School improvement talks are also focusing on smaller class sizes. University High School in Carmel has an average of 15 students per classroom. That allows deeper relationships and intimacy, said Nancy Webster, director of admissions. With only 27 students enrolled at the new school, Webster said educators could have chosen to place all 27 in one English class. It's our mission to personalize and individualize.
Some elective subjects serve as few as five students.
In a public school, five students may be on a waiting list to get into a required course, but there are more like 30 students in each class. Webster said that is changing, despite overcrowding. One year, I had 30 kids in five classes. I did my best at 22 years old.