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Capacity study: district staff say roughly 537 K–5 seats are available, 137 preschoolers enrolled
Summary
A district capacity review presented at the Gloucester County School Board work session said the division can accommodate about 537 elementary students under preferred class-size ratios and currently serves 137 preschool children; secondary capacity differs due to schedule efficiency.
Gloucester County school staff told the school board during a work session that the district’s instructional capacity — calculated using preferred class-size ratios that protect special-use spaces — leaves room for roughly 537 kindergarten through fifth-grade students while serving 137 preschool students today.
The presenter (district staff) said the most recent capacity study, an instructional analysis last done in 2022, uses preferred ratios (18:1 for kindergarten–third grade and 20:1 for…
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