The states where public school students get the most and least teacher attention, ranked
States like Arizona, California, and Florida, all with seven-figure student populations, have among the highest student-to-teacher ratios in the US.
In the United States, the student-to-teacher ratio varies greatly from state to state, with Vermont having the lowest ratio at 10.5 students per teacher for the 2022-2023 school year. This is followed by Washington, D.C., with a ratio of 11.3. At the other end of the spectrum, Arizona has the highest ratio of 22.8 students per teacher, while Utah and Florida also have high ratios of 22.2 and 21.9 respectively.
The nationwide average student-to-teacher ratio is 15.4. Despite the lower ratio in Vermont, their high school graduation rates are among the lowest in the nation, while states with higher ratios like Alabama and Florida have higher graduation rates.
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