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Staff Per-Pupil Ratios 2009-10
April 2012
California consistently ranks among the bottom five states in total staff ratios due to California’s high cost of labor and low investment in education.
Ratio of Staff to 1,000 Pupils by Position, Fall 2009-10
|
|
California
Rank in
U.S.
|
U.S.
Ratio
|
California
Ratio
|
% of
U.S. Ratio
|
|
Total Staff to Students |
47
|
128.7
|
97.3
|
76%
|
|
All Professional (certified) Staff to Students |
49 |
73.0 |
55.2 |
76% |
|
Total District Staff (including classified staff) |
33 |
5.5 |
4.6 |
83% |
|
District Officials/Administrators Only |
45 |
1.3 |
0.6 |
49%*
|
|
Total School Staff (including classified staff) |
49 |
98.0 |
71.8 |
73% |
|
Certified School Staff Only |
48 |
71.7 |
54.6 |
76% |
|
School Principals & Asst. Principals |
45 |
3.4 |
2.7 |
79% |
|
Guidance Counselors |
50 |
2.2 |
1.2 |
57% |
|
Librarians |
51 |
1.1 |
0.2 |
17% |
|
All Teachers |
48 |
65.0†
|
50.5†
|
78% |
|
Elementary Teachers (grades 1-8) |
24 |
52.3 |
53.1 |
101% |
|
Secondary Teachers (grades 9-12) |
51 |
82.9 |
46.9 |
57% |
† These numbers translate into a student/teacher ratio of 19.8 students to 1 teacher for California and 15.4 to 1 for the entire United States. Only Oregon, Arizona, and Utah have a higher student/teacher ratio than California.
Notes: (1) The District of Columbia is included. (2) The numbers in this table are based on fall enrollment data and include pre-K public school students and their teachers. NCES estimated that there were 78,150 pre-K students and 3,968 pre-K teachers in California in 2009–10. If the pre-K students and teachers are not included, California’s student/teacher ratio is still 19.8. (3) The “total staff to students” row includes all district and school staff plus those who fall under the NCES category “All Other Support Staff.”
DATA: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data, 2009–10, 3/12/12
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