Table 213.50.

Staff, enrollment, and pupil/staff ratios in public elementary and secondary school systems, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, fall 2000 through fall 2021

State or jurisdiction	Pupil/staff ratio								Fall 2019					Fall 2020						Fall 2021
	Fall 2000	Fall 2005	Fall 2010	Fall 2014	Fall 2015	Fall 2016	Fall 2017	Fall 2018	Staff	Enrollment		Pupil/staff ratio		Staff		Enrollment		Pupil/staff ratio		Staff		Enrollment		Pupil/staff ratio
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11		12		13		14		15		16		17		18
United States	8.3	8.0	8.0	8.0	7.9	7.8	7.7	7.7	6,683,302	50,796,445		7.6		6,618,270		49,374,751		7.5		6,633,741		49,433,092		7.5
Alabama	8.2	7.1	7.9	8.5	10.4	8.5	8.1	9.7	76,456	744,235		9.7		76,940		734,559		9.5		74,495		748,274		10.0
Alaska	8.3	7.4	7.3	7.7	7.8	7.7	7.7	7.7	16,980	132,017		7.8		17,051		129,872		7.6		16,659		129,944		7.8
Arizona	9.7	10.9	11.1	10.9	10.7	10.8	10.7	10.9	106,835	1,152,586		10.8		105,135		1,111,500		10.6		111,166		1,133,284		10.2
Arkansas	7.1	6.7	6.7	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.5	77,034	496,927		6.5		75,927		486,305		6.4		79,761		489,565		6.1
California	11.1	11.1	11.9	11.0	10.9	10.5	10.4	10.2	613,096	6,249,005	1	10.2	1	613,321		6,064,504		9.9		616,447	2	5,959,858	1	9.7	1,2
Colorado	8.7	8.4	8.3	8.2	8.0	8.1	8.0	7.9	117,692	913,223		7.8		115,896		883,199		7.6		116,477		880,597		7.6
Connecticut	6.8	6.8	6.0	5.8	5.5	5.6	5.4	5.5	96,886	523,690		5.4		97,983		509,058		5.2		96,791		509,748		5.3
Delaware	9.1	7.8	7.9	7.2	7.9	7.9	7.4	7.3	17,133	139,930		8.2		17,288		138,092		8.0		17,977		139,935		7.8
District of Columbia	6.4	6.2	6.3	5.9	6.0	6.4	6.2	5.6	16,578	89,878		5.4		15,776		89,883		5.7		16,631		88,908		5.3
Florida	8.8	8.5	7.9	8.1	8.1	8.0	8.0	8.5	344,008	2,858,461		8.3		334,397		2,791,707		8.3		331,370		2,833,186		8.5
Georgia	7.8	7.3	7.4	7.9	7.8	7.7	7.6	7.5	237,311	1,769,657		7.5		234,815		1,730,015		7.4		238,141		1,740,875		7.3
Hawaii	10.0	8.7	8.3	8.1	8.1	8.0	7.8	7.8	23,336	181,088		7.8		23,259		176,441		7.6		22,931		173,178		7.6
Idaho	10.1	10.1	9.9	10.6	10.8	10.6	10.4	10.6	29,943	311,096		10.4		29,882		307,581		10.3		30,519		314,258		10.3
Illinois	8.2	8.4	9.7	7.8	7.8	7.8	8.1	7.6	257,248	1,943,117		7.6		255,414	3	1,886,137		7.4	3	269,353		1,868,482		6.9
Indiana	7.8	7.8	7.5	7.5	7.3	7.2	7.4	7.4	148,730	1,051,411		7.1		146,767		1,033,964		7.0		145,174		1,036,625		7.1
Iowa	7.3	7.0	7.1	7.0	7.0	6.9	6.8	6.7	77,460	517,324		6.7		77,510		506,656		6.5		77,343		510,661		6.6
Kansas	7.3	7.1	7.1	7.0	6.8	7.2	7.2	7.0	72,548	497,963		6.9		73,451		481,750		6.6		74,899		485,424		6.5
Kentucky	7.4	6.9	6.8	7.1	7.0	7.0	6.9	6.9	98,882	691,996		7.0		97,426		658,809		6.8		98,627		654,239		6.6
