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Annual Class Size Study

A Report of Class Size Patterns 2019-2020 School Year

February 2020

Metro ECSU 2 Pine Tree Drive, Suite 101

Arden Hills, Minnesota 55112

612-638-1500www.metroecsu.org

This document is made available electronically by the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library as part of an ongoing digital archiving project. http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/lrl.asp

FOREWARD

The Metro ECSU 2019-2020 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 Angela Skrade at [email protected] or 612-638-1528.

Julie Frame Executive Director, Metro ECSU

Angela Skrade Class Size Study Coordinator, Metro ECSU

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4 Glossary of Terms……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 6 Reports with Tables ……….………………….………………………………………………………………… 8 List of Tables………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 9

A. Regionwide Class Size Statistics & Data Observations: Trends………………….. 10

B. Regionwide Class Size Statistics……………………...………………………………………… 14

C. Elementary Class Size Statistics & Data Observations…………………................ 19

D. Junior Secondary Class Size Statistics & Data Observations………………………. 24

E. Senior Secondary Class Size Statistics & Data Observations………………………. 31 Appendix …………………………………………………………………………...................................... 38 A. List of Participating Districts ………………………………………………………………………. 39

B. Memo to District Contacts: Directions for the Annual Class Size Study ………. 40

C. Data Collection Formats (data was collected in Excel) ……............................. 43

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INTRODUCTION

This report describes class size statistics for 33 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 40-42) and three Excel spreadsheet formats (pages 43-45), 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 6-7) 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, 2019.

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▪ At the junior and senior secondary levels, no attempt has been made to include allsubjects offered by all schools; only subject areas that are most typically offered at thesecondary 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 SecondaryJunior Secondary includes students in middle schools, junior high schools, or the first part of aneight-year secondary program (i.e., grades 5-12).

8. Participating DistrictsParticipating Districts includes school districts in the metro Twin Cities area that submitted datafor the current year of the study. These districts may or may not be members of Metro ECSU.

9. School TypeSchool Types for this study are Elementary, Junior Secondary, and Senior Secondary.

10. Senior SecondarySenior Secondary includes students in senior high school or in the second part of an eight-yearsecondary 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……………………………………………………… 11

2 Jr Secondary Regionwide Class Size Trends…………………..…………….................... 12

3 Sr Secondary Regionwide Class Size Trends…………………………………………………… 13

4 Class Size Regionwide by Class Type………………………………………………………………. 15

5 Class Size Regionwide by Grade Group (Excluding Special Education)……………. 16

6 Class Size Regionwide by Grade Group (Including Special Education)…………….. 16

7 Average Class Size by Grade Group (Excluding Special Education)…………………. 17

8 Average Class Size by Grade Group (Including Special Education)………………….. 18

9 Elementary Average Class Size by Class Type…………………………………………………. 20

10 Elementary Maximum/Minimum Class Size by Class Type……………………………… 22

11 Jr Secondary Average Class Size by Class Type………………………………………………. 25

12 Jr Secondary Maximum/Minimum Class Size by Class Type…………………………… 28

13 Sr Secondary Average Class Size by Class Type……………………………………………… 32

14 Sr Secondary Maximum/Minimum Class Size by Class Type………………………… 35

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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 2015-16 school year through the 2019-20 school year.

Table 1 (page 11) reports the average Elementary class sizes for each year by class type. The following trends were observed:

• This year 2nd Grade, 4th Grade, and Combo or Ungraded reported a five-year-low classsize.

• This year 6th Grade reported a five-year-high class size.

Table 2 (page 12) reports the average Jr Secondary class sizes for each year by class type. The following trends were observed:

• This year Tech Ed/Comp Science 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 13) reports the average Sr Secondary class sizes for each year by class type. The following trends were observed:

• This year Health Education, and Science reported a five-year-low class size.

• Of the core subjects, Social Studies classes have consistently had the highest class sizes at the Sr Secondary level.

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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 15). Summary data for the entire region excluding special education and including special education are shown in Table 5 and Table 6 (page 16) 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 17) and Table 8 (page 18) respectively. Individual district data are available in these tables by district number (see key on page 39).

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Table 4. Class Size Regionwide by Class Type

Avg. Min. Max.Class TypeElementary

Kindergarten 20.9 12 27Grade 1 21.7 11 28Grade 2 23.0 12 29Grade 3 24.2 13 31Grade 4 25.3 12 34Grade 5 26.7 5 37Grade 6 27.6 13 35

Combo or Ungraded 23.8 16 29Special Education 5.8 1 13

Avg. Min. Max.Class TypeJr Secondary

Art 29.3 9 61Business Ed/Marketing 27.6 12 35

Family & Consumer Science 29.0 12 37Health Education 29.4 10 43

Interdisciplinary Courses 29.5 14 46Language Arts/English 26.9 5 40

Math 26.7 2 45Music 30.0 3 133

Physical Education 30.3 13 49Science 29.2 5 43

Social Studies 29.0 5 40Special Education 5.6 1 18

Technology Ed/Computer Science 29.1 12 60World Languages 27.4 10 41

Avg. Min. Max.Class TypeSr Secondary

Art 27.0 2 42Business Ed/Marketing 27.0 2 40

Family & Consumer Science 27.4 1 40Health Education 28.7 10 42

Language Arts/English 27.4 7 40Math 27.5 3 44

Music 38.9 2 126Physical Education 30.0 10 49

Science 27.6 1 40Social Studies 29.2 8 42

Special Education 7.0 1 21Technology Ed/Computer Science 24.9 1 53

Work Experience Program 13.9 1 38World Languages 26.4 2 42

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

Avg. Min. Max. Elementary 23.6 5 37 Jr Secondary 28.5 2 133 Sr Secondary 28.1 1 126

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

Avg. Min. Max. 23.3 1 37 25.9 1 133

Elementary Jr Secondary Sr Secondary 25.9 1 126

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

Avg.Dist.

