How is enrollment at your private school?

[Anonymous]

We might as well close this thread since no one is willing to give school names.

[Anonymous]

Frankly, the class sizes at St Pats are getting to be too big. They seem to have to turn down so many applicants every year but still let a few in. They need to STOP admitting new student when a class is bigger than 18 kids. It is starting to infuriate lots of parents. I don't care how many applicants have to be denied, classes in K - 6 should have no more than 18 students. Grades 7 and 8 should have no more than 30 per grade. The best aspect of their 7 & 8 program is the small classes on a separate campus. I think it may be time for these schools to limit applications when there s no space in a class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Frankly, the class sizes at St Pats are getting to be too big. They seem to have to turn down so many applicants every year but still let a few in. They need to STOP admitting new student when a class is bigger than 18 kids. It is starting to infuriate lots of parents. I don't care how many applicants have to be denied, classes in K - 6 should have no more than 18 students. Grades 7 and 8 should have no more than 30 per grade. The best aspect of their 7 & 8 program is the small classes on a separate campus. I think it may be time for these schools to limit applications when there s no space in a class.

I feel the same way about Sheridan, which has a very different class set up. But similar in that they seem to keep squeezing in another kid or two in the mid years' classes, pushing them over into the 'too large' territory. Enough.

Oh, and enrollment is robust enough, in case the implication got lost there.

[Anonymous]

While I wouldn't doubt the above posters knowledge of the specific instances referenced, I would note that an increase in class size generally is not necessarily an indicator of overenrollment. In some instances, privates will bump a given class size up by a student (or actually bump a number of classes in a school up by a student) when enrollment is softer. This is because in some instances if you look at a school from a macro school-wide level it may be in the past there was an additional section of a class /grade, somewhere that has been eliminated due to softer enrollment overall. In order to mitigate those effects, the schools will sometimes allow a bump up here or there in a given class where in the past they could turn that student down and hold the line because a school overall had stornger enrollment. On the other hand, squeezing an extra student in when enrollment is steady also is anowther way schools can deal with increasing costing pressures without necessarily raising tuition by quite as much as they otherwise would to cover costs. Again, Iam not suggesting this is the case with any school noted above in particular, but it is another reason why these sort of threads don't get a of traction. Even if people were wiling to freely discuss enrollment at given schools, unless you have data from the front office individual instances really just aren't that informative.

[Anonymous]

Schools will also sometimes squeeze an extra student or two into a grade that is already at capacity if those kids' siblings are needed to help make up numbers in other grades.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: While I wouldn't doubt the above posters knowledge of the specific instances referenced, I would note that an increase in class size generally is not necessarily an indicator of overenrollment. In some instances, privates will bump a given class size up by a student (or actually bump a number of classes in a school up by a student) when enrollment is softer. This is because in some instances if you look at a school from a macro school-wide level it may be in the past there was an additional section of a class /grade, somewhere that has been eliminated due to softer enrollment overall. In order to mitigate those effects, the schools will sometimes allow a bump up here or there in a given class where in the past they could turn that student down and hold the line because a school overall had stornger enrollment. On the other hand, squeezing an extra student in when enrollment is steady also is anowther way schools can deal with increasing costing pressures without necessarily raising tuition by quite as much as they otherwise would to cover costs. Again, Iam not suggesting this is the case with any school noted above in particular, but it is another reason why these sort of threads don't get a of traction. Even if people were wiling to freely discuss enrollment at given schools, unless you have data from the front office individual instances really just aren't that informative.

So name the school or don't name the school and you still won't be happy.

[Anonymous]

St. Andrews Episcopal --down

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:St. Andrews Episcopal --down

care to explain?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Frankly, the class sizes at St Pats are getting to be too big. They seem to have to turn down so many applicants every year but still let a few in. They need to STOP admitting new student when a class is bigger than 18 kids. It is starting to infuriate lots of parents. I don't care how many applicants have to be denied, classes in K - 6 should have no more than 18 students. Grades 7 and 8 should have no more than 30 per grade. The best aspect of their 7 & 8 program is the small classes on a separate campus. I think it may be time for these schools to limit applications when there s no space in a class.

That's why we chose NPS over St. Pat's. St. Pat's classes are about the same size as classes at most public schools. Enrollment at NPS is higher than ever.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Frankly, the class sizes at St Pats are getting to be too big. They seem to have to turn down so many applicants every year but still let a few in. They need to STOP admitting new student when a class is bigger than 18 kids. It is starting to infuriate lots of parents. I don't care how many applicants have to be denied, classes in K - 6 should have no more than 18 students. Grades 7 and 8 should have no more than 30 per grade. The best aspect of their 7 & 8 program is the small classes on a separate campus. I think it may be time for these schools to limit applications when there s no space in a class.

That's why we chose NPS over St. Pat's. St. Pat's classes are about the same size as classes at most public schools. Enrollment at NPS is higher than ever.

We chose a public immersion language charter over St Pat's and have never had more than 18 kids in a classroom with 2 teachers for preK and k. Makes me happy that we saved the money.