Louisiana	7.3	7.1	6.9	8.4	6.7	7.4	8.8	8.9	79,255	710,439		9.0		78,662		693,150		8.8		79,193		683,216		8.6
Maine	6.2	5.5	5.8	5.7	5.2	5.1	5.0	5.0	36,567	180,291		4.9		36,594		172,455		4.7		37,330		173,215		4.6
Maryland	8.8	7.7	7.4	7.5	7.6	7.5	7.5	7.5	121,158	909,404		7.5		122,261		882,527		7.2		123,010		881,461		7.2
Massachusetts	8.0	7.0	7.8	7.4	7.5	7.4	7.3	7.2	137,602	959,394		7.0		136,350		921,712		6.8		140,801		921,180		6.5
Michigan	8.2	8.5	8.2	8.4	8.5	8.4	8.2	8.0	191,891	1,495,925		7.8		187,360		1,434,137		7.7		192,394		1,440,090		7.5
Minnesota	8.2	8.0	7.7	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.3	7.3	122,018	893,203		7.3		119,323		872,083		7.3		121,030		870,506		7.2
Mississippi	7.7	7.3	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.1	7.1	7.0	67,226	466,002		6.9		66,058		442,627		6.7		66,928		442,000		6.6
Missouri	7.5	7.1	7.2	7.2	7.1	7.3	7.3	7.3	125,333	910,466		7.3		127,265		882,477		6.9		126,020		888,823		7.1
Montana	8.0	7.4	7.4	7.1	6.8	6.9	7.0	7.0	21,734	149,917		6.9		22,027		146,252		6.6		22,302		150,195		6.7
Nebraska	7.2	7.0	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	48,202	330,018		6.8		49,010		324,697		6.6		49,407		327,564		6.6
Nevada	10.9	12.7	13.1	13.6	17.7	13.2	13.6	18.2	48,718	496,934		10.2		47,107		482,348		10.2		47,494	3	486,648		10.2	3
New Hampshire	7.4	6.4	5.9	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.5	32,018	177,351		5.5		32,056		169,027		5.3		31,062		170,005		5.5
New Jersey	7.1	6.6	6.9	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.8	242,254	1,411,917		5.8		238,614		1,373,960		5.8		238,901		1,372,381		5.7
New Mexico	7.1	6.8	7.3	7.3	8.9	9.2	9.2	8.9	38,221	331,206		8.7		37,344		316,840		8.5		37,363		316,785		8.5
New York	6.9	7.5	6.6	7.7	7.3	7.1	6.4	6.8	426,192	2,692,589		6.3		416,714		2,606,748		6.3		424,879		2,548,490		6.0
North Carolina	8.0	7.8	7.7	8.1	8.1	8.0	8.0	8.0	194,618	1,560,350		8.0		190,726		1,513,677		7.9		194,532		1,525,223		7.8
North Dakota	7.2	6.5	5.9	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	19,133	116,185		6.1		19,481		114,955		5.9		19,803		116,864		5.9
Ohio	8.2	7.7	7.3	6.9	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	340,436	1,689,867		5.0		320,878		1,645,412		5.1		310,049		1,683,612		5.4
Oklahoma	8.3	7.8	8.0	8.0	8.1	8.2	8.2	8.1	88,901	703,719		7.9		87,840		694,113		7.9		89,089		698,696		7.8
Oregon	9.7	9.2	9.0	9.6	9.2	8.9	8.9	8.6	70,069	610,648		8.7		70,065		578,723	1	8.3	1	73,569		576,201	1	7.8	1
Pennsylvania	8.1	7.6	6.7	7.2	7.1	7.0	7.1	6.9	252,559	1,732,449		6.9		250,033		1,704,396		6.8		250,848		1,695,092		6.8
Rhode Island	8.9	6.3	7.7	9.0	7.3	7.0	7.0	7.0	20,519	143,557		7.0		20,342		139,184		6.8		20,731		138,566		6.7
