Class Size Limits

Bill O’Hale

No Date

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Thanks to all my colleagues who sent me information on student-teacher

ratio / class size. The only standardized benchmark I found outlined

by the NAESP (National Association of Elementary School Principals),

which lists the following information:

- Student-teacher ratio for elementary school as a whole not to exceed

an average ratio of 20-1.

- NAESP gives the following recommended student-teacher ratios per

grade:

1-8 for Preschool 1 (three-year olds)

1-10 for Preschool 2 (four-year olds)

1-10 for Kindergarten (five-year olds)

1-15 for Grade 1

1-15 for Grade 2

1-20 for Grade 3

1-20 for Grade 4

1-20 for Grade 5

1-20 for Grade 6

I hope this information is helpful to you. I still have not received

or found anything on student-teacher ratio / class size for grades 7

through 12, but I am still looking. For the Middle and Upper School I

think it will probably be a combination of teacher load and a maximum

student-teacher contacts rather than strictly class size.

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Thank you for your assistance in this matter. For those already on

vacation, happy summer! The last day at the American School of Madrid

is June 23.

Bill O'Hale

Headmaster

HEADMASTER'S OFFICE, AMERICAN SCHOOL OF MADRID

APARTADO 80, 28080 MADRID, SPAIN. PH: 34-91-740-1902, FAX:

34-91-357-2678

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