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The Project Consultants concluded that elementary class section sizes in
the School District of Bruce are operated at a favorable but marginally
cost/ineffective level. The school district’s demographics suggest a trend
toward declining student enrollment and increasing cost/ineffectiveness at
the elementary school level.
A summary of Ladysmith-Hawkins School District’s 2008-09 elementary
class section sizes, grades K(4)-4 is presented in Table 10-LH.
Ladysmith-Hawkins School District provided elementary instructional
programming in a grade K(4)-4 configuration for 400 elementary school
students during the 2008-09 school year. The school district served 3 preschool
students, 64 4-year-old kindergarten students, 73 5-year-old
kindergarten students, and 263 grade 1-4 students for an average
(excluding pre-school students) of 66.7 students/grade level in grades K(4)-
4 in 2008-09. The school district operates an all day/every day/no fee
kindergarten program for 5 year olds. The school district also is a
participant in the SAGE Program.
An examination of Table 10-LH data illustrate that Ladysmith-Hawkins
School District operated 24 elementary class sections during the 2008-09
school year. Twenty-one (21) elementary class sections or 87.5% were
operated with enrollments of less than 20 students/section, while 3
elementary class sections or 12.5% enrolled 20-25 students/section. There
were no elementary class sections which enrolled either 26-29
students/section or 30 students or greater/section. There were no multigrade,
combination classrooms operated in the school district’s elementary
school. Class section sizes in K(4), K(5), and grades 1-3 maintained
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