Table: Pupil1/support staff2,3 ratio by local authority, 2007-2016 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Aberdeen City 20.5 18.9 20.2 21.2 27.5 27.5 27.1 26.2 26.9 23.8 Aberdeenshire 23.5 23.6 23.1 24.2 25.5 26.4 28.2 29.0 28.8 30.0 Angus 29.2 30.7 31.7 29.5 32.1 32.4 33.1 33.5 34.0 33.3 Argyll & Bute 26.7 30.0 22.9 23.7 22.0 18.7 21.8 19.9 19.3 18.8 Clackmannanshire 21.5 22.4 24.6 24.0 24.4 25.6 25.1 17.8 26.6 26.6 Dumfries & Galloway 22.8 25.3 24.3 25.9 28.1 30.0 30.8 31.0 31.7 34.0 Dundee City 21.9 23.3 21.8 22.9 12.1 27.6 17.1 28.8 26.9 27.6 East Ayrshire 26.7 32.5 32.0 33.4 34.6 34.8 33.1 33.8 37.1 34.0 East Dunbartonshire 19.2 20.9 22.0 23.0 28.6 28.1 28.5 30.7 31.6 32.0 East Lothian 37.6 35.7 36.4 34.7 30.9 33.3 34.1 32.5 35.0 33.9 East Renfrewshire 30.5 34.8 31.1 33.1 19.7 30.1 33.1 35.7 34.7 36.7 Edinburgh, City of 26.2 28.8 30.6 30.3 31.2 33.0 31.0 32.2 38.4 34.1 Na h-Eileanan Siar 17.9 17.5 17.2 21.1 19.3 21.1 19.2 21.5 24.1 24.5 Falkirk 25.3 24.2 24.8 26.7 28.4 28.5 29.2 30.4 31.7 34.3 Fife 30.0 28.0 31.0 27.9 29.0 30.3 30.2 31.4 31.5 33.1 Glasgow City 27.3 26.2 26.8 30.4 32.3 22.8 32.0 30.7 31.8 31.7 Highland 30.9 28.8 25.0 23.8 24.1 25.2 25.2 27.7 27.1 28.2 Inverclyde 22.2 23.4 22.5 22.1 22.9 23.6 27.4 26.7 27.5 27.2 Midlothian 28.8 30.7 28.6 29.2 27.6 27.7 31.7 32.7 29.7 27.9 Moray 21.5 20.8 21.1 23.9 21.4 15.9 13.9 13.9 23.6 24.6 North Ayrshire 26.8 25.9 27.2 28.4 28.2 30.0 29.3 29.3 28.9 30.0 North Lanarkshire 27.0 26.0 26.8 28.8 28.9 29.3 30.6 29.7 31.4 29.5 Orkney Islands 25.0 22.5 19.6 21.1 23.6 22.4 20.3 20.6 20.5 20.6 Perth & Kinross 31.9 30.6 27.6 30.4 30.0 30.3 28.4 29.0 29.2 26.9 Renfrewshire 28.6 32.1 32.6 33.0 37.6 37.9 35.9 37.0 42.7 36.1 Scottish Borders 35.9 35.7 33.6 34.0 32.4 34.1 33.9 35.8 36.0 40.9 Shetland Islands 12.5 12.2 16.7 15.8 16.3 16.3 18.6 19.2 19.6 19.0 South Ayrshire 28.8 30.2 32.2 31.7 33.7 32.0 31.6 31.2 31.6 32.1 South Lanarkshire 39.7 42.0 43.3 44.3 39.1 43.3 42.9 43.2 43.1 42.8 Stirling 34.7 31.5 29.3 29.4 17.8 20.9 30.8 32.0 33.6 33.9 West Dunbartonshire 24.8 25.2 20.6 23.7 25.1 25.1 29.0 27.8 27.8 28.0 West Lothian 30.6 27.1 26.6 28.2 30.6 29.8 28.9 27.8 29.5 32.4 All local authorities 27.0 27.2 27.2 28.1 27.5 28.2 29.2 29.8 31.3 31.2 1. Staff numbers are expressed...