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Annual Class Size Study

A Report of Class Size Patterns 2016-2017 School Year

February 2017

Metro ECSU 2 Pine Tree Drive, Suite 101

Arden Hills, Minnesota 55112

612-638-1500www.metroecsu.org

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FOREWARD

The Metro ECSU 2016-2017 Class Size Study reports data describing both regional and local norms. We hope that the information contained in this report will be useful to decision makers and interested citizens served by Metro ECSU. Though this data was carefully collected, we wish to caution readers from making assumptions about a district’s staffing pattern based on class size statistics alone.

Questions or comments about this report should be directed to Julie Schaal at [email protected] or 612-638-1540.

Julie Frame Executive Director, Metro ECSU

Cathy Macdonald Director of Operations, Metro ECSU

Julie Schaal Class Size Study Coordinator, Metro ECSU

mailto:[email protected]

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 1

Glossary of Terms ………………………………………………………………………………………………. 3

Reports with Tables ……….………………….………………………………………………………………… 5

List of Tables ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 6

A. Regionwide Class Size Statistics & Data Observations: Trends………………….. 7

B. Regionwide Class Size Statistics……………………...………………………………………… 11

C. Elementary Class Size Statistics & Data Observations…………………................ 16

D. Junior Secondary Class Size Statistics & Data Observations………………………. 21

E. Senior Secondary Class Size Statistics & Data Observations………………………. 28

Appendix …………………………………………………………………………...................................... 35

A. List of Participating Districts ………………………………………………………………………. 36

B. Memo to District Contacts: Directions for the Annual Class Size Study ………. 37

C. Data Collection Formats (data was collected in Excel) ……............................. 40

INTRODUCTION

This report describes class size statistics for thirty-five school districts in the metro Twin Cities area that submitted data to Metro ECSU. To enable the reader to interpret this report accurately, it is necessary to describe the report briefly in terms of data collection and reporting procedures.

Sources of Data

The method of collecting class size information was an electronic format. All metro area Superintendents were sent an invitation to authorize participation and appoint a staff member to be in direct contact with Metro ECSU staff for the study.

District contacts received the “Memo to District Contacts: Directions for the Annual Class Size Study” (pages 37-39) and three Excel spreadsheet formats (pages 40-42), one for each school type (elementary, junior secondary and senior secondary). The designated contact person appointed by the Superintendent in each district was responsible for collecting data from each building in the district, aggregating the data in each Excel file, and returning the data to Metro ECSU for data processing and analysis. More details about this process are available in the memo located in the Appendix of this document.

Organization of the Report

For an overview, please refer to the Table of Contents at the beginning of the study. The Class Size Study contains a glossary (pages 3-4) which should be read prior to viewing the tables. The study contains an introduction, a middle section with tables and results and a summary section. The “Reports with Tables” section consists of statistical highlights for metro schools aggregated as “regionwide” data and by school type—elementary, junior secondary and senior secondary. The highlights represent regional norms for all class size categories and are calculated by aggregating local data plus reports focusing on elementary, junior secondary and senior secondary programs.

Data were reported in some cases excluding special education students, and, in others, including special education students. It should also be noted that consistent grade groupings have not been used for each district. (Of special note here is the fact that grades 5 and 6 may be included with elementary or junior secondary data depending upon local district configuration.)

Limitations

The following considerations should be taken into account when reviewing data in the Annual Class Size Study:

Class size data included in this report are based on fall student counts submitted as ofOctober 1, 2016.

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At the junior and senior secondary levels, no attempt has been made to include all subjects offered by all schools; only subject areas that are most typically offered at the secondary level have been included.

It is tempting to interpret inter-district comparisons in terms of relationships which suggest cause and effect. The reader should be careful in making such comparisons. Class size data among school districts will be different due to many factors, including educational philosophy, school facility design, school district organizations, economic stability, school district size, management methods, and utilization of specialists or paraprofessionals in conjunction with professional staff. Although the descriptions contained within the tables of this report demonstrate normative comparisons, the data reported simply describe what exists, not why differences exist among the districts.

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GLOSSARY OF TERMS

1. Average (Mean) Class SizeAverage (Mean) Class Size represents the class size which equals the arithmetic average of classsizes reported. The average is the total of reported class sizes divided by the number of classesreported. Averages are reported to the nearest one hundredth.

2. Class SizeClass Size refers to the number of students in a group or class organized for the purpose ofinstruction.

3. Class Size RangeClass Size Range represents the maximum and minimum class sizes reported for a given gradeor subject area.

4. Class TypesClass Types counted for this study differ for each school type. Class types for each are asfollows:

Elementary Junior Secondary Senior Secondary Kindergarten Art Art Grade 1 Business Ed/Marketing Business Ed/Marketing Grade 2 Family & Consumer Science Family & Consumer Science Grade 3 Health Education Health Education Grade 4 Interdisciplinary Courses Language Arts/English Grade 5 Language Arts/English Math Grade 6 Math Music Special Education Music Physical Education Combo or Ungraded Physical Education Science

Science Social Studies Social Studies Special Education Special Education Technology Ed/Computer Science Technology Ed/Computer Science Work Experience Program World Languages World Languages

5. ElementaryThis grouping may include the following grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. Combinationgrades/ungraded and special education classes may also be included. Depending on individualdistrict grade organization, “elementary” may not include grades 5 or 6.

6. Grade GroupGrade Groups include the school types—elementary, junior secondary and senior secondary,but also part of and combinations of those school type groups. For example, some of the data isreported for a combination of junior and senior secondary as one grade group.

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7. Junior Secondary Junior Secondary includes students in middle schools, junior high schools, or the first part of an eight-year secondary program (i.e., grades 5-12). 8. Participating Districts Participating Districts includes school districts in the metro Twin Cities area that submitted data for the current year of the study. These districts may or may not be members of Metro ECSU. 9. School Type School Types for this study are Elementary, Junior Secondary, and Senior Secondary. 10. Senior Secondary Senior Secondary includes students in senior high school or in the second part of an eight-year secondary program (i.e., grades 5-12).

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REPORTS WITH TABLES

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LIST OF TABLES

Table Page

1 Elementary Regionwide Class Size Trends……………………………………………………… 8

2 Jr. Secondary Regionwide Class Size Trends…………………..…………….................... 9

3 Sr. Secondary Regionwide Class Size Trends…………………………………………………… 10

4 Class Size Regionwide by Class Type………………………………………………………………. 12

5 Class Size Regionwide by Grade Group (Excluding Special Education)……………. 13

6 Class Size Regionwide by Grade Group (Including Special Education)…………….. 13

7 Average Class Size by Grade Group (Excluding Special Education)…………………. 14

8 Average Class Size by Grade Group (Including Special Education)………………….. 15

9 Elementary Average Class Size by Class Type…………………………………………………. 17

10 Elementary Maximum/Minimum Class Size by Class Type……………………………… 19

11 Jr. Secondary Average Class Size by Class Type………………………………………………. 22

12 Jr. Secondary Maximum/Minimum Class Size by Class Type…………………………… 25

13 Sr. Secondary Average Class Size by Class Type……………………………………………… 29

14 Sr. Secondary Maximum/Minimum Class Size by Class Type………………………… 32

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A. REGIONWIDE CLASS SIZE STATISTICS & DATA OBSERVATIONS: TRENDS

The regionwide class size averages by class type from the last five years were included in the study. The graphs include data from the 2012-13 school year through the 2016-17 school year.

Table 1 (page 8) reports the average Elementary class sizes for each year by class type. The following trends were observed:

This year Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, and Combo or Ungraded reported a five-year-low class size.

The average class size consistently increases by grade level.

Table 2 (page 9) reports the average Jr. Secondary class sizes for each year by class type. The following trends were observed:

For the fourth consecutive year, Interdisciplinary Courses class size decreased.

