Staff employed in public elementary and secondary school systems, by type of assignment: Selected school years, 1949-50 through fall 2022

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Table 213.10.Staff employed in public elementary and secondary school systems, by type of assignment: Selected school years, 1949-50 through fall 2022
[In full-time equivalents]
School year	Total	School district administrative staff			School administrative and instructional staff						Support staff¹
School year	Total	Total	Officials and administrators	Instruction coordinators	Total	Principals and assistant principals	Teachers	Instructional aides	Guidance counselors	Librarians	Support staff¹
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Number
1949-50^2,3	1,300,031	33,642	23,868	9,774	956,808	43,137	913,671	[⁴]	[⁴]	[⁴]	309,582
1959-60^2,3	2,089,283	42,423	28,648	13,775	1,448,931	63,554	1,353,372	[⁴]	14,643	17,363	597,929
1969-70^2,3	3,360,763	65,282	33,745	31,537	2,255,707	90,593	2,016,244	57,418	48,763	42,689	1,039,774
Fall 1980³	4,168,286	78,784	58,230	20,554	2,729,023	107,061	2,184,216	325,755	63,973	48,018	1,360,479
Fall 1990	4,494,076	75,868	---	---	3,051,404	127,417	2,398,169	395,959	79,950	49,909	1,366,804

Fall 2000	5,709,753	97,270	57,837	39,433	3,876,628	141,792	2,941,461	641,392	97,737	54,246	1,735,855
Fall 2002	5,954,661	110,777	62,781	47,996	4,016,963	164,171	3,034,123	663,552	100,912	54,205	1,826,921
Fall 2003	5,953,667	107,483	63,418	44,065	4,052,739	165,233	3,048,652	685,118	99,387	54,349	1,793,445
Fall 2004	6,058,174	111,832	64,101	47,731	4,120,063	165,657	3,090,925	707,514	101,822	54,145	1,826,279

Fall 2005	6,130,686	121,164	62,464	58,700	4,151,236	156,454	3,143,003	693,792	103,930	54,057	1,858,286
Fall 2006	6,153,735	118,707	53,722	64,985	4,186,968	153,673	3,166,391	709,715	102,745	54,444	1,848,060
Fall 2007	6,232,911	130,044	59,361	70,683	4,235,238	157,539	3,199,995	717,806	105,512	54,386	1,867,629
Fall 2008	6,326,702	135,706	62,153	73,553	4,277,674	159,897	3,222,154	734,010	107,808	53,805	1,913,322
Fall 2009	6,351,157	138,471	63,969	74,502	4,279,488	168,450	3,209,672	741,337	107,484	52,545	1,933,198

Fall 2010	6,195,207	133,833	64,597	69,236	4,151,225	165,047	3,099,095	731,705	105,079	50,300	1,910,150
Fall 2011	6,138,890	130,595	62,884	67,711	4,133,767	166,416	3,103,263	710,335	105,351	48,402	1,874,528
Fall 2012	6,181,238	136,387	65,420	70,967	4,158,000	169,240	3,109,101	729,756	103,218	46,685	1,886,851
Fall 2013	6,187,901	139,667	66,732	72,935	4,167,118	168,101	3,113,764	738,226	101,920	45,106	1,881,116
Fall 2014	6,258,543	148,229	68,962	79,267	4,205,088	174,664	3,132,351	749,143	104,306	44,624	1,905,226

Fall 2015	6,373,406	155,273	67,778	87,495	4,249,784	182,006	3,151,497	764,537	108,376	43,368	1,968,350
Fall 2016	6,484,723	160,540	70,357	90,183	4,294,185	183,671	3,169,499	786,773	111,278	42,964	2,029,998
Fall 2017	6,544,767	170,158	74,411	95,746	4,340,264	189,155	3,169,750	824,051	114,703	42,605	2,034,346
Fall 2018	6,557,054	173,958	74,366	99,591	4,349,183	193,934	3,169,762	825,632	117,839	42,015	2,033,914
Fall 2019	6,683,302	182,477	77,875	104,603	4,433,961	193,734	3,198,170	883,071	119,539	39,447	2,066,863

