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United States school districts
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Ballotpedia's school board elections project maintains overview pages for all 50 states. These pages contain information regarding state education officials, statewide statistics, and student enrollment in America's largest school districts.
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State-by-state comparisons
The table below contains information on public education across the United States. These statistics are mainly from government sources, including the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Center for Education Statistics. Figures given were the most recent as of October 2022.
| State | State Superintendent | Number of students | Number of teachers | Teacher/pupil ratio | Number of districts | Number of schools | Graduation rate | Per-pupil spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | Tony Thurmond | 5,496,271 | 319,004[1] | 1:17.2 | 977 | 9,006 | 85% | $14,031 |
| Alabama | Eric Mackey | 743,012 | 41,977 | 1:17 | 138 | 1,479 | 92% | $10,116 |
| Alaska | Deena Bishop | 131,587 | 7,459 | 1:18 | 53 | 502 | 80% | $18,313 |
| Arizona | Thomas C. Horne | 970,751 | 49,841 | 1:19 | 230 | 1,590 | 78% | $8,785 |
| Arkansas | Jacob Oliva | 474,826 | 36,900 | 1:12.8 | 233 | 989 | 84.9% | $10,345 |
| Colorado | Susana Cordova | 891,084 | 52,611 | 1:16.9 | 178 | 1,867 | 81% | $11,602 |
| Connecticut | Charlene Russell-Tucker | 486,990 | 39,049 | 1:12 | 169 | 935 | 89% | $21,346 |
| Delaware | Cynthia Marten | 123,566 | 8,737 | 1:14.1 | 19 | 202 | 89% | $17,235 |
| Florida | Anastasios Kamoutsas | 2,838,866 | 163,558 | 1:17 | 69 | 4,202 | 87% | $9,937 |
| Georgia | Richard Woods | 1,735,585 | 115,647 | 1:15 | 180 | 2,238 | 82% | $11,707 |
| Hawaii | Keith Hayashi | 181,088 | 12,220 | 1:15 | 1 | 294 | 85% | $16,564 |
| Idaho | Debbie Critchfield | 289,480 | 16,147 | 1:18 | 117 | 705 | 81% | $8,272 |
| Illinois | Tony Sanders | 1,925,415 | 130,467 | 1: 14.7 | 853 | 3,977 | 86% | $12,288 |
| Indiana | Katie Jenner | 997,869 | 58,685 | 1:17 | 291 | 1,769 | 87% | $9,566 |
| Iowa | McKenzie Snow | 517,444 | 35,535 | 1:14.5 | 328 | 1,310 | 92% | $11,958 |
| Kansas | Randy Watson | 497,753 | 36,406 | 1:14 | 287 | 1,305 | 87% | $9,828 |
| Kentucky | Robbie Fletcher | 691,667 | 42,212 | 1:16.3 | 171 | 1,473 | 91% | $11,397 |
| Louisiana | Cade Brumley | 637,434 | 34,642 | 1:18.4 | 72 | 1,214 | 80% | $11,843 |
| Maine | Pender Makin | 176,463 | 14,451 | 1:12.2 | 192 | 569 | 86.4% | $14,892 |
| Maryland | Carey M. Wright | 909,003 | 61,438 | 1:14.7 | 24 | 1,420 | 87% | $15,489 |
| Massachusetts | Patrick Tutwiler | 896,103 | 70,653 | 1:12.6 | 316 | 1,751 | 88% | $18,733 |
| Michigan | Michael Rice | 1,300,144 | 73,231 | 1:18 | 539 | 2,959 | 81% | $13,072 |