Elementary

831 21.476 21.60

276 21.61200 21.91108 22.39272 22.51277 22.51278 22.60716 22.64284 22.69717 22.85624 22.90280 23.00721 23.01111 23.08720 23.14270 23.21282 23.23283 23.28719 23.32

13 23.38192 23.71197 23.80110 23.83833 23.90279 23.99

11 24.0415 24.36

623 24.4014 24.55

832 24.5612 25.70

138 32.39

23.58Reg wide

Jr Secondary

Dist. Avg.108 24.31284 24.42

13 24.92280 25.00717 25.52

6 25.61277 26.40197 26.66270 26.87721 26.96831 27.23624 27.61282 27.61200 28.09111 28.13

14 28.15276 28.18192 28.23272 28.52283 28.62138 29.00

11 29.17832 29.29719 29.35720 29.58110 29.60

15 29.89833 30.14716 30.23279 30.26278 30.33623 31.65

12 33.55

Reg wide 28.52

Sr Secondary

Dist. Avg.108 21.88278 24.24

13 24.35717 24.78111 25.04280 25.27

6 25.44110 25.91276 26.19721 26.21624 26.45282 26.65200 27.11832 27.29277 27.34284 27.62197 28.03716 28.10283 28.11279 28.22

11 28.4814 28.7212 29.09

272 29.14270 29.26719 29.49192 29.57720 29.78831 30.39833 30.62138 31.44623 31.66

15 31.80

Reg wide 28.11

Jr & Sr Secondary

Dist. Avg.108 22.98

13 24.58717 25.15280 25.15

6 25.53284 25.63721 26.55276 26.72278 26.74277 26.99111 27.00624 27.02282 27.04197 27.24200 27.61270 27.65110 27.92832 28.31283 28.37

14 28.44192 28.78272 28.85

11 28.86716 28.87831 29.10279 29.12719 29.42720 29.66833 30.37138 30.59

15 30.7812 31.22

623 31.66

Reg wide 28.31

Dist. Avg.

K-12

108 22.9213 24.45

280 24.86717 24.99

6 25.02284 25.15276 25.81721 26.07278 26.26624 26.38277 26.52111 26.57282 26.63270 26.83197 26.87200 27.07110 27.33272 27.39831 27.51716 27.62283 27.71832 27.95

14 27.98192 28.06

11 28.20279 28.39719 28.54720 28.65833 29.40

15 29.76623 30.08

12 30.44138 31.10

Reg wide 27.61

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

Avg.Dist.

Elementary

276 20.97716 21.28831 21.47

6 21.60200 21.91833 21.98111 22.24108 22.39272 22.51277 22.51278 22.60284 22.69719 22.78717 22.85

15 22.88624 22.90

14 22.93280 23.00721 23.01720 23.14192 23.20270 23.21282 23.23283 23.28

13 23.38197 23.80110 23.83279 23.99

11 24.04623 24.40832 24.56

12 25.70138 31.02

23.25Reg wide

Jr Secondary

Dist. Avg.717 20.77108 21.10277 21.65280 22.19197 22.21284 22.68276 23.53

13 23.7814 24.12

270 24.7815 25.08

282 25.15192 25.30720 25.31

6 25.61138 25.69111 25.70272 25.72624 26.11278 26.19721 26.21831 26.28

11 26.29283 26.41110 27.06279 27.15716 27.90200 28.09832 28.12833 28.42719 28.52623 29.35

12 30.10

Reg wide 25.92

Sr Secondary

Dist. Avg.108 18.81278 20.73717 22.18

13 22.30111 22.44280 22.88277 23.09110 23.31197 24.11624 24.46282 24.62716 24.72

14 24.74720 25.15284 25.21138 25.25721 25.27270 25.42

6 25.44832 25.71276 25.91279 26.22

12 26.30283 26.59

11 26.60272 26.68831 26.79200 27.11719 27.24192 27.66623 28.92

15 29.05833 29.26

Reg wide 25.88

Jr & Sr Secondary

Dist. Avg.108 19.84717 21.43277 22.56280 22.58

13 22.88278 22.95197 23.00284 23.65

14 24.44111 24.49282 24.84270 25.00276 25.19720 25.24624 25.25110 25.33138 25.39

6 25.53721 25.69716 25.83272 26.24192 26.25

11 26.43283 26.49831 26.60279 26.64

15 26.84832 26.92200 27.61719 27.87

12 28.10833 28.82623 29.12

Reg wide 25.90

Dist. Avg.

K-12

108 20.06717 21.51277 22.55280 22.63278 22.91

13 22.93197 23.07284 23.51111 24.26

14 24.27276 24.46282 24.68270 24.70624 24.91716 24.96720 24.97

6 25.02110 25.14721 25.34272 25.46831 25.63192 25.84283 26.11

11 26.1315 26.26

279 26.30832 26.70138 26.78200 27.07719 27.15833 27.75

12 27.79623 28.18

Reg wide 25.54

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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 20-21) reports the average class sizes for each school district. Districts are ranked from low to high according to the average calculated.

