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MEMBERSHIP |
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Total Population |
Students
in public schools |
Students
in first grade |
Regular
High School graduates (1995-96) |
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United States | 265,179 | United States | 45,611,046 | United States | 3,770,420 | United States | 2,273,109 | |
1 | California | 31,858 | California | 5,686,198 | California | 491,159 | California | 259,071 |
2 | Texas | 19,091 | Texas | 3,828,975 | Texas | 312,533 | Texas | 171,844 |
3 | New York | 18,134 | New York | 2,843,131 | New York | 235,237 | New York | 134,401 |
4 | Florida | 14,419 | Florida | 2,242,212 | Florida | 185,614 | Pennsylvania | 105,981 |
5 | Pennsylvania | 12,040 | Illinois | 1,973,040 | Illinois | 162,304 | Illinois | 104,626 |
6 | Illinois | 11,845 | Ohio | 1,844,698 | Ohio | 149,391 | Ohio | 102,098 |
7 | Ohio | 11,163 | Pennsylvania | 1,804,256 | Pennsylvania | 147,895 | Florida | 89,242 |
8 | Michigan | 9,731 | Michigan | 1,685,714 | Michigan | 142,124 | Michigan | 85,530 |
9 | New Jersey | 8,002 | Georgia | 1,346,761 | Georgia | 114,978 | New Jersey | 67,704 |
10 | Georgia | 7,334 | New Jersey | 1,227,832 | North Carolina | 105,756 | Virginia | 58,166 |
11 | North Carolina | 7,309 | North Carolina | 1,210,108 | New Jersey | 104,581 | North Carolina | 57,014 |
12 | Virginia | 6,666 | Virginia | 1,096,093 | Virginia | 91,234 | Indiana | 56,330 |
13 | Massachusetts | 6,085 | Indiana | 982,876 | Indiana | 82,221 | Georgia | 56,271 |
14 | Indiana | 5,828 | Washington | 974,504 | Massachusetts | 81,375 | Wisconsin | 52,651 |
15 | Washington | 5,520 | Massachusetts | 933,898 | Washington | 78,077 | Minnesota | 50,481 |
16 | Missouri | 5,364 | Tennessee | 904,818 | Tennessee | 77,450 | Washington | 49,862 |
17 | Tennessee | 5,307 | Missouri | 900,517 | Missouri | 70,875 | Missouri | 49,011 |
18 | Wisconsin | 5,146 | Wisconsin | 879,259 | Arizona | 70,180 | Massachusetts | 47,993 |
19 | Maryland | 5,060 | Minnesota | 847,204 | Maryland | 68,645 | Tennessee | 43,792 |
20 | Minnesota | 4,649 | Maryland | 818,583 | Wisconsin | 64,925 | Maryland | 41,785 |
21 | Arizona | 4,434 | Arizona | 799,250 | Minnesota | 64,508 | Kentucky | 36,641 |
22 | Louisiana | 4,341 | Louisiana | 793,296 | Louisiana | 64,136 | Louisiana | 36,467 |
23 | Alabama | 4,287 | Alabama | 747,932 | Alabama | 63,665 | Alabama | 35,043 |
24 | Kentucky | 3,882 | Colorado | 673,438 | Colorado | 54,565 | Oklahoma | 33,060 |
25 | Colorado | 3,816 | Kentucky | 656,089 | Oklahoma | 54,554 | Colorado | 32,608 |
26 | South Carolina | 3,717 | South Carolina | 652,816 | South Carolina | 49,497 | Iowa | 31,689 |
27 | Oklahoma | 3,295 | Oklahoma | 620,695 | Kentucky | 48,209 | South Carolina | 30,182 |
28 | Connecticut | 3,267 | Oregon | 537,854 | Connecticut | 46,391 | Arizona | 30,008 |
29 | Oregon | 3,196 | Connecticut | 527,129 | Mississippi | 43,401 | Oregon | 26,570 |
