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Are all 1000 all together or is it broken down by age/grade, then classroom and such? How about role of parenting?

• bluGill 4y ago
  I've seen all kinds of different things. I know of one school near me where it is 1000 per grade. I know of a different district where it is 1000 for the whole high school (4 grades), and another where is is 1000 for the entire district (12 grades). I think on balance 150-300 per grade is ideal. Schools that have less than 150 students in a grade just cannot offer students anything other than the same basic actives everyone has. You won't take calculus because there are not enough students to start a calculus class, and this holds back the smart kids futures. You will play football as we cannot field a team without every student there, it doesn't matter how much you would prefer to play any other sport instead we can (not they won't, they cannot) never start a team. Schools with more than 300 start to get to the point where they can't let students into popular courses/sports and this breeds have/have-not culture wars. My numbers above are close, but subject to some debate.
  • olau 4y ago
    Wow. I went to a school with perhaps 500 pupils total covering all 10 grades, and in retrospect I think it was too big. My own children attend a much smaller school. I should add that there were some specialized classes available, like programming, in the evening where people from multiple schools were gathered.