How big are classes in your MCPS middle school?

[Anonymous]

Please note the middle school and grade you are referencing if you can.

I am particularly interested in class sizes at the following middle schools:
-- Tilden
-- Silver Creek
-- Westland
-- North Bethesda
-- Pyle
-- Parkland

[Anonymous]

My child is at Silver Creek and seems to have about 24-28 in each class.

[Anonymous]

This question really doesn’t make sense at the middle level. Different courses gave different class size caps. This varies based on both the course content and level. Schools are staffed based on projected enrollment and specific needs of students in the school. You can see details in the budget process.

If you are trying to compare those schools, they should be basically the same in class sizes for the same type of course. The at-a-glance reports will give you better information about the student population.

[Anonymous]

30-35 was average

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This question really doesn’t make sense at the middle level. Different courses gave different class size caps. This varies based on both the course content and level. Schools are staffed based on projected enrollment and specific needs of students in the school. You can see details in the budget process.

If you are trying to compare those schools, they should be basically the same in class sizes for the same type of course. The at-a-glance reports will give you better information about the student population.

Thanks for this. I am trying to compare them to local private and Catholic schools, as well as DC public schools. Which courses have bigger classes and which have smaller classes?

[Anonymous]

This is how middle school classroom teacher positions are allocated:

Classroom teacher positions are provided by
formula [Enrollment x 7 /(class size x 5)]. For
schools with higher FARMS rates, 0.8 FTE is
subtracted from the class size divisor. For each
resource teacher (RT), content specialist, and
team leader position, 0.8 FTE of this calculation
is removed. In addition, 0.8 FTE is added for
reading and a 1.0 FTE is added for mathematics
support. The class size guideline for required
English is 29 students. The class size guideline
for other courses is 32.

https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/district/departments/budget/fy2024/fy2024_summarybudget_final.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My child is at Silver Creek and seems to have about 24-28 in each class.

(This is for 6th)

[Anonymous]

I teach at Parkland and have an average of 30 students per class - but it depends on what is being taught. Electives will have more students, supported classes MIGHT have less, but not always.

[Anonymous]

28-32 on average, but a few won the lottery and wound up with 18-20.

Private schools will almost always have fewer kids per class.

[Anonymous]

My child had at Pyle had classes with fewer than 20 but some also up to 30. Really depends on the class.