Prep - How Many In Your DS/DD's School

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

Not at school yet but when DD1 goes to school we have a choice of the local school that at the moment has like 18 kids TOTAL in the school or the other local primary.

WHEN it comes time for school if the 4yr old kinder enrolements for the area are anything to go by and IF they were all going to the 1 local school there would be over 150 preps.
The kinders had 130 enrolement requests and only 100 places, that didn't include those going to the kinder programs in the local child care centres.
So at the moment the 2 main kinders are running 2 groups each so that would equal 4 kinder classes PLUS the other private kinder and childcare kids

[Phteven]

2 classes of about 20. There are just under 200 students in the school but that number includes the special kids and the montessori kids who have their own spaces.

[Nai]

About 350 kids in the school - last year there were 76 preps, this year 80 preps. Next year there will be 7 grade 1/2 classes. Our school has turned itself around in the past 5 years and has gone from being quite unpopular to being very well attended - fortunately it has room for about 600 students!

[Ginger]

there will be 21 preps in ds's prep class next year

[~me~]

3 classes of 27 kids. Pretty much 1.5 of those classes are of siblings of other kids attending the school already. The school is under pressure as we are zoned and a Catholic school and they have had to knock back parents who are in the zone and Catholic due to high volumes of siblings. It in the past has not left enough places for those who fit the Catholic and Zoned criteria who do not have a sibling attending the school. The school has a sibling policy.

[Cassius2]

we have been told that they have experienced the biggest uptake to date for next year of 67 preps The class sizes are remaining at 21-23 kids. The school officially only has capacity for 45...so will be *interesting* to see how it all pans out. I am a bit disappointed as it is a teeny tiny school for a big city (245 students from prep to 6), but the vibe is still awesome and the staff are all really engaged and keen, but time will tell...

[Astrid]

30+ enrolements for next year. Up from the low 20's. School has a limit of about 105 students in total.

[Livinthedream]

In saying about 40 kids per class. they have about 700 at the kindy.
Ages 2-6. from 8am-4pm 5days aweek and special classes on Saturday.
All kids have a sleep after lunch.

So do you mean that there are 40 kids in each room or 40 preps in total?

[AwesomeFoursome]

2 classes of 29.

[RockingBaker]

The school we are looking at has 7 prep classes of 25 this year. Who knows what it will be like in 2014?

[BMW]

We're looking at 9 classes of 20. So about 180 preps next yr. The school will have about 980 students. I don't know how much its affected by the shut down of Acacia College.

[Mother Goose]

BMW, which school is that? I'm in your area.

My DD is currently in prep and there are 81 preps in total. 3 classes of 20 and one of 21.

[Beach Mama]

Small country town and they have 47 but are expecting closer to 60. Will be either 2 straight plus a P/1 or 3 straight if the get the numbers with 20 max in each.

[BMW]

DS will be going to Laurimar PS.

[~*Niadalla*~]

Our Prep to 12 school would be lucky to have 400 students.
DS' prep class next year will have around 18 kids - that will be all of the preppies.
We live rather rurally though with most students catching the bus to school (I'm about 35kms from the school).

[Gigi]

bilby is near the end of her first year (as a preppie). She has 31 in her class. I think the average is more like 25 in normal classes. One of her playgroup mates is in a class of 16 (another school). When more kids enrolled, his school began additional prep classes, rather than make the existing prep class bigger. (both schools are public). i don't know how many preps are in her entire school. i do know there is a mainstream Prep class (bilby's is a Steiner Prep class). I feel sorry for the teachers with the bigger classes (more time on behaviour management needed).

[Rouge]

Just under 300 students and 2 classes of prep with 20-24 per class.

Knowing that many is normal when its a feeder school for a kinder.

[Mother Goose]

Thanks BMW.