[marmac]

I doubt that there are any ( or very,very, few schools that habe a 9:1 ratio.

I also don't know what was meant by ---243,187,163,195,

Do youi really think a school would put take 243 students and have 12 classes of 20 and one class of 3 ?

Of course not . They would have 9 classes of 20 students and 3 classes of 21

[DC at the Ridge]

Originally Posted by marmac

I doubt that there are any ( or very,very, few schools that habe a 9:1 ratio.

I also don't know what was meant by ---243,187,163,195,

Do youi really think a school would put take 243 students and have 12 classes of 20 and one class of 3 ?

Of course not . They would have 9 classes of 20 students and 3 classes of 21

No, that's not what I meant. If I had meant that, I would have said it. I meant that when a particular school's attendance changes suddenly, as when a new school opens and draws a larger enrollment, then the old school that hired according to certain projections, will have some classes with smaller ratios. If, for example, last year I had 246 3rd graders, and Beautiful School was opening this year, the projections were that Beautiful School would take about 50 of those students from my school, and 87 from Creative School on its other side, I would have plan to have 10 classrooms of 20 4th grade students. But Beautiful School actually ends up taking 100 of my 3rd-going-to-4th graders, and the 10 new 4th-graders that moved into the neighborhood means I now have 156 students. 4 of the students have disabilities that means they get one classroom to themselves, the other 152 students share the remaining 9 classrooms. There are a variety of ways I could figure averages. I could say that I have I low value of 4:1 and a high value of 17:1, and a median average of 10.5:1. I could total all the students and divide by the number of teachers/classrooms and say I have 15.2:1 average. I could include teacher's aides and assistants, and say it's 9:1. Do you understand now?

[needing more]

Originally Posted by needing more

Arkansas Schools - Find a Public or Private Arkansas School - SchoolDigger.com

The last info they have on here was from 2007 school yr. I have also looked at greatschools.com too.. There has also been a drop in enrollment for the last 10 yrs too.. which I thought was odd since I thought the population has increased in those smaller cities.

Teachers teaching our future cant be paid enough and I feel like they are often underpaid.. especially preschool teachers. Our children are our future and we should spare no expense when it comes to their education.. Plus not all districts pay the same and different parts of the country pay differently.. Different living expenses can apply... So why are we comparing apples to oranges and complaining they are getting paid too much??...

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As far as all the other info about the schools.. Thank You!!!

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BTW I DID SEE THE RATIO 9 to 1 on that site.. NOW it might be wrong.. Thats why I kept saying I WANT REAL OPINIONS not some site telling me this or that.. Then you ask for the site...Geessshhhhh

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Originally Posted by OurGreatEscape

I'm not finding a 9-1 ratio...then again I only checked the Pea Ridge district (one elementary, one middle school, one high school).

Pea Ridge High School, Pea Ridge Arkansas / AR Student/Teacher Ratio - SchoolDigger.com

Pea Ridge HS DID HAVE 9.5 to 1 student last year.... So did their middle school....Where were you looking???

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Originally Posted by marmac

I doubt that there are any ( or very,very, few schools that habe a 9:1 ratio.

OK. I just checked that site again.. Apparently EVERY school in the areas I mentioned has low ratio rates...The highest ratio I saw out of Huntsville or Pea Ridge schools.. (ALL of them).. was only 18-1 ratio.. I saw several 13-1, a few 10-1 and even a 9-1 ... Which was Huntsville St paul schools..

ES.
HS- 13-1
Ele- 9-1
MS-8.3-1

Thats why I was ASKING does anyone know WHY they've had a drop in population there..????

[DC at the Ridge]

Originally Posted by needing more

OK. I just checked that site again.. Apparently EVERY school in the areas I mentioned has low ratio rates...The highest ratio I saw out of Huntsville or Pea Ridge schools.. (ALL of them).. was only 18-1 ratio.. I saw several 13-1, a few 10-1 and even a 9-1 ... Which was Huntsville St paul schools..

ES.
HS- 13-1
Ele- 9-1
MS-8.3-1

Thats why I was ASKING does anyone know WHY they've had a drop in population there..????

