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IT Staffing Explorer

Slide the controls to see how a K–12 IT team might grow or shrink as a district changes size. This is a just-for-fun “what if” tool, not a staffing recommendation. Numbers are shown in FTE (full-time equivalent): 1.0 is one full-time person, 0.5 is half-time.

Try an example:

Your district

Percentage of Time by Area of Responsibility

Share of in-house IT staff time. Work handled by vendors or a co-op is not counted.

Suggested IT team

0.0
In-house IT staff (FTE)
Everyone on the team, including leadership and admin support.
1 : 0
Students per IT staff member
Bigger districts usually run leaner per student.
0
Devices per IT staff member
All student and staff devices divided by in-house IT staff (FTE).
0.0
Vendor / co-op equivalent (FTE)
Work you hand off instead of hiring for.
Each person icon is one full-time equivalent (FTE). Partial icons are part-time. Colors match the areas in the time breakdown.

A just-for-fun thought piece. All numbers are illustrative assumptions, not benchmarks or a staffing recommendation. Cause face it, no one is gonna give IT more dough. Just sayin'