30 | Iowa | 2,848 | Mississippi | 503,967 | Oregon | 42,819 | Connecticut | 26,319 |
31 | Mississippi | 2,711 | Iowa | 502,941 | Arkansas | 37,370 | Utah | 26,293 |
32 | Kansas | 2,579 | Utah | 481,812 | Iowa | 36,614 | Kansas | 25,786 |
33 | Arkansas | 2,506 | Kansas | 466,293 | Kansas | 36,285 | Arkansas | 25,094 |
34 | Utah | 2,018 | Arkansas | 457,349 | Utah | 35,848 | Mississippi | 23,032 |
35 | West Virginia | 1,820 | New Mexico | 332,632 | New Mexico | 26,283 | West Virginia | 20,335 |
36 | New Mexico | 1,711 | West Virginia | 304,052 | Nevada | 25,398 | Nebraska | 18,014 |
37 | Nebraska | 1,649 | Nebraska | 291,967 | West Virginia | 23,092 | New Mexico | 15,402 |
38 | Nevada | 1,601 | Nevada | 282,131 | Nebraska | 22,224 | Idaho | 14,667 |
39 | Maine | 1,239 | Idaho | 245,252 | Idaho | 18,805 | Maine | 11,795 |
40 | Idaho | 1,188 | Maine | 213,593 | New Hampshire | 18,322 | Nevada | 10,374 |
41 | Hawaii | 1,183 | New Hampshire | 198,308 | Maine | 17,116 | Montana | 10,139 |
42 | New Hampshire | 1,160 | Hawaii | 187,653 | Hawaii | 16,683 | New Hampshire | 10,094 |
43 | Rhode Island | 988 | Montana | 164,627 | Rhode Island | 13,177 | Hawaii | 9,387 |
44 | Montana | 877 | Rhode Island | 151,324 | Montana | 12,706 | South Dakota | 8,532 |
45 | South Dakota | 738 | South Dakota | 143,331 | Alaska | 10,670 | North Dakota | 8,027 |
46 | Delaware | 723 | Alaska | 129,919 | South Dakota | 10,625 | Rhode Island | 7,689 |
47 | North Dakota | 643 | North Dakota | 120,123 | Delaware | 8,831 | Alaska | 5,945 |
48 | Alaska | 605 | Delaware | 110,549 | North Dakota | 8,788 | Wyoming | 5,892 |
49 | Vermont | 586 | Vermont | 106,341 | Vermont | 8,256 | Vermont | 5,867 |
50 | Dist. of Columbia | 539 | Wyoming | 99,058 | Dist. of Columbia | 7,912 | Delaware | 5,609 |
51 | Wyoming | 480 | Dist. of Columbia | 78,648 | Wyoming | 7,116 | Dist. of Columbia | 2,696 |
STAFFING |
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Public
school teachers |
Student-teacher
ratio |
Number
of administrators |
Number
of public schools |
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United States | 2,667,419 | United States | 17.1 | United States | 204,282 | United States | 88,223 | |
1 | California | 248,818 | Utah | 24.4 | California | 17,811 | California | 7,984 |
2 | Texas | 247,650 | California | 22.9 | Texas | 15,366 | Texas | 6,875 |
3 | New York | 185,104 | Washington | 20.2 | New York | 10,898 | Illinois | 4,185 |
4 | Florida | 120,471 | Oregon | 20.1 | Illinois | 10,295 | New York | 4,172 |
5 | Illinois | 116,274 | Arizona | 19.7 | Florida | 8,285 | Ohio | 3,876 |
6 | Ohio | 108,515 | Michigan | 19.1 | Michigan | 8,028 | Michigan | 3,853 |
7 | Pennsylvania | 106,432 | Nevada | 19.1 | New Jersey | 7,279 | Pennsylvania | 3,178 |
8 | Michigan | 88,051 | Idaho | 18.8 | Virginia | 7,000 | Florida | 2,801 |
9 | New Jersey | 87,642 | Florida | 18.6 | Pennsylvania | 6,947 | Missouri | 2,291 |
10 | Georgia | 81,795 | Colorado | 18.5 | Ohio | 6,667 | New Jersey | 2,279 |
