Table 3. Number of staff for public schools, by category and state or jurisdiction: School year 2006

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Table 3. Number of staff for public schools, by category and state or jurisdiction: School year 2006–07

Department of Defense dependents schools, Bureau of Indian Education, and other jurisdictions
State or jurisdiction	Total staff	Teachers		Instruc- tional aides		Instruc- tional coordi- nators and super- visors		Gui- dance coun- selors		Libra- rians		Student/ other support staff¹		School adminis- trators		School district adminis- trators		Adminis- trative support staff²
United States³	6,163,962	3,180,396		705,638		65,326		103,823		54,445		1,406,049		154,630		59,737		433,918

Alabama	109,816	56,134	⁴	6,648	⁵	970	⁵	1,842		1,424		30,861		3,043		281		8,613
Alaska	16,853	7,903	⁴	2,274		189	⁵	285		167		2,993		743		493		1,806
Arizona	102,390	52,625	⁴	15,039		143		1,426		841		23,199		2,405		446		6,266
Arkansas	71,616	35,089		7,660		898		1,445		997		18,758		1,728		697		4,344
California	579,825	307,110	⁴	68,071		6,854		6,500		1,255		117,221	⁵,⁶,⁷	14,328		2,991		55,495

Colorado	97,364	46,973	⁴	13,464		1,933		1,934		853		19,397		2,636		1,038		9,136
Connecticut	86,709	39,115	⁴	13,374		2,672		1,380		794		21,051		2,627		923		4,773
Delaware	15,403	8,038	⁴	1,536		308		279		131		3,633		403		313		762
District of Columbia	12,194	5,394	⁴	1,349	⁵	107	⁵	100	⁴	41	⁵	3,594	⁵	393	⁵	131	⁵	1,085	⁵
Florida	321,600	162,851		29,642		709		6,043		2,798		79,250		7,731		2,021		30,555

Georgia	227,616	113,597		26,765		625		3,650		2,265		60,450		6,722		2,267		11,275
Hawaii	21,061	11,271		2,171		611		669		272		3,906		531		215		1,415
Idaho	26,312	14,770	⁴	2,838		254		593	⁴	164		5,423		730		132		1,408
Illinois	221,553	140,988	⁴	30,173	⁵	845		1,807		2,208		30,012	⁵	3,838		42		11,640	⁵
Indiana	134,681	61,315		19,925		1,694		1,893		955		36,734		3,103		1,078		7,984

Iowa	69,690	35,653	⁴	10,115		441		1,192		525		14,512		2,236		988		4,028
Kansas	53,762	35,297	⁴	8,465		78		1,139		905		3,321		1,853		480		2,224
Kentucky	98,812	43,371	⁴	14,216		934		1,439		1,114		25,838		2,979		925		7,996
Louisiana	95,226	45,951	⁴	10,452		1,855		3,007		1,194		24,093		2,675		325		5,674
Maine	36,785	16,826	⁴	6,544		298		636		254		8,197		1,043		616		2,371

Maryland	113,474	58,443	⁴	10,175		1,793		2,365		1,203		24,585		3,634		3,091		8,185
Massachusetts	136,563	73,157	⁴	21,276		952		2,181		927		22,256	⁵	3,908		1,721		10,185
Michigan	212,320	98,037	⁴	23,492		3,478		2,732		1,284		60,423		5,105		3,361		14,408
Minnesota	106,701	51,880	⁴	15,447		1,528		1,052		881		25,579		1,988		1,959		6,387
Mississippi	68,815	32,351		8,573		697		1,034		971		18,037		1,862		1,001		4,289

Missouri	127,020	67,398	⁴	12,558		990		2,684		1,635		28,200		3,136		1,430		8,989	⁵
Montana	19,023	10,398	⁴	2,014		174		449		378		4,372	⁵	534		171		533	⁵
Nebraska	42,938	21,459	⁴	5,378		791		790		563		10,182		1,030		588		2,157	⁶,⁷
Nevada	33,949	22,908	⁴	4,159		75		856		355		2,038	⁵	1,036		197		2,325	⁵
New Hampshire	32,174	15,515	⁴	6,772	⁶	238	⁶	812		317		6,120	⁶	515	⁷	586		1,299	⁷

