What school is that!?

19 in my daughter’s first grade class, 18 in my son’s third grade class.

Yes we have 28

Yes, and it's been the norm for years. My kids have never had less than 25 in their classes in ES. MS is much larger.

Also have 19 in FCPS first grade this year. It’s a Title 1 school with state K-3 class size caps.

Anonymous wrote:My DD goes to a FCPS in Alexandria and there are 27 students in her courts grade class. No teacher assistant. Is this kind of the norm these days?

It’s been the norm for decades.

Yes, completely normal. Staffing ratios are insane. Last year my child’s class was 33. Thankfully they must have gotten just enough additional students that instead of 6 classes for the grade this year they have 7, so classes are back under 30.

We have 19 this year in FCPS, completely lucked out. It's a smaller grade than typical for the school.

My kids first grade class had 32 kids in it 8 years ago.

I taught school for 12 years.

Only one year did I have fewer than 28 first graders--and then, they cut a teacher because our classes were too small. So they divided out that teacher's class and I had 29.
One year I taught 34.

I think 27 is okay--though, the year I had 21 until they cut a teacher was wonderful. It lasted until the week of Halloween.

Anonymous wrote:These days? I had 30ish students decades ago at a W School in MCPS

What’s a “W school”?

Ours is 21 only but that seems unusual. 24 last year.

We have 25 with no assistant and were told that is average.

These days? I had 30ish students decades ago at a W School in MCPS

My DD goes to a FCPS in Alexandria and there are 27 students in her courts grade class. No teacher assistant. Is this kind of the norm these days?