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[quote=Anonymous]We're at a Title 1 school and I'll also note that class size in September often doesn't reflect the true class size day-to-day at our school. Because there are some families that really struggle with attendance, a class of 23 or 24 might actually have an average size of 18 or 19 during the year. Sad but true. The school obviously takes into account how likely some kids are to show up, even with all the efforts they put in to address attendance issues, and are careful to balance this when assigning classes (otherwise you could wind up with a class of 20 that is actually 10 with all the absenteeism, plus another class of 22 that is actually a class of 22).

Also, my child has been in larger classes that had several kids with IEPs requiring a lot of pull out therapies (as opposed to push in). This results in a calmer classroom than you expect because the highest needs kids are absent from the classroom for several hours a day. It can still be chaotic at certain times, but usually not during stuff like small group work, when it is most important for kids to have a calm learning environment.

My sense after several years at a school like this is that our administration is pretty thoughtful about how they assign classes and often understand some of the nuances that will contribute to class environment throughout the year. The teachers, most of whom are 10+ year veterans, also get it. I have several times thought a class was too big only to realize later that it's totally fine and in some cases that my kid benefited from being in the larger classroom.[/quote]

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