Fall 2020	6,618,270	166,805	83,821	82,984	4,396,927	191,868	3,195,800	850,092	120,105	39,061	2,054,538
Fall 2021	6,633,741	172,255	85,114	87,141	4,418,834	193,836	3,214,242	849,577	121,893	39,286	2,042,652
Fall 2022	6,795,470	189,338	88,623	100,715	4,498,868	196,788	3,228,895	905,181	128,693	39,311	2,107,264
	Percentage distribution
1949-50^2,3	100.0	2.6	1.8	0.8	73.6	3.3	70.3	[⁴]	[⁴]	[⁴]	23.8
1959-60^2,3	100.0	2.0	1.4	0.7	69.4	3.0	64.8	[⁴]	0.7	0.8	28.6
1969-70^2,3	100.0	1.9	1.0	0.9	67.1	2.7	60.0	1.7	1.5	1.3	30.9
Fall 1980³	100.0	1.9	1.4	0.5	65.5	2.6	52.4	7.8	1.5	1.2	32.6
Fall 1990	100.0	1.7	---	---	67.9	2.8	53.4	8.8	1.8	1.1	30.4

Fall 2000	100.0	1.7	1.0	0.7	67.9	2.5	51.5	11.2	1.7	1.0	30.4
Fall 2002	100.0	1.9	1.1	0.8	67.5	2.8	51.0	11.1	1.7	0.9	30.7
Fall 2003	100.0	1.8	1.1	0.7	68.1	2.8	51.2	11.5	1.7	0.9	30.1
Fall 2004	100.0	1.8	1.1	0.8	68.0	2.7	51.0	11.7	1.7	0.9	30.1

Fall 2005	100.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	67.7	2.6	51.3	11.3	1.7	0.9	30.3
Fall 2006	100.0	1.9	0.9	1.1	68.0	2.5	51.5	11.5	1.7	0.9	30.0
Fall 2007	100.0	2.1	1.0	1.1	67.9	2.5	51.3	11.5	1.7	0.9	30.0
Fall 2008	100.0	2.1	1.0	1.2	67.6	2.5	50.9	11.6	1.7	0.9	30.2
Fall 2009	100.0	2.2	1.0	1.2	67.4	2.7	50.5	11.7	1.7	0.8	30.4

Fall 2010	100.0	2.2	1.0	1.1	67.0	2.7	50.0	11.8	1.7	0.8	30.8
Fall 2011	100.0	2.1	1.0	1.1	67.3	2.7	50.6	11.6	1.7	0.8	30.5
Fall 2012	100.0	2.2	1.1	1.1	67.3	2.7	50.3	11.8	1.7	0.8	30.5
Fall 2013	100.0	2.3	1.1	1.2	67.3	2.7	50.3	11.9	1.6	0.7	30.4
Fall 2014	100.0	2.4	1.1	1.3	67.2	2.8	50.0	12.0	1.7	0.7	30.4

Fall 2015	100.0	2.4	1.1	1.4	66.7	2.9	49.4	12.0	1.7	0.7	30.9
Fall 2016	100.0	2.5	1.1	1.4	66.2	2.8	48.9	12.1	1.7	0.7	31.3
Fall 2017	100.0	2.6	1.1	1.5	66.3	2.9	48.4	12.6	1.8	0.7	31.1
Fall 2018	100.0	2.7	1.1	1.5	66.3	3.0	48.3	12.6	1.8	0.6	31.0
Fall 2019	100.0	2.7	1.2	1.6	66.3	2.9	47.9	13.2	1.8	0.6	30.9

