# US states by pupil to teacher ratio, public schools, 2022

All 51 values come from National Center for Education Statistics for 2022, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `pupil_teacher_ratio_public_k12`
- Unit: pupils per teacher
- 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).
- Source: 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/national-center-for-education-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/pupil-teacher-ratio-public-schools/us-states

| Rank | Place | pupils per teacher |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Arizona | 22.8 |
| 2 | Utah | 22.2 |
| 3 | California | 21.8 |
| 4 | Nevada | 21 |
| 5 | Oregon | 18.7 |
| 6 | Florida | 18.3 |
| 7 | Alaska | 18.3 |
| 8 | Alabama | 17.9 |
| 9 | Idaho | 17.5 |
| 10 | 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 |
| 20 | Tennessee | 15.3 |
| 21 | Texas | 14.8 |
| 22 | New Mexico | 14.6 |
| 23 | Georgia | 14.4 |
| 24 | Maryland | 14.3 |
| 25 | Hawaii | 14.2 |
| 26 | Delaware | 14.2 |
| 27 | Iowa | 14.1 |
| 28 | South Carolina | 14.1 |
| 29 | South Dakota | 13.8 |
| 30 | Nebraska | 13.8 |
| 31 | Wisconsin | 13.7 |
| 32 | Illinois | 13.7 |
| 33 | Montana | 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 | Rhode Island | 12.7 |
| 41 | Arkansas | 12.7 |
| 42 | Wyoming | 12.6 |
| 43 | North Dakota | 12.4 |
| 44 | Massachusetts | 12 |
| 45 | New Jersey | 11.8 |
| 46 | New York | 11.7 |
| 47 | Connecticut | 11.7 |
| 48 | New Hampshire | 11.5 |
| 49 | Maine | 11.4 |
| 50 | District of Columbia | 11.3 |
| 51 | Vermont | 10.5 |