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| Table 87 | Staff, enrollment, and pupil/staff ratios in public elementary and secondary schools, by state: Fall 1991 to fall 1997 |
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| Pupil-staff ratio | Fall 1995 | Fall 1996\1\ | Fall 1997
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State or other area | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | | | Pupil/ | | | Pupil/ | | | Pupil/
| 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | Staff |Enrollment | staff | Staff | Enrollment | staff | Staff | Enrollment | staff
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United States\2\ .| 9.2 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 4,994,358 |44,840,481 | 9.0 | 5,091,205 | 45,611,046 | 9.0 | 5,258,671 | 46,127,194 | 8.8
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Alabama .............| 8.8 |\3\ 9.3 |\3\ 9.1 |\3\ 9.0 | 83,256 | 746,149 |\3\ 9.0 |\3\ 84,909 |\3\ 747,932 |\3\ 8.8 |\3\ 85,951 | 749,187 |\3\ 8.7
Alaska ..............| 8.5 | 8.3 | 8.0 |\3\ 8.4 |\3\ 15,022 | 127,618 |\3\ 8.5 |\3\ 14,789 | 129,919 |\3\ 8.8 |\3\ 14,952 | 132,123 |\3\ 8.8
Arizona .............| 10.0 | 9.4 | 9.5 | 9.9 | 75,931 | 743,566 | 9.8 | 79,429 | 799,250 | 10.1 | 80,907 | 814,113 | 10.1
Arkansas ............| 8.5 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 49,178 | 453,257 | 9.2 |\3\ 51,005 | 457,349 |\3\ 9.0 |\3\ 51,272 | 456,497 |\3\ 8.9
California ..........| 11.9 |\3\12.3 |\3\12.4 |\3\12.4 |\3\ 444,014 | 5,536,406 |\3\12.5 |\3\ 468,207 |\3\ 5,686,198 |\3\12.1 |\3\ 493,837 | 5,803,734 |\3\11.8
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Colorado ............| 9.5 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 67,447 | 656,279 | 9.7 | 71,226 | 673,438 | 9.5 | 72,247 | 687,167 | 9.5
Connecticut .........| 8.0 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 66,133 | 517,935 | 7.8 | 68,861 | 527,129 | 7.7 | 73,529 | 535,164 | 7.3
Delaware ............| 9.3 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 11,869 | 108,461 | 9.1 | 12,203 | 110,549 | 9.1 | 12,554 | 111,960 | 8.9
District of Columbia | 7.2 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 9,410 | 79,802 | 8.5 | 9,318 | 78,648 | 8.4 |\3\ 8,706 | 77,111 |\3\ 8.9
Florida .............| 8.8 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 9.3 | 237,721 | 2,176,222 | 9.2 | 248,773 | 2,242,212 | 9.0 | 256,313 | 2,294,077 | 9.0
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Georgia .............| 8.9 |\3\ 8.5 |\3\ 7.9 |\3\ 7.9 |\3\ 165,058 | 1,311,126 |\3\ 7.9 |\3\ 151,369 | 1,346,761 |\3\ 8.9 |\3\ 157,593 | 1,375,980 |\3\ 8.7
Hawaii ..............| 11.2 | 10.0 | 9.9 | 11.1 | 16,841 | 187,180 | 11.1 | 16,867 | 187,653 | 11.1 | 17,117 | 189,887 | 11.1
Idaho ...............| 12.1 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 11.3 | 21,814 | 243,097 | 11.1 | 22,611 | 245,252 | 10.8 | 23,100 | 244,403 | 10.6
Illinois ............| 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.5 | 9.4 | 209,036 | 1,943,623 | 9.3 |\3\ 221,325 | 1,973,040 |\3\ 8.9 |\3\ 228,599 | 1,998,289 |\3\ 8.7
Indiana..............| 8.8 | 8.6 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 116,363 | 977,263 | 8.4 | 119,800 | 982,876 | 8.2 | 121,748 | 987,483 | 8.1
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Iowa ................| 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 62,075 | 502,343 | 8.1 | 63,003 | 502,941 | 8.0 | 64,261 | 501,054 | 7.8