South Carolina	9.8	10.3	11.1	10.0	9.8	8.8	8.8	8.7	98,587	786,879		8.0		100,166		766,819		7.7		115,809		780,878		6.7
South Dakota	7.1	6.4	6.5	6.9	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	20,168	139,949		6.9		20,184		139,566		6.9		20,662		141,307		6.8
Tennessee	8.3	8.4	7.7	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.6	7.5	135,257	1,014,744		7.5		131,079		985,207		7.5		131,229		996,709		7.6
Texas	7.5	7.6	7.4	7.8	7.7	7.6	7.6	7.5	738,419	5,495,398		7.4		749,125		5,372,806		7.2		755,801		5,428,613		7.2
Utah	11.8	11.1	11.2	11.5	11.5	11.1	11.1	11.3	61,023	684,694		11.2		60,356	3	680,659		11.3	3	61,788	4	690,934		11.2	4
Vermont	5.7	5.1	5.2	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.8	4.8	18,695	86,759		4.6		18,545		82,401		4.4		18,879		83,975		4.4
Virginia	7.1	5.2	6.2	7.2	7.2	7.1	7.0	6.9	186,269	1,297,012		7.0		185,837		1,251,639		6.7		135,921		1,249,815		9.2
Washington	10.3	9.1	10.1	9.6	11.5	11.6	11.2	10.9	103,507	1,142,073		11.0		100,973		1,087,354		10.8		92,003		1,081,835	5	11.8	5
West Virginia	7.4	7.4	7.2	7.1	7.2	7.4	7.2	7.2	37,262	263,486		7.1		36,911		253,930		6.9		37,649		252,720		6.7
Wisconsin	8.2	8.3	8.4	8.4	8.6	7.6	7.7	7.6	114,709	855,400		7.5		113,940		830,066		7.3		115,960		829,359		7.2
Wyoming	6.4	5.8	5.4	5.6	5.5	5.6	5.7	5.7	16,626	94,616		5.7		16,808		92,772		5.5		16,542		93,093		5.6
Bureau of Indian    Education	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	4.1	12,142	38,199		3.1		11,901		34,724		2.9		11,285		32,457		2.9
DoDEA6	9.1	8.3	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	70,419		---		---		66,136		---		---		66,955		---
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	9.6	11.4	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	10,448		---		---		10,246		---		---		---		---
Guam	8.5	9.0	9.3	7.9	7.7	7.8	7.8	7.9	3,755	28,812		7.7		3,618		27,497		7.6		3,513		28,402		8.1
Northern Marianas	9.6	9.5	9.1	---	---	---	---	---	---	---		---		---		---		---		1,113		9,491		8.5
Puerto Rico	8.9	7.5	8.0	8.2	7.8	8.9	8.8	8.5	34,644	292,518		8.4		38,079		276,413		7.3		39,964		259,535		6.5
U.S. Virgin Islands	6.7	6.3	5.3	6.4	6.0	5.6	7.2	4.9	2,079	10,907		5.2		2,001		10,993		5.5		1,968		10,234		5.2

---Not available.

1Includes imputations for nonreported prekindergarten enrollment.

2Includes imputations for nonreported prekindergarten teacher counts.

3Includes imputations for nonreported all staff counts.

4Includes imputations for nonreported staff counts for selected staff categories.

5Includes imputations for nonreported enrollment for all grades.

6DoDEA = Department of Defense Education Activity. Includes both domestic and overseas schools.

NOTE: Staff reported in full-time equivalents.

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 May 2023.)