Table A-3. Median pupil/teacher ratios in public elementary and secondary schools in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by specified instructional level and school district: School year 2003

Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 2003–04

NCES 2006-329
September 2006

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Table A-3. Median pupil/teacher ratios in public elementary and secondary schools in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by specified instructional level and school district: School year 2003–04

Name of reporting district	State	Schools having membership	Instructional level
Name of reporting district	State	Schools having membership	Primary	Middle	High	Other
Reporting total¹	†	16.5	16.4	16.8	17.8	12.4

New York City Public Schools	NY	—	—	—	—	—
Los Angeles Unified	CA	19.7	19.4	24.5	24.3	16.0
Puerto Rico Department of Education	PR	13.2	12.8	14.8	17.0	12.8
City of Chicago School District	IL	19.8	20.3	18.7	16.3	14.4
Dade County School District	FL	17.9	16.9	22.6	22.3	8.7

Broward County School District	FL	17.9	17.6	19.6	20.1	7.0
Clark County School District	NV	17.1	16.6	19.9	21.5	9.3
Houston Independent School District	TX	16.6	16.6	16.6	17.0	11.6
Philadelphia City School District	PA	17.9	17.3	18.6	20.8	19.3
Hawaii Department of Education	HI	16.5	16.5	16.6	16.7	13.8

Hillsborough County School District	FL	16.3	16.5	16.1	16.9	12.6
Palm Beach County School District	FL	17.6	16.4	19.3	19.5	15.9
Orange County School District	FL	16.5	15.9	18.7	20.6	11.7
Fairfax County Public Schools	VA	13.7	13.5	13.5	14.3	2.7
Dallas Independent School District	TX	15.9	16.2	14.6	15.3	7.9

Detroit City School District	MI	22.1	21.5	24.9	25.2	12.8
Montgomery County Public Schools	MD	15.6	15.0	15.8	16.9	4.8
San Diego City Unified	CA	18.5	17.5	21.7	21.0	18.6
Prince Georges County Public Schools	MD	17.0	16.5	16.5	18.9	7.2
Duval County School District	FL	18.1	17.5	19.9	20.9	12.3

Gwinnett County School District	GA	15.2	14.7	16.2	18.2	7.6
Memphis City School District	TN	—	—	—	—	—
Pinellas County School District	FL	17.2	16.6	19.9	21.4	5.9
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	NC	16.3	16.8	14.2	17.5	10.8
Wake County Schools	NC	15.0	14.3	15.1	16.4	4.2

Baltimore County Public Schools	MD	15.6	15.9	15.2	15.2	5.5
Cobb County School District	GA	14.7	14.3	15.1	15.7	†
De Kalb County School District	GA	15.2	14.6	16.2	17.6	10.1
Long Beach Unified	CA	20.2	19.4	25.0	26.2	17.2
Milwaukee School District	WI	15.4	14.8	16.0	18.2	19.3

Jefferson (KY) County	KY	16.9	17.2	18.7	14.2	6.7
Baltimore City Public School System	MD	14.8	14.6	16.6	16.1	11.5
Albuquerque Public Schools	NM	14.0	13.9	13.8	16.4	12.4
Jefferson (CO) County	CO	18.2	17.9	18.4	19.8	11.5
Polk County School District	FL	15.3	15.0	16.7	19.4	12.9

Fresno Unified	CA	20.3	19.7	23.8	23.2	37.7
Fort Worth Independent School District	TX	16.9	17.0	16.9	17.2	6.8
Austin Independent School District	TX	14.3	14.2	14.9	16.2	8.2
Virginia Beach City Public Schools	VA	14.9	14.5	14.9	15.4	†
Mesa Unified District	AZ	20.3	20.6	19.5	21.1	514.4

Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District	TX	15.5	15.6	15.1	15.5	†
Jordan School District	UT	25.0	24.7	25.3	26.4	13.3
Anne Arundel County Public Schools	MD	17.0	16.3	17.1	18.9	7.9
Brevard County School District	FL	16.0	15.7	17.4	19.7	9.6
Fulton County School District	GA	14.8	14.8	14.0	15.9	14.7

Denver County	CO	17.0	17.0	16.6	18.0	15.0
Northside Independent School District	TX	15.4	15.2	16.1	16.3	6.4
Granite School District	UT	23.1	23.9	21.6	23.0	14.0
Cleveland City School District	OH	14.1	14.3	13.0	15.8	12.2
Nashville-Davidson County School District	TN	—	—	—	—	—

