Florida has the highest demand for teachers, while Utah has the lowest. The shortages vary greatly among states, districts, and schools.

Based on data from the states with published information, 47 states plus the District of Columbia had an estimated 286,290 teachers who were not fully certified for their teaching assignments. The 21 states with published data on vacancies had 27,844 unfilled teacher positions. (See Table 1.)

Learn about the top ten states with massive teacher shortages reaching crisis levels including everything from certification requirements and median pay.

Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska and Nevada had some of the lowest teacher-to-student ratios across the nation, according to Scholaroo —an education research firm. Their 2023 report shows...

View state teacher shortage areas reported annually to the federal government using this interactive dashboard. Filter by grade level, subject area and year.