This year Art, Family & Consumer Science, Physical Education, and Tech Ed/ComputerScience reported a five-year-high class size.

Of the core subjects, Language Arts/English and Math are consistently lower in class sizethan Science and Social Studies.

Table 3 (page 10) reports the average Sr. Secondary class sizes for each year by class type. The following trends were observed:

This year Art, Language Arts/English, Math, Music, Physical Education, Science, SocialStudies, Tech Ed/Computer Science and Work Experience Program reported a five-year-high class size.

This year World Languages reported a five-year-low class size.

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Kindergarten 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th GradeCombo orUngraded

Special Ed

2012-13 21.5 22.6 23.6 24.8 26.2 26.6 25.8 26.8 5.5

2013-14 21.5 22.6 23.5 24.5 26.0 26.7 27.0 25.6 5.0

2014-15 21.2 22.2 23.4 24.3 25.5 26.3 26.7 25.1 5.6

2015-16 21.0 22.1 23.6 24.6 25.6 26.3 26.2 25.8 5.1

2016-17 20.7 21.8 23.3 24.5 25.9 26.6 26.7 24.7 5.3

0.0

5.0

10.0

15.0

20.0

25.0

30.0

Table 1. Elementary Regionwide Class Size Trends

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ArtBusinessEd/Mark-eting

FACSHealth

Education

Interdisc-iplinaryCourses

LanguageArts/English

Math MusicPhysicalEducation

ScienceSocialStudies

SpecialEducation

TechEd/CompScience

WorldLanguages

2012-13 27.8 27.6 28.1 27.7 22.6 25.7 25.5 31.7 29.5 28.3 27.9 5.8 27.3 26.5

2013-14 27.3 28.5 27.2 28.6 28.2 26.5 26.3 32.5 28.9 28.6 28.4 6.0 27.0 26.0

2014-15 27.9 27.8 27.8 28.2 27.7 26.1 25.4 31.1 29.5 28.1 27.7 5.7 27.4 26.0

2015-16 27.5 28.9 27.9 28.3 26.3 26.1 25.2 31.3 29.0 28.4 27.9 5.9 26.8 25.8

2016-17 28.8 28.4 29.2 27.7 18.7 25.9 26.1 32.3 30.2 28.6 28.2 6.0 27.9 26.3

0.0

5.0

10.0

15.0

20.0

25.0

30.0

35.0

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Table 2. Jr Secondary Regionwide Class Size Trends

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ArtBusinessEd/Mark-

etingFACS

HealthEducation

LanguageArts/

EnglishMath Music

PhysicalEducation

ScienceSocial

StudiesSpecial

Education

TechEd/CompScience

Work ExpProgram

WorldLanguages

2012-13 25.7 26.5 26.7 30.3 27.0 27.4 36.9 29.6 28.2 29.4 6.7 22.9 10.7 26.6

2013-14 26.4 27.3 26.2 30.5 27.3 27.2 38.0 30.0 28.2 29.2 7.4 22.7 13.8 26.2

2014-15 26.3 26.1 26.3 28.1 27.4 27.7 37.6 29.7 27.9 29.3 6.7 23.3 11.0 26.1

2015-16 26.0 27.7 26.6 31.0 27.1 27.0 37.0 29.8 27.7 28.8 6.9 23.5 13.6 26.2

2016-17 27.1 26.3 26.7 30.6 27.9 28.1 38.8 30.4 28.3 29.7 6.9 23.8 16.9 25.8

0.0

5.0

10.0

15.0

20.0

25.0

30.0

35.0

40.0

45.0

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Table 3. Sr Secondary Regionwide Class Size Trends

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B. REGIONWIDE CLASS SIZE STATISTICS

Averages and class size ranges for specific school types and selected subject areas for the participating districts as a whole are reported in Table 4 (page 12). Summary data for the entire region excluding special education and including special education are shown in Table 5 and Table 6 (page 13) respectively. Average class size data by selected grade groupings (i.e., Elementary, Junior Secondary, Senior Secondary, Junior and Senior Secondary combined, and for all K - 12) for class sizes excluding special education and including special education are shown in Table 7 (page 14) and Table 8 (page 15) respectively. Individual district data are available in these tables by district number (see key on page 36).

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Table 4. Class Size Regionwide by Class Type

Avg. Min. Max.Class TypeElementary

Kindergarten 20.7 12 28Grade 1 21.8 12 30Grade 2 23.3 13 30Grade 3 24.5 16 33Grade 4 25.9 15 35Grade 5 26.6 16 36Grade 6 26.7 5 35

Combo or Ungraded 24.7 17 29Special Education 5.3 1 15

Avg. Min. Max.Class TypeJr Secondary

Art 28.8 5 42Business Ed/Marketing 28.4 16 35

Family & Consumer Science 29.2 9 41Health Education 27.7 5 38

Interdisciplinary Courses 18.7 1 31Language Arts/English 25.9 3 40

Math 26.1 3 41Music 32.3 5 106

Physical Education 30.2 12 49Science 28.6 7 39

Social Studies 28.2 5 41Special Education 6.0 1 19

Technology Ed/Computer Science 27.9 7 56World Languages 26.3 4 41

Avg. Min. Max.Class TypeSr Secondary

Art 27.1 1 44Business Ed/Marketing 26.3 3 46

Family & Consumer Science 26.7 5 53Health Education 30.6 12 42

Language Arts/English 27.9 4 46Math 28.1 3 43

Music 38.8 5 183Physical Education 30.4 5 49

Science 28.3 3 45Social Studies 29.7 5 52

Special Education 6.9 1 38Technology Ed/Computer Science 23.8 3 41

Work Experience Program 16.9 1 41World Languages 25.8 1 46

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Table 5. Class Size Regionwide by Grade Group (Excluding Special Education) Avg. Min. Max. Elementary 23.7 5 36 Jr Secondary 28.0 1 106 Sr Secondary 28.3 1 183

Table 6. Class Size Regionwide by Grade Group (Including Special Education) Avg. Min. Max. Elementary 23.6 1 36 Jr. Secondary 25.6 1 106 Sr. Secondary 25.7 1 183

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Table 7. Average Class Size by Grade Group (Excluding Special Education)

Avg.Dist.

Elementary

271 21.18277 21.21

13 21.97276 22.37200 22.40721 22.54717 22.61624 22.63

14 22.67720 22.74281 22.77272 22.90719 23.09283 23.11270 23.13832 23.48831 23.68280 23.80278 23.82716 23.84110 23.86622 23.99111 24.00197 24.11282 24.21625 24.27623 24.27

11 24.57138 24.59834 24.60

15 24.83194 24.85192 24.93273 24.97

12 26.36

23.73Reg wide

Jr Secondary

Dist. Avg.717 23.84271 24.36625 24.59281 25.61270 26.04624 26.41283 26.73622 26.91273 26.95832 27.03197 27.10

13 27.16276 27.48280 27.71111 27.80282 27.87

15 27.94138 28.18719 28.20720 28.35200 28.38278 28.40277 28.47272 28.61831 29.00110 29.07192 29.26721 29.86623 30.02

14 30.66194 30.86716 31.34

11 31.47834 31.87

12 33.78

Reg wide 27.97

Sr Secondary

Dist. Avg.716 24.33717 24.42278 24.85138 25.47110 25.66625 26.13832 26.40111 26.48276 26.88624 26.97282 27.01281 27.24283 27.34

15 27.43200 27.52

14 27.80271 27.85720 27.88721 28.53277 28.57831 28.66280 28.67719 28.91272 29.18273 29.24622 29.31623 29.83197 29.84194 29.96

13 30.21192 30.53

11 30.64834 30.86270 31.16

12 31.67

Reg wide 28.26

Jr & Sr Secondary

Dist. Avg.717 24.11625 25.46271 25.89281 26.36138 26.48278 26.56832 26.69624 26.69283 27.02276 27.17110 27.20111 27.20282 27.35716 27.36270 27.60273 27.67

15 27.73200 27.97720 28.13622 28.13197 28.17280 28.24277 28.52719 28.60

13 28.77831 28.78272 28.92721 29.13

14 29.38192 29.82623 29.91194 30.37

11 31.09834 31.43

12 32.62

Reg wide 28.12

Dist. Avg.

