The school districts with the highest student-to-teacher ratios

9,019 districts

US public school districts ranked by the highest district-wide student-to-teacher ratio. Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to qualify. The median ranked district is at 14.1:1.

#	District	State	Schools	Students	Ratio
1	Lincoln-King Adams-Young Academy	MI	3	1,609	46.0:1
2	Byers School District No. 32J	CO	10	6,853	41.1:1
3	Denali Borough School District	AK	4	1,073	40.0:1
4	Legacy Traditional School - Surprise (92879)	AZ	2	2,108	39.8:1
5	Success Academy	UT	2	534	39.0:1
6	OKLAHOMA VIRTUAL CHARTER ACADEMY	OK	3	3,613	35.8:1
7	Jefferson SD 14J	OR	3	695	35.2:1
8	Weston County School District #7	WY	3	859	34.9:1
9	Chugach School District	AK	4	617	34.6:1
10	Harper Woods The School District of the City of	MI	6	3,041	33.4:1
11	E-SCHOOL VIRTUAL ACADEMY (CHARTER)	OK	3	741	30.9:1
12	ONEIDA COUNTY DISTRICT	ID	5	8,702	30.7:1
13	Tuscarawas Valley Local	OH	3	1,446	30.7:1
14	OKLAHOMA CONNECTIONS ACADEMY (CHARTER)	OK	3	1,400	30.4:1
15	State Sponsored Charter Schools	NV	83	64,162	30.1:1
16	Mitchell SD 55	OR	4	1,563	30.0:1
17	GLADES	FL	7	1,852	29.3:1
18	Metro Schools Charter	MN	4	1,535	29.0:1
19	Edkey Inc. - Sequoia Choice Schools (4329)	AZ	2	2,313	28.4:1
20	River Rouge School District of the City of	MI	5	3,084	28.2:1
21	Estacada SD 108	OR	5	3,312	28.0:1
22	Burr Oak Community School District	MI	3	501	27.9:1
23	Gadsden Elementary District (4505)	AZ	9	5,196	27.6:1
24	Jackson Center Local	OH	2	576	27.4:1
25	Quitman School District	MS	4	1,459	27.4:1
26	FL VIRTUAL	FL	3	9,035	27.0:1
27	Harney County Union High SD 1J	OR	2	1,315	27.0:1
28	Iron District	UT	18	14,125	27.0:1
29	FORT STOCKTON ISD	TX	8	13,480	26.7:1
30	Irvine Unified	CA	44	37,948	26.5:1
31	Saugus Union	CA	15	9,359	26.5:1
32	University Charter School	AL	2	716	26.5:1
33	MS Achievement SD Of Yazoo City	MS	3	1,824	26.4:1
34	Mohave Valley Elementary District (4379)	AZ	4	1,241	26.4:1
35	Heritage Elementary School (81076)	AZ	2	884	26.0:1
36	Nyssa SD 26	OR	4	2,115	26.0:1
37	Arizona Community Development Corporation (79947)	AZ	3	1,988	25.8:1
38	Clarksville Community School Corp	IN	5	7,174	25.8:1
39	Castaic Union	CA	4	1,914	25.6:1
40	Westside Union Elementary	CA	12	9,078	25.6:1
41	Avondale Elementary District (4272)	AZ	9	6,000	25.5:1
42	Tustin Unified	CA	28	21,220	25.5:1
43	Keppel Union Elementary	CA	6	2,784	25.4:1
44	Wiseburn Unified	CA	5	2,536	25.4:1
45	Fullerton Elementary	CA	20	11,247	25.3:1
46	Merced City Elementary	CA	19	11,108	25.3:1
47	Walnut Valley Unified	CA	15	13,992	25.3:1
48	Goldendale School District	WA	5	3,013	25.2:1
49	Lander	NV	4	1,059	25.2:1
50	Los Alamitos Unified	CA	9	8,702	25.2:1

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Alaska 21 Alabama 143 Arkansas 190 Arizona 153 California 587 Colorado 95 Connecticut 131 District of Columbia 16 Delaware 17 Florida 70 Georgia 172 Guam 1 Hawaii 1 Iowa 234 Idaho 67 Illinois 506 Indiana 285 Kansas 154 Kentucky 158 Louisiana 69 Massachusetts 231 Maryland 24 Maine 85 Michigan 452 Minnesota 267 Missouri 289 Northern Mariana Islands 1 Mississippi 137 Montana 54 North Carolina 116 North Dakota 34 Nebraska 93 New Hampshire 71 New Jersey 370 New Mexico 49 Nevada 15 New York 565 Ohio 552 Oklahoma 224 Oregon 119 Pennsylvania 478 Puerto Rico 1 Rhode Island 37 South Carolina 76 South Dakota 50 Tennessee 8 Texas 754 Utah 55 Virginia 130 US Virgin Islands 2 Vermont 45 Washington 183 Wisconsin 290 West Virginia 57 Wyoming 35

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