Average number of FTE nurses in schools and number of students per FTE nurse in public schools with at least one nurse, by state: 2020–21

	All schools	Schools with at least one nurse¹
State	Average number of FTE nurses	Number of students per FTE nurse
All public schools	0.83	580

State
Alabama	1.04	510
Alaska	0.30	400
Arizona	0.64	670
Arkansas	1.10	460
California	0.54	900

Colorado	0.71	570
Connecticut	1.12	400
Delaware	1.31	460
District of Columbia	0.90	380
Florida	0.79	810

Georgia	0.86	780
Hawaii	0.54	670
Idaho	0.46	600
Illinois	0.88	500
Indiana	1.05	540

Iowa	0.85	570
Kansas	0.82	450
Kentucky	0.80	600
Louisiana	0.70	610
Maine	0.87	320

Maryland	1.06	540
Massachusetts	1.32	430
Michigan	0.30	600
Minnesota	0.74	580
Mississippi	0.73	560

Missouri	0.97	410
Montana	0.34	520
Nebraska	0.66	480
Nevada	0.70	990
New Hampshire	1.00	330

New Jersey	1.17	430
New Mexico	0.78	450
New York	1.28	440
North Carolina	0.71	650
North Dakota	0.33	720

Ohio	0.82	590
Oklahoma	0.52	620
Oregon	0.47	710
Pennsylvania	1.14	480
Rhode Island	1.02	440

South Carolina	1.13	500
South Dakota	0.45	500
Tennessee	0.82	610
Texas	1.05	580
Utah	0.48	1,000

Vermont	0.98	230
Virginia	0.95	570
Washington	0.69	690
West Virginia	0.87	440
Wisconsin	0.72	580
Wyoming	0.81	320

¹Includes both part-time and full-time nurses. Estimates are rounded to the nearest 10.

NOTE: FTE is full-time equivalent. The number of FTE nurses is calculated by summing the number of full-time nurses and half the number of part-time nurses. This may be an overestimate of the number of FTEs and an underestimate of the number of students per FTE nurse if part-time school nurses typically work less than half time. Data are weighted estimates of the population.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), "Public School Data File," 2020–21.