Elementary class sizes

[Anonymous]

We have about 22-23 per class at 5th grade this year. But It was 28 at 4th grade a few years back. So I believd based on the enrollment the class size varies from year to year.

Anonymous wrote:Open House at our elementary school this morning. Lots of big classes in comparison to other years. K at max size (25), first grade over max size (27,28), same story in second grade.
Are these class sizes typical in other schools?

[Anonymous]

We have 40 4th graders in one 4/5 math class. Ridiculous right?

[Anonymous]

Not at all, we have 36 kids in ELC class at 4th grade.

Anonymous wrote:We have 40 4th graders in one 4/5 math class. Ridiculous right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have 40 4th graders in one 4/5 math class. Ridiculous right?

Parents need to make a LOT of noise about this class. My DD had 38 her year and they thought it was fine for kids to sit on the floor! Um, no way. Parents were really vocal about the learning environment and they ended up making two sections of the class.

DS had 31 in his 5th grade HR a few years ago. Teacher could definitely handle the group, but not every teacher is as capable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have about 22-23 per class at 5th grade this year. But It was 28 at 4th grade a few years back. So I believd based on the enrollment the class size varies from year to year.

Anonymous wrote:Open House at our elementary school this morning. Lots of big classes in comparison to other years. K at max size (25), first grade over max size (27,28), same story in second grade.
Are these class sizes typical in other schools?

This is definitely true.

[Anonymous]

This is ridiculous. It is very difficult for an ES teacher to dedicate time to 31 kids-not evens taking to account that there are kids with substantial special needs and English language learning needs in practically every class. I wish MCPS would cut non-essential stuff-like having a big central office team to manage the SSL program and focus on making sure younger kids have the foundations to read and write

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have 40 4th graders in one 4/5 math class. Ridiculous right?

How do they even get that number of desks to fit into a classroom? My kid has 30 this year and you can barely walk between the desks which are already grouped in five clusters to take up less space

[Anonymous]

22 kids in second grade for my kid

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We’re going to have 29/30 in grade 4 if the school can’t find a new teacher at the last minute. Last minute Enrollment was higher than expected.

Happened last year to my kid. They never found another teacher. So they used a reading specialist to teach 2.5 hour block of reading/writing with only 21-22 kids, but the afternoon it was 28/29 first graders for math/science/ss and for specials.

[Anonymous]

18 in our first grade class. 19 and 20 in the other two first grade classes.

[Anonymous]

27 in a 4th grade title 1 school. This class is group for library enrichment and compact math. The other classes in the grade have about 24 kids.

21/22 kids for 3rd grade classes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have 40 4th graders in one 4/5 math class. Ridiculous right?

How do they even get that number of desks to fit into a classroom? My kid has 30 this year and you can barely walk between the desks which are already grouped in five clusters to take up less space

Someone should send a picture of all those kids crammed like sardines to the Washington Post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have 40 4th graders in one 4/5 math class. Ridiculous right?

How do they even get that number of desks to fit into a classroom? My kid has 30 this year and you can barely walk between the desks which are already grouped in five clusters to take up less space

Teacher said some are going to sit on carpets and do work on carpets. I’ll make sure to take some photos during Columbus Day. By the way we are in a top ES.

[Anonymous]

1st grade at focus school: 17 kids in the class

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have 40 4th graders in one 4/5 math class. Ridiculous right?

We did too when my kid had 5/6. The Math 5 classes had 13.