Table 81. | Staff employed in public elementary and secondary school systems, by functional area: 1949-50 to fall 1993 |
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | School district administrative staff | Instructional staff | Support staff School | |____________________________________________________|____________________________________________________________________________________|_________________________________________________________________________ year | Total | | Inter- | School |Assistants| Instruc-| |Principals| |Instruc-| | | Psycho- | Other | | Secre- | | | Plant | | Recre- | | Total |mediate | district | to | tion | Total | and | Teachers | tional |Librar- |Guidance | logical | instruc-| Total |tarial and|Transpor-| Food |operation| Health | ational | | |district| super- | super- | coordi- | |assistant | | aides | ians | coun- | per- | tional | | clerical | tation |service |and main-| |and other | | | staff |intendents|intendents| nators | |principals| | | | selors | sonnel | staff | |personnel | staff | | tenance | | staff ___________|__________|__________|________|__________|__________|__________|_____________|__________|__________|________|________|_________|_________|__________|_____________|__________|_________|________|_________|________|__________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 ___________|__________|__________|________|__________|__________|__________|_____________|__________|__________|________|________|_________|_________|__________|_____________|__________|_________|________|_________|________|__________ 1949-50 ...|1,300,031 | 33,642 | 5,843 | 18,025 | (\1\) | 9,774 | 963,110 | 43,137 | 913,671 | (\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) | 6,302 | 303,280 | 31,824 | 81,626 | 68,814 | 105,874 | 9,412 | 5,730 1959-60 ...|2,089,283 | 42,423 | 9,901 | 13,361 | 5,386 | 13,775 | 1,457,329 | 63,554 |1,353,372 | (\2\) | 17,363 | 14,643 | 2,121 | 6,277 | 589,531 | 75,930 | 113,111 |161,925 | 192,655 | 16,104 | 29,807 1969-70 ...|3,360,763 | 65,282 | 7,113 | 13,014 | 13,618 | 31,537 | 2,285,568 | 90,593 |2,016,244 | 57,418 | 42,689 | 48,763 | 6,168 | 23,693 | 1,009,913 | 164,476 | 175,351 |270,338 | 273,395 | 26,562 | 99,791 Fall 1980 .|4,168,286 | 78,784 | --- | 13,269 | 44,961 | 20,554 | 2,859,573 | 107,061 |2,184,216 |325,755 | 48,018 | 63,973 | 14,033 | 116,517 | 1,229,929 | 223,647 | (\4\) | (\4\) | (\4\) | (\4\) |1,006,282 Fall 1984 .|4,062,271 |\3\65,222 | --- | --- | --- | --- |\3\2,691,787 | 124,536 |2,167,950 |288,967 | 47,024 | 63,310 | (\5\) | (\5\) |\3\1,305,262 | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fall 1985 .|4,159,624 |\3\67,404 | --- | --- | --- | --- |\3\2,756,232 | 129,297 |2,205,987 |306,860 | 47,442 | 66,646 | (\5\) | (\5\) |\3\1,335,988 | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) Fall 1986 .|4,232,805 |\3\74,541 | --- | --- | --- | --- |\3\2,822,059 | 131,564 |2,243,579 |330,398 | 47,938 | 68,580 | (\5\) | (\5\) |\3\1,336,205 | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) Fall 1987 .|4,311,941 |\3\74,191 | --- | --- | --- | --- |\3\2,859,626 | 125,927 |2,279,241 |335,991 | 48,185 | 70,282 | (\5\) | (\5\) |\3\1,378,124 | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) Fall 1988 .|4,319,356 |\3\69,334 | --- | --- | --- | --- |\3\2,930,547 | 126,609 |2,323,213 |356,682 | 48,980 | 75,063 | (\5\) | (\5\) |\3\1,319,475 | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) Fall 1989 .|4,431,033 |\3\70,302 | --- | --- | --- | --- |\3\2,985,851 | 125,594 |2,356,702 |374,172 | 49,769 | 79,614 | (\5\) | (\5\) |\3\1,374,880 | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fall 1990 .