Table 2.Number of operating public schools and districts, state enrollment, teacher and pupil/teacher ratio by state: School year 2011

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Selected Statistics From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2011–12

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Table 2.	Number of operating public schools and districts, state enrollment, teacher and pupil/teacher ratio by state: School year 2011–12


State or jurisdiction	Number of operational schools¹	Number of operational districts	Membership²	Teachers²	Pupil/teacher ratio
United States³	98,328	17,992	49,521,669	3,103,263	16.0

Alabama	1,618	170	744,621	47,723	15.6
Alaska	511	54	131,167	8,088	16.2
Arizona	2,252	662	1,080,319	50,800	21.3
Arkansas	1,108	289	483,114	33,983	14.2
California	10,170	1,187	6,287,834	268,689	23.4

Colorado	1,813	259	854,265	48,078	17.8
Connecticut	1,150	200	554,437	43,805	12.7
Delaware	221	44	128,946	8,587	15.0
District of Columbia	228	56	73,911	6,278	11.8
Florida	4,212	76	2,668,156	175,006	15.2

Georgia	2,388	216	1,685,016	111,133	15.2
Hawaii	287	1	182,706	11,458	15.9
Idaho	762	149	279,873	15,990	17.5
Illinois	4,336	1,075	2,083,097	131,777	15.8
Indiana	1,933	394	1,040,765	62,339	16.7

Iowa	1,411	361	495,870	34,658	14.3
Kansas	1,359	321	486,108	37,407	13.0
Kentucky	1,565	194	681,987	41,860	16.3
Louisiana	1,437	132	703,390	48,657	14.5
Maine	621	260	188,969	14,888	12.7

Maryland	1,451	25	854,086	57,589	14.8
Massachusetts	1,835	401	953,369	69,342	13.7
Michigan	3,550	869	1,573,537	86,997	18.1
Minnesota	2,392	555	839,738	52,832	15.9
Mississippi	1,069	163	490,619	32,007	15.3

Missouri	2,408	572	916,584	66,252	13.8
Montana	826	500	142,349	10,153	14.0
Nebraska	1,090	288	301,296	22,182	13.6
Nevada	649	18	439,634	21,132	20.8
New Hampshire	477	281	191,900	15,049	12.8

New Jersey	2,596	700	1,356,431	109,719	12.4
New Mexico	866	135	337,225	21,957	15.4
New York	4,752	923	2,704,718	209,527	12.9
North Carolina	2,577	236	1,507,864	97,308	15.5
North Dakota	513	223	97,646	8,525	11.5

Ohio	3,714	1,079	1,740,030	107,972	16.1
Oklahoma	1,774	575	666,120	41,349	16.1
Oregon	1,261	221	568,208	26,791	21.2
Pennsylvania	3,181	784	1,771,395	124,646	14.2
Rhode Island	308	54	142,854	11,414	12.5

South Carolina	1,223	105	727,186	46,782	15.5
South Dakota	704	171	128,016	9,247	13.8
Tennessee	1,802	140	999,693	66,382	15.1
Texas	8,697	1,262	5,000,470	324,282	15.4
Utah	1,020	126	598,832	25,970	23.1

Vermont	320	369	89,908	8,364	10.7
Virginia	2,170	221	1,257,883	90,832	13.8
Washington	2,365	316	1,045,453	53,119	19.7
West Virginia	759	57	282,870	20,247	14.0
Wisconsin	2,243	462	871,105	56,245	15.5
Wyoming	354	61	90,099	7,847	11.5

Department of Defense dependents schools, Bureau of Indian Education, and other jurisdictions

Department of Defense (DoDEA)	191	16	—	—	—
Bureau of Indian Education	173	195	—	—	—
American Samoa	28	1	—	—	—
Guam	40	1	31,243	2,291	13.6
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	29	1	11,011	496	22.2
Puerto Rico	1,464	1	452,740	33,079	13.7
U.S. Virgin Islands	31	2	15,711	1,217	12.9
— Not available.
¹ Total number of operating schools excludes schools also reported by the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). The number of operating schools shared with the BIE include two in Arizona, one in Michigan, and eight in North Dakota.
² The membership and staff counts are from the State Nonfiscal Survey.
³ U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
NOTE: Data for teachers are expressed in full-time equivalents (FTE). Counts of public school teachers and enrollment include prekindergarten through grade 12.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/ Secondary School Universe Survey," SY 2011–12, Provisional Version 1a, "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," SY 2011–12, Provisional Version 1a, "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," SY 2011–12, Provisional Version 1a.

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