11 | North Carolina | 75,239 | Hawaii | 17.7 | Tennessee | 6,488 | Washington | 2,180 |
12 | Virginia | 74,526 | Minnesota | 17.6 | Georgia | 6,331 | Minnesota | 2,116 |
13 | Massachusetts | 64,574 | Alaska | 17.5 | North Carolina | 6,116 | Wisconsin | 2,096 |
14 | Missouri | 59,428 | Indiana | 17.3 | Indiana | 5,064 | North Carolina | 2,005 |
15 | Indiana | 56,708 | Mississippi | 17.2 | Missouri | 4,510 | Indiana | 1,929 |
16 | Tennessee | 54,790 | Arkansas | 17.1 | Massachusetts | 4,315 | Virginia | 1,895 |
17 | Wisconsin | 54,769 | Maryland | 17.1 | Wisconsin | 4,270 | Massachusetts | 1,856 |
18 | Washington | 48,307 | Ohio | 17.0 | Maryland | 4,264 | Oklahoma | 1,828 |
19 | Minnesota | 48,245 | Illinois | 17.0 | Washington | 4,231 | Georgia | 1,798 |
20 | Maryland | 47,943 | Pennsylvania | 17.0 | Louisiana | 3,743 | Tennessee | 1,565 |
21 | Louisiana | 47,334 | Louisiana | 16.8 | Colorado | 3,722 | Iowa | 1,552 |
22 | Alabama | 45,035 | Kentucky | 16.7 | Alabama | 3,652 | Colorado | 1,531 |
23 | South Carolina | 41,463 | New Mexico | 16.7 | Minnesota | 3,593 | Louisiana | 1,477 |
24 | Arizona | 40,521 | Delaware | 16.6 | Connecticut | 3,337 | Kansas | 1,464 |
25 | Oklahoma | 39,568 | Alabama | 16.6 | Iowa | 2,968 | Kentucky | 1,407 |
26 | Kentucky | 39,331 | Tennessee | 16.5 | South Carolina | 2,949 | Nebraska | 1,396 |
27 | Connecticut | 36,551 | Georgia | 16.5 | Mississippi | 2,839 | Alabama | 1,345 |
28 | Colorado | 36,398 | North Carolina | 16.1 | Oklahoma | 2,794 | Arizona | 1,340 |
29 | Iowa | 32,593 | Wisconsin | 16.1 | Oregon | 2,703 | Maryland | 1,286 |
30 | Kansas | 30,875 | Montana | 16.0 | Arizona | 2,361 | Oregon | 1,222 |
31 | Mississippi | 29,293 | South Carolina | 15.7 | Kansas | 2,219 | Arkansas | 1,104 |
32 | Oregon | 26,757 | Oklahoma | 15.7 | Arkansas | 2,218 | South Carolina | 1,088 |
33 | Arkansas | 26,681 | New Hampshire | 15.6 | Kentucky | 1,903 | Connecticut | 1,027 |
34 | West Virginia | 20,888 | Texas | 15.5 | New Mexico | 1,863 | Mississippi | 1,007 |
35 | Nebraska | 20,174 | Iowa | 15.4 | Nebraska | 1,810 | Montana | 892 |
36 | New Mexico | 19,971 | New York | 15.4 | West Virginia | 1,702 | West Virginia | 869 |
37 | Utah | 19,734 | North Dakota | 15.2 | Utah | 1,546 | South Dakota | 832 |
38 | Maine | 15,551 | Missouri | 15.2 | Maine | 1,445 | Utah | 742 |
39 | Nevada | 14,805 | Kansas | 15.1 | Hawaii | 1,072 | New Mexico | 732 |
40 | Idaho | 13,078 | South Dakota | 14.9 | Nevada | 1,066 | Maine | 721 |
41 | New Hampshire | 12,692 | Dist. of Columbia | 14.9 | Idaho | 1,007 | Idaho | 629 |
42 | Rhode Island | 10,656 | Wyoming | 14.7 | New Hampshire | 965 | North Dakota | 609 |
43 | Hawaii | 10,576 | Virginia | 14.7 | North Dakota | 913 | New Hampshire | 512 |
44 | Montana | 10,268 | West Virginia | 14.6 | Alaska | 878 | Alaska | 497 |
45 | South Dakota | 9,625 | Nebraska | 14.5 | South Dakota | 862 | Nevada | 442 |