|4,494,076 |\3\75,868 | --- | --- | --- | --- |\3\3,051,404 | 127,417 |2,398,169 |395,959 | 49,909 | 79,950 | (\5\) | (\5\) |\3\1,366,804 | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) Fall 1991 .|4,559,359 |\3\76,084 | --- | --- | --- | --- |\3\3,103,939 | 129,304 |2,432,243 |410,538 | 49,917 | 81,937 | (\5\) | (\5\) |\3\1,379,336 | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) Fall 1992 .|4,702,568 |\6\76,400 | (\7\) | (\7\) | 45,713 | 30,687 |\3\3,139,695 | 122,402 |2,458,598 |427,322 | 50,324 | 81,049 | (\5\) | (\5\) |\3\1,486,473 | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) Fall 1993 .|4,803,121 |\6\79,763 | (\7\) | (\7\) | 46,515 | 33,248 |\3\3,210,395 | 121,268 |2,505,074 |450,598 | 50,501 | 82,954 | (\5\) | (\5\) |\3\1,512,963 | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) |__________|__________|________|__________|__________|__________|_____________|__________|__________|________|________|_________|_________|__________|_____________|__________|_________|________|_________|________|__________ | Percentage distribution |______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1949-50 ...| 100.0 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 1.4 | (\1\) | 0.8 | 74.1 | 3.3 | 70.3 | (\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) | 0.5 | 23.3 | 2.4 | 6.3 | 5.3 | 8.1 | 0.7 | 0.4 1959-60 ...| 100.0 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 69.8 | 3.0 | 64.8 | (\2\) | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 28.2 | 3.6 | 5.4 | 7.8 | 9.2 | 0.8 | 1.4 1969-70 ...| 100.0 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 68.0 | 2.7 | 60.0 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 30.1 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 0.8 | 3.0 Fall 1980 .| 100.0 | 1.9 | --- | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 68.6 | 2.6 | 52.4 | 7.8 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 2.8 | 29.5 | 5.4 | (\4\) | (\4\) | (\4\) | (\4\) | 24.1 Fall 1984 .| 100.0 |\3\ 1.6 | --- | --- | --- | --- |\3\ 66.3 | 3.1 | 53.4 | 7.1 | 1.2 | 1.6 | (\5\) | (\5\) |\3\ 32.1 | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fall 1985 .| 100.0 |\3\ 1.6 | --- | --- | --- | --- |\3\ 66.3 | 3.1 | 53.0 | 7.4 | 1.1 | 1.6 | (\5\) | (\5\) |\3\ 32.1 | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) Fall 1986 .| 100.0 |\3\ 1.8 | --- | --- | --- | --- |\3\ 66.7 | 3.1 | 53.0 | 7.8 | 1.1 | 1.6 | (\5\) | (\5\) |\3\ 31.6 | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) Fall 1987 .| 100.0 |\3\ 1.7 | --- | --- | --- | --- |\3\ 66.3 | 2.9 | 52.9 | 7.8 | 1.1 | 1.6 | (\5\) | (\5\) |\3\ 32.0 | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) Fall 1988 .| 100.0 |\3\ 1.6 | --- | --- | --- | --- |\3\ 67.8 | 2.9 | 53.8 | 8.3 | 1.1 | 1.7 | (\5\) | (\5\) |\3\ 30.5 | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) Fall 1989 .| 100.0 |\3\ 1.6 | --- | --- | --- | --- |\3\ 67.4 | 2.8 | 53.2 | 8.4 | 1.1 | 1.8 | (\5\) | (\5\) |\3\ 31.0 | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fall 1990 .| 100.0 |\3\ 1.7 | --- | --- | --- | --- |\3\ 67.9 | 2.8 | 53.4 | 8.8 | 1.1 | 1.8 | (\5\) | (\5\) |\3\ 30.4 | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) Fall 1991 .| 100.0 |\3\ 1.7 | --- | --- | --- | --- |\3\ 68.1 | 2.8 | 53.3 | 9.0 | 1.1 | 1.8 | (\5\) | (\5\) |\3\ 30.3 | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) Fall 1992 .| 100.0 |\6\ 1.6 | (\7\) | (\7\) | 1.0 | 0.7 |\3\ 66.8 | 2.6 | 52.3 | 9.1 | 1.1 | 1.7 | (\5\) | (\5\) |\3\ 31.6 | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) Fall 1993 .