[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> The MPS website has some school enrollment and budget facts on their
> website--though they're somewhat out of date.
>
> According to their numbers, there was a 1:10.5 ratio of teacher to students.
> This doesn't include support staff (1:16 adult to child) or
> principals/administration.  Granted, not every employee is full time.

Well this is interesting because the average class size for grades 3-8
is reported to be 25. [Please note that these numbers are not particularly
meaningful without the variances and the ranges]. I suppose that this would
imply that you have multiple teachers per class, or a lot of people serving special
ed kids, or there a lot of teachers on disability.

What's more interesting is that on their Facts page there is not a single
mention of student achievement or dropout rates.  If I was going to
enroll my children in the MPS it would be one of the first "facts" that
I would want to know.

Michael Atherton
Prospect Park


_______________________________________
Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy
Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more:
http://e-democracy.org/mpls

Reply via email to