Table 1. Average Salaries ($) of Public School Teachers,

2004-05

Rank State 2004-05  
1 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 58,456 *
2 CALIFORNIA 57,876 *
3 CONNECTICUT 57,737  
4 MICHIGAN 56,973 *
5 NEW JERSEY 56,682 *
6 NEW YORK 56,200  
7 ILLINOIS 55,421  
8 MASSACHUSETTS 54,679  
9 RHODE ISLAND 53,473 *
10 PENNSYLVANIA 53,258 *
11 ALASKA 52,424  
12 MARYLAND 52,331  
13 DELAWARE 50,595  
14 OHIO 48,692 *
15 OREGON 48,330  
  UNITED STATES 47,674 *
16 MINNESOTA 46,906  
17 INDIANA 46,583  
18 GEORGIA 46,526  
19 HAWAII 46,149  
20 WASHINGTON 45,718  
21 VERMONT 44,535  
22 WISCONSIN 44,299  
23 COLORADO 43,949  
24 NEW HAMPSHIRE 43,941  
25 NEVADA 43,394  
26 NORTH CAROLINA 43,348  
27 ARIZONA 42,905 *
28 VIRGINIA 42,768  
29 SOUTH CAROLINA 42,189  
30 IDAHO 42,122 *
31 TENNESSEE 42,076  
32 FLORIDA 41,590  
33 TEXAS 41,011  
34 KENTUCKY 40,522  
35 WYOMING 40,497  
36 ARKANSAS 40,495 *
37 MAINE 39,610  
38 NEBRASKA 39,456  
  UTAH 39,456  
40 NEW MEXICO 39,391  
41 KANSAS 39,345  
42 IOWA 39,284  
43 MISSOURI 39,067  
44 LOUISIANA 39,022  
45 MONTANA 38,485  
46 WEST VIRGINIA 38,360  
47 ALABAMA 38,186  
48 OKLAHOMA 37,879  
49 NORTH DAKOTA 36,695  
50 MISSISSIPPI 36,590 *
51 SOUTH DAKOTA 34,040  
NEA Research, Estimates Database (2006).
From Rankings & Estimates 2005-2006, Rankings, Table C-11.

Table 2. Enrollment,

Fall 2004

Rank State Fall 2004  
1 CALIFORNIA 6,322,190  
2 TEXAS 4,383,871  
3 NEW YORK 2,822,000  
4 FLORIDA 2,630,229  
5 ILLINOIS 2,097,518  
6 OHIO 1,846,763 *
7 PENNSYLVANIA 1,828,089  
8 MICHIGAN 1,723,087 *
9 GEORGIA 1,553,437  
10 NEW JERSEY 1,392,204  
11 NORTH CAROLINA 1,345,101  
12 VIRGINIA 1,204,808  
13 WASHINGTON 1,021,502  
14 INDIANA 1,020,707  
15 ARIZONA 986,221 *
16 MASSACHUSETTS 975,574  
17 TENNESSEE 928,572  
18 MISSOURI 892,821  
19 MARYLAND 865,836  
20 WISCONSIN 864,757  
21 MINNESOTA 837,760  
22 COLORADO 766,707  
23 ALABAMA 731,085  
24 LOUISIANA 724,002  
25 SOUTH CAROLINA 680,635  
26 KENTUCKY 636,880  
27 OKLAHOMA 629,134  
28 CONNECTICUT 577,398  
29 OREGON 552,320  
30 UTAH 494,100  
31 MISSISSIPPI 485,094 *
32 IOWA 478,319  
33 KANSAS 468,512  
34 ARKANSAS 452,057 *
35 NEVADA 400,671  
36 NEW MEXICO 324,924  
37 NEBRASKA 284,559  
38 WEST VIRGINIA 279,457  
39 IDAHO 249,984 *
40 NEW HAMPSHIRE 206,852  
41 MAINE 199,253  
42 HAWAII 183,185  
43 RHODE ISLAND 160,574 *
44 MONTANA 146,705  
45 ALASKA 132,970  
46 SOUTH DAKOTA 121,622  
47 DELAWARE 119,109  
48 NORTH DAKOTA 99,324  
49 VERMONT 95,187  
50 WYOMING 83,772  
51 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 62,306  
  UNITED STATES 48,369,744 *
NEA Research, Estimates Database (2006).
From Rankings & Estimates 2005-2006, Rankings, Table B-2.

