| Table 51
Pupil-Teacher Ratio in Public Schools, 1995 | |||||
| Rank | State | Amt. | Rank | State | Amt. |
| 1 | Vermont | 13.6 | 27 | Arkansas | 16.8 |
| 2 | New Jersey | 13.8 | 27 | Kentucky | 16.8 |
| 3 | Connecticut | 14.3 | 27 | South Carolina | 16.8 |
| 3 | Maine | 14.3 | 30 | Alabama | 16.9 |
| 5 | NEW YORK | 14.5 | 31 | Illinois | 17.0 |
| 6 | Nebraska | 14.6 | 32 | Hawaii | 17.1 |
| 7 | Rhode Island | 14.7 | 32 | Minnesota | 17.1 |
| 8 | Massachusetts | 14.8 | 32 | Pennsylvania | 17.1 |
| 9 | West Virginia | 14.9 | 35 | Ohio | 17.4 |
| 9 | Wyoming | 14.9 | 36 | Indiana | 17.5 |
| 11 | Virginia | 15.0 | 36 | Maryland | 17.5 |
| 12 | Kansas | 15.1 | 36 | Mississippi | 17.5 |
| 13 | South Dakota | 15.2 | 39 | Alaska | 17.7 |
| 14 | Missouri | 15.4 | 39 | Florida | 17.7 |
| 14 | North Dakota | 15.4 | 39 | Tennessee | 17.7 |
| 14 | Wisconsin | 15.4 | 42 | Colorado | 18.4 |
| 17 | Oklahoma | 15.5 | 43 | Nevada | 18.9 |
| 18 | New Hampshire | 15.6 | 44 | Arizona | 19.1 |
| 19 | Iowa | 15.7 | 44 | Idaho | 19.1 |
| 19 | Texas | 15.7 | 46 | Michigan | 19.2 |
| 21 | North Carolina | 16.2 | 47 | Oregon | 19.3 |
| 22 | Louisiana | 16.3 | 48 | Washington | 20.2 |
| 22 | Montana | 16.3 | 49 | Utah | 21.6 |
| 22 | New Mexico | 16.3 | 50 | California | 24.1 |
| 22 | Georgia | 16.3 | U.S. Average | 17.1 | |
| 26 | Delaware | 16.6 | N.Y.S. better than avg. | 8.2% | |
| Source: National Education Association | |||||
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