Table 81.

Staff, enrollment, and pupil/staff ratios in public elementary and secondary school systems, by state or jurisdiction: Fall 1997 through fall 2004

State or jurisdiction	Pupil/staff ratio										Fall 2002						Fall 20031						Fall 2004
	Fall 1997		Fall 1998		Fall 1999		Fall 2000		Fall 2001		Staff		Enrollment		Pupil/ staff ratio		Staff		Enrollment		Pupil/ staff ratio		Staff		Enrollment		Pupil/ staff ratio
1	2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		14		15
United States2	8.8		8.6		8.3		8.3		8.1		5,954,661		48,183,086		8.1		5,953,667		48,540,215		8.2		6,053,465		48,794,911		8.1
Alabama	8.7	3	8.5	3	8.4	3	8.2	3	8.4	3	88,893	3	739,366	3	8.3	3	100,592		731,220		7.3		92,795		730,140		7.9
Alaska	8.8	3	8.4	3	8.4	3	8.3	3	8.1	3	17,101	3	134,364		7.9	3	16,550	3	133,933		8.1	3	17,632	3	132,970		7.5	3
Arizona	10.1		10.0	3	9.7		9.7		9.8		96,639		937,755		9.7		96,341		1,012,068		10.5		97,953		1,043,298		10.7
Arkansas	8.9	3	11.1	3	7.5		7.1		6.8		63,815		450,985		7.1		64,693		454,523		7.0		66,127		463,115		7.0
California	11.8	3	11.5	3	11.3	3	11.1	3	10.9	3	581,756	3	6,353,667	3	10.9	3	572,835	3	6,413,867	3	11.2	3	574,614	3	6,441,557	3	11.2	3
Colorado	9.5		9.2		8.9		8.7		8.5		90,397		751,862		8.3		89,530		757,693		8.5		91,337		765,976		8.4
Connecticut	7.3		7.0		6.9		6.8		6.7		86,361		570,023		6.6		85,367		577,203		6.8		83,879		577,390		6.9
Delaware	8.9		8.8		8.4		9.1		8.2		14,449		116,342		8.1		14,587		117,668		8.1		14,966		119,091		8.0
District of Columbia	8.8	3	7.3		8.1		6.4		6.6		11,548		76,166		6.6		10,608		78,057		7.4		12,162		76,714		6.3
Florida	9.0		8.9		8.8		8.8		8.8		287,091		2,539,929		8.8		295,775		2,587,628		8.7		311,853		2,639,336		8.5
Georgia	8.5	3	7.9		7.7		7.8		7.7		197,944		1,496,012		7.6		200,512		1,522,611		7.6		209,746		1,553,437		7.4
Hawaii	11.1		10.8		10.4		10.0		9.5		20,703		183,829		8.9		21,113		183,609		8.7		20,531		183,185		8.9
Idaho	10.6		10.3		10.1		10.1		10.0		24,897		248,604		10.0		25,133		252,120		10.0		25,533		256,084		10.0
Illinois	8.7	3	8.6	3	8.3	3	8.2	3	8.1	3	257,352	3	2,084,187		8.1	3	254,119	3	2,100,961		8.3	3	261,237	3	2,097,503		8.0	3
Indiana	8.1		8.0		7.9		7.8		7.7		126,998		1,003,875		7.9		130,532		1,011,130		7.7		133,375		1,021,348		7.7
Iowa	7.8		7.6		7.5		7.3		7.0		67,426		482,210		7.2		68,137		481,226		7.1		68,450		478,319		7.0
Kansas	7.9		7.8		7.4		7.3		7.2		63,911		470,957		7.4		63,778		470,490		7.4		64,114		469,136		7.3
Kentucky	7.5	3	7.2		6.9		7.4		6.9		95,839		660,782		6.9		95,926		663,369		6.9		95,920		674,796		7.0
Louisiana	7.9		7.7		7.5		7.3		7.2		102,333		730,464		7.1		102,990		727,709		7.1		101,381		724,281		7.1
Maine	7.0		6.7		6.4		6.2		6.0		34,586		204,337		5.9		35,866		202,084		5.6		34,899		198,820		5.7
Maryland	9.5		9.0		9.0		8.8		8.7		102,642		866,743		8.4		107,529		869,113		8.1		108,296		865,561		8.0
Massachusetts	7.8		7.6		7.1		8.0		7.7		143,922		982,989		6.8		134,414	3	980,459		7.3	3	137,613	3	975,574		7.1	3
Michigan	8.4		8.2	3	8.2	3	8.2	3	8.1		187,093		1,785,160		9.5		206,034	3	1,757,604		8.5	3	209,831		1,750,919		8.3
Minnesota	8.8		8.4		8.2		8.2	3	8.1		105,311	3	846,891		8.0	3	103,744		842,854		8.1		104,367		838,503		8.0
Mississippi	8.2		7.7		7.8		7.7		7.6		66,133		492,645		7.4		68,377		493,540		7.2		67,249		495,376		7.4
Missouri	8.2		7.9		7.8		7.5		7.3		128,124		906,499		7.1		125,783		905,941		7.2		125,868		905,449		7.2
Montana	8.5	3	8.4	3	7.9	3	8.0	3	7.8	3	18,693	3	149,995		8.0	3	18,656		148,356		8.0		18,762	3	146,705		7.8	3
Nebraska	7.7		7.6		7.4		7.2		7.0		40,743		285,402		7.0		40,573		285,542		7.0		40,998		285,761		7.0
Nevada	10.7		10.7		10.8		10.9		10.5		33,443		369,498		11.0		34,059		385,401		11.3		31,260		400,083		12.8