Table 3. Number of Teachers in Public K-12 Schools,

2004-05

Rank State 2004-05  
1 CALIFORNIA 298,106  
2 TEXAS 294,546  
3 NEW YORK 223,000  
4 FLORIDA 158,047  
5 ILLINOIS 131,779  
6 PENNSYLVANIA 119,904  
7 OHIO 114,146  
8 NEW JERSEY 109,577  
9 GEORGIA 104,847  
10 VIRGINIA 98,900  
11 MICHIGAN 96,750 *
12 NORTH CAROLINA 90,657  
13 MASSACHUSETTS 66,779  
14 MISSOURI 64,778  
15 INDIANA 60,468  
16 WISCONSIN 60,127  
17 TENNESSEE 59,215  
18 MARYLAND 56,150  
19 WASHINGTON 53,260  
20 MINNESOTA 52,218  
21 LOUISIANA 48,820  
22 ALABAMA 46,514  
23 SOUTH CAROLINA 46,167  
24 ARIZONA 45,894 *
25 COLORADO 45,174  
26 CONNECTICUT 42,547  
27 OKLAHOMA 40,406  
28 KENTUCKY 40,116  
29 IOWA 34,693  
30 KANSAS 32,831  
31 ARKANSAS 32,732 *
32 MISSISSIPPI 30,707 *
33 OREGON 27,850  
34 NEW MEXICO 21,716  
35 UTAH 20,953  
36 NEBRASKA 20,685  
37 NEVADA 20,609  
38 WEST VIRGINIA 19,809  
39 MAINE 16,718  
40 NEW HAMPSHIRE 15,297  
41 IDAHO 14,190 *
42 RHODE ISLAND 14,171 *
43 HAWAII 11,365  
44 MONTANA 10,226  
45 SOUTH DAKOTA 8,926  
46 VERMONT 8,717  
47 DELAWARE 7,974  
48 ALASKA 7,917  
49 NORTH DAKOTA 7,704  
50 WYOMING 6,579  
51 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 5,011 *
  UNITED STATES 3,066,272 *
NEA Research, Estimates Database (2006). K–12 = "Elementary and Secondary" (see Glossary).
From Rankings & Estimates 2005-2006, Rankings, Table C-5.

