Average class size data (calculated from the latest Student Course Schedule data collection) can now be found in the School and District Profiles area of the ESE Web site. This calculation divides the total number of students in classes by the total number of classes, based on SCS data. (In the past, the closest the DESE was able to come to a class size statistic was student/teacher ratio.)
From the Profiles main page, click on the “Quick Statewide Reports” dropdown menu on the right to choose between two different class size reports. Both reports allow the user to filter between the district and school levels, sort columns (by clicking headers), look at all subjects combined, or choose one specific subject. Each of the reports contain data for the state at the bottom of the page and all of the data can be downloaded into an Excel or PDF file for further investigation.
From an individual school or district profile, click the "Students" tab to see the data for the individual school or district.
As previously posted, the SCS data has also been used to generate a new set of reports available in the Data Warehouse.
