Table 2. Number of operating public schools and districts, student membership, teachers, and pupil/teacher ratio, by state or jurisdiction: School year 2015

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December 2017

Selected Statistics From the Public Elementary and Secondary Education Universe: School Year 2015�16

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Table 2.	Number of operating public schools and districts, student membership, teachers, and pupil/teacher ratio, by state or jurisdiction: School year 2015–16

				State Level

State or jurisdiction	Number of operating schools¹	Number of operating districts	Student Membership²	Teachers²		Pupil/ Teacher Ratio
United States³	98,456	18,328	50,327,015	3,151,497		16.0

Alabama	1,509	180	743,789	40,766		18.2
Alaska	508	54	132,477	7,832		16.9
Arizona	2,284	692	1,109,040	47,944		23.1
Arkansas	1,088	289	492,132	35,804		13.7
California	10,303	1,163	6,226,737	263,475		23.6

Colorado	1,862	265	899,112	51,798		17.4
Connecticut	1,369	205	537,933	43,772		12.3
Delaware	223	50	134,847	8,962		15.0
District of Columbia	228	64	84,024	6,789		12.4
Florida	4,322	76	2,792,234	182,586		15.3

Georgia	2,297	223	1,757,237	113,031		15.5
Hawaii	290	1	181,995	11,747		15.5
Idaho	744	159	292,277	15,656		18.7
Illinois	4,175	1,052	2,041,779	129,948		15.7
Indiana	1,921	418	1,046,757	57,675		18.1

Iowa	1,349	345	508,014	35,687		14.2
Kansas	1,320	317	495,884	40,035		12.4
Kentucky	1,541	186	686,598	41,902		16.4
Louisiana	1,390	179	718,711	58,469		12.3
Maine	611	267	181,613	14,857		12.2

Maryland	1,437	25	879,601	59,414		14.8
Massachusetts	1,862	408	964,026	71,969		13.4
Michigan	3,468	902	1,536,231	84,181		18.2
Minnesota	2,478	564	864,384	55,985		15.4
Mississippi	1,076	157	487,200	32,175		15.1

Missouri	2,424	567	919,234	67,635		13.6
Montana	823	490	145,319	10,412		14.0
Nebraska	1,085	284	316,014	23,308		13.6
Nevada	662	19	467,527	22,702		20.6
New Hampshire	490	299	182,425	14,770		12.4

New Jersey	2,588	694	1,408,845	114,969		12.3
New Mexico	884	158	335,694	21,722		15.5
New York	4,824	989	2,711,626	206,086		13.2
North Carolina	2,603	297	1,544,934	99,355		15.5
North Dakota	518	222	108,644	9,195		11.8

Ohio	3,619	1,103	1,716,585	101,742		16.9
Oklahoma	1,800	605	692,878	42,452		16.3
Oregon	1,242	221	576,407	29,086		19.8
Pennsylvania	3,019	784	1,717,414	120,893		14.2
Rhode Island	313	64	142,014	10,631		13.4

South Carolina	1,248	102	763,533	50,237		15.2
South Dakota	698	168	134,253	9,638		13.9
Tennessee	1,859	146	1,001,235	66,488		15.1
Texas	8,826	1,232	5,301,477	347,329		15.3
Utah	1,033	152	647,870	28,348	⁴	22.9

Vermont	314	357	87,866	8,338		10.5
Virginia	2,133	222	1,283,590	90,255		14.2
Washington	2,427	330	1,087,030	57,942		18.8
West Virginia	744	57	277,452	19,664		14.1
Wisconsin	2,255	465	867,800	58,185		14.9
Wyoming	370	60	94,717	7,653		12.4

Department of Defense Education Activity, Bureau of Indian Education, and other jurisdictions

Department of Defense (DoDEA)	173	14	74,970	—		—
Bureau of Indian Education	174	196	—	—		—
American Samoa	28	1	—	—		—
Guam	41	1	30,821	2,336		13.2
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	—	—	—	—		—
Puerto Rico	1,322	1	379,818	30,438		12.5
U.S. Virgin Islands	28	2	13,805	1,106		12.5
— 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 one in Arizona, one in Michigan, and eight in North Dakota.
² The membership and staff counts are from the state education agency (SEA) data files referenced in the source notes. Data for teachers are expressed in full-time equivalents (FTE). Counts of public school teachers and enrollment include prekindergarten through grade 13.
³ U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
⁴ Utah did not report staff data in time for inclusion in this release of CCD data. The value shown here is an imputations based on the data submitted in prior years. Please see Documentation to the 2015–16 Common Core of Data (CCD) Universe Files (NCES 2017074) for a detailed description of imputations.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/ Secondary School Universe Survey," 2015–16, Provisional Version 1a, "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2015–16, Provisional Version 1a, and "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2015–16, Provisional Version 1a.

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