Average Teaching Load and Distribution

Specific Requirements

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

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 subject taught
• Average class size by subject taught

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.

For secondary schools with departmentalized programs, data are reported as the number of classrooms with a distribution of teaching loads and the average teaching load for each of the following four subject areas: English, mathematics, science, and social science.

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

Data provided by the CDE