Best Student-Teacher Ratios

States ranked by avg student-teacher ratio. Lower is better.

#	State	Avg Ratio	Schools	Enrollment
1	Maine	11.3:1	570	166,683
2	New Hampshire	11.5:1	500	163,884
3	New York	11.7:1	4,812	2,505,133
4	North Dakota	11.7:1	499	118,286
5	Wyoming	11.7:1	351	89,452
6	District of Columbia	11.8:1	243	93,368
7	New Jersey	11.9:1	2,509	1,354,386
8	Connecticut	12.1:1	1,005	491,941
9	Massachusetts	12.1:1	1,831	918,103
10	Montana	12.1:1	826	146,015
11	Missouri	12.9:1	2,321	887,264
12	Vermont	13.0:1	289	77,627
13	Mississippi	13.4:1	877	436,122
14	Rhode Island	13.4:1	309	135,978
15	Pennsylvania	13.5:1	2,930	1,664,154
16	South Dakota	13.5:1	698	141,122
17	Arkansas	13.6:1	1,069	491,340
18	Nebraska	13.6:1	1,010	327,234
19	West Virginia	13.7:1	648	242,956
20	Virginia	14.0:1	1,869	1,253,620
21	Delaware	14.1:1	223	140,539
22	Hawaii	14.3:1	295	166,973
23	South Carolina	14.3:1	1,215	784,749
24	Kansas	14.4:1	1,354	478,187
25	Maryland	14.4:1	1,383	885,796
26	New Mexico	14.4:1	873	305,112
27	Georgia	14.5:1	2,315	1,738,641
28	Illinois	14.6:1	3,845	1,844,783
29	Texas	14.6:1	9,061	5,491,723
30	Iowa	15.0:1	1,326	497,853
31	Wisconsin	15.1:1	2,205	814,921
32	Kentucky	15.6:1	1,395	651,902
33	Tennessee	15.6:1	1,844	994,264
34	Minnesota	15.9:1	2,391	872,336
35	Indiana	16.1:1	1,865	1,033,761
36	North Carolina	16.4:1	2,703	1,544,406
37	Oklahoma	16.4:1	1,778	696,253
38	Colorado	16.9:1	1,923	871,440
39	Idaho	17.3:1	778	315,098
40	Arizona	17.7:1	2,186	1,103,092
41	Alabama	17.8:1	1,369	746,604
42	Washington	17.8:1	2,465	1,092,149
43	Michigan	18.2:1	3,399	1,376,868
44	Oregon	18.2:1	1,277	537,619
45	Florida	18.3:1	4,029	2,838,009
46	Ohio	18.3:1	3,586	1,675,943
47	Louisiana	18.6:1	1,330	674,456
48	Alaska	20.0:1	496	130,718
49	California	21.6:1	10,006	5,787,663
50	Nevada	22.6:1	742	480,464
51	Utah	23.1:1	1,068	681,626

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.