Table 4. Student-Teacher Ratio in Public K-12 Schools,

2005

Rank State 2005  
1 UTAH 23.6  
2 ARIZONA 21.5 *
3 CALIFORNIA 21.2  
4 OREGON 19.8  
5 NEVADA 19.4  
6 WASHINGTON 19.2  
7 MICHIGAN 17.8 *
8 IDAHO 17.6 *
9 COLORADO 17.0  
10 INDIANA 16.9  
11 ALASKA 16.8  
12 FLORIDA 16.6  
13 OHIO 16.2 *
14 HAWAII 16.1  
15 MINNESOTA 16.0  
16 ILLINOIS 15.9  
  KENTUCKY 15.9  
  UNITED STATES 15.8 *
18 MISSISSIPPI 15.8 *
19 ALABAMA 15.7  
  TENNESSEE 15.7  
21 OKLAHOMA 15.6  
22 MARYLAND 15.4  
23 PENNSYLVANIA 15.2  
24 NEW MEXICO 15.0  
25 DELAWARE 14.9  
  TEXAS 14.9  
27 GEORGIA 14.8  
  LOUISIANA 14.8  
  NORTH CAROLINA 14.8  
30 SOUTH CAROLINA 14.7  
31 MASSACHUSETTS 14.6  
32 WISCONSIN 14.4  
33 KANSAS 14.3  
  MONTANA 14.3  
35 WEST VIRGINIA 14.1  
36 ARKANSAS 13.8 *
  IOWA 13.8  
  MISSOURI 13.8  
  NEBRASKA 13.8  
40 CONNECTICUT 13.6  
  SOUTH DAKOTA 13.6  
42 NEW HAMPSHIRE 13.5  
43 NORTH DAKOTA 12.9  
44 NEW JERSEY 12.7  
  NEW YORK 12.7  
  WYOMING 12.7  
47 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 12.4 *
48 VIRGINIA 12.2  
49 MAINE 11.9  
50 RHODE ISLAND 11.3 *
51 VERMONT 10.9  
Computed from NEA Research, Estimates Database (2006). K–12 = "Elementary and Secondary" (see Glossary).
From Rankings & Estimates 2005-2006, Rankings, Table C-6.

Table 5. Current Expenditures ($) per Student in Public K-12 Schools,

2004-05

Rank State 2004-05  
1 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 15,073 *
2 NEW JERSEY 13,370  
3 NEW YORK 12,879 *
4 CONNECTICUT 11,874  
5 MASSACHUSETTS 11,681  
6 VERMONT 11,667  
7 DELAWARE 11,016 *
8 MAINE 10,723  
9 RHODE ISLAND 10,641 *
10 WYOMING 10,372  
11 ALASKA 10,042 *
12 WISCONSIN 9,805 *
13 MICHIGAN 9,784 *
14 PENNSYLVANIA 9,570 *
15 OHIO 9,557 *
16 NEW HAMPSHIRE 9,555  
17 WEST VIRGINIA 9,461  
18 ILLINOIS 9,327  
19 MARYLAND 9,281 *
20 MINNESOTA 9,249  
21 GEORGIA 8,882  
22 VIRGINIA 8,729  
23 INDIANA 8,723 *
  UNITED STATES 8,661 *
24 HAWAII 8,639  
25 COLORADO 8,337  
26 NEW MEXICO 8,178  
27 SOUTH CAROLINA 8,035  
28 MONTANA 8,025 *
29 CALIFORNIA 7,942  
30 KENTUCKY 7,906  
31 OREGON 7,842  
32 KANSAS 7,693  
33 WASHINGTON 7,683  
34 LOUISIANA 7,656  
35 IOWA 7,610  
36 NEBRASKA 7,586  
37 SOUTH DAKOTA 7,536  
38 MISSOURI 7,398  
39 NORTH CAROLINA 7,392  
40 NORTH DAKOTA 7,377  
41 TEXAS 7,310  
42 FLORIDA 7,181  
43 ALABAMA 7,028  
44 TENNESSEE 6,855  
45 IDAHO 6,743 *
46 NEVADA 6,709  
47 OKLAHOMA 6,614  
48 MISSISSIPPI 6,452 *
49 ARKANSAS 6,202 *
50 ARIZONA 5,474 *
51 UTAH 5,032  
Computed from NEA Research, Estimates Database (2006). K–12 = "Elementary and Secondary" (see Glossary).
From Rankings & Estimates 2005-2006, Rankings, Table H-11.