K-12

717 23.99271 25.26625 25.28281 25.88624 26.07138 26.21278 26.28832 26.36283 26.55276 26.55110 26.65111 26.69270 26.77716 26.87282 27.03720 27.24

15 27.34273 27.39280 27.42200 27.44272 27.59622 27.60

13 27.70197 27.73719 27.76277 27.79831 28.20721 28.22623 28.62

14 28.72192 29.01194 29.63

11 30.15834 30.29

12 31.66

Reg wide 27.49

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Table 8. Average Class Size by Grade Group (Including Special Education)

Avg.Dist.

Elementary

271 20.64277 21.21

13 21.9714 22.00

721 22.16276 22.28200 22.40717 22.61624 22.63719 22.72720 22.74281 22.77272 22.90283 23.11270 23.13832 23.48138 23.55831 23.68

15 23.71280 23.80278 23.82716 23.84110 23.86194 23.96622 23.99111 24.00625 24.00197 24.11282 24.21623 24.27834 24.40

11 24.57192 24.63273 24.97

12 26.36

23.56Reg wide

Jr Secondary

Dist. Avg.717 21.13625 22.29277 23.08

15 23.14270 23.18276 23.66281 23.68278 23.71197 23.72110 23.85622 24.19271 24.33283 24.42138 24.81280 24.94720 25.01111 25.04716 25.20282 25.21272 25.83831 25.85

14 26.01832 26.21194 26.29

13 26.29624 26.41273 26.95719 27.83

11 28.26200 28.38721 28.83192 29.11623 30.02834 31.87

12 32.91

Reg wide 25.63

Sr Secondary

Dist. Avg.278 20.13717 20.79716 21.13138 22.35277 22.71110 23.19276 23.21625 23.30281 23.39

14 23.96280 24.01282 24.52720 24.67272 24.90283 25.17831 25.38111 25.44832 25.49

15 25.66197 25.84194 26.10721 26.73

13 26.97624 26.97622 27.03273 27.19271 27.39719 27.44200 27.52270 27.79

11 28.6012 28.96

623 29.83192 30.53834 30.86

Reg wide 25.66

Jr & Sr Secondary

Dist. Avg.717 20.97278 21.81625 22.87277 22.90716 22.97138 23.25276 23.43110 23.51281 23.54

15 24.11280 24.41197 24.57270 24.57283 24.77282 24.80720 24.85

14 25.10111 25.21272 25.30831 25.54622 25.62271 25.69832 25.82194 26.19

13 26.67624 26.69273 27.03719 27.61721 27.65200 27.97

11 28.41192 29.73623 29.91

12 30.66834 31.43

Reg wide 25.64

Dist. Avg.

K-12

717 21.07278 21.97277 22.77625 23.02716 23.07138 23.29276 23.30281 23.45110 23.56

15 24.06280 24.31270 24.34197 24.53720 24.55283 24.59282 24.74

14 24.83272 24.84271 25.01111 25.04831 25.36622 25.43832 25.59194 25.93

13 26.01624 26.07273 26.82719 26.88721 26.91200 27.44

11 27.92623 28.62192 28.88

12 30.04834 30.25

Reg wide 25.38

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C. ELEMENTARY CLASS SIZE STATISTICS & DATA OBSERVATIONS

Elementary class size data are reported for each participating district for grades K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, combo or ungraded, and Special Education.

Table 9 (pages 17-18) reports the average class sizes for each school district. Districts are ranked from low to high according to the average calculated.

Table 10 (pages 19-20) reports class size maximums and minimums for each school district. Districts are ranked from low to high based upon the maximum class size.

Individual districts that did not submit data required for these tables were excluded from that portion of a table.

Data observations: Average class size generally increases with grade level.

Regionwide, elementary settings most commonly end with 5th grade. Average class size shows wide variability across districts.

Class size range shows wide variability across districts.

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Table 9. Elementary Average Class Size by Class Type

Avg.Dist.

Kindergarten

717 16.83277 17.38832 17.88272 18.39

13 18.58271 19.08

14 19.30282 19.33721 19.40281 19.84624 19.88

11 19.95280 20.00720 20.00

15 20.19623 20.39716 20.43719 20.48194 20.48622 20.71200 20.71278 20.75110 20.85831 20.90834 20.92276 20.93270 21.06283 21.44

12 21.50192 21.67138 22.44625 22.73111 23.00197 23.00273 23.31

20.65Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

Grade 1

272 19.13200 19.57277 20.38271 20.38276 20.53721 20.73831 20.79111 20.83

11 21.07720 21.25280 21.31278 21.44832 21.63

13 21.64623 21.73624 21.87719 21.93

14 22.00281 22.00622 22.00194 22.09282 22.20283 22.31270 22.43834 22.65625 22.73717 22.80716 22.83138 23.00197 23.06192 23.35

15 23.36110 23.38273 24.00

12 24.21

21.82Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

Grade 2

283 20.72271 20.86720 21.30272 21.55

13 21.64716 21.80276 22.07719 22.19721 22.23270 22.25282 22.60280 22.67281 22.88192 23.00624 23.00832 23.00277 23.14

14 23.33111 23.50831 23.59625 23.75273 23.80623 23.83110 23.83197 23.83200 23.92

15 24.00717 24.00194 24.10138 24.25622 24.46

11 24.72278 24.88834 24.90

12 26.28

23.34Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

Grade 3

277 21.50276 21.52271 21.58111 22.40721 22.64200 22.79138 22.89281 23.20624 23.34270 23.43719 23.58278 23.75110 23.92

15 23.93831 23.94716 24.00625 24.07282 24.20717 24.33832 24.33720 24.35

14 24.60272 24.68197 24.72

13 24.73622 24.83623 25.23834 25.58283 25.71273 26.05194 26.10192 26.58

11 26.7412 27.00

280 28.31

24.54Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

Grade 4

271 21.85720 23.36276 23.61283 23.87277 23.88270 24.28

14 24.33624 24.44281 24.62719 24.70622 24.97

13 25.10721 25.15834 25.21110 25.25200 25.31716 25.60717 25.60273 25.77280 25.79278 25.88623 26.10831 26.12272 26.12832 26.22197 26.33625 26.36138 27.25192 27.79

11 28.02194 28.11111 28.75282 29.50

15 30.0912 30.47

25.87Reg wide

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Table 9. Elementary Average Class Size by Class Type

Avg.Dist.

Grade 5

13 21.18270 23.00271 23.41624 23.92831 24.35281 24.36138 25.11716 25.60283 25.77276 25.86280 26.00625 26.04721 26.08273 26.11110 26.25272 26.29278 26.50720 26.75832 27.00719 27.17834 27.50622 27.69111 27.75192 27.90194 28.83

11 28.89623 29.26

12 30.0015 30.36

282 30.75

26.57Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

Grade 6

270 25.47623 25.86831 26.72272 27.17834 27.18138 28.29716 29.25

26.72Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

Combo orUngraded

13 17.00624 21.00276 21.50271 22.67622 23.00623 23.75834 24.00625 25.01192 25.44719 25.71273 26.93

24.75Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

Special Education

15 1.50138 3.00194 3.88719 4.33192 4.50276 5.00625 5.45

14 6.00271 6.63834 8.50721 12.00

5.34Reg wide

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Table 10. Elementary Maximum/Minimum Class Size by Class Type

MaxDist.