They didn't have a drop in population in Pea Ridge. Take a look at the number of students attending the elementary school. Some high school students in Pea Ridge drive in to Rogers and Bentonville to attend school there because the high schools in Rogers and Bentonville are bigger and offer more programs.

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Originally Posted by DC at the Ridge

They didn't have a drop in population in Pea Ridge. Take a look at the number of students attending the elementary school. Some high school students in Pea Ridge drive in to Rogers and Bentonville to attend school there because the high schools in Rogers and Bentonville are bigger and offer more programs.

Thanks! I didnt know if they drove somewhere else or people moved away... I can understand driving to a bigger school for more programs. Thanks!

[OurGreatEscape]

That's "needing more" for the actually link. I assumed your children were young and you were looking at elementary schools possibly middle schools stats only.

I'm going to do some checking around on the Pea Ridge HS. One of my good friends grew up in P.R. but attended Rogers High School (back when there was only one hs).

It is important to note having a small student/teacher ratio should not be the deciding factor (I'm sure you are aware of that ). You'd be wise to ask about the graduation rate from each district; how many students go on to college, which colleges, etc.

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Originally Posted by OurGreatEscape

That's "needing more" for the actually link. I assumed your children were young and you were looking at elementary schools possibly middle schools stats only.

I'm going to do some checking around on the Pea Ridge HS. One of my good friends grew up in P.R. but attended Rogers High School (back when there was only one hs).

It is important to note having a small student/teacher ratio should not be the deciding factor (I'm sure you are aware of that ). You'd be wise to ask about the graduation rate from each district; how many students go on to college, which colleges, etc.

Yes my children are young.. We here (in MI) had a problem at his cutrrent school where they are cutting school funding and because of that combining classes.. Last yr he had 15 in his class.. This yr over 25 (with no aide or helper) and he's lost. I want a place that is going to have an appropriate ratio and possibly have an aide or helper in the room too.. No its not my deciding factor.. I wasnt even the one bring it up over and over begining in the thread.. But it was ONE of the things I did see that I had ?s about. If i wrote out in here everything I have seen online or in reading about my research on relocating down there.. We'd be here for days..lol I've got about 20 hrs a week in for the last... say.. 6 months...

I did see that Garfield had good ratio PLUS good test scores and a high rating online too.. I am going to check out that school next week when we are coming down there. Huntsville schools had good testing,ratio and rating online too.. So I'll check that out as well.. Their testing scores were above most (not all) of the schools in Rogers district.. Which some of their school in Rogers district actually got very LOW testing scores and ratings online.. Which thru me for a loop since garfield got the best out of the whole area.

Schools are not going to be my only deciding factory when we finally look for our place/land.. There will be lots others...clean water? place for a garden? privacy? place to hunt? close to our businesses? and so on and so on... But I have already posted tons of other threads about those too

[DC at the Ridge]

Originally Posted by needing more

Yes my children are young.. We here (in MI) had a problem at his cutrrent school where they are cutting school funding and because of that combining classes.. Last yr he had 15 in his class.. This yr over 25 (with no aide or helper) and he's lost. I want a place that is going to have an appropriate ratio and possibly have an aide or helper in the room too.. No its not my deciding factor.. I wasnt even the one bring it up over and over begining in the thread.. But it was ONE of the things I did see that I had ?s about. If i wrote out in here everything I have seen online or in reading about my research on relocating down there.. We'd be here for days..lol I've got about 20 hrs a week in for the last... say.. 6 months...

I did see that Garfield had good ratio PLUS good test scores and a high rating online too.. I am going to check out that school next week when we are coming down there. Huntsville schools had good testing,ratio and rating online too.. So I'll check that out as well.. Their testing scores were above most (not all) of the schools in Rogers district.. Which some of their school in Rogers district actually got very LOW testing scores and ratings online.. Which thru me for a loop since garfield got the best out of the whole area.

Schools are not going to be my only deciding factory when we finally look for our place/land.. There will be lots others...clean water? place for a garden? privacy? place to hunt? close to our businesses? and so on and so on... But I have already posted tons of other threads about those too

Garfield doesn't have as many minority students or non-English speaking students. I'm not saying that Garfield isn't a good school, I'm just saying that test scores don't tell the entire story.