46 | North Dakota | 7,892 | Massachusetts | 14.5 | Montana | 815 | Wyoming | 411 |
47 | Vermont | 7,751 | Connecticut | 14.4 | Dist. of Columbia | 772 | Vermont | 395 |
48 | Alaska | 7,418 | Rhode Island | 14.2 | Vermont | 732 | Rhode Island | 316 |
49 | Wyoming | 6,729 | New Jersey | 14 .0 | Rhode Island | 569 | Hawaii | 249 |
50 | Delaware | 6,642 | Maine | 13.7 | Delaware | 561 | Dist. of Columbia | 184 |
51 | Dist. of Columbia | 5,288 | Vermont | 13.7 | Wyoming | 538 | Delaware | 183 |
FISCAL |
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State
revenue per capita |
Average
teacher salary |
Revenue
for public schools |
Current
expenditures per pupil in membership |
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United States |
$3,884
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United States | $38,436 | United States | $305,051,963 | United States | $5,925 | |
1 | Alaska |
$15,490
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Connecticut | $51,181 | California | $34,477,895 | New Jersey | $9,744 |
2 | Delaware |
$5,756
|
New Jersey | $49,786 | New York | $26,564,743 | Connecticut | $8,580 |
3 | Hawaii |
$5,647
|
Alaska | $49,140 | Texas | $22,372,808 | New York | $8,525 |
4 | Wyoming |
$5,334
|
New York | $48,000 | Pennsylvania | $14,441,126 | Alaska | $8,231 |
5 | New York |
$5,262
|
Michigan | $47,769 | Florida | $13,861,434 | Dist. Columbia | $8,048 |
6 | Minnesota |
$4,883
|
Pennsylvania | $47,147 | Michigan | $13,437,615 | Rhode Island | $7,612 |
7 | Washington |
$4,784
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Massachusetts | $44,101 | Illinois | $13,161,954 | Massachusetts | $7,331 |
8 | New Mexico |
$4,734
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Rhode Island | $43,084 | Ohio | $12,587,117 | Delaware | $7,135 |
9 | Michigan |
$4,656
|
California | $42,992 | New Jersey | $12,376,750 | Pennsylvania | $7,106 |
10 | Oregon |
$4,626
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Delaware | $42,424 | Georgia | $8,129,250 | Michigan | $6,938 |
11 | Wisconsin |
$4,615
|
Illinois | $42,339 | Indiana | $7,638,406 | Wisconsin | $6,796 |
12 | New Jersey |
$4,481
|
Dist. of Columbia | $41,436 | Massachusetts | $7,229,486 | Maryland | $6,755 |
13 | Connecticut |
$4,440
|
Maryland | $41,257 | Virginia | $7,204,510 | Vermont | $6,753 |
14 | North Dakota |
$4,396
|
Oregon | $41,093 | Wisconsin | $6,701,115 | Maine | $6,327 |
15 | Massachusetts |
$4,338
|
Nevada | $40,817 | Washington | $6,642,158 | Indiana | $6,157 |
16 | Rhode Island |
$4,283
|
Ohio | $38,944 | North Carolina | $6,515,608 | West Virginia | $6,076 |
17 | Maine |
$4,199
|
Indiana | $38,722 | Minnesota | $6,109,916 | Minnesota | $6,005 |
18 | West Virginia |
$4,112
|
Minnesota | $38,276 | Maryland | $6,042,059 | Wyoming | $5,971 |
19 | Pennsylvania |
$4,103
|
Hawaii | $38,105 | Missouri | $5,571,655 | Illinois | $5,940 |
20 | California |
$4,063
|
Wisconsin | $37,878 | Connecticut | $4,899,850 | Ohio | $5,936 |
21 | Ohio |
$4,045
|
