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Last updated: October 10, 2022

The table below shows the number of schools, districts, students and teachers for each state and Washington, D.C. for the most recent years for which data are available. Clickhere to read our report on school district and school board member characteristics in 2022. The data in this article comes fromoriginal research on public school districts in the country and research from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and the U.S. Census Bureau.

General public education statistics by state
State	Schools	Districts	Students	Teachers	Teacher/pupil ratio
Alabama	1,479	138	743,012	41,977	1:17
Alaska	502	53	131,587	7,459	1:17.6
Arizona	1,590	261	970,751	49,841	1:19
Arkansas	989	233	474,826	36,900	1:12.8
California	9,006	977	5,496,271	319,004	1:17.2
Colorado	1,867	178	891,084	52,611	1:16.9
Connecticut	935	169	486,990	39,049	1:12.4
Delaware	202	19	123,566	8,737	1:14.1
District of Columbia	116	1	50,971	4,100	1:12.4
Florida	4,202	69	2,838,866	163,558	1:17.3
Georgia	2,238	180	1,735,585	115,647	1:15
Hawaii	294	1	181,088	12,220	1:4.8
Idaho	705	117	289,480	16,147	1:18
Illinois	3,977	853	1,925,415	130,467	1:14.7
Indiana	1,769	291	997,869	58,685	1:17
Iowa	1,310	328	517,444	35,535	1:14.5
Kansas	1,305	287	497,753	36,406	1:14
Kentucky	1,473	171	691,667	42,212	1:16.3
Louisiana	1,214	72	637,434	34,642	1:18.4
Maine	569	192	176,463	14,451	1:12.2
Maryland	1,420	24	909,003	61,438	1:14.7
Massachusetts	1,751	316	896,103	70,653	1:12.6
Michigan	2,959	539	1,300,144	73,231	1:18
Minnesota	2,014	331	821,260	48,805	1:16.8
Mississippi	1,013	137	457,954	31,063	1:14.7
Missouri	2,261	518	884,587	66,645	1:13.2
Montana	684	302	108,894	7,866	1:13.8
Nebraska	1,036	244	328,724	23,751	1:13.8
Nevada	668	20	447,603	23,577	1:19
New Hampshire	456	162	168,631	14,009	1:12
New Jersey	2,312	546	1,321,709	109,282	1:12
New Mexico	854	129	322,989	21,681	1:14.8
New York	4,360	686	2,488,476	205,293	1:12
North Carolina	2,475	120	1,442,736	93,665	1:15.4
North Dakota	484	179	116,639	9,385	1:12.4
Ohio	3,136	615	1,580,547	95,198	1:16.6
Oklahoma	1,720	512	658,323	41,323	1:15.9
Oregon	1,246	197	581,849	29,799	1:19.5
Pennsylvania	2,685	499	1,566,855	108,756	1:14.4
Rhode Island	271	34	131,835	9,743	1:13.5
South Carolina	1,167	79	751,660	51,158	1:14.6
South Dakota	714	169	145,726	10,699	1:13.6
Tennessee	1,843	141	1,001,916	64,105	1:15.6
Texas	8,161	1,022	5,156,972	344,362	1:14.9
Utah	945	42	606,998	26,168	1:23
Vermont	293	98	83,534	6,761	1:12.3
Virginia	2,015	132	1,296,817	87,166	1:14.8
Washington	1,305	287	497,753	36,406	1:14
West Virginia	683	55	263,486	18,824	1:13.9
Wisconsin	2,176	423	846,693	59,263	1:14.2
Wyoming	348	49	94,488	7,378	1:12.8
United States	89,197	13,197	47,139,026	3,077,101	16
^Per pupil spending data reflects information reported for fiscal year 2020. Data on high school graduation rates are current as of the 2018-19 school year. Sources:* Analysis of school district and board member characteristics, 2022 U.S. Census Bureau, "U.S. School System Current Spending Per Pupil by Region: Fiscal Year 2020" National Center for Education Statistics, "Fast Facts: High school graduation rates"

