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Average Class Size and Distribution-Elementary

Requirements, definitions, and data sources for the 2006-07 School Accountability Report Card (SARC).

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 California Basic Educational Data System (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 average class size and the number of classrooms within each of the following class sizes: 1-20, 21-32, and 33 or more.

The CBEDS calculations of the average class size by grade level and the class size distribution by grade level exclude classrooms of 50 or more students.

Data provided by the California Department of Education (CDE).

Questions: SARC Team | sarc@cde.ca.gov | 916-319-0875 
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