Kansas ..............| 8.6 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 57,265 | 463,008 | 8.1 | 58,040 | 466,293 | 8.0 | 59,603 | 468,687 | 7.9
Kentucky ............| 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 84,425 | 659,821 | 7.8 |\3\ 74,880 | 656,089 |\3\ 8.8 |\3\ 88,996 | 669,322 |\3\ 7.5
Louisiana ...........|\4\12.0 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 93,070 | 797,366 | 8.6 | 94,113 | 793,296 | 8.4 | 98,537 | 776,813 | 7.9
Maine ...............| 8.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 29,413 | 213,569 | 7.3 | 30,246 | 213,593 | 7.1 | 30,534 | 212,526 | 7.0
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Maryland ............| 9.2 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 87,868 | 805,544 | 9.2 | 85,522 | 818,583 | 9.6 | 87,367 | 830,744 | 9.5
Massachusetts .......| 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 113,154 | 915,007 | 8.1 | 116,749 | 933,898 | 8.0 | 121,359 | 949,006 | 7.8
Michigan ............| 8.9 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.8 | 177,495 | 1,641,456 | 9.2 | 194,954 | 1,685,714 | 8.6 | 202,128 | 1,702,672 | 8.4
Minnesota ...........| 9.9 | 10.0 | 10.8 | 11.0 | 74,891 | 835,166 | 11.2 | 86,856 | 847,204 | 9.8 | 97,365 | 853,621 | 8.8
Mississippi .........| 8.5 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 60,855 | 506,272 | 8.3 | 61,125 | 503,967 | 8.2 | 61,693 | 504,792 | 8.2
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Missouri.............| 8.4 |\3\ 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 120,621 | 889,881 | 7.4 | 108,042 | 900,517 | 8.3 | 107,681 | 910,654 | 8.5
Montana .............|\4\11.9 |\3\ 8.5 |\3\ 8.7 |\3\ 8.9 |\3\ 18,586 | 165,547 |\3\ 8.9 |\3\ 18,865 | 164,627 |\3\ 8.7 |\3\ 18,993 | 162,335 |\3\ 8.5
Nebraska ............| 8.1 |\3\ 7.9 |\3\ 7.7 | 7.7 | 37,894 | 289,744 | 7.6 | 38,038 | 291,967 | 7.7 | 37,851 | 292,681 | 7.7
Nevada ..............|\4\16.1 |\3\10.4 | 10.5 | 10.9 | 23,742 | 265,041 | 11.2 | 25,463 | 282,131 | 11.1 | 27,830 | 296,621 | 10.7
New Hampshire .......| 8.6 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 23,143 | 194,171 | 8.4 | 23,963 | 198,308 | 8.3 | 24,778 | 201,629 | 8.1
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New Jersey ..........| 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 163,069 | 1,197,381 | 7.3 | 163,102 | 1,227,832 | 7.5 | 166,796 | 1,250,276 | 7.5
New Mexico ..........| 8.9 | 9.1 | 8.8 | 8.4 | 40,124 | 329,640 | 8.2 | 40,785 | 332,632 | 8.2 | 39,920 | 331,673 | 8.3
New York ............| 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 355,723 | 2,813,230 | 7.9 | 363,586 | 2,843,131 | 7.8 | 374,182 | 2,861,823 | 7.6
North Carolina ......| 8.7 |\3\ 8.6 | 8.5 |\3\ 8.4 |\3\ 140,204 | 1,183,090 |\3\ 8.4 |\3\ 145,098 | 1,210,108 |\3\ 8.3 |\3\ 149,229 | 1,236,083 |\3\ 8.3
North Dakota ........| 8.7 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 13,804 | 119,100 | 8.6 | 14,552 | 120,123 | 8.3 | 14,862 | 118,572 | 8.0
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Ohio ................| 9.2 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 194,579 | 1,836,015 | 9.4 | 196,994 | 1,844,698 | 9.4 | 203,073 | 1,847,035 | 9.1
Oklahoma ............| 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.3 |\3\ 7.8 |\3\ 83,802 | 616,393 |\3\ 7.4 |\3\ 68,190 | 620,695 |\3\ 9.1 |\3\ 69,294 | 623,681 |\3\ 9.0
