Table 46
Pupil-Teacher Ratio in Public Schools, 1999
Rank	State	Amt.		Rank	State	Amt.
1	California	22.4		25	North Carolina	15.8
2	Utah	22.1		28	Louisiana	15.7
3	Washington	20.2		28	Montana	15.7
4	Arizona	19.0		30	Oklahoma	15.5
5	Nevada	18.7		30	South Carolina	15.5
6	Michigan	18.6		30	Wisconsin	15.5
7	Oregon	18.5		33	New Hampshire	15.3
8	Colorado	18.4		34	Texas	15.2
9	Idaho	18.3		35	Iowa	15.0
10	Florida	18.0		36	Kansas	14.7
11	Alaska	17.6		37	Massachusetts	14.6
12	Indiana	17.1		38	South Dakota	14.5
12	Maryland	17.1		39	Missouri	14.4
14	Hawaii	17.0		39	Nebraska	14.4
15	Tennessee	16.9		39	North Dakota	14.4
16	Mississippi	16.8		39	West Virginia	14.4
17	Illinois	16.5		43	Wyoming	14.2
17	New Mexico	16.5		44	NEW YORK	14.1
17	Ohio	16.5		44	Virginia	14.1
20	Kentucky	16.4		46	Maine	14.0
20	Pennsylvania	16.4		47	Connecticut	13.9
22	Arkansas	16.2		48	New Jersey	13.3
23	Alabama	16.0		49	Vermont	13.2
23	Delaware	16.0		50	Rhode Island	13.0
25	Georgia	15.8		U.S. average		16.6
25	Minnesota	15.8		N.Y.S. % below avg.		15.1%
Source: National Education Association
If every teacher in New York were running a regular classroom, average class size could be cut by roughly one-third.