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OCS, in support of the district's philosophy that lower class size would help serve <br />students better, wrote a plan to add five teaching positions in 2003 -2004 in order to lower <br />class sizes for elementary students. This effort is reflected in Table 5, which shows that <br />OCS averaged 18 students in grades K -2 (following state teacher - student ratio guidelines of <br />1:18 for K -2) as compared with 21 for CHCCS students. This also is true for grades 3 -5 with <br />20 students for OCS and 23 for CHCCS. For middle schools, grades 6 -8, this trend is <br />reversed with 20 for CHCCS and 24 for OCS. <br />Table 5. Average Class Size K -8 by Grade Level (2003 - 2004) <br />Grade <br />Enrollment <br />Average Class Size <br />TOTAL K -8 <br />CHCCS <br />7,298 <br />-- <br />OCS <br />4,492 <br />Elementary Grades <br />Kindergarten <br />CHCCS <br />736 <br />21 <br />OCS <br />487 <br />17 <br />1St Grade <br />CHCCS <br />808 <br />21 <br />OCS <br />481 <br />18 <br />2" Grade <br />CHCCS <br />744 <br />21 <br />OCS <br />460 <br />18 <br />3rd Grade <br />CHCCS <br />803 <br />24 <br />OCS <br />469 <br />19 <br />4th Grade <br />CHCCS <br />786 <br />23 <br />OCS <br />540 <br />21 <br />5th Grade <br />CHCCS <br />795 <br />23 <br />OCS <br />490 <br />21 <br />Middle Grades <br />6th Grade <br />CHCCS <br />812 <br />19 <br />OCS <br />460 <br />25 <br />7th Grade <br />CHCC5 <br />881 <br />21 <br />OCS <br />531 <br />24 <br />8th Grade <br />CHCC5 <br />933 <br />20 <br />OCS <br />574 <br />24 <br />Sources: *2003 -2004 NC Report Card for CHCC5 d 005 and NCDPI5tatistical Profile 2004 <br />CHCCS /OCS Final Report 14 <br />