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Administrator-Teacher Ratio
California Education Code (EC) sections 41401—41407 limit the ratio of administrators
to teachers in public school districts and require that compliance be subject to the
annual audit conducted pursuant to EC Section 41020. This section does not apply to a
school district that has one or fewer administrators. Based on the findings of the audit,
the State Superintendent of Public Instruction is required to impose a financial penalty
on those school districts that employ more administrators than allowed, unless the
penalty is waived by action of the State Board of Education. The number of
administrators allowed in any school district varies by the type of school district. The
statutory maximum ratios of administrative employees to each 100 teachers are as
follows:
Type of School District
Elementary
Unified
High
Administrators Allowed
9 administrators
8 administrators
7 administrators
The financial penalty for exceeding the allowed ratio is calculated by computing the ratio
of total general fund state revenue to the district’s total general fund revenue, then
multiplying that ratio by the average administrative salary, and finally multiplying the
product by the number of excess administrative employees.
For more information regarding administrator-to-teacher ratio limits, contact
Cynthia Wong, Manager, School Fiscal Services Division, at (916) 323-1314 or by
e-mail at cwong@cde.ca.gov.
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