Table 10 (pages 22-23) 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

831 18.866 18.92

200 19.07282 19.17716 19.20272 19.67720 20.15

11 20.17721 20.19623 20.21284 20.38278 20.44

15 20.8713 20.91

108 21.00276 21.09192 21.14833 21.21277 21.22

14 21.30719 21.36111 21.40717 21.50832 21.56624 21.56

12 21.65110 21.85280 21.92283 22.00279 22.22197 22.32270 22.84138 25.14

20.91Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

Grade 1

716 18.00272 18.97831 19.24717 19.33284 20.57

15 20.58200 20.85276 21.11278 21.14721 21.29108 21.33

11 21.35277 21.38719 21.50

13 21.78280 21.79832 21.89283 21.93

6 22.00833 22.11623 22.20

14 22.33192 22.35624 22.59720 22.60110 22.67279 22.90197 22.94270 23.42

12 23.72111 23.80282 24.80138 25.29

21.72Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

Grade 2

276 19.75270 20.95108 21.00278 21.14

6 21.20831 21.26283 21.56111 21.60277 21.67197 21.85284 22.09200 22.14719 22.41

14 22.50624 22.52192 22.64272 22.71716 23.00280 23.07

13 23.22279 23.30720 23.32833 23.38110 23.46282 23.60623 23.70721 23.71

15 23.85832 24.00

11 24.53717 24.60

12 26.05138 28.33

22.97Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

Grade 3

276 20.76831 20.86

6 21.30278 21.67272 22.45280 22.91716 23.00624 23.31719 23.46284 23.53282 23.60200 23.62108 23.67111 23.75110 24.00

13 24.00277 24.00279 24.00717 24.00192 24.23720 24.55833 24.65270 24.89

14 25.00832 25.00623 25.50

11 25.58283 25.91721 26.00197 26.47

12 26.83138 26.86

15 28.73

24.18Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

Grade 4

280 22.276 22.73

270 22.84108 23.00282 23.20276 23.55272 23.56278 23.67721 23.79831 23.94624 24.14720 24.17200 24.50283 24.73719 24.92111 25.00716 25.00284 25.26277 25.29279 25.42192 25.47

13 25.67717 25.80

11 26.3914 26.50

833 26.55197 26.60110 26.75623 26.88832 27.00

12 27.6515 28.30

138 32.33

25.32Reg wide

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Table 9. Elementary Average Class Size by Class Type

Avg.Dist.

Grade 5

270 23.326 23.64

624 23.68721 24.00831 24.00110 24.17108 24.33276 24.52720 24.52283 24.60716 25.00284 25.35280 25.69

15 25.75282 25.80

13 26.00833 26.25192 26.52279 26.74623 27.00719 27.04272 27.22278 27.50

11 28.03832 28.22

12 29.5014 30.75

138 35.83

26.66Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

Grade 6

831 23.33270 24.38716 25.00272 25.16623 28.06138 34.40

27.56Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

Combo orUngraded

13 19.00276 20.18624 22.00278 22.50833 23.91280 24.33716 24.67192 24.86623 26.00

23.79Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

Special Education

15 1.40111 2.00276 3.13138 5.60192 5.75833 6.21

14 6.40719 8.00716 9.00

5.78Reg wide

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

MaxDist.

Kindergarten

Min282 20 19716 20 18108 21 21200 21 17278 21 20

6 21 17111 22 20272 22 17277 22 20717 22 21720 22 18721 22 18832 22 2112 23 1913 23 1815 23 19

192 23 19284 23 15831 23 1611 24 15

110 24 2114 24 20

283 24 20623 24 16624 24 19197 25 19719 25 17833 25 18138 26 25276 26 12280 26 17270 27 18279 27 15

27Reg wide 12

MaxDist.

Grade 1

Min716 18 18717 21 18108 22 21272 22 15277 22 20278 22 21832 22 2114 23 21

200 23 19111 24 2315 24 17

284 24 176 24 20

721 24 18110 25 20192 25 20624 25 18719 25 17720 25 21831 25 16138 26 24197 26 20276 26 11282 26 24283 26 1911 27 1612 27 2013 27 19

270 27 19280 27 18623 27 16833 27 18279 28 17

28Reg wide 11

MaxDist.

Grade 2

Min108 22 19111 22 21278 22 21200 23 21277 23 20716 23 23197 24 19283 24 19

6 24 19110 25 22192 25 19270 25 16276 25 12282 25 23284 25 19624 25 17717 25 24719 25 19720 25 21721 25 2114 26 2015 26 23

272 26 17280 26 18831 26 17832 26 2313 27 19

279 27 1712 28 2411 29 19

138 29 28623 29 18833 29 16

29Reg wide 12

MaxDist.

Grade 3

Min278 23 21

6 23 20716 23 23108 24 23111 24 23282 24 23831 24 15200 25 22717 25 23832 25 25110 26 23272 26 17277 26 2214 27 23

280 27 19284 27 19624 27 19720 27 23721 27 2513 28 20

138 28 24276 28 13279 28 15719 28 17192 29 19270 29 22283 29 20623 29 1911 30 21

197 30 22833 30 1612 31 2015 31 26

31Reg wide 13

MaxDist.

Grade 4

Min108 24 22282 24 22

6 24 21278 25 22716 25 25111 26 24200 26 23280 26 19717 26 25720 27 21721 27 20832 27 27110 28 24192 28 23270 28 17277 28 23624 28 1914 29 24

197 29 24272 29 19276 29 12284 29 22719 29 19831 29 2013 30 2111 31 14

279 31 17283 31 2012 32 2315 32 27

623 32 22138 33 32833 34 20

34Reg wide 12

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

MaxDist.

