Table 2. Number of operating public schools and districts, student membership, teachers, and pupil/teacher ratio, by state or jurisdiction:
School year 2020–21




State or jurisdiction	Number of operating schools¹	Number of operating districts¹	Student Membership²	Teachers²	Pupil/Teacher Ratio
United States³	98,609	19,254	49,356,945	3,032,471	15.4⁴

Alabama	1,542	179	734,559	42,336	17.4
Alaska	503	54	129,872	7,558	17.2
Arizona	2,357	691	1,111,500	49,547	22.4
Arkansas	1,080	303	486,305	38,543	12.6
California	10,328	2,121	6,064,504	269,850	22.5

Colorado	1,927	272	883,199	54,319	16.3
Connecticut	1,001	206	509,058	42,580	12.0
Delaware	225	45	138,092	9,850	14.0
District of Columbia	235	68	89,883	7,678	11.7
Florida	4,219	77	2,791,707	161,413	17.3

Georgia	2,311	241	1,730,015	118,059	14.7
Hawaii	294	1	176,441	12,145	14.5
Idaho	774	178	307,581	17,582	17.5
Illinois	4,384	1,032	1,886,137	—	—
Indiana	1,902	435	1,033,964	65,758	15.7

Iowa	1,309	336	506,656	36,048	14.1
Kansas	1,310	335	481,750	38,007	12.7
Kentucky	1,532	185	658,809	42,458	15.5
Louisiana	1,353	193	693,150	38,369	18.1
Maine	595	277	172,455	15,143	11.4

Maryland	1,421	25	882,527	62,276	14.2
Massachusetts	1,845	426	921,712	75,147	12.3
Michigan	3,526	891	1,434,137	84,317	17.0
Minnesota	2,541	571	872,083	54,535	16.0
Mississippi	1,042	155	442,627	31,480	14.1

Missouri	2,444	564	882,477	68,924	12.8
Montana	826	483	146,252	10,942	13.4
Nebraska	1,086	279	324,697	23,943	13.6
Nevada	736	20	482,348	23,746	20.3
New Hampshire	496	310	169,027	14,800	11.4

New Jersey	2,565	701	1,373,960	116,530	11.8
New Mexico	886	147	316,840	21,577	14.7
New York	4,807	1054	2,606,748	213,537	12.2
North Carolina	2,683	348	1,513,677	101,057	15.0
North Dakota	488	221	114,955	9,473	12.1

Ohio	3,531	1,037	1,645,412	101,148	16.3
Oklahoma	1,789	595	694,113	43,110	16.1
Oregon	1,263	222	560,917	30,786	18.2
Pennsylvania	2,947	787	1,704,396	125,028	13.6
Rhode Island	314	64	139,184	10,669	13.0

South Carolina	1,266	102	766,819	53,703	14.3
South Dakota	706	166	139,566	10,020	13.9
Tennessee	1,880	148	985,207	64,667	15.2
Texas	9,002	1,229	5,372,806	370,719	14.5
Utah	1,088	163	680,659	—	—

Vermont	305	184	82,401	7,989	10.3
Virginia	2,125	214	1,251,639	87,049	14.4
Washington	2,506	336	1,087,354	61,810	17.6
West Virginia	710	60	253,930	18,630	13.6
Wisconsin	2,240	463	830,066	60,092	13.8
Wyoming	364	60	92,772	7,522	12.3

Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), Bureau of Indian Education, and other jurisdictions

DoDEA	—	—	—	—	—
Bureau of Indian Education	174	174	34,724	4,026	8.6
American Samoa	29	1	10,246	—	—
Guam	44	4	27,497	1,813	15.2
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	35	1	—	—	—
Puerto Rico	849	1	276,413	23,109	12.0
U.S. Virgin Islands	23	2	10,993	929	11.8
— Not available.
¹Operating schools/districts include all those providing services as of the start of the reported school year. The member LEAs within the New York City supervisory union are reported as a single LEA.
²The membership and staff counts are from the state education agency (SEA) data files referenced in the source notes. Data for teachers are expressed in full-time equivalents (FTE). Counts of public school teachers and enrollment include prekindergarten through grade 13. Specifically, U.S. totals for SY 2020–21 include 1,224,167 Pre-kindergartners and 66,411 Pre-kindergarten teachers.
³U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
⁴The SY 2020–21 pupil/teacher ratio shown in this table includes only states which reported both membership and FTE teacher counts for SY 2020–21.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/ Secondary School Universe Survey", 2020–21, Provisional Version 1a, "Local Education Agency Universe Survey", 2020–21, Provisional Version 1a, and "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education", 2020–21, Provisional Version 1a.

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