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Anonymous wrote:Frankly, the class sizes at St Pats are getting to be too big. They seem to have to turn down so many applicants every year but still let a few in. They need to STOP admitting new student when a class is bigger than 18 kids. It is starting to infuriate lots of parents. I don't care how many applicants have to be denied, classes in K - 6 should have no more than 18 students. Grades 7 and 8 should have no more than 30 per grade. The best aspect of their 7 & 8 program is the small classes on a separate campus. I think it may be time for these schools to limit applications when there s no space in a class.

That's why we chose NPS over St. Pat's. St. Pat's classes are about the same size as classes at most public schools. Enrollment at NPS is higher than ever.

We chose a public immersion language charter over St Pat's and have never had more than 18 kids in a classroom with 2 teachers for preK and k. Makes me happy that we saved the money.

Well you both probably made a mistake. Academically St Pats is the best PK-6/8 program out there. Did you see where their graduating classes were admitted for middle/high school. It just gets better every ear. Very few grades have classes above 18 students. There is one, maybe two, but hopefully that will be corrected after this past year's applications ( in and out).

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Anonymous wrote:Frankly, the class sizes at St Pats are getting to be too big. They seem to have to turn down so many applicants every year but still let a few in. They need to STOP admitting new student when a class is bigger than 18 kids. It is starting to infuriate lots of parents. I don't care how many applicants have to be denied, classes in K - 6 should have no more than 18 students. Grades 7 and 8 should have no more than 30 per grade. The best aspect of their 7 & 8 program is the small classes on a separate campus. I think it may be time for these schools to limit applications when there s no space in a class.

That's why we chose NPS over St. Pat's. St. Pat's classes are about the same size as classes at most public schools. Enrollment at NPS is higher than ever.

We chose a public immersion language charter over St Pat's and have never had more than 18 kids in a classroom with 2 teachers for preK and k. Makes me happy that we saved the money.

Well you both probably made a mistake. Academically St Pats is the best PK-6/8 program out there. Did you see where their graduating classes were admitted for middle/high school. It just gets better every ear. Very few grades have classes above 18 students. There is one, maybe two, but hopefully that will be corrected after this past year's applications ( in and out).

Aren't there currently around 22+ students in the PK, K, 1st & 2nd grade classes? The Head of the School even discussed how much the class sizes have grown during the admissions playdates. There are a few other PK-6/8 whose academics and exmissions are just as good as St. Pat's with smaller classes- NPS and Norwood come to mind.

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Anonymous wrote:Frankly, the class sizes at St Pats are getting to be too big. They seem to have to turn down so many applicants every year but still let a few in. They need to STOP admitting new student when a class is bigger than 18 kids. It is starting to infuriate lots of parents. I don't care how many applicants have to be denied, classes in K - 6 should have no more than 18 students. Grades 7 and 8 should have no more than 30 per grade. The best aspect of their 7 & 8 program is the small classes on a separate campus. I think it may be time for these schools to limit applications when there s no space in a class.

That's why we chose NPS over St. Pat's. St. Pat's classes are about the same size as classes at most public schools. Enrollment at NPS is higher than ever.

We chose a public immersion language charter over St Pat's and have never had more than 18 kids in a classroom with 2 teachers for preK and k. Makes me happy that we saved the money.

Well you both probably made a mistake. Academically St Pats is the best PK-6/8 program out there. Did you see where their graduating classes were admitted for middle/high school. It just gets better every ear. Very few grades have classes above 18 students. There is one, maybe two, but hopefully that will be corrected after this past year's applications ( in and out).

Aren't there currently around 22+ students in the PK, K, 1st & 2nd grade classes? The Head of the School even discussed how much the class sizes have grown during the admissions playdates. There are a few other PK-6/8 whose academics and exmissions are just as good as St. Pat's with smaller classes- NPS and Norwood come to mind.

You need to actually look at each schools numbers and where they go after graduation. St Pats send a much higher percentage of its students on the the best schools. Neither NPS nor Norwood have nearly as good records.

Oh, and no, no grade has classes of 22. That is absolutely wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:St. Andrews Episcopal --down

Do you know why? Is it reputation or is it location or is a combo of various factors? I am an alum and am curious about whether it will be a good fit for my kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Frankly, the class sizes at St Pats are getting to be too big. They seem to have to turn down so many applicants every year but still let a few in. They need to STOP admitting new student when a class is bigger than 18 kids. It is starting to infuriate lots of parents. I don't care how many applicants have to be denied, classes in K - 6 should have no more than 18 students. Grades 7 and 8 should have no more than 30 per grade. The best aspect of their 7 & 8 program is the small classes on a separate campus. I think it may be time for these schools to limit applications when there s no space in a class.

That's why we chose NPS over St. Pat's. St. Pat's classes are about the same size as classes at most public schools. Enrollment at NPS is higher than ever.

We chose a public immersion language charter over St Pat's and have never had more than 18 kids in a classroom with 2 teachers for preK and k. Makes me happy that we saved the money.

Well you both probably made a mistake. Academically St Pats is the best PK-6/8 program out there. Did you see where their graduating classes were admitted for middle/high school. It just gets better every ear. Very few grades have classes above 18 students. There is one, maybe two, but hopefully that will be corrected after this past year's applications ( in and out).

Very familiar with St. Pat's. Went to college with a board member and his kids went to Harvard and Columbia. Yes, I agree St. Pat's is excellent but nevertheless we really want language immersion for DC and very happy with the charter... and free