Kindergarten

Min717 17 16277 19 15832 19 1714 21 1715 21 19

282 21 15721 21 18200 22 19272 22 15278 22 20624 22 14716 22 17110 23 1712 23 2013 23 14

281 23 16720 23 15834 23 1711 24 15

111 24 22138 24 16192 24 20194 24 16270 24 16271 24 12280 24 16719 24 18276 25 15283 25 18622 25 15623 25 17273 26 21831 26 17625 27 16197 28 19

28Reg wide 12

MaxDist.

Grade 1

Min200 21 18272 21 16111 22 18277 22 18832 22 21278 23 21282 23 21716 23 22721 23 19138 24 2214 24 20

280 24 19283 24 20719 24 19720 24 1811 25 14

110 25 2215 25 21

194 25 20271 25 14624 25 17717 25 2213 26 17

192 26 21276 26 15281 26 18622 26 18831 26 14834 26 16270 27 17273 27 18623 27 1512 28 19

197 29 19625 30 12

30Reg wide 12

MaxDist.

Grade 2

Min283 22 1913 23 19

282 23 22716 23 20720 23 20111 24 23832 24 22138 25 23270 25 17272 25 18277 25 21278 25 24717 25 22719 25 18721 25 18110 26 2214 26 2015 26 21

200 26 22271 26 16276 26 17192 27 19280 27 17281 27 15831 27 18273 28 20624 28 1711 29 1912 29 23

194 29 19197 29 19622 29 20623 29 18834 29 21625 30 13

30Reg wide 13

MaxDist.

Grade 3

Min111 23 21138 23 22278 24 23716 24 24200 25 21270 25 20277 25 19282 25 23717 25 22721 25 21832 25 22110 26 2215 26 21

281 26 1914 27 22

197 27 22271 27 18276 27 16720 27 1813 28 19

273 28 23624 28 17625 28 16719 28 20272 29 20283 29 24194 30 20622 30 18623 30 21831 30 17192 31 22834 31 2112 32 21

280 32 2611 33 20

33Reg wide 16

MaxDist.

Grade 4

Min716 26 25720 26 20110 27 24271 27 16277 27 21278 27 25717 27 25719 27 23721 27 23832 27 25138 28 2614 28 20

200 28 24273 28 24283 28 20624 28 18111 29 2813 29 21

197 29 23270 29 16276 29 15281 29 19282 30 29625 30 18834 30 21272 31 21623 31 22192 32 24280 32 1911 33 20

194 33 24622 33 1815 34 26

831 34 1812 35 25

35Reg wide 15

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Table 10. Elementary Maximum/Minimum Class Size by Class Type

MaxDist.

Grade 5

Min13 25 16

138 26 24270 27 17716 27 25110 28 24111 28 27271 28 19721 28 24832 28 26273 29 24276 29 18278 29 25283 29 22719 29 25720 29 25192 30 26280 30 21281 30 19831 30 16272 31 22282 31 30624 31 19625 31 18834 31 2315 33 28

623 33 24194 34 2411 35 21

622 35 2212 36 21

36Reg wide 16

MaxDist.

Grade 6

Min138 29 26270 30 22272 30 24716 30 29623 33 19834 33 21831 35 5

35Reg wide 5

MaxDist.

Combo or Ungraded

Min13 17 17

624 21 21271 24 21276 24 19622 25 20623 27 21192 28 23273 28 25719 28 22625 29 17834 29 19

29Reg wide 17

MaxDist.

Special Education

Min15 2 1

192 5 4276 5 514 6 6

719 6 2138 7 1194 8 1625 8 1834 9 8271 10 4721 15 10

15Reg wide 1

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D. JUNIOR SECONDARY CLASS SIZE STATISTICS & DATA OBSERVATIONS

Junior secondary class size data are reported for each participating district in selected subject areas (see page 3 in the Glossary of Terms for a list). Table 11 (page 22-24) reports the average class sizes for each school district. Districts are ranked from low to high according to the average calculated. Table 12 (pages 25-27) reports class size maximums and minimums for each school district. Districts are ranked from low to high based upon the maximum class size. Individual districts that did not submit data required for these tables were excluded from that portion of a table. Data observations:

The highest average class sizes regionwide are Family & Consumer Science, Music, and Physical Education.

Of the core subjects, Language Arts/English and Math are lower in class size than Science and Social Studies.

Average class size shows wide variability across districts. Class size range shows wide variability across districts.

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Table 11. Jr Secondary Average Class Size by Class Type

Avg.Dist.

Art

138 23.83717 23.89110 24.33282 25.40720 25.55271 25.75624 25.88200 26.56276 26.74625 26.99197 27.00273 27.11

15 27.27721 27.45719 27.75281 27.93

13 27.94832 28.00622 28.06272 28.30270 28.53283 28.54623 29.38280 29.50277 29.67278 29.75834 30.65192 31.64

11 32.13716 32.25111 32.33

14 32.50831 32.55194 33.44

12 34.50

28.75Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

BusinessEd/Marketing

831 23.83273 27.00720 27.25280 28.83625 30.00

11 30.75719 31.22

28.44Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

Family &Consumer

Science

276 16.00717 21.90110 24.50282 24.50831 25.00273 25.17624 25.86270 26.07625 26.57720 26.64832 26.71622 27.33200 27.40

15 28.00271 28.00623 28.67719 29.40281 29.47194 30.11192 31.25716 33.00

11 33.3812 33.90

29.25Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

Health Education

138 20.00625 21.01271 24.44717 24.75272 25.50200 26.00192 26.63624 26.73276 26.74111 26.80831 27.00832 27.25273 27.27623 27.64110 28.33719 28.54277 28.78622 29.06270 29.30281 29.33721 29.50

14 30.0015 30.00

720 30.33280 32.00

11 32.04834 32.85716 33.13

12 35.40

27.72Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

InterdisciplinaryCourses

278 16.35277 19.50111 24.67

14 29.13

18.73Reg wide

22


Avg.Dist.


625 22.3013 22.31

281 22.35271 22.49622 23.90270 24.41280 24.76283 24.79717 25.17624 25.19273 25.74716 26.20110 26.59200 26.65

15 27.13832 27.17277 27.19197 27.29111 27.33282 27.40276 27.46721 27.63192 27.75272 27.80138 28.11831 28.38278 28.42

11 28.44194 28.98

14 29.37720 29.38623 29.62834 30.90

12 32.78

25.92Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

Math

111 20.06717 20.64271 20.72283 21.96625 22.60282 23.71280 23.97716 24.36622 24.54273 24.54281 24.72277 25.05270 25.52138 25.78197 25.80832 25.84

13 26.33719 26.38624 26.49200 26.66

15 26.84272 26.96110 27.06192 27.15721 27.15276 27.37831 28.25278 28.46623 28.78194 28.82720 29.37

11 29.41834 30.42

14 30.5712 33.62

26.09Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

Music

623 23.86281 24.49832 26.65271 26.92277 27.52197 27.96625 28.17276 28.70720 29.24624 29.46622 29.52719 29.89

15 30.19283 31.13

13 31.80270 32.45272 32.51

11 32.83280 33.33273 33.36111 34.20834 35.08192 36.38831 38.81200 38.96

14 39.79282 42.33717 42.90716 43.25138 45.71110 46.76

12 47.40278 49.43194 52.25721 81.57

32.32Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

PhysicalEducation

720 24.71717 25.25270 25.55832 26.27197 26.83624 26.83271 27.16110 27.41273 27.76272 28.33192 28.48194 29.36283 29.40282 29.69200 30.00622 30.11721 30.14625 30.30111 30.54276 30.56

15 30.61280 30.83138 30.94281 31.63831 32.16

14 32.38834 32.43277 32.94

13 33.33623 33.51

12 33.68716 33.88

11 34.39278 37.73

30.16Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

Science

281 24.89271 24.96625 25.19717 25.75270 26.08110 27.13200 27.49283 27.51622 27.67832 27.73

13 27.7415 27.82

282 27.92273 27.93719 28.08276 28.15624 28.61831 28.62721 28.65277 28.67280 28.90197 29.07111 29.17278 29.17192 29.28716 29.33720 29.93272 30.02138 31.06623 31.58194 31.63

11 32.3014 32.77

834 33.5912 34.40

28.61Reg wide

23


Avg.Dist.

