Average Class Size and Distribution

Specific Requirements

Progress toward reducing class sizes and teaching loads, including the distribution of class sizes at the school site by grade level and the average class size by grade level. 

Education Code Section 33126 (b)(4)

Definitions

For the most recent three-year period, as defined by CBEDS:

• Distribution of class sizes at the school site by grade level
• Average class size by grade level

Guidelines and Data Sources

For schools/grades organized into self-contained classrooms (e.g., kindergarten and grades one through six in elementary schools), data are reported as the number of classrooms within each of the following class sizes: 1-20, 21-32, and 33 or more.

The CBEDS calculation of the average class size by grade level, and the class size distribution by grade level, excludes classrooms of 50 or more students.

Data provided by the CDE