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States with the Smallest Class Sizes 2026

US states ranked by student-to-teacher ratio — lower means smaller effective class sizes.

Top 51

#StatePostalStudent-Teacher Ratio
1VermontVT10.7
2North DakotaND11.2
3New HampshireNH11.4
4New JerseyNJ11.4
5MaineME11.7
6District of ColumbiaDC12
7New YorkNY12
8WyomingWY12.1
9ConnecticutCT12.4
10Rhode IslandRI12.5
11MassachusettsMA12.6
12KansasKS13.1
13NebraskaNE13.1
14PennsylvaniaPA13.1
15West VirginiaWV13.1
16South DakotaSD13.2
17ArkansasAR13.4
18MissouriMO13.5
19MontanaMT13.5
20IowaIA13.6
21VirginiaVA13.6
22DelawareDE13.7
23North CarolinaNC14
24TennesseeTN14
25WisconsinWI14.1
26MarylandMD14.2
27South CarolinaSC14.2
28LouisianaLA14.4
29MississippiMS14.4
30IllinoisIL14.5
31New MexicoNM14.5
32FloridaFL14.6
33TexasTX14.6
34MinnesotaMN14.7
35ArizonaAZ14.8
36GeorgiaGA14.9
37AlabamaAL15
38KentuckyKY15
39OklahomaOK15.2
40OhioOH15.4
41HawaiiHI15.5
42IndianaIN15.8
43AlaskaAK16.1
44ColoradoCO16.4
45MichiganMI17.5
46WashingtonWA17.6
47IdahoID17.7
48OregonOR19.3
49NevadaNV20
50CaliforniaCA21
51UtahUT21

Methodology

This ranking is based on NCES Digest of Education Statistics data. All 50 states and DC are ranked by student-teacher ratio. Data is refreshed periodically. See our methodology page for full details on data sources and update frequency.

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States with the Smallest Class Sizes 2026 is sourced from NCES Digest of Education Statistics. All figures are aggregate public datasets.

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