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[quote=Anonymous]I agree it's hard to know in advance. We are in a K-8 with fewer than 20 kids per grade. It happens to be working well for my DC, who is in 7th. I am aware of kids for whom it is not working but their families don't want to make multiple moves. If your kid is young and there are no K-12s you're interested in anyway, I would say it's fine to start with a small school and just plan to move to a bigger school before MS. You can always choose not to move if it's going well.

Academically, the small school was able to offer two math tracks and also tailor work to kids on the very high and very low ends through individual pull-outs. It meets all our needs. However, there is not a choice of teachers if you just don't gel with someone.

Socially, the very small class was fantastic until 4th, then got a little dicey in 5th and above. And by MS, your kid's social group is effectively just the half that is their gender, which makes it even smaller (it would be great if kids didn't split like that, but they do). It's great if your kid has friends but very hard if your kid is excluded or not finding friends.

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