Washington | $37,860 | Tennessee | $4,411,971 | Oregon | $5,920 |
22 | Vermont |
$4,024
|
Colorado | $36,271 | Arizona | $4,400,591 | New Hampshire | $5,920 |
23 | Montana |
$4,010
|
Virginia | $36,116 | Louisiana | $4,154,494 | Nebraska | $5,848 |
24 | Maryland |
$3,951
|
Vermont | $36,053 | Colorado | $4,045,015 | Virginia | $5,788 |
25 | Nevada |
$3,873
|
New Hampshire | $36,029 | Alabama | $3,955,039 | Iowa | $5,738 |
26 | Kentucky |
$3,846
|
Georgia | $35,679 | South Carolina | $3,889,383 | Washington | $5,734 |
27 | Utah |
$3,751
|
Tennessee | $34,267 | Kentucky | $3,794,129 | Hawaii | $5,633 |
28 | South Carolina |
$3,671
|
Florida | $33,885 | Oregon | $3,472,609 | Kansas | $5,508 |
29 | Louisiana |
$3,660
|
Kentucky | $33,802 | Oklahoma | $3,251,302 | Montana | $5,481 |
30 | Virginia |
$3,612
|
Maine | $33,676 | Iowa | $3,167,763 | Georgia | $5,369 |
31 | Idaho |
$3,544
|
Iowa | $33,272 | Kansas | $3,040,600 | Florida | $5,360 |
32 | Arkansas |
$3,506
|
West Virginia | $33,258 | Arkansas | $2,371,834 | Colorado | $5,312 |
33 | Mississippi |
$3,443
|
Arizona | $33,208 | Mississippi | $2,259,053 | Missouri | $5,306 |
34 | North Carolina |
$3,438
|
Kansas | $33,150 | Utah | $2,198,285 | Texas | $5,267 |
35 | Oklahoma |
$3,415
|
Missouri | $33,143 | West Virginia | $2,082,049 | California | $5,258 |
36 | Nebraska |
$3,342
|
South Carolina | $32,659 | Nebraska | $1,954,789 | Kentucky | $5,155 |
37 | Iowa |
$3,334
|
Alabama | $32,470 | New Mexico | $1,829,725 | Nevada | $5,084 |
38 | Texas |
$3,285
|
Texas | $32,426 | Nevada | $1,705,232 | South Carolina | $5,048 |
39 | Colorado |
$3,283
|
Idaho | $31,818 | Maine | $1,499,504 | North Carolina | $4,929 |
40 | Illinois |
$3,282
|
Nebraska | $31,768 | New Hampshire | $1,282,509 | Oklahoma | $4,817 |
41 | Alabama |
$3,243
|
Wyoming | $31,716 | Idaho | $1,251,263 | North Dakota | $4,808 |
42 | Georgia |
$3,210
|
Utah | $31,310 | Alaska | $1,219,017 | Louisiana | $4,724 |
43 | South Dakota |
$3,138
|
North Carolina | $31,167 | Hawaii | $1,215,924 | New Mexico | $4,682 |
44 | Missouri |
$3,073
|
Arkansas | $30,987 | Rhode Island | $1,193,754 | Alabama | $4,593 |
45 | Kansas |
$3,064
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Oklahoma | $30,187 | Montana | $991,653 | Tennessee | $4,580 |
46 | New Hampshire |
$3,036
|
Montana | $29,958 | Delaware | $878,326 | Arkansas | $4,535 |
47 | Arizona |
$3,006
|
New Mexico | $29,715 | Vermont | $812,166 | Idaho | $4,447 |
48 | Indiana |
$2,991
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Louisiana | $28,347 | South Dakota | $747,324 | Arizona | $4,413 |
49 | Tennessee |
$2,924
|
North Dakota | $27,709 | Dist. of Columbia | $711,504 | South Dakota | $4,375 |
50 | Florida |
$2,827
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Mississippi | $27,662 | Wyoming | $656,713 | Mississippi | $4,039 |
51 | Dist. of Columbia |
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South Dakota | $27,072 | North Dakota | $642,984 | Utah | $3,783 |