When does your school go from two teachers per class to one teacher per class?

[Anonymous]

At GDS, there are two teachers from PreK through 2. In third grade, class sizes shrink and you get 1 teacher, although when my daughter was in 3rd, there was one extra FT teacher who floated to classrooms where she was needed. In some subjects, e.g. math, there were always two teachers. (That seems to be the pattern with math in 4th and 5th as well). By 4th, there are different teachers for each core subject (science/arts/PE had different teachers from the beginning.)

Basically, it's a hard question to answer. If the issue is student teacher ratios, it goes from maybe 1:10 in PreK/K to 1:12 in 1st/2nd/3rd to 1:15 in 4th on up (including middle school, from what I've seen). So the switch from 2 teachers to one teacher doesn't mean a doubling in the ratio. Nor do all subjects have the same ratio.

If the issue is whether your kid has a variety of different teachers to interact with (and thus more opportunities to find someone with whom s/he connects), then the answer is that each child has a minimum of 5 teachers (art, science, PE, classroom) from the earliest years.

[Anonymous]

Thank you for taking the time to provide detailed information. This type of response is very helpful.

[Anonymous]

Can anyone offer information on other schools?

[Anonymous]

Sidwell

PK-4th 2 teachers with 22 students

5th-6th 1 teacher for 16 students

7th -- classes vary from 7-16 students.

[Anonymous]

But K has 24?