Grade 5

Min108 25 24110 25 22270 25 21716 25 25282 26 25283 26 20720 26 2213 27 256 27 19

721 27 1915 28 24

624 28 19278 29 25284 29 22831 29 16832 29 28276 30 21280 30 21719 30 23192 31 19833 31 1914 32 27

272 32 21623 32 2012 33 2611 34 5

279 35 15138 37 35

37Reg wide 5

MaxDist.

Grade 6

Min716 25 25270 30 20272 31 21623 31 25831 31 13138 35 34

35Reg wide 13

MaxDist.

Combo or Ungraded

Min13 19 19

276 23 19278 24 21624 24 20280 25 23192 28 20716 28 21833 28 16623 29 20

29Reg wide 16

MaxDist.

Special Education

Min111 2 215 2 1

192 7 5276 7 2833 8 414 10 4

716 10 8138 11 1719 13 7

13Reg 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 6 in the Glossary of Terms for a list).

Table 11 (page 25-27) reports the average class sizes for each school district. Districts are ranked from low to high according to the average calculated.



Data observations:

• The highest average class sizes regionwide are Music and Physical Education.

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



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Table 11. Jr Secondary Average Class Size by Class Type

Avg.Dist.

Art

108 20.60717 22.30282 24.67138 25.00

13 26.06284 26.07200 26.12624 26.16197 26.20720 26.50110 26.88192 27.18280 27.62

6 28.27831 28.33277 28.67833 28.94283 29.13270 29.44832 30.30721 30.42272 30.50279 30.54719 30.55276 30.67

14 31.00716 31.00111 31.25

11 31.38623 32.54

12 34.63278 35.80

15 40.00

29.34Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

BusinessEd/Marketing

108 20.40831 25.71192 27.00720 28.00

6 28.44716 29.00

11 30.91623 33.00

27.59Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

Family &Consumer

Science

717 18.83108 22.00831 24.44624 24.82270 25.25110 26.83200 27.00284 27.47282 27.50720 27.50192 27.85279 27.90

6 28.00111 29.00719 29.41

11 30.19276 30.67

15 32.00832 32.29623 32.30

12 35.55

28.98Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

Health Education

624 25.10284 25.55282 25.60110 26.67717 27.00108 27.67280 27.71720 28.13276 28.43272 28.86279 29.42

11 29.76111 30.00192 30.00719 30.00

15 30.6014 31.10

832 31.31833 31.38716 32.50721 32.50623 32.82

12 33.80

29.43Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

InterdisciplinaryCourses

111 26.43277 27.22833 28.96

14 32.0913 33.50

29.55Reg wide

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Avg.Dist.

LanguageArts/English

13 19.11108 21.50280 21.69

14 23.356 23.67

717 25.0015 25.32

284 25.61197 25.83

11 25.90200 25.96277 26.00716 26.13721 26.20110 26.69111 26.95270 27.06282 27.20272 27.35624 27.48832 27.57192 27.76831 27.90276 28.00283 28.02720 28.37138 28.46278 28.58833 28.87719 29.41

12 29.60279 30.24623 31.21

26.90Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

Math

280 20.4113 21.56

108 23.2215 23.29

282 23.59138 24.00

6 24.03277 24.05197 24.32192 24.50717 24.88284 24.94111 25.33270 25.47200 26.00

11 26.44721 26.56831 26.70272 26.71283 26.82719 27.06832 27.30624 27.71716 27.75276 28.03110 28.12720 28.13

14 28.31278 28.38833 29.05623 29.25

12 30.09279 30.46

26.68Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

Music

721 16.50284 16.95831 22.83277 24.00

6 26.54197 27.75

13 27.78270 28.00283 28.10276 29.72279 30.45624 30.70272 30.81719 31.12832 31.60138 31.89

11 31.96833 31.97717 32.08

15 33.21280 33.69192 34.40623 36.44111 37.60720 37.91282 41.57

14 42.50200 43.05

12 43.22716 44.20108 45.40110 50.53278 54.70

29.96Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

PhysicalEducation

108 24.44717 25.75270 26.61197 26.88

6 27.30624 27.62280 27.79284 28.52192 28.55719 28.72276 28.94279 29.00278 29.37832 29.44200 29.61831 29.67277 29.72111 30.00272 30.10

14 30.33283 30.59720 31.20110 31.24282 31.44833 31.81

11 32.30716 32.50721 33.03623 33.24138 34.11

15 36.0413 39.2512 39.67

30.31Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

Science

108 24.226 25.17

13 26.30717 26.58111 26.61284 26.67624 26.83721 27.50832 27.50280 27.53277 27.67270 27.80138 28.00200 28.06831 28.18110 28.56278 28.63716 28.71283 28.75192 28.77282 28.80197 29.11276 29.31272 29.53

11 30.00720 30.13

14 30.38719 30.51833 30.53623 31.03279 31.24

15 32.7212 35.08

29.22Reg wide

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Avg.Dist.