| Minnesota | Willie Jett | 821,260 | 48,805 | 1:16.8 | 331 | 2,014 | 84% | $13,603 |
| Mississippi | Lance Evans | 457,954 | 31,063 | 1:14.7 | 137 | 1,013 | 85% | $9,653 |
| Missouri | Karla Eslinger | 884,587 | 66,645 | 1:13.2 | 518 | 2,261 | 90% | $11,239 |
| Montana | Susie Hedalen | 108,894 | 7,866 | 1:13.8 | 302 | 684 | 87% | $12,101 |
| Nebraska | Brian Maher | 328,724 | 23,751 | 1:13.8 | 244 | 1,036 | 88% | $12,939 |
| Nevada | Steve Canavero | 447,603 | 23,577 | 1:19 | 20 | 668 | 84% | $9,814 |
| New Hampshire | Caitlin Davis | 168,631 | 14,009 | 1:12 | 162 | 456 | 88% | $17,900 |
| New Jersey | Kevin Dehmer | 1,321,709 | 109,282 | 1:12 | 546 | 2,312 | 91% | $20,670 |
| New Mexico | Mariana Padilla | 322,989 | 21,681 | 1:14.8 | 129 | 854 | 75% | $11,332 |
| New York | Betty A. Rosa | 2,488,476 | 205,293 | 1:12 | 686 | 4,360 | 83% | $25,519 |
| North Carolina | Mo Green | 1,442,736 | 93,665 | 1:15.4 | 120 | 2,475 | 87% | $9,958 |
| North Dakota | Kirsten Baesler | 116,639 | 9,385 | 1:12.4 | 179 | 484 | 88% | $14,242 |
| Ohio | Paul Craft | 1,580,547 | 95,198 | 1:16.6 | 615 | 3,136 | 82% | $13,805 |
| Oklahoma | Ryan Walters | 658,323 | 41,323 | 1:15.9 | 512 | 1,720 | 85% | $9,508 |
| Oregon | Charlene Williams | 581,849 | 29,799 | 1:19.5 | 197 | 1,246 | 80% | $12,855 |
| Pennsylvania | Carrie Rowe | 1,566,855 | 108,756 | 1:14.4 | 499 | 2,685 | 87% | $17,142 |
| Rhode Island | Angélica Infante-Green | 131,835 | 9,743 | 1:13.5 | 34 | 271 | 84% | $16,857 |
| South Carolina | Ellen Weaver | 751,660 | 51,158 | 1:14.6 | 79 | 1,167 | 81% | $11,532 |
| South Dakota | Joe Graves | 145,726 | 10,699 | 1:13.6 | 169 | 714 | 84% | $10,208 |
| Tennessee | Lizzette Gonzalez Reynolds | 1,001,916 | 64,105 | 1:15.6 | 141 | 1,843 | 91% | $9,896 |
| Texas | Mike Morath | 5,156,972 | 344,362 | 1:14.9 | 1,022 | 8,161 | 90% | $10,342 |
| Utah | Molly Hart | 606,998 | 26,168 | 1:23 | 42 | 945 | 87% | $8,366 |
| Vermont | Zoie Saunders | 83,534 | 6,761 | 1:12.3 | 98 | 293 | 85% | $20,838 |
| Virginia | Emily Anne Gullickson | 1,296,817 | 87,166 | 1:14.8 | 132 | 2,015 | 88% | $12,905 |
| Washington | Chris Reykdal | 1,138,272 | 62,310 | 1:18.2 | 306 | 2,474 | 81% | $14,556 |
| West Virginia | Michele Blatt | 263,486 | 18,824 | 1:13.9 | 55 | 683 | 91% | $12,375 |
| Wisconsin | Jill Underly | 846,693 | 59,263 | 1:14.2 | 423 | 2,176 | 90% | $12,740 |
| Wyoming | Megan Degenfelder | 94,488 | 7,378 | 1:12.8 | 49 | 348 | 82% | $16,698 |
See also
- School Boards and School Board Elections
- Largest school districts in the United States by enrollment
- List of school districts in the United States
- Demographic information for all students in all 50 states
- Education policy
- Education policy in the United States
- United States education agencies
- United States Department of Education
Footnotes
- ↑ Data is current as of the 2018-2019 school year
