Detroit Class Size Figures Skewed Upward By Gym And Team Sports – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Detroit Class Size Figures Skewed Upward By Gym And Team Sports – Michigan Capitol Confidential:
School district’s average class size is 26.73; 1,502 classes have fewer than 10 students
...“In Detroit, Martin said class sizes currently range from a low of 15 students up to the 40s and 50s in elementary schools. Surveys are being sent to teachers this month to allow the union to compile data reports, he said,” The Detroit News reported.
But only 340 classes (or 4 percent of all 8,701 classrooms) in Detroit’s conventional school district have 40 or more students in them.
...The average classroom size for Detroit Public Schools was 26.73 students, a figure that doesn’t include any class with fewer than 10 students.
...The largest class in the Detroit system had 107 students, and it was a team sports class.
The second-largest class, with 88 students, was also a team sports class, as was the third-largest class with 81 students.
The vast majority of the classes with 40 or more students were physical education or team sports classes..."