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

[fionas]

We went to orientation at DD's school today and the principal said that so far 48 children had enrolled in Prep for next year. Out of those, DD knows around 13 of them which seems quite high to me compared to my own experience (yes, I know that was centuries ago) where I knew no-one because we didn't have kinder.

Just interested in knowing what the numbers are at your school? It seemed reasonably high for a small country school (there are about 3000 people in our town) but apparently enrolments have gone through the roof in the last couple of years.

[Liz]

54 here! Normally only 25. Apparently other local schools have a lot too. Baby boom year I think!

[Tinks]

My DD goes to a small country school, there are 5 preps.

[Freya]

400 students last count at DS's school (prep-7 catholic school) with 3 prep classes of 23 students each. The first year they had a third class. From memory there are 2 classes of approx 23 kids of each other grade.

ETA - We live in Nth Qld, not really a small town but not large by city standards. This school is one of the smallest ones, there is a public primary school with 3000 students (7 prep classes of 27 kids )

[The[cookie]Doctor]

3-4 Prep Classes of 18-22 Students is what we told when we toured but will find out next week at orientation. It is ~ 400 place school
DS knows nobody as he kinder/daycare a suburb over. I actually worry about it but i dont think he is a particularly socially anxious child so crossed fingers he goes ok.
He will miss his aunties though.

[Butterfly Dawn]

About 40 per class

[Netix]

Two classes of twenty. Next year, there are three classes of twenty.

[~Kim~]

We have a big town, but ours is the smallest school.
2 classes of 22 for transition (our version of prep) - apparently their largest intake yet.
230 in the school.

DD1 knew many many kids but that's because most of our primary schools have a preschool attached.

[megs]

We live in country town of about 7000 there are 2 govt primary schools and one catholic. My sons go to he bigger of the state schools (around 300) this year 45 preps with 3 classes of around 15 really nice class size

[Trillian]

I have no idea how many there will be in DS2's kindergarten class next year. When my older 3 started school, there were two classes of about 22-25 students in each. This year there were enough to have 3 classes of 15, and I think they are averaging about 18 in each now with new enrollments through the year. I don't think there are going to be that many in DS2's year group though. He will know probably 10 kids from preschool that will go to his school.

[nickle730]

This year we have one class of twenty. Next year we are double streaming and will have two classes of a maximum of twenty kids. Each class will have one teacher and one assistant teacher.

[kitten2b]

DD2 will have 1 class of 24 in kindergarten at her catholic school, I think there will be 3 classes at the closest primary school.

[Butterfly Dawn]

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.

[~clover~]

DS has 11 in his kindy. There are about 60 in the school. 11 is big for them! DD was the only kindy when she started at a different school 12 in the school.

We went to a private school as kids & averaged about 20 to a class, but the year my younger sister started they had to split the class because they had over 40. Similar sized town at the time (maybe a little bigger).

[No.5]

19 preps enrolled so far for next year! As far as I know they're all in DS's pre prep class.

[RainbowRiver]

Around 370 students
2 prep classes of 22 students this year
next year there will be 2 prep classes of 20 and possibly a prep/1 class if they get any more enrolements

[2CheekyMonkeys]

We've got around 700-800 students in the school. There are 6 prep classes of 22 chn. Apparently that is the most they have had in a long time.

[Olive]

This year we have 80 odd next year there are 125