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Class Size Trends

Learn how smaller classes enhance student performance & narrow achievement gaps in NYC public schools. Take action for better learning environments and genuine equity.

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Class Size Trends

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  1. Class Size Trends Citywide, District 13, and District 17 data Leonie Haimson Class Size Matters www.classsizematters.org 5.22.19

  2. Smaller classes have been linked to better student outcomes in every way that can be measured • Better grades, better test scores, more engaged and less likely be disruptive when they’re provided with smaller classes. • Students randomly assigned to smaller classes are more likely to graduate from HS in 4 years, go onto college, get a STEM degree, own their own home and have a 401K3 more than 20 years later. • Most importantly, small classes are one of only a handful of reforms that narrows the achievement gap between economic & racial groups and thus are essential for true equity in the NYC public schools.

  3. D13 K-3 average class size grew by 0.8 this year while D17 average class size remain the same. Both districts are still above 2007 and C4E levels.

  4. Grades 4-8th average class size in D17 increased by 0.5. Both D13 and D17 remain above C4E levels.

  5. D13 average class sizes 9-52% higher than state averagesD17 average class sizes 6-28% higher than state averages

  6. What these class size averages do not show • There are extreme disparities in class size across NYC neighborhoods and districts, with many students in classes of 30 or more. • The number of students in very large classes has grown sharply since 2007 especially in K-3.

  7. Citywide at least 336,165 students are in very large classes of 30 or more in fall 2018(14% of K-3 students, 36% of 4th-8th gr students & 57% of all HS students)

  8. In D13 and D17, 11,682 and 4,474 students were in very large class sizes 30 or more in fall 2018

  9. Percent of students in classes 30 or more in fall 2018.

  10. The number of Kindergarten students in classes of 25 or more citywide has increased by more than 53% (5,893 students) since 2007

  11. The number of Kindergarten students in classes of25 or more in D13 and D17 has increased by more than 1420% and 81% respectively since 2007

  12. Number of 1st - 3rd graders in classes of 30 or more has grown by nearly 3000% citywide

  13. Number of 1st - 3rd graders in classes of 30 or more in D13 and D17 has grown by 1,750% and 271% respectively.

  14. Number of 4th-8th graders in classes of 30 or more has grown by 40% citywide

  15. Number of 4th-8th graders in classes of 30 or more in D13 and D17 has grown by 63% and 59% respectively +59% +63%

  16. What should we do? • We are advocating that $100M in next year’s city budget be allocated specifically towards reducing class size, starting first in the early grades and at struggling schools. This is less than 1% of total DOE budget. • That would allow the hiring of 1,000 new teachers, which could lower class size in as many as 4,000 classrooms – as adding a new teacher at a grade level lowers class size for other students in that same grade. • We also need an accelerated capital plan. Right now 50,000 of the 57,000 seats in the new five-year capital plan aren’t proposed to be finished until 2024 or later.

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