Orleans Parish School Board	LA	14.6	14.6	13.1	16.0	18.2
Guilford County Schools	NC	14.7	14.5	15.6	16.9	3.6
Lee County School District	FL	17.7	17.5	18.0	21.5	17.4
District of Columbia Public Schools	DC	13.3	13.3	14.6	13.7	5.8
Seminole County School District	FL	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡

Mobile County School District	AL	14.6	13.2	19.2	17.4	5.0
Greenville County School District	SC	17.4	16.8	19.2	19.5	5.2
Volusia County School District	FL	16.1	16.3	17.2	17.9	8.5
Prince William County Public Schools	VA	16.7	16.5	16.2	17.3	†
El Paso Independent School District	TX	13.7	13.3	15.2	13.8	5.2

Columbus City School District	OH	17.5	18.4	15.7	16.4	17.9
Santa Ana Unified	CA	20.9	20.2	26.8	24.1	†
Arlington Independent School District	TX	15.8	16.7	14.3	14.3	6.6
Washoe County School District	NV	17.6	17.6	18.1	18.9	12.8
Tucson Unified District	AZ	18.2	18.4	16.3	19.6	13.5

Fort Bend Independent School District	TX	16.2	15.6	17.9	17.7	11.5
Davis School District	UT	22.9	23.4	22.5	21.2	7.0
Boston School District	MA	15.7	15.2	15.8	18.4	8.3
San Bernardino City Unified	CA	21.4	20.5	22.6	24.2	15.0
San Francisco Unified	CA	18.4	17.8	20.2	19.4	26.8

Pasco County School District	FL	16.8	15.9	17.7	18.1	16.8
San Antonio Independent School District	TX	16.2	16.2	17.0	15.6	12.5
North East Independent School District	TX	15.1	14.8	15.8	16.1	6.5
Aldine Independent School District	TX	15.7	15.2	17.2	16.5	15.8
Elk Grove Unified	CA	20.2	19.8	22.9	23.7	26.9

Chesterfield County Public Schools	VA	14.8	15.3	14.3	15.0	†
Garland Independent School District	TX	16.3	16.4	17.0	14.3	5.5
Cumberland County Schools	NC	14.6	14.3	14.9	14.8	11.3
Knox County School District	TN	—	—	—	—	—
Sacramento City Unified	CA	19.7	19.0	21.4	20.3	27.9

Atlanta City School District	GA	14.0	13.5	14.9	15.8	19.7
Plano Independent School District	TX	13.5	13.2	14.6	14.5	14.3
Jefferson Parish School Board	LA	15.8	15.0	16.9	16.3	8.0
Alpine School District	UT	23.6	22.8	26.9	23.7	14.7
San Juan Unified	CA	20.3	20.1	24.1	24.3	15.8

Clayton County	GA	17.3	17.3	17.5	17.8	20.2
Oakland Unified	CA	20.1	19.6	22.9	24.1	24.8
Garden Grove Unified	CA	23.1	22.8	27.2	25.8	†
Capistrano Unified	CA	22.9	22.3	24.3	25.7	30.3
Anchorage School District	AK	17.6	17.2	17.0	20.4	14.4

Wichita	KS	16.1	16.3	14.8	17.7	40.1
Portland School District	OR	18.2	17.8	17.4	22.5	22.2
Howard County Pub Schools System	MD	14.4	14.4	14.0	15.9	9.5
Forsyth County Schools	NC	12.2	11.7	13.4	18.9	2.8
Seattle	WA	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡

Newark City	NJ	12.1	12.3	10.8	13.0	4.7
Shelby County School District	TN	—	—	—	—	—
Ysleta Independent School District	TX	15.6	15.6	15.3	16.4	9.9
East Baton Rouge Parish School	LA	15.1	15.6	13.1	14.5	2.3
Cherry Creek 5	CO	16.7	16.3	17.0	18.6	†
— Not available. Tennessee and New York City Public Schools did not report school-level teacher data.
† Not applicable.
‡ Reporting standards were not met. Data were missing for more than 20 percent of schools.
¹ Does not include those districts where teacher counts by school were not available.
NOTE: The universe for this table includes all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, four outlying areas (American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas, and the U.S. Virgin Islands), the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Department of Defense schools. Primary = low grade, PK to 3; high grade, up to 8. Middle = low grade, 4 to 7; high grade, 4 to 9. High = low grade, 7 to 12; high grade 12. Other = any other combination, including PK, K, or 1 to 12.
SOURCE: Data reported by states to U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2003–04, Version 1a, and "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2003–04, Version 1b.

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