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Pupils per teacher in public schools, fall 2022: U.S. states ranked

Measure: Pupils per teacher in public schools, fall 2022. All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Pupil/teacher ratio in public schools by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: Fall 2022.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-09

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National value: 15.4 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 11.3
RI 12.7
DE 14.2
CT 11.7
NJ 11.8
MD 14.3
MA 12
VT 10.5
NH 11.5

Lowest: 10.5 to 12.7
Group 2: 12.7 to 13.7
Group 3: 13.7 to 14.8
Group 4: 14.8 to 17.2
Highest: 17.2 to 22.8

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Arizona	22.8
2	Utah	22.2
3	California	21.8
4	Nevada	21
5	Oregon	18.7
6	Alaska	18.3
6	Florida	18.3
8	Alabama	17.9
9	Idaho	17.5
9	Louisiana	17.5
11	Washington	17.2
12	Michigan	16.7
13	Oklahoma	16.6
14	Ohio	16.4
15	Colorado	16.3
16	Indiana	15.8
17	Minnesota	15.5
18	North Carolina	15.4
19	Kentucky	15.3
19	Tennessee	15.3
21	Texas	14.8
22	New Mexico	14.6
23	Georgia	14.4
24	Maryland	14.3
25	Delaware	14.2
25	Hawaii	14.2
27	Iowa	14.1
27	South Carolina	14.1
29	Nebraska	13.8
29	South Dakota	13.8
31	Illinois	13.7
31	Montana	13.7
31	Wisconsin	13.7
34	Virginia	13.6
35	West Virginia	13.5
36	Pennsylvania	13.3
37	Mississippi	13
38	Kansas	12.9
39	Missouri	12.8
40	Arkansas	12.7
40	Rhode Island	12.7
42	Wyoming	12.6
43	North Dakota	12.4
44	Massachusetts	12
45	New Jersey	11.8
46	Connecticut	11.7
46	New York	11.7
48	New Hampshire	11.5
49	Maine	11.4
50	District of Columbia	11.3
51	Vermont	10.5

Source: National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics 2023, Table 208.40: Public elementary and secondary teachers, enrollment, and pupil/teacher ratios, by state or jurisdiction (Common Core of Data). Reference period: Fall 2022.

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U.S. states ranked by pupils per teacher in public schools, fall 2022 (Fall 2022). Data: National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics 2023, Table 208.40; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-pupils-per-teacher-in-public-schools-fall-2022/

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