The eligibility is only in the school presently attended and not in any other DoDDS location. When they step on the bus in the morning and off again in the afternoon. Please see the Transcript Request Procedures page on the Department of Defense Education Activity web site. Student-teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the number of teachers by the number of students. The Office of the Secretary of Defense funds DoDDS at 24 to 1.
Local principals have the man-years and can make minor adjustments.
It is not unusual to increase the upper grade school classes to decrease the lower grades, especially first grade. It is very costly. At this time DoDDS has a rotation policy for principals, district and the area superintendents.