Table 10.3.5.

Distribution of STAR classes by grade (Kindergarden‐3) by designation S (Small), R (Regular), and RA (Regular with Aide)

	Class size	K (number of classes)			1 (number of classes)			2 (number of classes)			3 (number of classes)
		S	R	RA	S	R	RA	S	R	RA	S	R	RA
B	11										2
	12	8			2			3			2
A	13	19			14			16			15
	14	22			18			27			17
	15	23		1	31			32			31
	16	31	4		16	1		29	1		31		1
	17	24	4	1	33	1		19			27
B	18		1	2	6	2		6			10	1
	19		7	6	3	4	3	1	3	3	5		4
	20		6	6	1	10	6		2	1		9	13
	21		14	12		18	18		7	11		11	12
C	22		20	20		27	15		23	21		13	16
	23		16	21		19	20		20	21		10	14
	24		19	14		16	11		22	25		15	14
	25		6	6		7	9		9	15		16	15
B	26		4	3		5	9		6	7		5	12
	27		1	6		2	4		4	1		5	8
	28			1		1	2		1			2	6
	29					1	2		2	2		2	2
	30					1	1
Total as reported		127	99	99	124	115	100	133	100	107	140	90	107
Total as calculated		127	102	99	124	115	100	133	100	107	140	89	117
Too small1		8	36	28	2	36	27	3	13	15	4	21	30
Too large2		0	5	10	10	10	18	7	13	10	15	14	28
Total		8	41	38	12	46	45	10	26	25	19	35	58
Out‐of range as reported (sum of B's)		8	33	36	12	44	45	10	25	25	19	35	57
Per cent too large for S and too small for R and RA3		0	35	28	8	31	27	5	13	14	11	24	26

A = range for (S); B = “out of range”; C = range for both (R) and (RA) classes. SOURCE: Achilles (1999) as reported in Finn et al. (2007). 1: <13 for S and <22 for R and RA. 2: >17 for S and >25 for R and RA. 3: >17 for S and <22 for R and RA.