Social Studies

717 19.33271 23.31281 25.21

15 25.95624 26.02270 26.56625 26.76273 26.89622 26.91276 26.94197 27.02282 27.27832 27.27200 27.54283 27.71

13 27.73721 27.98831 28.25278 28.50719 28.67110 28.70277 28.76280 28.90138 29.05716 29.11192 29.32272 29.38194 30.11

14 30.68623 31.06720 31.26111 31.50

12 31.6411 32.13

834 32.56

28.19Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

Special Education

278 2.83282 3.00110 3.33197 3.42716 3.50831 4.02276 4.34832 4.63

15 4.96721 5.00138 5.17194 5.24283 5.33720 5.38272 5.50270 5.53111 5.75622 5.93

14 6.28281 6.39277 6.45625 6.69280 7.68

11 7.71717 8.00719 9.29192 9.33

12 9.80271 11.00

13 12.91

5.96Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

TechnologyEd/Computer

Science

13 20.50192 21.50138 22.92717 23.00197 23.40625 23.40624 24.37273 24.97194 25.63200 25.71110 25.83276 25.84270 25.93720 25.97831 26.10622 26.28282 26.40271 26.62281 26.65721 27.05623 27.46832 27.82

15 27.86283 28.42

14 29.62111 29.75277 29.82272 30.00280 30.67834 30.76

12 31.6711 31.82

716 32.44278 35.00

27.94Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

World Languages

625 18.85278 19.82138 20.38282 22.00270 23.66624 24.27276 24.49

14 24.73273 25.56283 25.65272 26.40271 26.40720 27.04197 27.14719 27.90831 28.36623 28.44192 28.50110 29.00281 29.07622 29.25832 29.60834 29.89716 31.00721 31.09280 32.83

11 33.0312 33.23

26.33Reg wide

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Table 12. Jr Secondary Maximum/Minimum Class Size by Class Type

MaxDist.

Art

Min282 27 24110 29 20138 30 20832 31 25200 32 21272 32 20276 32 22283 32 21717 32 17721 32 23270 33 25271 33 13624 33 17111 34 3115 34 18

278 34 27280 34 24281 34 21622 34 16623 34 24716 34 30834 34 28192 35 26273 35 14277 35 23719 35 15720 35 17831 35 2914 36 26

197 36 1613 37 1212 38 24

194 38 27625 38 511 42 10

42Reg wide 5

MaxDist.


Min831 30 16273 31 23720 31 20280 32 25719 33 29625 34 2511 35 20

35Reg wide 16

MaxDist.

Family & ConsumerScience

Min276 21 11282 25 24717 28 14110 29 20832 29 24194 32 27271 32 24281 32 22270 33 16622 33 16624 33 19719 33 23720 33 18200 34 21273 34 13625 34 13831 34 915 35 22

192 35 27623 35 21716 35 3112 36 2911 41 21

41Reg wide 9

MaxDist.

Health Education

Min138 24 16200 29 21110 30 24717 30 19832 30 24721 31 29831 31 23111 32 21272 32 18276 32 20277 32 24281 32 27192 33 12623 33 20720 33 27270 34 23271 34 17624 34 17622 35 23716 35 31719 35 16834 35 3015 36 19

273 36 16280 36 2712 37 3314 37 2411 38 22

625 38 5

38Reg wide 5

MaxDist.

InterdisciplinaryCourses

Min111 29 22278 29 1277 30 914 31 25

31Reg wide 1

25


MaxDist.


Min282 30 25717 31 23721 32 24832 32 19138 33 16192 33 20273 33 13110 34 18272 34 20276 34 17277 34 16278 34 19280 34 15281 34 8624 34 12111 35 15200 35 16270 35 10271 35 11622 35 11623 35 16716 35 6720 35 2213 36 10

197 36 10283 36 314 37 2215 37 15

194 37 18831 37 13834 38 2711 39 7

625 39 412 40 24

40Reg wide 3

MaxDist.

Math

Min280 29 15277 30 19716 31 10282 32 7832 32 16110 33 22272 33 14278 33 20717 33 3721 33 14138 34 17200 34 17283 34 7623 34 22624 34 17197 35 13270 35 13273 35 13276 35 20720 35 23111 36 3192 36 16271 36 11281 36 8719 36 1115 37 16

622 37 10625 37 4831 37 14834 37 1714 38 2411 40 513 40 1012 41 22

194 41 9

41Reg wide 3

MaxDist.

Music

Min623 30 15832 36 18277 40 18281 40 15622 40 14280 42 22720 45 14624 46 16719 46 1613 48 915 49 7

271 49 1111 50 5

270 51 20272 52 19197 54 14276 56 16283 56 19282 60 24834 60 1912 62 27

273 62 17111 63 23192 65 15138 67 2314 71 11

200 71 6625 72 5831 74 17110 76 13717 76 11716 85 25194 98 24278 98 26721 106 54

106Reg wide 5

MaxDist.

Physical Education

Min717 28 22110 32 15832 32 20272 33 17721 33 27270 34 15280 34 26283 35 15624 35 13716 35 33138 36 25192 37 17273 37 14282 37 24831 37 25834 37 2914 38 27

271 38 1715 39 12

111 40 22194 40 17276 40 22277 40 2512 41 19

197 41 15278 41 33623 41 2213 42 23

200 42 17622 42 17281 43 13720 43 13625 44 1211 49 15

49Reg wide 12

MaxDist.

Science

Min717 28 24282 30 26110 32 18277 32 22283 32 21721 32 24832 32 21270 33 15276 33 18281 33 17716 33 25138 34 23192 34 21271 34 16272 34 23273 34 18278 34 24623 34 25719 34 11720 34 24111 35 2215 35 18

622 35 16624 35 17831 35 15197 36 19200 36 18280 36 2013 37 1014 37 25

834 37 2711 38 2412 39 26

194 39 23625 39 7

39Reg wide 7

26


MaxDist.

Social Studies

Min717 23 5282 30 24110 32 24276 32 16832 32 21272 33 21277 33 22283 33 15716 33 26721 33 21138 34 22270 34 17278 34 22281 34 14623 34 2213 35 10

192 35 23197 35 20271 35 14273 35 15622 35 13719 35 12831 35 14111 36 24200 36 10280 36 15624 36 17720 36 2214 37 2015 37 16

194 38 1511 39 2112 39 19

834 39 27625 41 9

41Reg wide 5

MaxDist.

Special Education

Min282 4 2832 6 3110 8 1278 8 1717 8 8721 8 2138 10 1197 10 1272 10 3270 11 1271 11 11283 11 1716 11 1719 11 7720 11 114 12 1

192 12 8831 12 115 14 1

276 14 112 15 6

194 15 1280 15 3111 16 211 17 1

281 17 1625 17 1277 18 1622 18 113 19 10

19Reg wide 1

MaxDist.


ScienceMin

192 27 16717 27 21138 29 18194 29 21282 29 22721 30 22832 30 26110 31 20200 31 19271 31 17276 31 14831 31 1913 32 11

272 32 24277 32 28281 32 22283 32 19623 32 18624 32 15111 33 22197 33 16270 34 20273 34 16280 34 27625 34 7720 34 11834 34 17716 35 3012 36 2315 36 1814 37 22

622 37 1511 41 19

278 56 23

56Reg wide 7

MaxDist.

