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Elementary schools | Secondary schools | Combined grade schools | ||||||||||||
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State | Average class size for teachers in self- contained classes |
Average class size for teachers in depart- mentalized instruction |
Average class size for teachers in self- contained classes |
Average class size for teachers in depart- mentalized instruction |
Average class size for teachers in self- contained classes |
Average class size for teachers in depart- mentalized instruction |
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United States | 20.3 | 23.7 | 18.6 | 23.3 | 15.1 | 16.8 | ||||||||
Alabama | 19.2 | 27.1 | 18.1 | ! | 24.0 | 19.0 | 19.7 | |||||||
Alaska | 20.8 | 22.4 | 10.8 | 24.0 | 13.3 | 12.1 | ||||||||
Arizona | 23.6 | 25.4 | 22.1 | 25.4 | 17.8 | 17.4 | ||||||||
Arkansas | 20.1 | 25.0 | 13.2 | 20.2 | 18.9 | 16.5 | ||||||||
California | 21.6 | 29.7 | 22.9 | 29.9 | 17.3 | 21.4 | ||||||||
Colorado | 21.2 | 25.3 | 17.7 | ! | 23.7 | 21.4 | 15.9 | |||||||
Connecticut | 19.7 | 20.9 | 16.7 | 21.4 | ‡ | 17.5 | ! | |||||||
Delaware | 22.4 | 26.0 | 23.7 | ! | 19.9 | 9.3 | ! | 24.2 | ||||||
District of Columbia | 19.5 | 19.1 | 23.9 | ! | 17.6 | 9.4 | 19.0 | ! | ||||||
Florida | 18.5 | 26.5 | 25.6 | 25.4 | 14.1 | 15.7 | ||||||||
Georgia | 17.6 | 22.7 | 12.5 | 23.0 | 15.5 | 17.2 | ||||||||
Hawaii | 20.6 | 28.0 | # | 23.7 | 20.3 | 18.5 | ||||||||
Idaho | 23.8 | 22.7 | 14.0 | 22.8 | 20.4 | 17.2 | ||||||||
Illinois | 21.8 | 23.0 | 13.8 | 23.1 | 14.7 | 16.6 | ||||||||
Indiana | 21.5 | 24.2 | 20.4 | 25.8 | 17.5 | ! | 14.9 | |||||||
Iowa | 20.2 | 18.7 | 18.9 | ! | 20.7 | 18.0 | 18.5 | |||||||
Kansas | 19.4 | 23.2 | 14.0 | 20.6 | 13.5 | 14.0 | ||||||||
Kentucky | 22.0 | 23.8 | 20.2 | ! | 23.3 | 16.9 | 23.3 | |||||||
Louisiana | 18.4 | 22.5 | 10.5 | 20.8 | 17.3 | 15.1 | ||||||||
Maine | 17.5 | 23.1 | 13.9 | 17.7 | ‡ | 12.5 | ||||||||
Maryland | 20.5 | 22.9 | 10.4 | ! | 22.7 | 7.0 | 7.2 | |||||||
Massachusetts | 19.2 | 22.6 | 16.1 | 19.7 | ‡ | 16.4 | ||||||||
Michigan | 25.1 | 27.4 | 15.8 | 26.1 | 16.2 | 22.8 | ||||||||
Minnesota | 23.7 | 27.3 | 15.8 | 25.5 | 17.2 | 20.6 | ||||||||
Mississippi | 19.7 | 21.5 | 12.6 | 20.2 | 14.6 | 17.2 | ||||||||
Missouri | 20.1 | 20.4 | 14.4 | 21.3 | 15.1 | 18.4 | ||||||||
Montana | 19.2 | 16.7 | 15.1 | 19.8 | 13.8 | 13.8 | ||||||||
Nebraska | 19.6 | 22.6 | 13.6 | 18.8 | 15.6 | 14.1 | ||||||||
Nevada | 21.6 | 24.5 | 15.6 | 28.4 | 16.9 | 15.8 | ||||||||
New Hampshire | 19.0 | 23.0 | ‡ | 21.1 | 17.1 | 15.7 | ||||||||
New Jersey | 19.9 | 21.9 | 11.0 | ! | 21.8 | 15.2 | 20.3 | |||||||
New Mexico | 19.2 | 21.1 | 19.5 | 22.6 | 11.8 | 13.2 | ||||||||
New York | 18.6 | 24.8 | 16.1 | ! | 21.7 | 11.1 | 18.7 | |||||||
North Carolina | 19.5 | 20.6 | 11.3 | 19.4 | 12.2 | 15.5 | ||||||||
North Dakota | 17.7 | 18.8 | 13.2 | 18.6 | 13.4 | 14.2 | ||||||||
Ohio | 21.3 | 24.7 | 20.7 | 22.1 | 18.7 | 20.5 | ||||||||
Oklahoma | 19.9 | 22.2 | 24.5 | ! | 20.9 | 17.8 | 16.4 | |||||||
Oregon | 23.4 | 24.1 | 22.9 | 26.3 | 19.0 | 11.9 | ||||||||
Pennsylvania | 21.2 | 21.8 | 20.7 | 21.4 | 11.9 | 17.1 | ||||||||
Rhode Island | 20.7 | 22.0 | 7.0 | 21.5 | 15.0 | 14.7 | ||||||||
South Carolina | 18.5 | 19.8 | 17.6 | 21.6 | 15.9 | ! | 17.4 | |||||||
South Dakota | 18.7 | 19.9 | 26.6 | ! | 21.9 | 16.7 | 16.0 | |||||||
Tennessee | 17.8 | 22.4 | 18.8 | 23.3 | 12.8 | 17.0 | ||||||||
Texas | 17.8 | 22.4 | 23.8 | 21.9 | 14.0 | 13.0 | ||||||||
Utah | 24.2 | 33.3 | 16.2 | ! | 29.0 | 13.1 | 11.6 | ! | ||||||
Vermont | 17.0 | 20.0 | 8.6 | 19.4 | 14.4 | 12.6 | ||||||||
Virginia | 18.2 | 20.0 | 15.5 | 20.5 | 6.6 | 8.6 | ||||||||
Washington | 23.3 | 26.0 | 30.8 | 25.5 | 13.5 | ! | 17.2 | |||||||
West Virginia | 19.1 | 21.6 | 15.6 | 21.0 | 8.3 | 15.7 | ||||||||
Wisconsin | 19.9 | 24.5 | 19.7 | 23.0 | 19.7 | 15.7 | ||||||||
Wyoming | 18.9 | 19.1 | ‡ | 18.7 | 13.8 | 14.9 | ||||||||
# Rounds to zero. | ||||||||||||||
! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 30 percent or more of the estimate's value. | ||||||||||||||
‡ Reporting standards not met. | ||||||||||||||
NOTE: Among all school teachers, 28% teach self-contained classes in elementary schools, 1% in secondary schools, and 3% in combined schools; 17% teach departmentalized classes in elementary schools, 27% in secondary schools, and 6% in combined schools; 16% teach other types of classes, such as elementary subject specialist classes, team taught classes, and “pull-out” classes or “push-in” classes, in elementary schools, 2% in secondary schools, and 1% in combined schools. In Hawaii, no secondary-level teachers in the sample reported teaching self-contained classes. | ||||||||||||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Teacher Data File," 2007-08. |
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