Table 65. | Public and private elementary and secondary teachers, enrollment, and pupil/teacher ratios: Fall 1955 to fall 2001 |
__________________________________________________________________________________ | Elementary and | Elementary and |Elementary and secondary | secondary teachers | secondary enrollment |pupil/teacher ratio |_____________________|_________________________|________________________ Year |Total |Public|Private| Total |Public |Private | Total |Public |Private _________|______|______|_______|_______|_______|_________|_______|_______|________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 _________|______|______|_______|_______|_______|_________|_______|_______|________ 1955 ....|1,286 |1,141 |\1\145 |35,280 |30,680 |\1\4,600 | 27.4 | 26.9 |\1\31.7 1960 ....|1,600 |1,408 |\1\192 |42,181 |36,281 |\1\5,900 | 26.4 | 25.8 |\1\30.7 1965 ....|1,933 |1,710 | 223 |48,473 |42,173 | 6,300 | 25.1 | 24.7 | 28.3 1970 ....|2,292 |2,059 | 233 |51,257 |45,894 | 5,363 | 22.4 | 22.3 | 23.0 | | | | | | | | | 1971 ....|2,293 |2,063 |\1\230 |51,271 |46,071 |\1\5,200 | 22.4 | 22.3 |\1\22.6 1972 ....|2,337 |2,106 |\1\231 |50,726 |45,726 |\1\5,000 | 21.7 | 21.7 |\1\21.6 1973 ....|2,372 |2,136 |\1\236 |50,446 |45,446 |\1\5,000 | 21.3 | 21.3 |\1\21.2 1974 ....|2,410 |2,165 |\1\245 |50,073 |45,073 |\1\5,000 | 20.8 | 20.8 |\1\20.4 1975 ....|2,453 |2,198 |\1\255 |49,819 |44,819 |\1\5,000 | 20.3 | 20.4 |\1\19.6 | | | | | | | | | 1976 ....|2,457 |2,189 | 268 |49,478 |44,311 | 5,167 | 20.1 | 20.2 | 19.3 1977 ....|2,488 |2,209 | 279 |48,717 |43,577 | 5,140 | 19.6 | 19.7 | 18.4 1978 ....|2,479 |2,207 | 272 |47,635 |42,550 | 5,085 | 19.2 | 19.3 | 18.7 1979 ....|2,461 |2,185 |\1\276 |46,651 |41,651 |\1\5,000 | 19.0 | 19.1 |\1\18.1 1980 ....|2,485 |2,184 | 301 |46,208 |40,877 | 5,331 | 18.6 | 18.7 | 17.7 | | | | | | | | | 1981 ....|2,440 |2,127 |\1\313 |45,544 |40,044 |\1\5,500 | 18.7 | 18.8 |\1\17.6 1982 ....|2,458 |2,133 |\1\325 |45,165 |39,566 |\1\5,600 | 18.4 | 18.6 |\1\17.2 1983 ....|2,476 |2,139 | 337 |44,967 |39,252 | 5,715 | 18.2 | 18.4 | 17.0 1984 ....|2,508 |2,168 |\1\340 |44,908 |39,208 |\1\5,700 | 17.9 | 18.1 |\1\16.8 1985 ....|2,549 |2,206 | 343 |44,979 |39,422 | 5,557 | 17.6 | 17.9 | 16.2 | | | | | | | | | 1986 ....|2,592 |2,244 |\1\348 |45,205 |39,753 |\1\5,452 | 17.4 | 17.7 |\1\15.7 1987 ....|2,631 |2,279 | 352 |45,487 |40,008 | 5,479 | 17.3 | 17.6 | 15.6 1988 ....|2,668 |2,323 |\1\345 |45,430 |40,189 |\1\5,242 | 17.0 | 17.3 |\1\15.2 1989 ....|2,734 |2,357 | 377 |45,741 |40,543 | 5,198 | 16.7 | 17.2 | 13.8 1990 ....|2,753 |2,398 |\1\355 |46,451 |41,217 |\1\5,234 | 16.9 | 17.2 |\1\14.7 | | | | | | | | | 1991 ....|2,787 |2,432 | 355 |47,322 |42,047 | 5,275 | 17.0 | 17.3 | 14.9 1992 ....|2,822 |2,459 |\1\363 |48,145 |42,823 |\1\5,322 | 17.1 | 17.4 |\1\14.7 1993 ....|2,870 |2,504 | 366 |48,813 |43,465 | 5,348 | 17.0 | 17.4 | 14.6 1994 ....|2,926 |2,552 |\1\374 |49,609 |44,111 |\1\5,498 | 17.0 | 17.3 |\1\14.7 1995 ....|2,978 |2,598 | 380 |50,502 |44,840 | 5,662 | 17.0 | 17.3 | 14.9 | | | | | | | | | 1996 ....|3,054 |2,667 |\1\387 |51,375 |45,611 |\1\5,764 | 16.8 | 17.1 |\1\14.9 1997 ....|3,134 |2,746 | 388 |51,968 |46,127 | 5,841 | 16.6 | 16.8 | 15.1 1998 ....|3,221 |2,830 |\1\391 |52,476 |46,539 |\1\5,937 | 16.3 | 16.4 |\1\15.2 1999 ... |3,304 |2,907 | 397 |52,875 |46,857 | 6,018 | 16.0 | 16.1 | 15.2 2000\1\ .|3,381 |2,953 |\2\428 |53,104 |47,160 |\2\5,944 | 15.7 | 16.0 |\2\13.9 2001\2\ .|3,551 |3,119 | 432 |53,157 |47,213 | 5,944 | 15.0 | 15.1 | 13.8 _________|______|______|_______|_______|_______|_________|_______|_______|________ |
\1\Estimated.
NOTE: Data for teachers are expressed in full-time equivalents. Includes kindergarten and a relatively small number of nursery school teachers and students. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of Public Elementary and Secondary Day Schools; Common Core of Data surveys; and Projections of Education Statistics to 2011. (This table was prepared July 2001.) |