Upper school grade size at St Andrews?

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Anonymous wrote:Can anyone tell me who knows firsthand? Thanks.

The AD would be more than happy to tell you. She’s great- give her a call tomorrow.

Admissions is closed through break.

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12/29/2021 22:10

Subject: Upper school grade size at St Andrews?

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Anonymous

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone tell me who knows firsthand? Thanks.

The AD would be more than happy to tell you. She’s great- give her a call tomorrow.

Admissions is closed through break.

Good point! Next week, then. (Though info here is accurate.)

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12/29/2021 22:32

Subject: Upper school grade size at St Andrews?

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They range from low 80s to high 90s. The challenge is they have to balance the larger and smaller classes to ease faculty pressures as they do. It ramp up hiring with larger classes. This all leads to uneven numbers from year to year that then need to be tracked through HS. Increase demand during the pandemic is also putting pressure on higher numbers in enrollment.

There is also gender disparity in some of the SAES grades and it becomes a real issue when a class is male heavy - this is a particular problem with this year’s SAES junior class which is male heavy and behaviorally challenged.

They have much opportunity to improve on admissions and yield to address these problems.

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12/30/2021 09:19

Subject: Upper school grade size at St Andrews?

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Anonymous wrote:They range from low 80s to high 90s. The challenge is they have to balance the larger and smaller classes to ease faculty pressures as they do. It ramp up hiring with larger classes. This all leads to uneven numbers from year to year that then need to be tracked through HS. Increase demand during the pandemic is also putting pressure on higher numbers in enrollment.

There is also gender disparity in some of the SAES grades and it becomes a real issue when a class is male heavy - this is a particular problem with this year’s SAES junior class which is male heavy and behaviorally challenged.

They have much opportunity to improve on admissions and yield to address these problems.

+1 However, it is not unique to one class. Behavior, and how it's handled and sometimes hidden, has been one of the most surprising parts of the school for us.

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12/30/2021 10:55

Subject: Upper school grade size at St Andrews?

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Anonymous

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They range from low 80s to high 90s. The challenge is they have to balance the larger and smaller classes to ease faculty pressures as they do. It ramp up hiring with larger classes. This all leads to uneven numbers from year to year that then need to be tracked through HS. Increase demand during the pandemic is also putting pressure on higher numbers in enrollment.

There is also gender disparity in some of the SAES grades and it becomes a real issue when a class is male heavy - this is a particular problem with this year’s SAES junior class which is male heavy and behaviorally challenged.

They have much opportunity to improve on admissions and yield to address these problems.

+1 However, it is not unique to one class. Behavior, and how it's handled and sometimes hidden, has been one of the most surprising parts of the school for us.

OP was only asking about class size. It isn’t appropriate to label the boys in one class as “behaviorally challenged”.

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