2011-2012

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General public education statistics by state, 2011-2012 school year
State	Schools	Districts	Students	Teachers	Teacher/pupil ratio	Administrator/pupil ratio
Alabama	1,618	170	744,621	47,723	15.6	293.5
Alaska	511	54	131,167	8,088	16.2	199.1
Arizona	2,252	662	1,080,319	50,800	21.3	419.5
Arkansas	1,108	289	483,114	33,983	14.2	271.3
California	10,170	1,187	6,287,834	268,689	23.4	389.4
Colorado	1,813	259	854,265	48,078	17.8	301.9
Connecticut	1,150	200	554,437	43,805	12.7	252.1
Delaware	221	44	128,946	8,587	15	289.8
District of Columbia	228	56	73,911	6,278	11.8	126.5
Florida	4,212	76	2,668,156	175,006	15.2	325.8
Georgia	2,388	216	1,685,016	111,133	15.2	274.9
Hawaii	287	1	182,706	11,458	15.9	315.0
Idaho	762	149	279,873	15,990	17.5	422.5
Illinois	4,336	1,075	2,083,097	131,777	15.8	283.0
Indiana	1,933	394	1,040,765	62,339	16.7	332.9
Iowa	1,411	361	495,870	34,658	14.3	277.2
Kansas	1,359	321	486,108	37,407	13	259.4
Kentucky	1,565	194	681,987	41,860	16.3	215.9
Louisiana	1,437	132	703,390	48,657	14.5	244.3
Maine	621	260	188,969	14,888	12.7	114.2
Maryland	1,451	25	854,086	57,589	14.8	238.8
Massachusetts	1,835	401	953,369	69,342	13.7	210.1
Michigan	3,550	869	1,573,537	86,997	18.1	336.2
Minnesota	2,392	555	839,738	52,832	15.9	396.1
Mississippi	1,069	163	490,619	32,007	15.3	251.0
Missouri	2,408	572	916,584	66,252	13.8	294.1
Montana	826	500	142,349	10,153	14	274.0
Nebraska	1,090	288	301,296	22,182	13.6	291.5
Nevada	649	18	439,634	21,132	20.8	449.7
New Hampshire	477	281	191,900	15,049	12.8	349.6
New Jersey	2,596	700	1,356,431	109,719	12.4	288.0
New Mexico	866	135	337,225	21,957	15.4	253.4
New York	4,752	923	2,704,718	209,527	12.9	293.2
North Carolina	2,577	236	1,507,864	97,308	15.5	287.8
North Dakota	513	223	97,646	8,525	11.5	216.4
Ohio	3,714	1,079	1,740,030	107,972	16.1	328.6
Oklahoma	1,774	575	666,120	41,349	16.1	303.6
Oregon	1,261	221	568,208	26,791	21.2	364.8
Pennsylvania	3,181	784	1,771,395	124,646	14.2	334.6
Rhode Island	308	54	142,854	11,414	12.5	316.8
South Carolina	1,223	105	727,186	46,782	15.5	281.1
South Dakota	704	171	128,016	9,247	13.8	309.8
Tennessee	1,802	140	999,693	66,382	15.1	293.2
Texas	8,697	1,262	5,000,470	324,282	15.4	232.4
Utah	1,020	126	598,832	25,970	23.1	450.2
Vermont	320	369	89,908	8,364	10.7	188.3
Virginia	2,170	221	1,257,883	90,832	13.8	313.2
Washington	2,365	316	1,045,453	53,119	19.7	373.1
West Virginia	759	57	282,870	20,247	14	250.5
Wisconsin	2,243	462	871,105	56,245	15.5	363.9
Wyoming	354	61	90,099	7,847	11.5	248.3
United States	98,328	17,992	49,521,669	3,103,263	16	295.2
Source:U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Public Elementary/Secondary Education Survey", 2011-12 v.1a. accessed May 15, 2014

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