World Languages

Min138 24 16282 27 8625 29 5197 31 23110 32 26276 32 9278 32 4716 32 30192 33 22271 33 12272 33 14273 33 11832 33 25281 34 20624 34 11834 34 21270 35 10623 35 12719 35 18720 35 17721 35 23831 35 1414 36 6

283 36 17622 36 1612 37 2911 40 24

280 41 25

41Reg wide 4

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E. SENIOR SECONDARY CLASS SIZE STATISTICS & DATA OBSERVATIONS

Senior secondary class size data are reported for each participating district in selected subject areas (see page 3 in the Glossary of Terms for a list). Table 13 (pages 29-31) reports the average class sizes for each school district. Districts are ranked from low to high according to the average calculated. Table 14 (pages 32-34) reports class size maximums and minimums for each school district. Districts are ranked from low to high based upon the maximum class size. Individual districts that did not submit data required for these tables were excluded from that portion of a table. Data observations:

The highest average class sizes regionwide are Health Education, Music, Physical Education, and Social Studies.

Of the core subjects, Language Arts/English, Math, and Science are lower in class size than Social Studies.

Average class size shows wide variability across districts. Class size range shows wide variability across districts.

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Table 13. Sr Secondary Average Class Size by Class Type

Avg.Dist.

Art

716 16.17278 16.20717 19.83272 21.36200 21.50110 23.38283 24.50271 24.53721 24.90832 24.92276 25.52624 26.36625 26.61281 26.76622 26.82273 27.00834 27.36282 27.44111 27.50277 27.60623 27.60719 27.63

14 27.80280 28.30

15 28.5011 28.72

192 29.00270 29.29720 29.47831 30.17194 30.57138 30.83197 31.10

13 31.9412 34.73

27.11Reg wide

Avg.Dist.


716 16.40625 16.57110 17.00200 18.00111 20.50280 21.50624 23.43281 24.19717 24.44283 24.67278 24.73194 25.06622 25.26138 25.42

14 26.20720 26.47719 26.70277 26.75271 26.80192 27.00276 27.40

11 27.45623 28.13272 28.46721 28.56831 29.00

15 29.58273 29.60

12 32.00197 32.17270 33.25834 35.75

26.30Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

Family &Consumer

Science

717 19.83281 20.71282 21.33192 22.80273 23.71720 24.30625 24.34719 24.36271 24.58197 24.78194 24.82280 25.00138 25.08111 25.33622 25.95832 26.00831 26.39276 26.62624 26.93721 27.55

15 28.00200 28.00110 28.25623 30.00

11 30.3814 31.00

272 31.55270 31.75

12 34.4013 37.13

26.74Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

Health Education

283 17.00111 24.00624 25.76276 26.50273 26.67717 26.67716 27.00282 27.67832 28.00277 28.33623 28.83110 29.00720 29.27721 29.43625 30.14

15 30.25138 30.75281 30.94272 31.20270 31.67197 31.83271 32.00

11 33.00831 33.13622 33.20200 33.64

12 33.7113 34.00

280 34.20834 34.80192 35.20194 35.27

30.62Reg wide

Avg.Dist.


110 22.71717 24.11111 24.45278 24.87276 25.23832 25.39625 25.69716 25.85

15 26.46282 26.50200 26.56624 27.01271 27.13138 27.17272 27.42283 27.57721 27.85281 27.86192 28.06277 28.09720 28.15273 28.65280 28.71719 28.85

14 29.52194 29.53

12 29.7613 29.97

831 30.08623 30.08197 30.11

11 30.19270 30.21622 30.72834 30.84

27.90Reg wide

29


Avg.Dist.

Math

717 19.72138 22.11111 23.53716 23.76110 25.41278 25.91281 26.01625 26.67832 26.74282 27.07

15 27.4813 27.58

720 27.62624 27.79197 28.00271 28.01200 28.06283 28.08276 28.68

11 28.68270 28.73280 28.85721 28.90277 29.07273 29.12719 29.47192 29.58194 29.59622 29.74831 29.92

14 29.96623 30.04

12 30.06272 30.53834 31.23

28.09Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

Music

622 27.47625 28.59832 28.71280 29.00831 29.43138 29.90

14 32.20110 33.23197 33.75281 33.81271 35.82

13 36.83277 37.67719 38.10283 38.78278 39.00624 39.94272 40.37

11 42.88270 43.29200 44.00834 46.42194 47.58111 47.75282 49.20720 49.57273 54.93717 55.14716 56.00721 58.00

12 58.10192 64.78

38.75Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

PhysicalEducation

716 21.50832 22.40834 26.30

15 26.75717 26.86278 26.91110 26.94271 27.59624 27.74282 27.88273 28.38719 29.04111 29.25277 29.71138 29.93623 30.08270 30.20721 30.29622 30.44276 30.52625 30.62194 30.64272 30.65720 30.93283 31.00

11 31.35200 31.38831 31.67281 31.79

14 33.58280 34.32197 34.62192 35.21

12 36.0013 37.33

30.39Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

Science

717 23.57111 24.38716 24.61278 25.11282 25.16624 26.49625 26.52110 26.58200 26.63281 27.01

15 27.26276 27.32283 27.47280 27.69272 27.72721 27.73832 27.82138 27.83831 27.98

14 28.03271 28.15273 28.20

13 28.48720 28.48

12 28.70277 29.00719 29.00194 29.70192 29.76834 29.77197 29.89623 30.39622 30.89

11 31.38270 31.74

28.25Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

Social Studies

15 25.38716 25.63278 26.32717 26.56110 27.00282 27.36200 27.65276 27.87138 27.88111 28.00283 28.00271 28.20624 28.31281 28.35280 28.56832 28.63625 28.76

13 29.07720 29.17721 29.23273 29.30719 29.65194 30.13277 30.16834 30.64192 30.67197 30.77270 30.88831 30.88622 31.10272 31.18

14 31.60623 31.83

12 33.1211 33.25

29.68Reg wide

30


Avg.Dist.

Special Education

278 3.52277 3.77716 3.79282 3.94831 4.36110 4.48717 4.60276 4.66270 5.71720 6.00138 6.18273 6.45

15 6.4514 6.68

194 6.70197 6.76281 7.06283 7.13280 7.14622 7.23719 7.35111 7.50625 7.70721 8.00272 8.12832 8.31

11 8.5612 9.5113 11.18

271 13.70

6.87Reg wide

Avg.Dist.


Science

717 13.60280 14.00281 18.55278 18.78138 19.33625 20.26622 20.29277 20.67624 20.70720 20.90200 21.20716 21.25194 22.27276 22.29721 22.50192 22.60832 22.60831 22.71283 24.00719 24.00271 24.17623 24.63273 24.88110 25.75111 26.33

15 26.9314 27.38

270 27.80282 28.25197 28.27272 28.33

13 30.2012 30.3611 32.15

834 32.33

23.83Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

Work ExperienceProgram

138 2.50194 2.75832 3.00

14 3.14717 7.00716 8.67110 9.25272 11.20

12 12.75192 13.00625 16.71721 19.50

11 23.25

16.89Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

World Languages

14 20.54278 20.81717 21.55138 22.45831 22.83625 22.85282 23.00720 23.06716 23.43111 24.00624 24.07283 24.36280 24.63281 25.15110 25.43276 25.74721 25.93200 25.97277 26.29270 26.50273 26.60622 26.68832 26.69272 26.75271 26.87

11 27.72623 28.09719 28.17197 28.57834 29.22192 29.36

13 29.58194 31.23

15 31.8812 32.09

25.77Reg wide

31

Table 14. Sr Secondary Maximum/Minimum Class Size by Class Type

MaxDist.

Art

Min716 22 11717 24 16200 27 11721 28 18110 30 14111 31 24282 31 18832 31 16272 32 2138 33 27278 33 1283 33 14624 33 1215 34 22

271 34 12273 34 21622 34 11720 34 1314 35 8

192 35 15197 35 22277 35 18623 35 11719 35 16834 35 1712 36 30

270 36 17280 36 18281 37 13831 37 13194 38 7276 39 811 40 8

625 40 713 44 21

44Reg wide 1

MaxDist.


