.3	1,342.1	133.3	32.9
Fringe	7.1	578.0	288.1	639.8	252.4	194.8	14.9	56.7	395.3	949.9	1,516.2	132.8	34.4
Distant	6.5	402.5	248.6	645.0	228.5	201.4	13.9	53.0	383.9	881.2	1,274.9	131.2	30.4
Remote	6.1	249.8	232.4	618.5	201.1	191.3	12.5	44.6	369.6	829.2	1,013.2	141.2	34.1

NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Staff are 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," 2019-20; and Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates (EDGE), "Public District File," 2019-20. (This table was prepared February 2022.)