Table 6. Current Expenditures ($) for Public K-12 Schools,

2004-05

Rank State 2004-05  
1 CALIFORNIA 50,211,439  
2 NEW YORK 36,344,791 *
3 TEXAS 32,044,662  
4 ILLINOIS 19,564,188  
5 FLORIDA 18,887,628  
6 NEW JERSEY 18,614,364  
7 OHIO 17,648,889 *
8 PENNSYLVANIA 17,495,394 *
9 MICHIGAN 16,858,734 *
10 GEORGIA 13,797,161  
11 MASSACHUSETTS 11,395,704  
12 VIRGINIA 10,516,606  
13 NORTH CAROLINA 9,942,403  
14 INDIANA 8,904,028 *
15 WISCONSIN 8,478,671 *
16 MARYLAND 8,035,850 *
17 WASHINGTON 7,847,761  
18 MINNESOTA 7,748,711  
19 CONNECTICUT 6,856,175  
20 MISSOURI 6,604,885  
21 COLORADO 6,392,168  
22 TENNESSEE 6,365,313  
23 LOUISIANA 5,542,603  
24 SOUTH CAROLINA 5,468,808  
25 ARIZONA 5,398,853 *
26 ALABAMA 5,138,209  
27 KENTUCKY 5,035,059  
28 OREGON 4,331,044  
29 OKLAHOMA 4,161,023  
30 IOWA 3,639,802  
31 KANSAS 3,604,406  
32 MISSISSIPPI 3,129,764 *
33 ARKANSAS 2,803,750 *
34 NEVADA 2,688,153  
35 NEW MEXICO 2,657,244  
36 WEST VIRGINIA 2,643,904  
37 UTAH 2,486,098  
38 NEBRASKA 2,158,581  
39 MAINE 2,136,591  
40 NEW HAMPSHIRE 1,976,458  
41 RHODE ISLAND 1,708,667 *
42 IDAHO 1,685,569 *
43 HAWAII 1,582,460  
44 ALASKA 1,335,243 *
45 DELAWARE 1,312,073 *
46 MONTANA 1,177,310 *
47 VERMONT 1,110,504  
48 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 939,166 *
49 SOUTH DAKOTA 916,563  
50 WYOMING 868,851  
51 NORTH DAKOTA 732,698  
  U.S. AND D.C. 418,924,979 *
From Rankings & Estimates 2005-2006, Estimates, Summary Table J, column 2.

Table 7. Total Expenditures ($'000) for Public K-12 Schools,

2004-05

Rank State 2004-05  
1 CALIFORNIA 63,449,824  
2 NEW YORK 40,962,188 *
3 TEXAS 39,599,089  
4 FLORIDA 23,868,581  
5 ILLINOIS 22,116,705  
6 PENNSYLVANIA 21,162,588 *
7 OHIO 20,101,305 *
8 MICHIGAN 19,286,721 *
9 NEW JERSEY 19,272,397  
10 GEORGIA 15,849,049  
11 VIRGINIA 13,001,514  
12 MASSACHUSETTS 12,991,056  
13 NORTH CAROLINA 10,923,326  
14 INDIANA 10,686,242 *
15 WISCONSIN 10,587,174 *
16 WASHINGTON 10,057,493  
17 MINNESOTA 9,762,373  
18 MARYLAND 9,010,606 *
19 MISSOURI 7,720,185  
20 CONNECTICUT 7,677,000  
21 COLORADO 7,627,976  
22 TENNESSEE 6,767,183  
23 SOUTH CAROLINA 6,750,798  
24 ARIZONA 6,620,538 *
25 LOUISIANA 6,435,503  
26 ALABAMA 5,809,596  
27 KENTUCKY 5,505,585  
28 OREGON 5,132,568  
29 OKLAHOMA 4,558,029  
30 KANSAS 4,301,748  
31 IOWA 4,286,332  
32 MISSISSIPPI 3,547,588 *
33 NEVADA 3,441,790  
34 ARKANSAS 3,278,734 *
35 NEW MEXICO 3,157,894  
36 UTAH 3,097,692  
37 WEST VIRGINIA 3,062,642  
38 MAINE 2,355,790  
39 NEBRASKA 2,337,323  
40 NEW HAMPSHIRE 2,171,076  
41 IDAHO 1,796,687 *
42 HAWAII 1,792,422  
43 RHODE ISLAND 1,786,975 *
44 DELAWARE 1,571,978 *
45 ALASKA 1,439,552 *
46 VERMONT 1,259,612  
47 MONTANA 1,236,776 *
48 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 1,145,266 *
49 SOUTH DAKOTA 1,051,660  
50 WYOMING 1,033,626  
51 NORTH DAKOTA 905,641  
  U.S. AND D.C. 493,351,996 *
From Rankings & Estimates 2005-2006, Estimates, Summary Table J, column 8: Includes all expenditures for schools and other education programs, capital outlay, and interest on debt.