Social Studies

108 24.116 24.97

282 25.25284 25.65111 25.71717 25.83

13 26.26280 26.54200 26.75276 26.86197 27.04277 27.47624 27.77721 27.94716 28.00278 28.46832 28.52272 28.78192 28.80270 29.08831 29.27

11 29.5414 29.81

110 30.00720 30.00719 30.03279 30.33283 30.51833 31.47

15 31.52623 31.69

12 31.98138 32.46

28.96Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

Special Education

108 2.85719 2.88276 3.22

15 3.35278 3.43

12 3.72197 3.73832 3.92111 4.00282 4.00717 4.41110 4.62138 4.85277 5.09284 5.11624 5.24623 5.35192 5.49833 5.95720 6.02272 6.14721 6.22270 6.28

14 6.29283 6.29831 6.30280 6.55279 6.73

11 6.9313 9.14

716 10.57

5.62Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

TechnologyEd/Computer

Science

108 18.0013 23.20

717 24.25270 24.50192 25.00624 25.56110 25.67200 26.25

6 26.67831 26.67284 26.91720 27.15280 27.33282 27.50276 27.88283 29.09719 29.21833 29.33721 29.42

11 29.76272 29.80716 30.17

14 30.29111 30.38623 30.54279 30.95832 31.00278 33.10

12 33.1815 34.07

29.12Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

World Languages

13 14.0014 22.57

831 23.31717 23.75270 24.02278 24.53276 24.59

6 25.12283 25.25282 25.80192 25.82720 26.15284 26.48197 26.56110 26.93111 27.00272 27.46138 28.00624 28.03833 28.63280 29.00719 29.16279 29.68721 29.80623 29.88

11 30.08832 30.10

12 30.79

27.41Reg wide

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

MaxDist.

Art

Min108 22 18138 25 25282 27 22717 27 12110 30 24277 31 27200 32 19831 32 2314 33 27

197 33 11270 33 23272 33 29276 33 25280 33 18283 33 17284 33 18624 33 20716 33 29720 33 19719 34 25832 34 28192 35 15623 35 24721 35 2713 36 116 36 19

111 37 2511 38 2112 38 27

279 39 9833 39 1615 40 40

278 61 28

61Reg wide 9

MaxDist.


Min108 22 19716 29 29831 30 12192 32 18623 33 33720 33 2011 34 266 35 21

35Reg wide 12

MaxDist.

Family & ConsumerScience

Min108 22 22270 27 22282 28 27111 29 29717 29 12110 30 17831 30 12200 32 18192 33 23276 33 23284 33 21

6 33 22720 33 19832 33 27624 34 1311 35 14

623 35 23279 36 16719 36 1512 37 3315 37 29

37Reg wide 12

MaxDist.

Health Education

Min110 28 25282 29 23108 30 24111 30 30276 30 24280 31 23284 31 19717 31 25272 32 26720 33 20832 33 2815 34 26

624 34 15719 34 20721 34 31192 35 24623 35 26716 35 3014 36 21

833 36 2111 37 1712 38 28

279 43 10

43Reg wide 10

MaxDist.

InterdisciplinaryCourses

Min111 30 24277 31 2514 37 23

833 37 1413 46 14

46Reg wide 14

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MaxDist.


Min108 28 11138 29 28282 30 22716 30 23277 31 20721 31 24276 32 23284 32 14717 32 20110 33 12111 33 12197 33 11200 33 17270 33 18278 33 24832 33 2114 34 10

280 34 116 34 10

272 35 16283 35 18624 35 19719 35 11720 35 19831 35 1911 36 6

192 36 17623 36 2213 37 5

833 37 1312 38 1315 40 13

279 40 18

40Reg wide 5

MaxDist.

Math

Min138 25 23108 31 17277 31 12721 31 22284 32 16

6 32 13110 33 24111 33 12197 33 8270 33 15278 33 22280 33 11716 33 24192 34 7200 34 10272 34 20282 34 5717 34 17831 34 18283 35 21719 35 11720 35 10832 35 18276 36 1911 37 614 37 1113 38 5

624 38 1112 39 18

623 39 12833 39 1515 40 2

279 45 14

45Reg wide 2

MaxDist.

Music

Min721 20 13138 33 31277 36 1113 38 126 38 11

832 39 19270 40 16717 42 18283 43 14284 45 3831 46 14624 47 20197 48 11719 49 19282 50 26280 51 17272 52 17833 52 11111 53 2515 55 15

276 55 1212 57 2911 58 12

623 58 2514 60 33

108 63 30279 63 4110 69 32200 75 19716 76 25192 79 12720 81 22278 133 25

133Reg wide 3

MaxDist.

Physical Education

Min108 30 19280 32 22270 33 16716 33 32717 33 15272 34 24277 35 23283 35 21721 35 30831 35 23192 36 16

6 36 19719 36 18111 37 26197 37 15276 37 19279 37 13282 37 26284 37 16138 38 31200 38 22624 38 16832 38 1714 39 22

278 39 2511 40 17

110 41 19623 41 23720 42 21833 42 1515 44 2312 45 3113 49 27

49Reg wide 13

MaxDist.

Science

Min108 28 19138 28 28277 30 24282 30 26280 31 21110 32 25200 32 18284 32 18717 32 21721 32 24831 32 16111 33 12270 33 21283 33 15624 33 1414 34 23

192 34 19197 34 21276 34 16716 34 25832 34 1813 35 5

272 35 21278 35 19719 35 1111 36 226 36 17

623 36 1512 37 30

720 37 20279 39 13833 39 1815 43 22

43Reg wide 5

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MaxDist.

Social Studies

Min108 30 18282 31 5284 31 17110 32 28200 32 18277 32 21280 32 18721 32 24111 33 1213 33 5

138 33 32278 33 23716 33 22717 33 18832 33 21276 34 10283 34 21

6 34 14831 34 2211 35 2214 35 22

197 35 15272 35 19719 35 11720 35 19192 36 19624 36 1712 37 21

623 37 22279 38 11833 39 1615 40 25

270 40 17

40Reg wide 5

MaxDist.

