Table A-3. Median pupil/teacher ratios in public elementary and secondary regular schools in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by specified instructional level and school district: School year 2005

Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 2005–06

NCES 2008-339
June 2008

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Table A-3. Median pupil/teacher ratios in public elementary and secondary regular schools in the 100 largest school districts in the United States and jurisdictions, by specified instructional level and school district: School year 2005–06
Name of reporting district	State	Pupil/teacher ratio
		Regular schools having membership	Instructional level
		Regular schools having membership	Primary	Middle	High	Other
Reporting districts¹	†	16.0	15.7	16.3	18.0	14.5

New York City Public Schools	NY	14.5	13.6	15.2	17.8	15.7
Los Angeles Unified	CA	19.6	19.2	23.9	24.9	22.1
Puerto Rico Department of Education	PR	12.8	12.4	14.0	16.7	12.1
City of Chicago School District 299	IL	15.8	16.3	‡	13.4	‡
Dade County School District	FL	15.9	15.2	18.7	21.3	9.7

Clark County School District	NV	18.4	17.5	23.4	24.9	22.6
Broward County School District	FL	16.1	15.4	17.4	19.1	14.9
Houston Independent School District	TX	16.9	17.0	17.4	16.7	8.8
Hillsborough County School District	FL	16.2	15.3	18.3	26.4	14.2
Philadelphia City School District	PA	17.6	17.4	16.8	19.6	18.2

Hawaii Department of Education	HI	16.2	16.1	15.9	16.5	17.2
Orange County School District	FL	15.8	15.4	17.5	18.8	6.7
Palm Beach County School District	FL	15.7	15.1	18.0	17.0	†
Fairfax County Public Schools	VA	12.8	12.5	13.0	14.7	14.9
Dallas Independent School District	TX	16.3	16.7	14.8	15.7	†

Gwinnett County	GA	14.5	13.8	15.2	17.8	†
Montgomery County Public Schools	MD	15.2	14.7	15.3	17.5	13.4
Prince George's County Public Schools	MD	16.0	15.8	16.6	18.9	†
Detroit City School District	MI	19.3	18.5	21.5	23.0	15.4
San Diego Unified	CA	18.0	17.2	20.2	22.0	20.8

Duval County School District	FL	16.6	16.1	18.3	19.6	9.5
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	NC	17.2	17.1	14.1	19.0	15.8
Wake County Schools	NC	14.0	13.5	14.8	15.3	14.1
Memphis City School District	TN	17.2	16.3	18.3	20.7	14.0
Pinellas County School District	FL	16.6	16.1	17.8	20.5	14.0

Baltimore County Public Schools	MD	15.5	15.6	15.2	15.4	†
Cobb County	GA	14.9	14.4	15.6	16.9	†
Dekalb County	GA	14.6	14.1	15.4	17.6	†
Jefferson County	KY	16.7	16.4	17.5	18.4	†
Albuquerque Public Schools	NM	15.0	14.9	14.8	16.9	15.5

Long Beach Unified	CA	20.1	19.3	26.1	26.9	23.2
Milwaukee	WI	15.7	15.1	17.2	‡	‡
Polk County School District	FL	14.3	14.0	15.4	18.6	11.9
Baltimore City Public Schools	MD	15.5	15.3	16.1	17.2	16.5
Jefferson County R-1	CO	18.1	17.7	18.8	20.3	14.3

Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District	TX	15.8	16.2	14.7	16.0	†
Austin Independent School District	TX	14.2	14.2	13.5	15.6	†
Fulton County	GA	14.2	13.9	13.6	16.0	†
Fort Worth Independent School District	TX	17.3	17.3	16.9	17.6	†
Fresno Unified	CA	20.9	20.0	23.4	24.5	23.6

Northside Independent School District	TX	15.9	15.6	17.4	17.4	18.8
Jordan District	UT	22.7	22.2	22.7	23.4	†
Lee County School District	FL	17.3	16.5	18.3	20.8	16.0
Brevard County School District	FL	15.3	14.9	16.7	19.3	17.9
Mesa Unified District	AZ	19.4	18.9	19.4	20.9	592.3	²

Virginia Beach City Public Schools	VA	15.3	15.0	15.1	15.8	†
Anne Arundel County Public Schools	MD	16.3	15.8	16.4	17.5	†
Nashville-Davidson County School District	TN	14.6	13.0	16.0	19.5	19.3
Denver County 1	CO	18.0	17.8	18.4	19.9	18.8
Guilford County Schools	NC	15.4	14.3	15.0	19.0	†