Table 8. Total Revenues ($'000) for Public K-12 Schools from State Governments,

2004-05

Rank State 2004-05  
1 CALIFORNIA 37,191,256  
2 NEW YORK 17,900,000  
3 TEXAS 13,327,367  
4 MICHIGAN 12,936,525 *
5 FLORIDA 9,533,209  
6 OHIO 9,063,054 *
7 NEW JERSEY 7,312,672  
8 PENNSYLVANIA 7,126,038 *
9 NORTH CAROLINA 6,360,522  
10 GEORGIA 6,333,273  
11 MINNESOTA 6,067,078  
12 ILLINOIS 5,680,001  
13 MASSACHUSETTS 5,650,646  
14 WASHINGTON 5,629,205  
15 INDIANA 5,326,048  
16 WISCONSIN 4,916,276 *
17 VIRGINIA 4,894,460  
18 ARIZONA 3,854,582 *
19 MARYLAND 3,846,270 *
20 ALABAMA 3,252,948  
21 KENTUCKY 3,192,013  
22 TENNESSEE 3,051,122  
23 CONNECTICUT 3,008,000  
24 COLORADO 2,897,894  
25 LOUISIANA 2,869,176  
26 SOUTH CAROLINA 2,837,312  
27 MISSOURI 2,813,181  
28 OKLAHOMA 2,466,399  
29 OREGON 2,450,394  
30 KANSAS 2,362,933  
31 NEW MEXICO 2,115,771  
32 IOWA 2,064,127  
33 MISSISSIPPI 1,951,277 *
34 ARKANSAS 1,920,276 *
35 HAWAII 1,873,078  
36 UTAH 1,755,948  
37 WEST VIRGINIA 1,695,673  
38 VERMONT 1,090,538  
39 IDAHO 1,004,000 *
40 NEVADA 917,762  
41 MAINE 902,148  
42 DELAWARE 894,148 *
43 NEW HAMPSHIRE 871,126  
44 NEBRASKA 850,820  
45 ALASKA 829,259 *
46 MONTANA 608,383 *
47 WYOMING 585,592  
48 RHODE ISLAND 563,222 *
49 SOUTH DAKOTA 355,969  
50 NORTH DAKOTA 311,441  
51 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0 *
  U.S. AND D.C. 227,310,412 *
From Rankings & Estimates 2005-2006, Estimates, Summary Table H, column 3.