Fall 2020	100.0	2.5	1.3	1.3	66.4	2.9	48.3	12.8	1.8	0.6	31.0
Fall 2021	100.0	2.6	1.3	1.3	66.6	2.9	48.5	12.8	1.8	0.6	30.8
Fall 2022	100.0	2.8	1.3	1.5	66.2	2.9	47.5	13.3	1.9	0.6	31.0
	Pupils per staff member
1949-50^2,3	19.3	746.4	1,052.1	2,569.2	26.2	582.1	27.5	[⁴]	[⁴]	[⁴]	81.1
1959-60^2,3	16.8	829.3	1,228.1	2,554.1	24.3	553.6	26.0	[⁴]	2,402.7	2,026.3	58.8
1969-70^2,3	13.6	697.7	1,349.8	1,444.3	20.2	502.8	22.6	793.3	934.1	1,067.0	43.8
Fall 1980³	9.8	518.9	702.0	1,988.8	15.0	381.8	18.7	125.5	639.0	851.3	30.0
Fall 1990	9.2	543.3	---	---	13.5	323.5	17.2	104.1	515.5	825.8	30.2

Fall 2000	8.3	485.3	816.1	1,197.1	12.2	332.9	16.0	73.6	483.0	870.2	27.2
Fall 2002	8.1	435.0	767.5	1,003.9	12.0	293.5	15.9	72.6	477.5	888.9	26.4
Fall 2003	8.2	451.6	765.4	1,101.6	12.0	293.8	15.9	70.8	488.4	893.1	27.1
Fall 2004	8.1	436.3	761.2	1,022.3	11.8	294.6	15.8	69.0	479.2	901.2	26.7

Fall 2005	8.0	405.3	786.3	836.7	11.8	313.9	15.6	70.8	472.6	908.5	26.4
Fall 2006	8.0	415.4	918.0	758.9	11.8	320.9	15.6	69.5	480.0	905.8	26.7
Fall 2007	7.9	379.0	830.4	697.3	11.6	312.9	15.4	68.7	467.2	906.3	26.4
Fall 2008	7.8	363.0	792.6	669.8	11.5	308.1	15.3	67.1	457.0	915.6	25.7
Fall 2009	7.8	356.5	771.6	662.5	11.5	293.0	15.4	66.6	459.2	939.4	25.5

Fall 2010	8.0	369.7	766.0	714.7	11.9	299.8	16.0	67.6	470.9	983.8	25.9
Fall 2011	8.1	379.2	787.5	731.4	12.0	297.6	16.0	69.7	470.1	1,023.1	26.4
Fall 2012	8.1	364.9	760.8	701.3	12.0	294.1	16.0	68.2	482.2	1,066.1	26.4
Fall 2013	8.1	358.3	749.9	686.2	12.0	297.7	16.1	67.8	491.0	1,109.5	26.6
Fall 2014	8.0	339.4	729.6	634.7	12.0	288.1	16.1	67.2	482.4	1,127.5	26.4

Fall 2015	7.9	324.8	744.2	576.5	11.9	277.1	16.0	66.0	465.4	1,163.0	25.6
Fall 2016	7.8	315.3	719.4	561.2	11.8	275.6	16.0	64.3	454.9	1,178.1	24.9
Fall 2017	7.7	297.9	681.2	529.4	11.7	268.0	16.0	61.5	441.9	1,189.7	24.9
Fall 2018	7.7	291.4	681.7	509.0	11.7	261.4	16.0	61.4	430.2	1,206.6	24.9
Fall 2019	7.6	278.4	652.3	485.6	11.5	262.2	15.9	57.5	424.9	1,287.7	24.6

Fall 2020	7.5	296.0	589.0	595.0	11.2	257.3	15.4	58.1	411.1	1,264.0	24.0
Fall 2021	7.5	287.0	580.8	567.3	11.2	255.0	15.4	58.2	405.5	1,258.3	24.2
Fall 2022	7.3	262.1	559.9	492.7	11.0	252.1	15.4	54.8	385.6	1,262.2	23.5
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¹Includes school district administrative support staff, school and library support staff, student support staff, and other support services staff.
²Data for 1949-50 through 1969-70 are cumulative for the entire school year, rather than counts as of the fall of the year.
³Because of classification revisions, categories other than teachers, principals, librarians, and guidance counselors are only roughly comparable to figures for years after 1980.
⁴Included in data for teachers.
NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Includes imputations for nonreported staff counts for selected states for 2020-21, 2021-22, and 2022-23. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of State School Systems, various years; Statistics of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools, various years; and Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1986-87 through 2022-23. (This table was prepared January 2024.)

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