Pupil to teacher ratio, public schools in Iowa

Pupil to teacher ratio, public schools in Iowa was 14.1 pupils per teacher in 2022, according to National Center for Education Statistics. That is down 0.1% from 2021. That is the 27th highest of 51 states in 2022.

2022, pupils per teacher14.1

Change on 2021-0.1%

Rank27th of 51US states ranked

Series high14.52019

Series low14.12020

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Pupil to teacher ratio, public schools in Iowa, 2000 to 2022

pupils per teacher. Source: NCES, Digest of Education Statistics, table 208.40: public elementary and secondary pupil/teacher ratios by state. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2024-05-09.

All 8 values

Period	pupils per teacher
2022	14.1
2021	14.2
2020	14.1
2019	14.5
2018	14.5
2017	14.4
2012	14.2
2000	14.3

Compared with United States

Place	2022
Iowa	14.1
United States	15.4

Rankings

US states by pupil to teacher ratio, public schools 51 places

Definition

Students enrolled in public elementary and secondary schools in the fall divided by the full-time-equivalent number of public school teachers, from the NCES Digest of Education Statistics (Common Core of Data). The year is the fall of the school year (2022 means fall 2022, the 2022-23 school year).

This is not class size: teachers include those who do not lead a regular class, such as special education and specialist teachers. NCES publishes it for selected years only (2000, 2012 and 2017 onwards).

How to cite

U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics. Digest of Education Statistics, table 208.40: public elementary and secondary pupil/teacher ratios by state. https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d23/tables/dt23_208.40.asp. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

National Center for Education Statistics. (2024). Digest of Education Statistics, table 208.40: public elementary and secondary pupil/teacher ratios by state (Pupil to teacher ratio, public schools, Iowa, 2000 to 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d23/tables/dt23_208.40.asp

MLA 9

Digest of Education Statistics, table 208.40: public elementary and secondary pupil/teacher ratios by state, Pupil to teacher ratio, public schools, Iowa, 2000 to 2022. National Center for Education Statistics, 9 May 2024, https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d23/tables/dt23_208.40.asp. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/pupil-teacher-ratio-public-schools/iowa. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

National Center for Education Statistics. 2024. Digest of Education Statistics, table 208.40: public elementary and secondary pupil/teacher ratios by state. Pupil to teacher ratio, public schools, Iowa, 2000 to 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d23/tables/dt23_208.40.asp. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/pupil-teacher-ratio-public-schools/iowa.

Harvard

National Center for Education Statistics (2024) Digest of Education Statistics, table 208.40: public elementary and secondary pupil/teacher ratios by state, Pupil to teacher ratio, public schools, Iowa, 2000 to 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d23/tables/dt23_208.40.asp, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/pupil-teacher-ratio-public-schools/iowa (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{National Center for Education Statistics}},
  title = {{Digest of Education Statistics, table 208.40: public elementary and secondary pupil/teacher ratios by state: Pupil to teacher ratio, public schools, Iowa, 2000 to 2022}},
  year = {2024},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d23/tables/dt23_208.40.asp},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/pupil-teacher-ratio-public-schools/iowa. Publisher attribution: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics. Digest of Education Statistics, table 208.40: public elementary and secondary pupil/teacher ratios by state. https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d23/tables/dt23\_208.40.asp. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

RIS

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What is the pupil to teacher ratio, public schools in Iowa?

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National Center for Education Statistics. Digest of Education Statistics, table 208.40: public elementary and secondary pupil/teacher ratios by state. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest pupil to teacher ratio, public schools in Iowa?

14.5 pupils per teacher in 2019, the highest value since 2000 in this series.

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