Table 208.40.

Public elementary and secondary teachers, enrollment, and pupil/teacher ratios, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, fall 2000 through fall 2021

State or jurisdiction	Pupil/teacher ratio					Fall 2019					Fall 2020						Fall 2021
	Fall 2000	Fall 2005	Fall 2010	Fall 2015	Fall 2018	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		15
United States	16.0	15.6	16.0	16.0	16.0	3,198,170	50,796,445		15.9		3,195,800		49,374,751		15.4		3,214,242		49,433,092		15.4
Alabama	15.4	12.8	15.3	18.2	17.6	42,022	744,235		17.7		42,336		734,559		17.4		38,835		748,274		19.3
Alaska	16.9	16.8	16.2	16.9	17.1	7,484	132,017		17.6		7,558		129,872		17.2		7,246		129,944		17.9
Arizona	19.8	21.3	21.4	23.1	23.5	48,912	1,152,586		23.6		49,547		1,111,500		22.4		51,093		1,133,284		22.2
Arkansas	14.1	14.4	14.1	13.7	13.0	38,629	496,927		12.9		38,543		486,305		12.6		38,846		489,565		12.6
California	20.6	20.8	24.1	23.9	23.1	271,805	6,249,005	1	23.0	1	269,850		6,064,504		22.5		271,483	2	5,959,858	1	22.0	1,2
Colorado	17.3	17.0	17.4	17.4	17.2	53,901	913,223		16.9		54,319		883,199		16.3		53,903		880,597		16.3
Connecticut	13.7	14.5	13.1	12.3	12.3	42,386	523,690		12.4		42,580		509,058		12.0		41,686		509,748		12.2
Delaware	15.4	15.1	14.5	15.0	14.4	9,747	139,930		14.4		9,850		138,092		14.0		9,965		139,935		14.0
District of Columbia	13.9	14.0	12.0	12.4	12.1	7,409	89,878		12.1		7,678		89,883		11.7		7,828		88,908		11.4
Florida	18.4	16.8	15.1	15.3	17.3	166,002	2,858,461		17.2		161,413		2,791,707		17.3		159,866		2,833,186		17.7
Georgia	15.9	14.7	14.9	15.5	15.1	117,837	1,769,657		15.0		118,059		1,730,015		14.7		119,831		1,740,875		14.5
Hawaii	16.9	16.3	15.8	15.5	14.9	12,221	181,088		14.8		12,145		176,441		14.5		12,026		173,178		14.4
Idaho	17.9	18.0	17.6	18.7	18.5	17,207	311,096		18.1		17,582		307,581		17.5		17,935		314,258		17.5
Illinois	16.1	15.8	15.7	15.7	15.0	132,815	1,943,117		14.6		133,054	3	1,886,137		14.2	3	139,378		1,868,482		13.4
Indiana	16.7	17.1	18.0	18.1	17.3	61,712	1,051,411		17.0		65,758		1,033,964		15.7		66,414		1,036,625		15.6
Iowa	14.3	13.7	14.3	14.2	14.5	35,737	517,324		14.5		36,048		506,656		14.1		36,059		510,661		14.2
Kansas	14.4	13.9	14.0	12.4	13.6	36,603	497,963		13.6		38,007		481,750		12.7		38,353		485,424		12.7
Kentucky	16.8	16.0	16.0	16.4	16.2	42,223	691,996		16.4		42,458		658,809		15.5		43,380		654,239		15.1
Louisiana	14.9	14.7	14.3	12.3	18.3	38,589	710,439		18.4		38,369		693,150		18.1		38,773		683,216		17.6
Maine	12.5	11.7	12.3	12.2	12.0	14,826	180,291		12.2		15,143		172,455		11.4		15,418		173,215		11.2
Maryland	16.3	15.2	14.6	14.8	14.8	61,485	909,404		14.8		62,276		882,527		14.2		62,443		881,461		14.1
Massachusetts	14.5	13.2	13.9	13.4	13.0	75,152	959,394		12.8		75,147		921,712		12.3		76,329		921,180		12.1
Michigan	17.7	17.8	17.9	18.2	17.7	84,838	1,495,925		17.6		84,317		1,434,137		17.0		86,258		1,440,090		16.7
Minnesota	16.0	16.4	15.9	15.4	15.4	55,630	893,203		16.1		54,535		872,083		16.0		55,662		870,506		15.6
Mississippi	16.1	15.7	15.2	15.1	14.7	31,578	466,002		14.8		31,480		442,627		14.1		31,686		442,000		13.9
Missouri	14.1	13.7	13.8	13.6	13.3	69,145	910,466		13.2		68,924		882,477		12.8		69,569		888,823		12.8
Montana	14.9	14.0	13.7	14.0	14.1	10,675	149,917		14.0		10,942		146,252		13.4		11,042		150,195		13.6
Nebraska	13.6	13.4	13.4	13.6	13.6	24,028	330,018		13.7		23,943		324,697		13.6		24,230		327,564		13.5
Nevada	18.6	19.0	20.0	20.6	21.2	25,509	496,934		19.5		23,746		482,348		20.3		23,827	3	486,648		20.4	3
New Hampshire	14.5	13.2	12.7	12.4	12.2	14,695	177,351		12.1		14,800		169,027		11.4		14,626		170,005		11.6
