Definition: Ratio of public school students to full-time equivalent (FTE) pupil support service personnel, by type of personnel (e.g., in 2019, there were 2,410 students for every FTE nurse serving California public schools). Smaller numbers indicate that students have greater access to support service personnel.
Data Source: California Dept. of Education, Staff Assignment and Course Data (Jan. 2020) & DataQuest (Mar. 2019).
Footnote: Years presented are the final year of a school year (e.g., 2018-19 is shown as 2019). Examples of 'other personnel' include resource specialists, special education therapists, psychometrists, and other medical professionals. The notation S refers to data that have been suppressed because the number of students enrolled was less than 20 or the number of full-time equivalent personnel was greater than 0 but less than 1. Due to a change related to teacher-librarian reporting, 'librarian / library media teacher' data for years 2016 and later also have been suppressed. Some personnel reported as 'librarian' in 2015 and earlier years may be reported as 'other personnel' beginning in 2016. The symbol * indicates that there were no personnel of that type. N/A means that data are not available.