Prince William County Public Schools	VA	16.2	16.4	15.8	17.2	†
Greenville County School District	SC	16.5	15.9	16.7	18.8	—
Seminole County School District	FL	15.6	15.0	17.1	19.7	12.9
Granite District	UT	21.5	21.1	21.8	21.8	19.4
Fort Bend Independent School District	TX	16.9	16.0	18.7	18.9	†

Mobile County	AL	15.0	14.5	19.5	17.4	†
Volusia County School District	FL	14.7	14.5	17.9	16.8	9.1
Washoe County School District	NV	19.0	18.7	19.9	23.0	10.2
El Paso Independent School District	TX	14.3	14.2	14.4	14.1	†
Arlington Independent School District	TX	16.4	16.9	14.7	15.7	2.7

Pasco County School District	FL	14.9	14.0	16.1	18.8	15.4
Davis District	UT	21.6	21.5	22.3	21.5	20.8
Elk Grove Unified	CA	21.5	20.6	23.7	22.4	15.9
Tucson Unified District	AZ	18.0	18.3	15.2	19.9	‡
North East Independent School District	TX	15.6	15.2	16.5	16.9	14.0

District of Columbia Public Schools	DC	13.5	14.4	13.4	10.1	‡
Santa Ana Unified	CA	22.1	21.5	27.3	28.3	30.5
Columbus City	OH	19.1	20.4	16.8	17.7	‡
Cleveland Municipal City	OH	17.0	17.5	†	14.8	15.6
San Bernardino City Unified	CA	20.2	19.7	22.9	24.7	25.8

Aldine Independent School District	TX	15.5	15.4	15.6	16.0	8.9
Garland Independent School District	TX	16.0	16.0	16.3	14.1	5.5
Boston	MA	13.7	14.5	10.7	13.2	9.4
Chesterfield County Public Schools	VA	15.1	15.1	14.3	15.8	†
San Antonio Independent School District	TX	16.5	16.6	16.5	15.8	†

San Francisco Unified	CA	18.2	18.2	19.1	19.1	15.3
Alpine District	UT	22.0	21.3	25.7	19.0	†
Knox County School District	TN	16.5	16.4	16.4	18.2	†
Plano Independent School District	TX	14.0	13.5	15.8	15.8	14.9
Cumberland County Schools	NC	13.7	13.2	13.8	14.4	‡

Clayton County	GA	15.4	14.9	15.9	18.1	†
Capistrano Unified	CA	22.6	21.7	24.4	26.3	25.3
Atlanta City	GA	13.3	12.9	14.3	16.1	14.0
Sacramento City Unified	CA	18.9	18.6	20.1	20.3	16.8
Forsyth County Schools	NC	13.4	12.4	13.8	18.3	‡

East Baton Rouge Parish School Board	LA	16.0	16.5	14.8	15.1	†
Osceola County School District	FL	18.0	16.9	19.0	20.7	19.1
Anchorage School District	AK	17.1	16.5	17.3	20.7	18.2
Garden Grove Unified	CA	22.9	22.6	27.4	26.0	†
Pasadena Independent School District	TX	16.2	15.9	17.9	16.0	†

Howard County Public Schools	MD	14.3	14.3	13.5	16.2	12.8
Cherry Creek 5	CO	16.7	16.6	16.6	18.4	†
Wichita	KS	15.6	15.8	14.4	16.2	8.4
San Juan Unified	CA	20.5	20.2	24.2	24.5	22.7
Brownsville Independent School District	TX	15.8	16.0	14.9	16.0	†

Katy Independent School District	TX	15.2	14.7	15.7	15.3	19.2
Oakland Unified	CA	19.5	19.1	21.8	19.5	20.6
Douglas County Re 1	CO	18.2	18.7	17.6	18.0	16.5
Henrico County Public Schools	VA	15.6	15.0	15.7	16.5	†
Alief Independent School District	TX	15.7	15.8	15.0	16.4	—
— Not available.
† Not applicable.
‡ Reporting standards were not met. Data were missing for more than 20 percent of schools.
¹ Totals do not include districts where data were not available.
² Ratio based on data from two distance learning schools. Distance learning schools often have high pupil/teacher ratios.
NOTE: Data include all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, four outlying areas (American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands), the Bureau of Indian Education, and the Department of Defense dependents schools (overseas and domestic). 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. Pupil/teacher ratios are calculated using full-time-equivalent (FTE) teachers.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2005–06, Version 1a, and "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2005–06, Version 1a.

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