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  2. Class size - Wikipedia

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    Florida's class size cap was established over the course of several years, in response to a statewide referendum in 2002 that amended its state constitution. Statewide, class size averages are 15.46 students per class in grades preK-3, 17.75 in grades 4–8, and 19.01 in high school. Some cities regulate class size as well.

  3. Class-size reduction - Wikipedia

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    Based on STAR data, Krueger and Whitmore (2002) [32] estimated that if all students were assigned to a small class in grades K-3 for one to four years, the black-white test-score gap would drop by 38 percent in grades K-3 and by 15 percent thereafter. They also estimated that national trends in pupil-teacher ratios for black and white students ...

  4. High school in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The name high school is applied in other countries, but no universal generalization can be made as to the age range, financial status, or ability level of the pupils accepted. In North America, most high schools include grades 9 through 12. Students attend them following graduation from middle school (often alternatively called junior high ...

  5. Class rank - Wikipedia

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    The University of Alaska system awards an $11,000 scholarship for four years to students in the top 10% of their graduating class at Alaskan high schools. The top ten percent of students in Texas high schools are guaranteed admission to the state school [broken anchor] of their choice, [4] excluding the University of Texas, which only allocates ...

  6. Grade retention - Wikipedia

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    Grade retention or grade repetition is the process of a student repeating a grade after failing the previous year. In the United States of America, grade retention can be used in kindergarten through to third grade; however, students in high school are usually only retained in the specific failed subject. For example, a student can be promoted ...

  7. Secondary education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Intermediate school is an uncommon term, and can either be a synonym for middle school (notably as used by the New York City public schools) or for schools that encompass the latter years of elementary education prior to middle school/junior high school, serving grades 3 or 4 through 5 or 6. These can also be called 'upper elementary' schools.

  8. Inclusive classroom - Wikipedia

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    In contrast, during the same period, the percentage of students who spent 40 to 79 percent of the school day inside general classes decreased from 30 to 18 percent, and the percentage of students who spent less than 40 percent of their time inside general classes decreased from 20 to 13 percent. [24]

  9. Student–teacher ratio - Wikipedia

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    Class size is the number of students in a classroom or a course. The student-teacher ratio is the overall number of students divided by the number of teachers in the district. They are similar because they measure the number of students to teachers. For example, if a classroom has 25 students, then their class size is 25. But if a school has 10 ...