Table 9. Total Revenues ($'000) for Public K-12 Schools from Local Governments,

2004-05

Rank State 2004-05  
1 TEXAS 19,442,200  
2 NEW YORK 19,000,000  
3 CALIFORNIA 16,898,906  
4 ILLINOIS 12,585,024  
5 NEW JERSEY 11,445,095  
6 PENNSYLVANIA 11,238,656 *
7 FLORIDA 10,907,693  
8 OHIO 9,413,220 *
9 GEORGIA 6,853,694  
10 MASSACHUSETTS 6,560,618  
11 VIRGINIA 6,441,921  
12 MICHIGAN 5,802,111 *
13 INDIANA 5,214,024  
14 MARYLAND 4,848,420 *
15 MISSOURI 4,768,959  
16 CONNECTICUT 4,196,500  
17 WISCONSIN 3,892,241 *
18 COLORADO 3,325,375  
19 ARIZONA 3,084,887 *
20 TENNESSEE 2,802,838  
21 SOUTH CAROLINA 2,780,717  
22 WASHINGTON 2,591,373  
23 NORTH CAROLINA 2,492,196  
24 LOUISIANA 2,339,302  
25 NEVADA 2,215,977  
26 IOWA 2,098,031  
27 MINNESOTA 2,065,463  
28 OREGON 2,033,637  
29 ALABAMA 1,892,322  
30 KENTUCKY 1,620,075  
31 OKLAHOMA 1,520,778  
32 KANSAS 1,506,838  
33 ARKANSAS 1,364,828 *
34 NEBRASKA 1,288,348  
35 NEW HAMPSHIRE 1,194,327  
36 UTAH 1,128,383  
37 MISSISSIPPI 1,106,741 *
38 MAINE 1,099,153  
39 RHODE ISLAND 919,094 *
40 WEST VIRGINIA 778,777  
41 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 746,422 *
42 SOUTH DAKOTA 526,012  
43 MONTANA 525,739 *
44 IDAHO 507,500 *
45 NORTH DAKOTA 451,648  
46 NEW MEXICO 400,473  
47 DELAWARE 382,565 *
48 WYOMING 339,343  
49 ALASKA 312,399 *
50 VERMONT 69,911  
51 HAWAII 51,438  
  U.S. AND D.C. 207,072,192 *
From Rankings & Estimates 2005-2006, Estimates, Summary Table H, column 4.

Table 10. Total Federal, State, and Local Revenue Receipts ($'000) for Public K-12 Schools,

2004-05

Rank State 2004-05  
1 CALIFORNIA 61,372,821  
2 NEW YORK 39,500,000  
3 TEXAS 37,028,650  
4 FLORIDA 22,820,628  
5 MICHIGAN 20,228,105 *
6 PENNSYLVANIA 20,024,552 *
7 ILLINOIS 19,874,398  
8 OHIO 19,712,163 *
9 NEW JERSEY 19,388,329  
10 GEORGIA 14,596,914  
11 MASSACHUSETTS 12,980,519  
12 VIRGINIA 12,186,352  
13 INDIANA 11,278,665  
14 NORTH CAROLINA 9,965,989  
15 WISCONSIN 9,448,344 *
16 MARYLAND 9,368,355 *
17 WASHINGTON 9,096,577  
18 MINNESOTA 8,724,560  
19 MISSOURI 8,334,714  
20 CONNECTICUT 7,664,500  
21 ARIZONA 7,521,813 *
22 COLORADO 6,688,928  
23 TENNESSEE 6,663,277  
24 SOUTH CAROLINA 6,279,643  
25 LOUISIANA 6,049,842  
26 ALABAMA 5,824,501  
27 KENTUCKY 5,458,805  
28 OREGON 4,990,190  
29 OKLAHOMA 4,621,455  
30 IOWA 4,478,469  
31 KANSAS 4,226,719  
32 ARKANSAS 3,703,559 *
33 MISSISSIPPI 3,599,875 *
34 NEVADA 3,390,348  
35 UTAH 3,208,950  
36 NEW MEXICO 3,017,495  
37 WEST VIRGINIA 2,826,291  
38 NEBRASKA 2,349,074  
39 MAINE 2,213,663  
40 NEW HAMPSHIRE 2,192,196  
41 HAWAII 2,163,349  
42 IDAHO 1,671,550 *
43 RHODE ISLAND 1,535,220 *
44 DELAWARE 1,419,171 *
45 ALASKA 1,305,183 *
46 MONTANA 1,291,163 *
47 VERMONT 1,255,499  
48 SOUTH DAKOTA 1,061,844  
49 WYOMING 1,031,726  
50 NORTH DAKOTA 896,812  
51 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 875,869 *
  U.S. AND D.C. 477,407,615 *
From Rankings & Estimates 2005-2006, Estimates, Summary Table H, column 5.