Special Education

Min282 5 1110 6 3278 6 1719 6 1108 7 1832 8 215 9 1

276 9 1284 9 1831 10 3111 11 1138 11 2197 11 1277 11 1623 11 1717 11 1720 11 114 12 2

283 12 113 13 2

192 13 1721 13 1279 14 2624 15 1716 15 312 16 1

280 16 1833 16 1270 17 2272 17 211 18 1

18Reg wide 1

MaxDist.


ScienceMin

108 19 17831 28 24110 29 1713 29 16

282 29 25270 30 20717 30 13272 31 29276 31 22280 31 22192 32 12283 32 23200 33 19

6 33 20624 33 14716 33 28720 33 18721 33 25111 34 27284 34 20623 34 25832 34 27719 35 1614 36 1911 38 19

833 38 1312 39 2715 40 24

279 40 16278 60 23

60Reg wide 12

MaxDist.

World Languages

Min13 14 14

111 27 27138 28 2814 29 14

278 29 15270 30 12276 30 15282 30 23284 31 18197 32 21831 32 11110 33 21192 33 14272 33 14280 33 20717 33 13283 34 16

6 34 14721 34 27832 34 19624 35 20719 35 16623 36 22720 36 1011 37 2112 37 21

833 40 10279 41 18

41Reg wide 10

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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 6 in the Glossary of Terms for a list).

Table 13 (pages 32-34) reports the average class sizes for each school district. Districts are ranked from low to high according to the average calculated.



Data observations:

• The highest average class sizes regionwide are Health Education and Music.

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



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Table 13. Sr Secondary Average Class Size by Class Type

Avg.Dist.

Art

108 16.25111 16.50278 19.57716 21.00284 21.75717 21.86721 21.91

6 22.20110 22.29276 22.72

13 23.52200 24.29277 24.60

14 25.64624 25.67832 25.76272 26.00270 26.25282 27.70280 27.71719 27.88279 28.12

11 28.30283 28.59720 29.14192 29.74623 29.75833 30.89

12 30.92197 31.27831 33.29

15 34.17138 36.50

26.99Reg wide

Avg.Dist.


276 20.17200 21.60

6 22.00280 23.50279 23.63716 23.75719 24.36110 24.50278 25.13721 25.38717 25.67192 26.10197 26.17111 26.33

13 26.83283 27.00284 27.42277 28.13

11 28.15108 28.33138 28.83

12 29.14833 29.25272 29.85624 29.89623 30.75

14 31.17720 31.43270 32.56831 32.93

15 35.50

27.05Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

Family &Consumer

Science

278 5.00717 20.25200 20.80282 21.67276 22.07111 23.50721 24.00832 24.00110 24.43272 25.13192 25.55270 25.80284 26.30279 26.65831 27.27624 27.44

11 27.896 28.18

15 28.4012 28.67

280 29.25108 29.50719 29.82197 30.25720 30.31833 30.41

14 31.25623 31.33

13 34.00138 34.50

27.40Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

Health Education

108 24.57831 24.83624 25.96

13 26.40276 26.97721 27.00277 27.67717 28.17832 28.20272 28.25270 29.50833 29.50279 29.86110 30.00

11 30.08200 30.14282 30.17284 30.30720 30.43

15 30.8012 32.00

283 32.50192 32.67719 33.33623 33.50138 34.00197 34.17280 34.25111 39.00

28.67Reg wide

Avg.Dist.


108 19.40276 22.33280 23.55278 24.49717 24.50111 24.75

13 25.056 25.24

200 25.78624 26.00716 26.29277 26.38721 26.73284 26.74282 27.08832 27.15

12 27.2111 27.4114 27.56

110 27.62272 27.77279 27.77283 27.98197 28.58192 28.73720 28.87719 29.25

15 29.77270 30.08833 30.43623 30.56138 31.08831 31.67

27.41Reg wide

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Avg.Dist.

Math

108 20.15111 21.79282 23.93716 24.69278 25.08

6 25.10110 25.21624 25.58717 25.86

13 26.12721 26.40277 26.43280 26.60270 26.73200 26.84284 27.08832 27.12279 27.16

15 27.29720 27.29

11 27.43276 27.44

12 27.45197 27.59283 27.71138 28.04272 28.84831 29.38192 29.44

14 29.94623 30.74833 31.29

27.50Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

Music

280 19.0013 25.00

721 25.29832 27.44

14 28.33197 28.42719 30.41110 32.50138 35.50200 36.55278 36.58277 36.67

6 37.33283 38.38624 38.59833 38.79276 39.44831 40.64284 40.83108 41.00717 41.17270 42.15

11 42.23279 43.87111 44.25272 44.95282 46.20

15 48.38623 51.36720 54.25192 58.91716 59.20

12 60.91

38.94Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

PhysicalEducation

111 21.60108 24.71110 25.13721 26.33

6 26.35832 26.78716 27.17272 27.35200 27.88624 27.96

11 28.43717 28.54833 28.54282 29.00278 29.36270 29.44279 29.46284 29.77280 29.88719 29.93197 30.57276 30.92831 31.39

13 31.85277 32.50192 33.90283 34.40

12 34.75138 34.88

14 35.94720 36.16623 36.63

15 37.33

30.03Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

Science

108 20.2313 22.31

717 23.466 23.51

278 24.77280 24.98197 25.02

12 25.52111 25.58110 25.69624 25.95276 26.12832 26.85721 26.90200 26.94

14 27.25277 27.29282 27.31283 27.45270 27.46716 27.50192 27.89284 27.91272 27.94

11 28.04279 28.25720 28.73623 29.74831 30.06719 30.27833 30.56138 30.58

15 33.21

27.56Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

Social Studies

108 22.9313 23.14

280 24.15110 25.94717 26.00282 26.04624 26.16278 27.50721 28.00

6 28.30284 28.37276 28.54277 28.78720 28.80716 29.00283 29.04832 29.19200 29.27

11 29.48192 29.70279 29.70

12 30.05272 30.25719 30.38197 30.47111 30.75270 30.82623 30.83

14 31.67831 31.73833 31.98

15 32.08138 33.96

29.18Reg wide

33


Avg.Dist.

