Table 213.60.

Staff employed and pupil/staff ratios in public elementary and secondary school systems, by type of assignment and locale: Fall 2021

Locale	Total	School district staff			School staff							Student support staff	Other support services staff
		School district administrative staff		Administrative support staff	School administrative and instructional staff					School support staff	Library support staff
		Officials and administrators	Instruction coordinators		Principals and assistant principals	Teachers	Instructional aides	Guidance counselors	Librarians
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	Number of staff employed
Total1	6,475,355	81,714	82,960	213,650	191,001	3,169,692	811,752	120,038	38,953	262,855	19,891	375,275	1,107,574
City	1,960,197	22,432	27,228	58,275	62,510	967,026	252,886	36,070	10,636	81,903	3,871	114,998	322,361
Large	1,066,324	12,084	12,911	30,696	35,438	528,570	141,588	18,202	4,628	43,075	1,120	62,318	175,694
Midsize	434,297	4,889	7,332	12,658	13,856	212,646	52,323	9,180	3,071	19,626	1,202	24,773	72,740
Small	459,576	5,459	6,985	14,922	13,215	225,809	58,975	8,688	2,938	19,202	1,549	27,906	73,927
Suburban	2,666,026	31,157	34,939	92,632	75,380	1,313,998	319,049	50,794	15,774	113,167	8,079	163,710	447,348
Large	2,309,940	26,726	30,720	83,138	65,284	1,140,077	273,936	43,886	13,548	96,631	6,886	143,211	385,897
Midsize	235,058	2,950	2,985	5,724	6,610	115,429	30,387	4,634	1,605	11,070	869	13,859	38,937
Small	121,028	1,480	1,235	3,770	3,486	58,491	14,727	2,274	621	5,465	324	6,641	22,514
Town	735,647	9,668	8,598	26,658	21,053	349,428	101,760	13,332	4,528	28,223	3,142	40,075	129,182
Fringe	168,374	2,185	1,784	6,159	4,719	80,353	21,929	2,927	980	6,996	660	9,504	30,178
Distant	351,277	4,584	4,122	13,888	10,209	165,933	45,866	6,353	2,209	13,302	1,422	19,210	64,179
Remote	215,996	2,899	2,692	6,611	6,125	103,142	33,966	4,051	1,339	7,925	1,059	11,361	34,825
Rural	1,111,188	18,386	12,126	36,034	31,962	538,010	137,799	19,811	8,005	39,476	4,796	56,361	208,423
Fringe	560,616	7,578	6,471	16,937	15,923	272,814	68,239	10,260	4,063	21,333	2,260	30,479	104,259
Distant	393,860	6,856	4,075	14,204	11,322	188,840	47,851	6,911	2,834	13,180	1,729	18,928	77,130
Remote	156,713	3,952	1,580	4,892	4,717	76,356	21,709	2,640	1,108	4,964	807	6,954	27,033
	Pupils per staff member
Total	7.5	593.2	584.3	226.9	253.8	15.3	59.7	403.8	1,244.4	184.4	2,436.9	129.2	43.8
City	7.7	675.8	556.7	260.1	242.5	15.7	59.9	420.3	1,425.2	185.1	3,916.5	131.8	47.0
Large	7.7	683.2	639.4	269.0	233.0	15.6	58.3	453.6	1,784.0	191.7	7,372.0	132.5	47.0
Midsize	7.9	700.4	467.1	270.5	247.1	16.1	65.5	373.1	1,115.3	174.5	2,849.7	138.2	47.1
Small	7.6	637.2	498.0	233.1	263.2	15.4	59.0	400.4	1,183.9	181.2	2,245.8	124.7	47.1
Suburban	7.7	658.6	587.3	221.5	272.2	15.6	64.3	404.0	1,300.8	181.3	2,540.0	125.3	45.9
Large	7.7	664.0	577.6	213.4	271.8	15.6	64.8	404.3	1,309.8	183.6	2,577.1	123.9	46.0
Midsize	7.7	615.8	608.6	317.4	274.8	15.7	59.8	392.0	1,131.9	164.1	2,089.9	131.1	46.7
Small	7.9	647.2	776.0	254.1	274.8	16.4	65.1	421.3	1,542.6	175.3	2,959.8	144.3	42.6
Town	7.2	545.6	613.5	197.9	250.5	15.1	51.8	395.7	1,165.0	186.9	1,679.1	131.6	40.8
Fringe	7.5	575.4	704.5	204.1	266.4	15.6	57.3	429.5	1,283.1	179.7	1,904.6	132.3	41.7
Distant	7.1	546.6	607.9	180.4	245.4	15.1	54.6	394.4	1,134.5	188.4	1,761.7	130.4	39.0
Remote	7.0	521.5	561.7	228.7	246.8	14.7	44.5	373.2	1,129.1	190.8	1,427.6	133.1	43.4
Rural	6.7	407.8	618.4	208.1	234.6	13.9	54.4	378.5	936.7	189.9	1,563.6	133.0	36.0
Fringe	7.1	527.0	617.1	235.8	250.8	14.6	58.5	389.2	982.7	187.2	1,766.9	131.0	38.3
Distant	6.5	375.8	632.3	181.4	227.6	13.6	53.8	372.8	909.1	195.5	1,490.3	136.1	33.4
Remote	5.9	235.0	587.8	189.8	196.9	12.2	42.8	351.7	838.2	187.1	1,151.3	133.6	34.4

1Includes school districts with missing locale information. There were 71 districts in the 2021-22 data that had missing 2020-21 locale information (the most recent data available when this table was tabulated), representing less than 1 percent of all districts.

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," 2021-22; and Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates (EDGE), "Public District File," 2020-21. (This table was prepared April 2023.)