Min110 18 16111 24 17200 25 11280 25 18716 28 4717 30 10194 32 17277 32 18278 32 12281 32 11719 32 17721 32 2014 33 14

192 33 7624 33 9720 33 5138 34 10272 34 13283 34 12623 34 1612 35 27

271 35 19622 35 1315 36 24

270 36 26273 36 19831 36 8197 37 23834 37 34625 38 311 41 5

276 46 16

46Reg wide 3

MaxDist.

Family & ConsumerScience

Min281 27 13282 27 18717 27 9111 28 24200 28 28720 30 20110 31 2415 31 21

192 31 9271 31 12721 31 19138 32 19276 32 7832 32 18197 34 16273 34 1714 35 26

622 35 12719 35 13270 36 24280 36 19623 36 21624 36 1412 37 30

194 37 16625 39 5831 39 1213 41 3311 43 10

272 53 26

53Reg wide 5

MaxDist.

Health Education

Min283 20 14111 24 24276 28 25282 29 26717 29 23716 30 24720 30 22273 31 22623 32 23721 32 25832 32 24272 33 25110 34 18138 34 25277 34 2515 35 22

281 35 1212 36 31

200 36 31270 36 19271 36 26624 36 1213 37 30

192 37 33197 37 25280 37 30625 37 14831 37 26834 37 31622 38 14194 39 2811 42 25

42Reg wide 12

MaxDist.


Min111 28 21717 32 15720 32 11832 32 13200 33 14278 33 11716 33 2012 34 24

110 35 614 35 24

192 35 12273 35 10282 35 12624 35 14721 35 15138 36 715 36 16

270 36 16283 36 14622 36 10623 36 15831 36 1413 37 15

197 37 21271 37 11272 37 13719 37 16277 38 15280 38 17281 38 7625 40 411 42 5

194 42 15834 45 14276 46 12

46Reg wide 4

32


MaxDist.

Math

Min717 30 3276 32 13200 33 14110 34 16111 34 13138 34 5278 34 12720 34 18280 35 14282 35 5721 35 1812 36 1714 36 2315 36 20

273 36 14283 36 16623 36 21624 36 13832 36 19270 37 16272 37 21281 37 8716 37 7719 37 1413 38 8

192 38 20194 38 10277 38 16622 38 7271 39 13831 39 17834 39 2011 42 5

197 42 16625 43 4

43Reg wide 3

MaxDist.

Music

Min280 41 13138 47 11622 48 8719 49 1914 51 8

197 52 21277 52 12111 55 35278 57 6283 57 22831 57 11271 58 17270 63 18832 63 913 64 10

624 64 5282 66 2112 69 37

717 71 33720 72 12834 72 18272 73 11200 74 7721 77 43110 79 13716 85 28192 87 4211 89 6

281 93 8273 103 28625 110 8194 183 9

183Reg wide 5

MaxDist.

Physical Education

Min832 29 16716 30 7278 32 21282 32 25717 33 19273 34 17276 34 19721 34 22272 35 26624 35 19720 35 2015 36 17

283 36 18111 37 23138 37 2014 37 30

277 37 19834 37 12270 38 18280 38 29623 38 16719 38 10831 38 1512 39 30

200 39 17271 39 13110 40 17281 40 11625 40 1311 41 5

197 42 2413 43 33

192 46 22622 47 15194 49 9

49Reg wide 5

MaxDist.

Science

Min110 32 12272 32 16276 32 13278 32 13717 32 8720 32 12111 33 1612 33 23

200 33 11282 33 17721 33 18832 33 1614 35 14

273 35 14277 35 16623 35 14716 35 11138 36 16197 36 18283 36 16624 36 11834 36 1815 37 10

192 37 10270 37 14281 37 6719 37 14280 38 16831 38 1113 39 12

271 39 11622 39 1411 42 5

194 44 3625 45 4

45Reg wide 3

MaxDist.

Social Studies

Min717 31 12720 33 18832 33 17716 34 13721 34 20110 35 14138 35 16200 35 2313 36 1215 36 10

192 36 16270 36 17278 36 13282 36 15283 36 15623 36 21719 36 17111 37 1714 37 21

273 37 12277 37 15624 37 1212 38 24

197 38 17271 38 15272 39 21280 39 12281 39 13194 40 14622 40 13831 42 5276 46 11625 46 8834 47 1811 52 9

52Reg wide 5

33


MaxDist.

Special Education

Min111 8 6110 9 1282 9 1277 10 1278 10 115 11 1

716 11 2717 11 114 12 1

276 13 1720 13 2138 14 1194 14 2831 14 112 15 1

270 15 1273 15 2280 15 2622 15 1283 16 1832 16 3197 17 2719 17 1281 18 113 19 4

625 19 1721 20 211 27 1

272 27 1271 38 11

38Reg wide 1

MaxDist.


ScienceMin

280 14 14717 19 5138 24 12283 25 23832 25 17721 27 17624 28 4271 29 17278 29 3719 29 16720 29 15110 30 20192 30 11200 30 14273 30 20276 30 12272 31 22622 31 8716 31 13111 32 2114 32 2215 32 9

623 32 14831 32 9281 33 5834 33 31277 34 7282 34 22197 35 1813 36 17

194 36 512 37 19

270 38 14625 38 311 41 16

41Reg wide 3

MaxDist.

Work ExperienceProgram

Min832 3 3138 4 114 4 2

194 5 1717 7 7192 13 13110 17 112 18 4

272 19 6716 19 2721 21 18625 28 711 41 10

41Reg wide 1

MaxDist.

World Languages

Min111 28 16717 29 15721 30 20278 31 4716 31 1314 32 4

720 32 4110 33 15138 33 9272 33 5200 34 14276 35 12282 35 6719 35 1512 36 20

273 36 11281 36 7623 36 15624 36 115 37 24

270 37 14271 37 14280 37 7283 37 4831 37 4834 37 19192 38 1013 39 12

277 39 1811 40 5

194 40 9625 40 4622 41 8832 44 15197 46 14

46Reg wide 1

34

APPENDIX

35

35 PARTICIPATING DISTRICTS

Alphabetical Listing District Number Listing 11 Anoka-Hennepin 11 Anoka-Hennepin

716 Belle Plaine 12 Centennial

271 Bloomington 13 Columbia Heights

12 Centennial 14 Fridley

13 Columbia Heights 15 St. Francis

272 Eden Prairie 110 Waconia

273 Edina 111 Watertown-Mayer

192 Farmington 138 North Branch

831 Forest Lake 192 Farmington

14 Fridley 194 Lakeville

200 Hastings 197 West St. Paul

270 Hopkins 200 Hastings

717 Jordan 270 Hopkins

194 Lakeville 271 Bloomington

832 Mahtomedi 272 Eden Prairie

276 Minnetonka 273 Edina

721 New Prague 276 Minnetonka

138 North Branch 277 Westonka

622 North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale 278 Orono

278 Orono 280 Richfield

719 Prior Lake-Savage 281 Robbinsdale

280 Richfield 282 St. Anthony-New Brighton

281 Robbinsdale 283 St. Louis Park

623 Roseville 622 North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale

720 Shakopee 623 Roseville

282 St. Anthony-New Brighton 624 White Bear Lake

15 St. Francis 625 St. Paul

283 St. Louis Park 716 Belle Plaine

625 St. Paul 717 Jordan

834 Stillwater 719 Prior Lake-Savage

110 Waconia 720 Shakopee

111 Watertown-Mayer 721 New Prague

197 West St. Paul 831 Forest Lake

277 Westonka 832 Mahtomedi

624 White Bear Lake 834 Stillwater

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DATE: September 27, 2016 TO: Class Size Study District Contact Persons FROM: Julie Schaal, Class Size Study Coordinator

Cathy Macdonald, Metro ECSU Director of Operations RE: Directions for the Annual Class Size Study 2016-17

Metro ECSU is collecting school district data for the 7-county metro area Class Size Study. This study will give districts a point of comparison for class size across the metro area for the 2016-2017 school year. Metro ECSU would greatly appreciate your help in collecting the data for this study. All districts that submit data will receive a copy of the Metro ECSU Class Size Study when it is released.