Special Education

108 2.59111 3.70278 3.82717 4.48624 4.88282 5.13270 5.45832 5.79719 5.80138 6.18277 6.21110 6.24197 6.34

14 6.5015 6.64

276 6.82284 6.83192 6.94831 7.02833 7.05

11 7.14720 7.40716 7.44623 7.76283 8.16

12 8.36279 8.42721 8.50272 8.94

13 10.16280 10.17

7.02Reg wide

Avg.Dist.


Science

111 15.50278 17.20197 17.70280 18.20717 19.25110 19.67108 21.67192 22.13138 22.33276 22.47

13 22.85721 22.86624 23.00282 23.40

11 23.84831 24.44832 24.67720 25.14200 25.24284 25.45270 26.00272 26.29277 26.50279 26.50

6 27.00719 27.17

15 28.25283 28.33

14 28.50623 29.12833 29.44

12 30.08716 31.75

24.95Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

Work ExperienceProgram

716 4.50284 5.17278 6.60717 7.00

12 13.20272 14.00279 14.00110 14.50

13 15.40192 19.20

15 34.75

13.85Reg wide

Avg.Dist.

World Languages

108 13.40111 19.14278 19.56

13 21.806 22.05

717 22.1814 23.00

282 23.93831 24.19283 24.44110 24.56276 25.02277 25.24200 25.28270 25.29721 25.68192 25.87624 25.89280 25.91720 26.68719 27.14833 27.19832 27.20272 27.34279 27.54

15 28.0011 28.31

197 28.54716 29.80

12 30.19284 30.37138 30.82623 31.30

26.41Reg wide

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

MaxDist.

Art

Min108 22 12111 23 10717 27 15200 28 20716 29 15721 29 4110 30 14282 31 18278 32 4284 32 213 33 6

272 33 5624 33 14832 33 7277 34 13280 34 14283 34 22

6 34 10192 35 14197 35 25276 35 12720 35 2012 36 1415 36 33

270 36 12279 36 1514 37 2

623 37 15719 37 18833 37 1211 38 10

831 41 22138 42 31

42Reg wide 2

MaxDist.


Min200 26 10

6 27 12111 28 23716 29 11276 30 13280 30 20110 31 17721 31 15624 32 27717 32 7719 32 1413 33 19

108 34 2512 34 23

192 34 17197 34 19272 34 22277 34 19278 34 2284 34 8623 34 2414 35 25

283 35 12720 35 27833 35 2011 36 1015 36 35

270 36 21279 36 12138 39 15831 40 18

40Reg wide 2

MaxDist.

Family & ConsumerScience

Min278 5 5111 24 23200 25 15282 26 18717 27 11276 28 15108 30 29721 30 15831 30 19272 31 18270 32 18110 33 1212 33 20

192 33 16279 34 14284 34 1719 34 26720 34 16832 34 1514 35 25

197 35 256 35 24

13 36 33280 36 12623 36 21833 36 1611 37 12

624 38 1515 39 5

138 40 23

40Reg wide 1

MaxDist.

Health Education

Min717 30 19108 31 14272 32 12282 32 26284 32 27832 32 23200 33 23283 33 32720 33 25276 34 22721 34 18192 35 30270 35 14624 35 11831 35 21110 36 2212 36 2713 36 21

197 36 33277 36 17279 37 10719 37 25623 38 30833 38 2411 39 11

111 39 3915 40 23

280 40 31138 42 21

42Reg wide 10

MaxDist.


Min108 28 1112 32 22

276 32 17716 32 14197 33 17278 33 9624 33 12717 33 13721 33 11832 33 11282 34 11

6 34 9110 35 14200 35 11272 35 14277 35 10279 35 12283 35 15111 36 18192 36 12270 36 17284 36 8719 36 16720 36 1711 38 714 38 11

280 38 14623 38 16138 39 22833 39 1313 40 815 40 21

831 40 19

40Reg wide 7

35


MaxDist.

Math

Min111 32 9278 32 13276 33 11282 33 9716 33 12721 33 8200 34 13284 34 7624 34 14717 34 13832 34 16110 35 1312 35 11

272 35 21277 35 16283 35 18

6 35 11720 35 16108 36 12270 36 13623 36 14192 37 14831 37 9279 38 11280 38 1511 39 8

138 40 1014 40 11

197 40 10833 40 1015 41 1113 44 3

44Reg wide 3

MaxDist.

Music

Min280 37 2721 40 1313 42 15

719 48 14277 49 2114 51 5

197 51 13717 52 28624 59 14278 61 9276 62 17283 64 24110 65 11138 67 16282 67 20111 68 31833 68 12108 70 14270 70 21831 71 12832 72 9623 74 24720 74 35200 76 10716 77 31

6 84 1012 86 40

192 87 2011 96 915 100 12

284 105 7279 119 5272 126 12

126Reg wide 2

MaxDist.

