Typical FCPS ES class sizes: Past vs present.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do districts release their enrollment numbers from year to year? Were last year’s numbers significantly down?

They do. It’s all available here.

http://schoolprofiles.fcps.edu/schlprfl/f?p=108:42:7007779825102::::: (that link looks weird, so if it doesn’t work go here and click “monthly membership reports” https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/performance-and-accountability/student-reporting )

Last year from September through June FCPS lost a net total of 153 elementary schoolers.

[Anonymous]

Ohh, but the -153 is just kids who started in Sept and then dropped out. It doesn't include all the kids who disappeared from spring 2020 to Fall 2020.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ohh, but the -153 is just kids who started in Sept and then dropped out. It doesn't include all the kids who disappeared from spring 2020 to Fall 2020.

Correct. You would have to look at prior years grade by grade to determine that loss.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My child is a 1st grader at Lane. There are 28 kids in her class.

That is insane. That’s the size of an average HS class. They aren’t capping the ES classes at 20 or 22? What the hell?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child is a 1st grader at Lane. There are 28 kids in her class.

That is insane. That’s the size of an average HS class. They aren’t capping the ES classes at 20 or 22? What the hell?

They have never capped ES at numbers that low, except for Title 1 schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child is a 1st grader at Lane. There are 28 kids in her class.

That is insane. That’s the size of an average HS class. They aren’t capping the ES classes at 20 or 22? What the hell?

They have never capped ES at numbers that low, except for Title 1 schools.

No kidding. I am wondering now why anyone would ever want to teach ES.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child is a 1st grader at Lane. There are 28 kids in her class.

That is insane. That’s the size of an average HS class. They aren’t capping the ES classes at 20 or 22? What the hell?

Why did you think they might do this? That would be a huge drop in max class size.

ES Teacher

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child is a 1st grader at Lane. There are 28 kids in her class.

That is insane. That’s the size of an average HS class. They aren’t capping the ES classes at 20 or 22? What the hell?

They have never capped ES at numbers that low, except for Title 1 schools.

No kidding. I am wondering now why anyone would ever want to teach ES.

They do often provide IAs at higher numbers though.

[Anonymous]

WOW. My kindergartener has 26 kids.

[Anonymous]

My K kid has 27 this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My K kid has 27 this year.

26, 27 in kindergarten is pretty typical.

[Anonymous]

We are at Saratoga. It looks like enrollment went down about 100 kids. My 6th grader has 22 and my 4th grader has 18 in their classes

[Anonymous]

Upper Elementary student in our household has 29 in the class. I'm sure it will get to 30-31 students during the year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Upper Elementary student in our household has 29 in the class. I'm sure it will get to 30-31 students during the year.

I thought they needed an assistant then, but not sure what FCPS is doing now with the assistants.

[Anonymous]

DS went to a title one es. His classes ranged from 18-25.