New Hampshire	8.1		8.0		7.6		7.4		7.1		30,087		207,671		6.9		30,830		207,417		6.7		31,408		206,852		6.6
New Jersey	7.5		7.4		7.2		7.1		6.9		199,381		1,367,438		6.9		204,038		1,380,753		6.8		213,418		1,393,347		6.5
New Mexico	8.2		8.0		7.5		7.1		7.1		43,826		320,234		7.3		44,841		323,066		7.2		46,531		326,102		7.0
New York	7.6		7.6		7.1		6.9		6.8		428,045		2,888,233		6.7		394,178		2,864,775		7.3		399,089		2,836,337		7.1
North Carolina	8.3	3	8.2		8.0		8.0		7.9		169,328		1,335,954		7.9		172,193		1,360,209		7.9		177,308		1,385,754		7.8
North Dakota	8.0		7.8		7.5		7.2		7.1		15,090		104,225		6.9		15,066		102,233		6.8		15,157		100,513		6.6
Ohio	9.1		8.8		8.4		8.2		8.0		242,372		1,838,285		7.6		242,520		1,845,428		7.6		239,988		1,840,032		7.7
Oklahoma	9.0		8.9		8.5		8.3		8.1		74,422		624,548		8.4		71,313		626,160		8.8		77,466		629,476		8.1
Oregon	10.2		10.1		9.8		9.7		9.6		55,042		554,071		10.1		54,272		551,273		10.2		56,637		552,322		9.8
Pennsylvania	8.8		8.7		8.4		8.1		7.9		231,251		1,816,747		7.9		233,269		1,821,146		7.8		237,122		1,828,089		7.7
Rhode Island	8.9		8.7		8.7		8.9		8.5		18,303		159,205		8.7		19,890	3	159,375		8.0	3	23,031	3	156,498		6.8	3
South Carolina	8.3	3	8.2	3	7.8	3	9.8	3	9.5	3	63,039	3	694,389		11.0	3	62,888	3	699,198		11.1	3	65,014	3	703,736		10.8	3
South Dakota	8.5		8.0		7.5		7.1		6.9		19,031		130,048		6.8		19,039		125,537		6.6		18,106		122,798		6.8
Tennessee	8.7	3	8.2	3	8.2	3	8.3	3	8.3	3	114,358		927,608	3	8.1	3	116,120		936,682	3	8.1	3	111,891		941,091	3	8.4	3
Texas	7.9		7.8		7.6		7.5		7.1		594,002		4,259,823		7.2		596,330		4,331,751		7.3		607,364		4,405,215		7.3
Utah	12.2		12.3		11.9		11.8		11.8		41,588		489,262		11.8		41,545		495,981		11.9		44,499		503,607		11.3
Vermont	6.5		6.3		6.0		5.7		5.6		18,384		99,978		5.4		18,701		99,103		5.3		18,899		98,352		5.2
Virginia	7.8	3	7.9	3	7.2	3	7.1	3	7.0		162,994		1,177,229		7.2		166,578		1,192,092		7.2		179,688		1,204,739		6.7
Washington	10.7		10.6		10.5		10.3		9.0		112,740		1,014,798		9.0		109,294		1,021,349		9.3		111,848		1,020,005		9.1
West Virginia	7.8		7.7		7.5		7.4		7.5		38,132		282,455		7.4		37,957		281,215		7.4		37,979		280,129		7.4
Wisconsin	8.6	3	8.0		8.0		8.2		7.6		113,262		881,231		7.8		104,531		880,031		8.4		104,018		864,757		8.3
Wyoming	7.2		6.9		6.6		6.4		6.4		13,841	3	88,116		6.4	3	14,121		87,462		6.2		14,256		84,733		5.9
Bureau of Indian Affairs	—		—		—		—		—		—		46,126		—		—		45,828		—		—		—		—
DoDDS, overseas	10.0		10.0		9.3	4	9.5		9.3		7,045		72,889		10.3		7,282		71,053		9.8		6,845		68,327		10.0
DoDDS, domestic	—		—		—		8.4		7.6		4,200		32,115		7.6		4,157		30,603		7.4		2,865		29,151		10.2
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	10.1		10.1		9.6		9.6		9.4		1,735		15,984		9.2		1,771		15,893		9.0		1,813		16,126		8.9
Guam	11.1		10.5		8.9		8.5		8.5		—		—		—		3,466		31,572		9.1		3,318		30,605		9.2
Northern Marianas	8.5		9.1		10.2		9.6		10.3		1,093		11,251		10.3		1,155		11,244		9.7		1,166		11,601		9.9
Puerto Rico	8.9		8.9		8.5		8.9		8.0		74,553		596,502		8.0		74,697		584,916		7.8		76,865		575,648		7.5
Virgin Islands	7.0		6.9		7.0		6.7		6.7		3,036		18,333		6.0		2,896		17,716		6.1		2,977		16,429		5.5

—Not available. 1 Data revised from previously published figures. 2 U.S. totals include imputations for underreporting and nonreporting states. 3 Includes imputations for underreporting. 4 Includes both overseas and domestic schools. NOTE: DoDDS = Department of Defense dependents schools. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Com­mon Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Educa­tion," 1997–98 through 2004–05. (This table was prepared March 2007.)