Physical Education

Min108 31 14282 31 25832 31 24278 33 19721 34 17276 35 21624 35 1811 37 10

110 37 11270 37 18279 37 11

6 37 15716 37 17717 37 18111 38 10200 38 12272 38 16277 38 24283 38 28831 38 19833 38 1712 39 30

197 41 15623 41 3213 42 1515 42 26

280 42 16719 42 1014 43 30

720 43 25284 45 17192 47 23138 49 12

49Reg wide 10

MaxDist.

Science

Min717 28 7276 31 15108 32 6272 32 2112 33 156 33 11

721 33 15200 34 10277 34 16278 34 9282 34 19832 34 11111 35 1013 35 814 35 16

192 35 10197 35 1284 35 15716 35 12720 35 18110 36 10279 36 10283 36 13624 36 1311 37 12

270 38 16831 38 1515 39 21

719 39 17138 40 15280 40 13623 40 11833 40 14

40Reg wide 1

MaxDist.

Social Studies

Min108 32 9282 32 18717 32 20284 33 22721 33 12276 34 16277 34 2312 35 23

200 35 19278 35 13624 35 16720 35 16832 35 1113 36 8

192 36 15283 36 14716 36 19110 37 16272 37 18279 37 1711 38 10

111 38 21197 38 15270 38 21

6 38 15623 38 15831 38 1715 40 15

280 40 14719 40 18833 40 16138 41 2114 42 19

42Reg wide 8

36


MaxDist.

Special Education

Min717 6 2108 7 1282 8 3111 9 1276 9 3278 9 115 10 1

719 11 2110 12 214 12 1

624 12 1270 13 1716 14 512 15 3

138 15 1284 15 1623 15 3720 15 2831 15 1277 16 1832 16 1197 17 1721 17 411 18 1

272 18 5283 18 1279 19 2280 19 2833 19 1192 20 113 21 3

21Reg wide 1

MaxDist.


ScienceMin

111 21 10280 22 12278 24 10108 25 17138 25 21110 27 14

6 27 27717 27 12831 27 20721 28 15832 28 19282 29 17270 30 21192 31 16272 31 21284 31 1113 32 11

624 32 13197 33 1200 33 14276 33 15277 33 8283 33 22720 33 1512 35 2315 35 1914 36 22

623 36 15716 36 26719 37 18833 37 1711 39 11

279 53 13

53Reg wide 1

MaxDist.

Work ExperienceProgram

Min717 7 7716 8 1110 15 14284 15 1272 17 11278 19 112 26 2

192 26 1313 30 1

279 32 315 38 31

38Reg wide 1

MaxDist.

World Languages

Min108 18 7717 28 10278 29 2282 31 18200 32 16272 32 15283 32 3111 33 11192 33 8276 33 10

6 33 7721 33 14110 34 16270 34 13277 34 914 35 2

284 35 17716 35 23832 35 18623 36 24719 36 12720 36 12197 37 12831 37 1013 38 1115 38 18

624 38 1111 39 1012 39 15

833 40 12138 41 20280 41 14279 42 12

42Reg wide 2

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APPENDIX

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33 PARTICIPATING DISTRICTS

Alphabetical Listing District Number Listing

11 Anoka-Hennepin 6 South St. Paul

716 Belle Plaine 11 Anoka-Hennepin

12 Centennial 12 Centennial

108 Central Public Schools 13 Columbia Heights

13 Columbia Heights 14 Fridley

272 Eden Prairie 15 St. Francis

192 Farmington 108 Central Public Schools

831 Forest Lake 110 Waconia

14 Fridley 111 Watertown-Mayer

200 Hastings 138 North Branch

270 Hopkins 192 Farmington

717 Jordan 197 West St. Paul

832 Mahtomedi 200 Hastings

276 Minnetonka 270 Hopkins

721 New Prague 272 Eden Prairie

138 North Branch 276 Minnetonka

278 Orono 277 Westonka

279 Osseo 278 Orono

719 Prior Lake-Savage 279 Osseo

280 Richfield 280 Richfield

623 Roseville 282 St. Anthony-New Brighton

720 Shakopee 283 St. Louis Park

6 South St. Paul 284 Wayzata

833 South Washington County 623 Roseville

282 St. Anthony-New Brighton 624 White Bear Lake

15 St. Francis 716 Belle Plaine

283 St. Louis Park 717 Jordan

110 Waconia 719 Prior Lake-Savage

111 Watertown-Mayer 720 Shakopee

284 Wayzata 721 New Prague

277 Westonka 831 Forest Lake

197 West St. Paul 832 Mahtomedi

624 White Bear Lake 833 South Washington County

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DATE: TO: FROM: RE:

September 27, 2019Class Size Study District Contact Persons Angela Skrade, Class Size Study Coordinator Directions for the Annual Class Size Study 2019-2020

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 2019-2020 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 in February.

Class Size Reported as of October 1, 2019:

District data should reflect fall semester class sizes as of October 1, 2019. 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 15, 2019. Data is due to Metro ECSU by November 22, 2019.

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 22, 2019. Please include your contact informationin 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 22, we cannot guarantee that it will be includedin 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 Angela Skrade, Class Size Study Coordinator, at [email protected] or 612-638-1528. 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 Angela Skrade, 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 Angela Skrade, Class Size Study Coordinator, at [email protected] or 612-638-1528.

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