| 100.0 |\6\ 1.7 | (\7\) | (\7\) | 1.0 | 0.7 |\3\ 66.8 | 2.5 | 52.2 | 9.4 | 1.1 | 1.7 | (\5\) | (\5\) |\3\ 31.5 | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) |__________|__________|________|__________|__________|__________|_____________|__________|__________|________|________|_________|_________|__________|_____________|__________|_________|________|_________|________|__________ | | Pupils per staff member |______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1949-50 ...| 19.3 | 746.4 |4,297.7 | 1,393.1 | --- | 2,569.2 | 26.1 | 582.1 | 27.5 | (\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) | (\2\) | 3,984.7 | 82.8 | 789.1 | 307.6 | 364.9 | 237.2 |2,668.0 | 4,382.4 1959-60 ...| 16.8 | 829.3 |3,553.4 | 2,633.2 | 6,532.2 | 2,554.1 | 24.1 | 553.6 | 26.0 | (\2\) |2,026.3 | 2,402.7 |16,589.1 | 5,605.1 | 59.7 | 463.4 | 311.0 | 217.3 | 182.6 |2,184.7 | 1,180.3 1969-70 ...| 13.6 | 697.7 |6,403.8 | 3,500.1 | 3,344.9 | 1,444.3 | 19.9 | 502.8 | 22.6 | 793.3 |1,067.0 | 934.1 | 7,384.9 | 1,922.5 | 45.1 | 276.9 | 259.8 | 168.5 | 166.6 |1,714.9 | 456.5 Fall 1980 .| 9.8 | 518.9 | --- | 3,080.7 | 909.2 | 1,988.8 | 14.3 | 381.8 | 18.7 | 125.5 | 851.3 | 639.0 | 2,913.0 | 350.8 | 33.2 | 182.8 | (\4\) | (\4\) | (\4\) | (\4\) | 40.6 Fall 1984 .| 9.7 |\3\ 601.2 | --- | --- | --- | --- |\3\ 14.6 | 314.8 | 18.1 | 135.7 | 833.8 | 619.3 | (\5\) | (\5\) |\3\ 30.0 | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fall 1985 .| 9.5 |\3\ 584.9 | --- | --- | --- | --- |\3\ 14.3 | 304.9 | 17.9 | 128.5 | 831.0 | 591.5 | (\5\) | (\5\) |\3\ 29.5 | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) Fall 1986 .| 9.4 |\3\ 533.3 | --- | --- | --- | --- |\3\ 14.1 | 302.2 | 17.7 | 120.3 | 829.3 | 579.7 | (\5\) | (\5\) |\3\ 29.8 | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) Fall 1987 .| 9.3 |\3\ 539.3 | --- | --- | --- | --- |\3\ 14.0 | 317.7 | 17.6 | 119.1 | 830.3 | 569.3 | (\5\) | (\5\) |\3\ 29.0 | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) Fall 1988 .| 9.3 |\3\ 579.6 | --- | --- | --- | --- |\3\ 13.7 | 317.4 | 17.3 | 112.7 | 820.5 | 535.4 | (\5\) | (\5\) |\3\ 30.5 | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) Fall 1989 .| 9.1 |\3\ 576.7 | --- | --- | --- | --- |\3\ 13.6 | 322.8 | 17.2 | 108.4 | 814.6 | 509.2 | (\5\) | (\5\) |\3\ 29.5 | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fall 1990 .| 9.2 |\3\ 543.3 | --- | --- | --- | --- |\3\ 13.5 | 323.5 | 17.2 | 104.1 | 825.8 | 515.5 | (\5\) | (\5\) |\3\ 30.2 | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) Fall 1991 .| 9.2 |\3\ 552.6 | --- | --- | --- | --- |\3\ 13.5 | 325.2 | 17.3 | 102.4 | 842.3 | 513.2 | (\5\) | (\5\) |\3\ 30.5 | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) Fall 1992 .| 9.1 |\6\ 560.4 | (\7\) | (\7\) | 936.6 | 1,395.2 |\3\ 13.6 | 349.8 | 17.4 | 100.2 | 850.8 | 528.3 | (\5\) | (\5\) |\3\ 28.8 | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) Fall 1993 .| 9.1 |\6\ 545.1 | (\7\) | (\7\) | 934.7 | 1,307.6 |\3\ 13.5 | 358.5 | 17.4 | 96.5 | 860.9 | 524.1 | (\5\) | (\5\) |\3\ 28.7 | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) | (\5\) 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\1\Data included in column 5. NOTE.--Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Because of variations in data collection instruments, some categories are only roughly comparable over time. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of State School Systems, Common Core of Data survey, and unpublished estimates. (This table was prepared March 1995.) |