New Jersey	205,372	112,301		25,974	⁵	2,808		2,651		1,819		42,303	⁵	1,341		1,438		14,737	⁵
New Mexico	46,551	22,016	⁴	5,261		248		720		288		12,452		1,134		723		3,709
New York	373,360	218,879	⁴	36,293		2,212		6,862		3,295		70,918		8,803		2,979		23,119
North Carolina	196,657	104,412	⁴	29,142		2,105		3,546		2,292		32,760		5,093		6,508		10,799
North Dakota	15,157	8,007	⁴	1,925		127		255		192		3,319		397		476		459

Ohio	242,574	110,390	⁴	18,025		1,773		3,814		1,449		72,281		5,216		2,135		27,491
Oklahoma	81,831	42,206	⁴	7,755		490		1,628		1,063		19,438		2,184		621		6,446
Oregon	51,067	26,443	⁴	4,396		338		1,029		403		8,874		1,641		236		7,707
Pennsylvania	241,024	123,375	⁴	26,399	⁵	1,595		4,484		2,234		59,451	⁵	4,759		1,998		16,729	⁵
Rhode Island	17,902	11,381		2,452	⁵	72		407		297		1,941	⁵	473		62		817	⁵

South Carolina	74,709	49,733	⁴	9,757		697	⁵	1,804		1,152		3,508		3,370		815		3,873	⁵
South Dakota	17,297	9,070	⁴	3,366	⁵	80		286		140		3,067	⁵	394		127		767	⁵
Tennessee	123,218	62,176	⁴	15,262		922		2,069		1,593		32,604		3,163		427		5,002
Texas	616,155	311,649	⁴	61,677		3,154		10,536		4,986		158,052		19,184		5,685		41,232
Utah	47,365	23,640	⁴	7,520		855		727		270		9,785		1,130		439		2,999

Vermont	19,232	8,859	⁴	4,330		315		437		258		3,336		446		145		1,106
Virginia	239,815	105,039		19,530		12,203		4,222		2,006		78,224		4,742		1,591		12,258
Washington	102,948	53,743	⁴	10,120		519		2,031		1,278		25,086		2,790		1,188		6,193
West Virginia	39,217	19,414	⁴	3,416		166		1,706		365		9,587	⁵	1,096		170		3,297	⁵
Wisconsin	105,033	59,089	⁴	10,359		1,188		1,942		1,250		21,052		2,432		1,147		6,574
Wyoming	15,233	6,757		2,114		325		453		144		3,776		347		320		997

DoDDS: DoDs Overseas⁸	8,338	5,204		486		91		237		138		1,021		235		65		861
DDESS: DoDs Domestic⁸	3,574	2,033		179		31		97		68		705		102		58		301
Bureau of Indian Education	—	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
American Samoa	1,869	971		107		69		42		20		344		67		54		195
Guam	—	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands	1,160	579		229		8		19		1		161		33		5		125
Puerto Rico	71,962	40,163		230		431		932		1,109		21,789		1,395		570		5,343
U.S. Virgin Islands	3,020	1,531		362		43		89		33		590		83		59		230
— Not available.
¹ Student/other support staff include library support staff, student support services staff, and all other nonadministrative support staff.
² Administrative support staff include district- and school-level administrative support staff.
³ U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
⁴ State total includes one or more imputed values or has been adjusted to reflect the sum of prekindergarten, kindergarten, elementary, secondary, and teachers of ungraded classes.
⁵ Data were imputed based on prior-year (fall 2005) data.
⁶ Data were disaggregated from reported total.
⁷ Data were adjusted.
⁸ DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense dependents schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense dependent schools (domestic), respectively.
NOTE: All staff counts are full-time-equivalent (FTE) counts.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2006–07, Version 1a.

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