New Jersey	13.3	12.4	12.7	12.3	12.0	117,060	1,411,917		12.1		116,530		1,373,960		11.8		117,127		1,372,381		11.7
New Mexico	15.2	14.8	15.1	15.5	15.8	21,850	331,206		15.2		21,577		316,840		14.7		21,475		316,785		14.8
New York	13.9	12.9	12.9	13.2	12.7	217,398	2,692,589		12.4		213,537		2,606,748		12.2		215,092		2,548,490		11.8
North Carolina	15.5	14.8	15.2	15.5	15.5	100,777	1,560,350		15.5		101,057		1,513,677		15.0		102,034		1,525,223		14.9
North Dakota	13.4	12.3	11.4	11.8	12.0	9,284	116,185		12.5		9,473		114,955		12.1		9,531		116,864		12.3
Ohio	15.5	15.6	16.1	16.9	16.7	105,998	1,689,867		15.9		101,148		1,645,412		16.3		99,442		1,683,612		16.9
Oklahoma	15.1	15.2	16.0	16.3	16.5	43,315	703,719		16.2		43,110		694,113		16.1		43,090		698,696		16.2
Oregon	19.4	19.5	20.3	20.9	20.2	30,238	610,648		20.2		30,786		578,723	1	18.8	1	31,629		576,201	1	18.2	1
Pennsylvania	15.5	15.0	13.8	14.2	14.0	124,294	1,732,449		13.9		125,028		1,704,396		13.6		126,344		1,695,092		13.4
Rhode Island	14.8	10.8	12.8	13.4	13.3	10,704	143,557		13.4		10,669		139,184		13.0		10,774		138,566		12.9
South Carolina	14.9	14.6	16.1	15.2	14.8	53,556	786,879		14.7		53,703		766,819		14.3		55,489		780,878		14.1
South Dakota	13.7	13.4	13.3	13.9	14.1	9,930	139,949		14.1		10,020		139,566		13.9		10,216		141,307		13.8
Tennessee	15.9	16.0	14.8	15.1	15.7	64,784	1,014,744		15.7		64,667		985,207		15.2		64,747		996,709		15.4
Texas	14.8	15.0	14.7	15.3	15.1	364,478	5,495,398		15.1		370,719		5,372,806		14.5		371,002		5,428,613		14.6
Utah	21.9	22.1	22.8	22.9	22.8	30,256	684,694		22.6		30,275	3	680,659		22.5	3	30,860		690,934		22.4
Vermont	12.1	10.9	11.6	10.5	10.5	8,042	86,759		10.8		7,989		82,401		10.3		7,965		83,975		10.5
Virginia	13.2	11.7	17.6	14.2	14.8	87,147	1,297,012		14.9		87,049		1,251,639		14.4		86,917		1,249,815		14.4
Washington	19.7	19.3	19.4	18.8	18.2	62,212	1,142,073		18.4		61,810		1,087,354		17.6		60,147		1,081,835	4	18.0	4
West Virginia	13.7	14.1	13.9	14.1	14.2	18,854	263,486		14.0		18,630		253,930		13.6		18,724		252,720		13.5
Wisconsin	14.6	14.6	15.1	14.9	14.4	59,801	855,400		14.3		60,092		830,066		13.8		60,337		829,359		13.7
Wyoming	13.3	12.6	12.5	12.4	12.9	7,391	94,616		12.8		7,522		92,772		12.3		7,308		93,093		12.7
Bureau of Indian    Education	---	---	---	---	7.8	5,263	38,199		7.3		4,026		34,724		8.6		4,638		32,457		7.0
DoDEA5	14.4	11.7	---	---	---	---	70,419		---		---		66,136		---		---		66,955		---
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	19.1	16.6	---	---	---	---	10,448		---		---		10,246		---		---		0		---
Guam	16.4	---	17.2	13.2	13.7	2,119	28,812		13.6		1,813		27,497		15.2		1,767		28,402		16.1
Northern Marianas	19.0	19.1	18.3	---	---	---	---		---		---		---		---		507		9,491		18.7
Puerto Rico	16.3	13.4	13.0	12.5	12.1	24,840	292,518		11.8		23,109		276,413		12.0		23,348		259,535		11.1
U.S. Virgin Islands	12.9	11.7	10.6	12.5	10.5	976	10,907		11.2		929		10,993		11.8		916		10,234		11.2

---Not available.

1Includes imputations for nonreported prekindergarten enrollment.

2Includes imputations for nonreported prekindergarten teacher counts.

3Includes imputations for nonreported all teacher counts.

4Includes imputations for nonreported enrollment for all grades.

5DoDEA = 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.

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 2021-22; and Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Data Center, Enrollment Data, 2017 through 2021, retrieved April 21, 2023, from https://www.dodea.edu/datacenter/enrollment.cfm. (This table was prepared April 2023.)