1st grade class sizes

[Anonymous]

What is actual class size in first grade classrooms? Feels like Niche’s ratio is off.

[Anonymous]

Not sure what you've seen, but class size isn't teacher ratio. There are special ed teachers co-teaching and teachers doing specials - art, music, PE, etc.

[Anonymous]

Oh ok. That’s makes sense. I am still curious about how many kids are in each class. Wonder if there are particular schools that have lower class sizes?

[Anonymous]

Class size depends on whether the school is a focus school (high need for smaller class sizes)
and whether the actual # of kids breaks easily into to target class size for that grade level.

The budget has the details of how staffing is allocated to schools based on enrollment.

[Anonymous]

You can call the schools you’re interested in and ask.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can call the schools you’re interested in and ask.

Another key question to ask is whether or not your elementary school teacher is certified in elementary education or early childhood education (PreK-3rd grade). I think parents would be surprised how many teachers from specials area (ELD/ESOL) are pressed into service as a general elementary school teacher because teachers certified in elementary education are increasingly difficult to find. This is happening all over the county - parents shouldn't think that living in west county guarantees education by appropriately certified teachers.

There is no greater grind than being an elementary school teacher. God bless all of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Class size depends on whether the school is a focus school (high need for smaller class sizes)
and whether the actual # of kids breaks easily into to target class size for that grade level.

The budget has the details of how staffing is allocated to schools based on enrollment.

"Classroom teacher positions for Grades K–5
are allocated based on enrollment projections
to Kindergarten using a class size guideline of
24, to Grades 1–2 using a class size guideline of
25, to Grade 3 using a class size guideline of 26,
and to Grades 4-5 using a class size guideline of
28. Additional classroom teacher positions are
provided to focus and Title I schools to Grades
K–2 using a class size guideline of 18, to Grade 3
using a class size guideline of 24, and to Grades
4-5 using a class size guideline of 26."