Oregon ..............| 9.9 | 9.9 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 51,458 | 527,914 | 10.3 | 52,259 | 537,854 | 10.3 | 53,094 | 541,346 | 10.2
Pennsylvania ........| 8.9 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 198,087 | 1,787,533 | 9.0 | 201,134 | 1,804,256 | 9.0 | 205,642 | 1,815,151 | 8.8
Rhode Island ........| 9.2 | 9.1 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 16,517 | 149,799 | 9.1 | 16,823 | 151,324 | 9.0 | 17,197 | 153,321 | 8.9
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South Carolina ......| 9.4 | 9.5 |\3\ 9.0 |\3\ 8.7 |\3\ 74,859 | 645,586 |\3\ 8.6 |\3\ 76,730 |\3\ 652,816 |\3\ 8.5 |\3\ 78,951 |\3\ 659,256 |\3\ 8.4
South Dakota ........| 8.9 | 8.6 | 8.3 |\3\ 8.0 |\3\ 18,126 | 144,685 |\3\ 8.0 | 18,088 | 143,331 | 7.9 | 16,846 | 142,443 | 8.5
Tennessee ...........| 9.9 | 9.9 |\3\ 9.4 |\3\ 9.2 | 98,948 | 893,770 |\3\ 9.0 | 101,434 |\3\ 904,818 |\3\ 8.9 | 102,349 |\3\ 893,020 |\3\ 8.7
Texas ...............| 10.3 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 462,661 | 3,748,167 | 8.1 | 477,896 | 3,828,975 | 8.0 | 492,932 | 3,891,877 | 7.9
Utah ................| 13.7 | 13.3 | 13.4 | 13.1 | 37,385 | 477,121 | 12.8 | 37,461 | 481,812 | 12.9 | 39,630 | 482,957 | 12.2
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Vermont .............| 7.0 | 6.6 |\3\ 6.9 | 6.8 | 15,640 | 105,565 | 6.7 | 15,693 | 106,341 | 6.8 | 16,388 | 105,984 | 6.5
Virginia ............|\5\ 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.0 |\3\ 7.9 |\3\ 137,546 | 1,079,854 |\3\ 7.9 |\3\ 139,177 | 1,096,093 |\3\ 7.9 |\3\ 142,567 | 1,110,815 |\3\ 7.8
Washington ..........| 11.1 | 11.0 | 10.4 |\3\10.4 |\3\ 91,322 | 956,572 |\3\10.5 |\3\ 90,345 | 974,504 |\3\10.8 |\3\ 92,338 | 991,235 |\3\10.7
West Virginia........| 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 38,645 | 307,112 | 7.9 | 38,099 | 304,052 | 8.0 | 38,499 | 301,419 | 7.8
Wisconsin ...........| 9.2 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 8.5 | 95,105 | 870,175 | 9.1 | 99,871 | 879,259 | 8.8 | 103,900 | 881,780 | 8.5
Wyoming .............| 7.8 | 8.7 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 13,164 | 99,859 | 7.6 | 13,337 | 99,058 | 7.4 | 13,581 | 97,115 | 7.2
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American Samoa ......| 10.5 | 10.4 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 1,417 | 14,576 | 10.3 | 1,470 | 14,766 | 10.0 | 1,499 | 15,214 | 10.1
Guam ................| 9.6 | 8.6 | 8.1 | 6.8 | 3,728 | 32,960 | 8.8 | 3,127 | 33,393 | 10.7 | 2,925 | 32,444 | 11.1
Northern Marianas ...| 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 1,054 | 8,809 | 8.4 | 1,207 | 9,041 | 7.5 | 1,085 | 9,246 | 8.5
Puerto Rico .........| 9.5 | 9.4 | 9.3 |\4\ 9.0 | 69,731 | 627,620 | 9.0 | 68,088 | 618,861 | 9.1 | 69,368 | 617,322 | 8.9
Virgin Islands ......| 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.8 |\4\ 7.2 | 3,421 | 22,737 | 6.6 | 6,368 | 22,385 | 3.5 | 3,153 | 22,136 | 7.0
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\1\Data revised from previously published data.
\2\U.S. totals include imputations for underreporting and nonreporting states. \3\Includes imputations for underreporting. \4\Support staff underreported. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data survey; and unpublished estimates. (This table was prepared June 1999.)
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