What is the maximum class size in elementary and middle school?

[Anonymous]

My fcps K had 30 and 1st also had 30. Caps aren’t real.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My fcps K had 30 and 1st also had 30. Caps aren’t real.

What year was this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are FCPS caps and State caps. Title 1 schools each have their own class cap sizes at K-3 (anywhere from 19-26). They are waived this year, but they cannot exceed the FCPS caps for this year. Non-Title 1 schools can exceed the FCPS class size caps, but cannot exceed the state cap sizes.

Kindergarten—State: 29 FCPS: 28
Grades 1-3–State: 30 FCPS: 27
Grades 4-6–State: 35 FCPS: 29

My DCs have definitely been in classes with 30 kids or more. One year it was 32.

Based on these numbers I think FCPS is now following state numbers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My fcps K had 30 and 1st also had 30. Caps aren’t real.

What year was this?

19/20 K, 20/21 for 1st. Let me tell you, a virtual
First grade class with 30 students is a straight up shi show.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are FCPS caps and State caps. Title 1 schools each have their own class cap sizes at K-3 (anywhere from 19-26). They are waived this year, but they cannot exceed the FCPS caps for this year. Non-Title 1 schools can exceed the FCPS class size caps, but cannot exceed the state cap sizes.

Kindergarten—State: 29 FCPS: 28
Grades 1-3–State: 30 FCPS: 27
Grades 4-6–State: 35 FCPS: 29

My child's first grade last is 28 children (the list was posted at open house).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Title I must not lower class sizes all that much. My DD's 6th grade class at a Title I school had 28 kids, which is just a hair under the FCPS cap for every school. This was pre-pandemic, so no waivers would have been in effect.

There are no special caps for Title 1 after 3rd grade.

[Anonymous]

So is there someone we can report the school to if they are over the cap?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So is there someone we can report the school to if they are over the cap?

The FCPS numbers are guidelines not rules. At both FCPS and the state level, they just add IAs or other support to the room. Do you know for sure that your DC’s class is over the state cap with no IA support assigned?

[Anonymous]

Been teaching nearly 30 years, I have never seen a class size maximum be required to be followed. They simply are not. I'm not saying all classes are over max. But when there's more kids than staff, max's get ignored. No TA's provided.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So is there someone we can report the school to if they are over the cap?

So far no one has reported any numbers over the state caps. The state cap for K-3 is 30 and for 4-6 is 35.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are FCPS caps and State caps. Title 1 schools each have their own class cap sizes at K-3 (anywhere from 19-26). They are waived this year, but they cannot exceed the FCPS caps for this year. Non-Title 1 schools can exceed the FCPS class size caps, but cannot exceed the state cap sizes.

Kindergarten—State: 29 FCPS: 28
Grades 1-3–State: 30 FCPS: 27
Grades 4-6–State: 35 FCPS: 29

My child's first grade last is 28 children (the list was posted at open house).

If you start at 27, you will be 30 by Christmas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are FCPS caps and State caps. Title 1 schools each have their own class cap sizes at K-3 (anywhere from 19-26). They are waived this year, but they cannot exceed the FCPS caps for this year. Non-Title 1 schools can exceed the FCPS class size caps, but cannot exceed the state cap sizes.

Kindergarten—State: 29 FCPS: 28
Grades 1-3–State: 30 FCPS: 27
Grades 4-6–State: 35 FCPS: 29

My DCs have definitely been in classes with 30 kids or more. One year it was 32.

True, we have 32 kids in 4th grade NOW.

[Anonymous]

My 6th graders have 16 kids in their class. This is in McLean pyramid. This has been the case (16-18) for last 3 yrs. lots of kids here go private do plenty of space in public.

[Anonymous]

so^ not do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 6th graders have 16 kids in their class. This is in McLean pyramid. This has been the case (16-18) for last 3 yrs. lots of kids here go private do plenty of space in public.

How many classes are there?