Mississippi Ranks 15th in U.S. for Lowest Public School Student-to-Teacher Ratio
Mississippi ranks 15th among U.S. states and the District of Columbia for having one of the lowest student-to-teacher ratios in public schools, with an average of 13.0 students per teacher. This data, compiled by Business Insider using information from the National Center for Education Statistics for the 2022-2023 school year, covers students from pre-kindergarten to high school. The state has 1,038 schools, serving 440,285 students with 33,768 teachers. Nationally, the average student-to-teacher ratio is 15.4. Vermont holds the lowest ratio at 10.5 students per teacher, while states like Arizona, California, and Florida have some of the highest ratios, approaching 23 students per teacher. 