Class Size Reported as of October 1, 2016:

District data should reflect fall semester class sizes as of October 1, 2016. Please do not update your data to reflect changes made after October 1. It is important that all districts report data from the same time period.

Reporting Format:

With this letter you should have three different Excel spreadsheets for data reporting. Each file is designed for one school level as follows:

Elementary Junior Secondary, Middle School, or First Part of Six-Year Secondary Senior Secondary or Second Part of Six-Year Secondary

Each entry in Excel consists of: District Number, Class Type (elementary grades or secondary subjects), Number of Classes and Class Size. These are called fields.

Each file contains a data entry sample and a list of acceptable values for the Class Type field. Note that the Class Type field has a drop-down list of values from which to choose; you do not have to type them.

Example: Suppose St. Paul Public Schools (district 625) had the following Language Arts/English classes in a middle school: one class of 18, four classes of 22, and twelve classes of 24.

Use the Junior Secondary Excel Spreadsheet. Enter three lines of data, as follows.

District Nbr

Class Type Nbr Classes

Class Size

625 Language Arts/English 1 18 625 Language Arts/English 4 22 625 Language Arts/English 12 24

Metro ECSU 2 Pine Tree Drive, Suite 101

Arden Hills, MN 55112

www.metroecsu.org 612-638-1500

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Mode of Collection:

If data is compiled at the district level (as is often the case in smaller districts), use one of each of the three Excel files to record the data.

If data is collected from a number of building level contacts, please distribute the appropriate Excel file(s) to each school. Also include a copy of this letter. Instruct building contacts to respond in a timely fashion—we suggest that you give them a due date of November 11, 2016. Data is due to Metro ECSU by November 18, 2016.

Once the data from each building is collected, please aggregate (copy and paste) school data for the district into the three school level Excel files (elementary, jr. secondary and sr. secondary). Please send only the three district aggregate data files (along with any comments) to Metro ECSU.

Do not commingle elementary, junior secondary or senior secondary data. Keep each type of data in its respective Excel file.

Detailed Guidance for Reporting Data:

Please review the Detailed Guidance for Reporting Data on page 3 of this letter. We’ve included specific examples and instructions to help you accurately report your data.

Deadline:

Submit your data to Metro ECSU by November 18, 2016. Please include your contact information in the space provided in the Excel files so that we know who to contact with questions about the data.

If you do not submit your data by November 18, we cannot guarantee that it will be included in the study. All districts that submit data will receive a copy of the Metro ECSU Class Size Study when it is released in February.

Questions:

If you have any questions or are unsure how to report particular data, please contact Julie Schaal, Class Size Study Coordinator, at [email protected] or 612-638-1540. Thank you for your cooperation and assistance.

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Detailed Guidance for Reporting Data

Class Type Options

Provide class size information for the Class Types listed in the drop-down menu only. Metro ECSU does not attempt to include all possible Class Types. Rather, it is a snapshot of classes most frequently offered at each grade level across the metro Twin Cities public schools. Examples of Class Types not collected are: Independent Study, Alternative Learning Programs, ELL, and College Readiness Classes (e.g. AVID).

If your school does not offer a particular Class Type, do not list it or enter any data.

If you are unsure how to classify a specific course, please contact Julie Schaal, Class Size Study Coordinator.

Combo or Ungraded Class Type (elementary only)

Include classes that combine grade levels (combo) or arrange classes by student achievement level (ungraded).

Interdisciplinary Class Type (jr. secondary only)

Include classes that combine 2 or more Class Types at the jr. secondary level. This is for entire courses, not just units of study.

Special Education Class Type

Special education students should be counted with the general education class to which they are assigned. Students in special education classes are counted separately if they are comprised only of special education students who spend the majority of their time in that class.

Multiple Groups per Teacher (jr. and sr. secondary only)

Include classes that combine students with the same teacher in the same classroom with students learning material at different levels. For example, if the same teacher provides instruction for German 5 and German 6 in the same classroom at the same time, this should be considered one World Languages class.

Multiple Teachers per Group

In situations where there are two or more certified teachers assigned to a section or group of students, this should be reported as if there were multiple sections of the class with one teacher each. It would be assumed that teachers share essentially equal student “loads.” Examples:

2 certified teachers/41 students: Report as 1 class of 20 and 1 class of 21 4 certified teachers + 1 half-time teacher/90 students: Report as 4 classes of 20 and 1 class of

10 (allows for the half-time person to have half the # of students)

4n + .5n = 90 n = # students for full time teacher

Some rounding may be necessary to maintain # students (n) as whole numbers.

Questions

If you have any questions or are unsure how to report particular data, please contact Julie Schaal, Class Size Study Coordinator, at [email protected] or 612-638-1540.

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District Nbr Class Type

Nbr Classes

Class Size Class Type Values

K District Nbr Class Type Nbr Classes Class Size1 625 K 2 172 625 1 1 193 625 1 2 214 625 2 2 205 625 2 1 216 625 2 1 23

Combo or Ungraded 625 3 1 23Special Education 625 3 3 22

625 4 2 28625 5 1 26625 6 1 29625 Combo or Ungraded 1 18625 Special Education 2 8

Contact Person NamePositionSchool (or District Office)PhoneEmail

Please enter your contact information

Additional information about your data (optional)

Elementary Example Table

Etc.

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Nbr Classes

Class Size

Class Type Values

Art District Nbr Class Type Nbr Classes Class SizeBusiness Ed/Marketing 625 Art 2 18Family & Consumer Science 625 Language Arts/English 2 17Health Education 625 Language Arts/English 1 25Interdisciplinary Courses 625 World Languages 1 29Language Arts/English 625 Family & Consumer Science 2 20Math 625 Family & Consumer Science 1 23Music 625 Technology Ed/Computer Science 1 24Physical Education 625 Interdisciplinary Courses 2 28Science 625 Math 1 29Social Studies 625 Math 4 25Special Education 625 Physical Education 2 30Technology Ed/Computer Science 625 Science 1 27World Languages 625 Science 3 28

625 Social Studies 2 21625 Social Studies 3 24625 Special Education 1 11625 Special Education 3 10625 Business Ed/Marketing 1 21Etc.

Contact Person NamePositionSchool (or District Office)PhoneEmailAdditional information about your data (optional)

Jr Secondary Example Table


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Nbr Classes

Class Size

Class Type Values

Art District Nbr Class Type Nbr Classes Class SizeBusiness Ed/Marketing 625 Art 2 18Family & Consumer Science 625 Business Ed/Marketing 2 17Health Education 625 Business Ed/Marketing 1 19Language Arts/English 625 Language Arts/English 2 20Math 625 Language Arts/English 2 24Music 625 Language Arts/English 1 25Physical Education 625 Family & Consumer Science 2 28Science 625 Family & Consumer Science 1 24Social Studies 625 Technology Ed/Computer Science 1 26Special Education 625 Technology Ed/Computer Science 3 25Technology Ed/Computer Science 625 Math 2 30Work Experience Program 625 Physical Education 4 28World Languages 625 Science 2 21

625 Social Studies 1 21625 Social Studies 3 24625 Special Education 4 10625 Work Experience Program 4 25625 World Languages 2 16

Contact Person NamePositionSchool (or District Office)PhoneEmailAdditional information about your data (optional)

Sr Secondary Example Table

Etc.


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