<p>my high school has 5,000
i don't know i guess the size doesn't really matter, but unless you have a class with them, you never see them lol
our school is bigger than some small cities</p>
<p>I like my school. I think we're up to 1,000 students now, but it is a Jr./Sr. High, so there are only about 200 kids per grade level.</p>
<p>I wouldn't want it larger. There wouldn't be any advantage to it. We already have 12 AP's and we're getting more next year (there are requirements to stay in to my school such as you can't ever have a GPA less than 3.0, hence the reason for alot of AP's).</p>
<p>The thing I like most is the class size because most of my classes have 12 students or less than them. Honors and AP's are less crowded. I think the average is 15 students per teacher. It's awesome.</p>
<p>I transfered freshman year from a very large school (~3500 students) to a small one (~120 students). I hated the large school because it was so impersonal. With a population that big you have every click that stereotypical high school have. At my new school, there are two clicks but even then, everyone is friends with everyone else and we all talk to eachother. It's a much more friendly atmosphere.</p>
<p>"Im in NYC too, and I go to a school with 4200 +. I like it. I came from a school with only 600 students. The extra students means much more clubs, better teams and athletic fields.
- It does have its downsides. Our school is constantly on the news for being "the most crowded" thus dubbed 42nd st at one place. There is three shifts, I get out at 2:10, but my friend gets out at 4:00. This also interferes with clubs and teams, but its okay overall. I dont feel like im lost or anything, and being in a place where not everyone knows everything about you is actually quite refreshing."</p>
<p>Haha, Cardozo. Losers.</p>
<p>How is cardozo a loser?</p>
<p>Oh, your from midwood.</p>
<p>---- You're jealous.</p>
<p>Somebody posted early about my school
But
3 High school
4 Buildings
1 Campus
now over 6000 kids</p>
<p>We've got about 2700 kids at my school and I don't really not like anything about the class size. I see someone new everyday and get to see my close friends 2-3ish times a day. Some hallways are pretty crammed, but you just gotta know how to maneuver around. They're also building a new science wing and music wing and I think we're getting some trailer things for math classes. so, it's okay.</p>
<p>My school has about 2,500 students. It isn't that bad except for violence and the few kids that are *******s. It is extremely easy to fall through the cracks here, there is absolutely no individual attention what so ever. Guidance is terrible.</p>
<p>My school has 1900 students, which is quite large for a suburban Canadian high school. I really like it though, I know a lot of people and almost all the staff, and there is individual attention as well.</p>
<p>My school has about 2200 students, but that's because we send the freshman off to another school in the district. If our freshmen went to the high school we'd have over 3000 students, but we'd also have a huge overcrowding problem. It already takes 20+ minutes to get out of the parking lot on a normal day, and the halls are so full between periods that the administration made a scattered half-period system to reduce traffic.</p>
<p>just somes comments from someone who goes to a school from the article:</p>
<p>I was overwhelmed too when I first went to such a big school, in fact I was stunned. i moved in from a school with 600 K-8. </p>
<p>however, it is very diverse and has a lot of options for practically everybody. the range of classes you can take is astounding. </p>
<p>what is annoying is the traffic--> There's like three entry points for like 3K cars every morning. </p>
<p>I personally like it with so many people, but wouldn't mind a smaller school where its easier to know ppl.</p>
<p>My school has about 1010 students, and it doesn't seem big to me--and it's not, compared to many of the schools that are being discussed here. The school is in a town of 15,000; it has just two stories and plenty of teachers who don't have permanent classrooms. The district is in the midst of trying to get a $76 million (!) bond passed to enlarge the high school and one of the elementary schools (there are four, one of which is just pre-K to 2nd grade; the rest are K-6). I think there's also a couple million dollars in there for a new maintenance building. I just can't imagine that much money...</p>
<p>There are some nice things about my school. Our theatre is the biggest performance space in town--a benefit of being largish--but the student body is small enough so that few people can go unnoticed. Yesterday I signed up for the blood drive and the girl (whom I didn't know at all--recognized her vaguely, but didn't know her name) who was signing people up wrote down my name without asking me what it was. It struck me as odd... but I suppose I'm a somewhat more visible student--in school plays, recognized at academic awards ceremonies, am a teacher's daughter... but I don't know super-many people. I guess that's why it seemed odd. :p</p>
<p>I go to a school with 2000+ students, but I know over half by face, if not name. I like it and I've gotten used to the size, but it's definitely affecting my college decisions. I don't think I could survive at a small LAC just because I'm so accustomed to not knowing everyone, and it would actually be downsizing from my hs...which is just weird.</p>
<p>umm that blows, i go to a private school & we still have more courses & APs than most schools in the country.</p>
<p>at least college will be a change, not knowing who everyone else might actually be refreshing.</p>
<p>my school has 4000 students
not fun</p>
<p>my school is about 1,200 I guess?
but they're two of them, North and South.
So the district is extremely wierd: there are like 12 elementary schools, 1 HUGE middle school, and 2 high schools
The middle school has got about 2000-3000 kids. 5 Wings: A, B, C, D, E. A Wing is kids from a particular 4 elementary schools, all of which will go to South High School. C is people from 4 particular elementaries, some of which will go to north and some to south. D is for people from 4 particular elementaries, all of which will go to north. B wing is 2 of the gyms, the lobby, offices, and 3 cafeterias (1 for each student wing). E wing is the other gym, tech rooms, art rooms, and pool. Most courses are within your wing, but 8th grade High Honors classes (high school courses) are mixed. I was in D-wing, but went to South b/c I made a request to the superindentent b/c I just moved in 8th grade, was in high honors classes, and most of the friends I made were going to South.
Then the wings get split into 2 high schools for 9-12: North and South. </p>
<p>I must say though, our district is pretty well off. Most kids are from middle to upper middle class (and a few pretty high class including the daughter of Frank Filipetti (music producer, one 3 grammys, extremely nice, really smart), daughter of the the guy who manages Fergie and The Veronicas, son of the main local grocery store, daughter whose family owns Kay Jewlers).
So we've got a good amount of AP courses and relatively good sports. The condition of the middle school re great, high school's are O.K. South is better than North. haha. The facilities/technology is nice:
--Olympic sized swimming pool in middle school
--Planaterium @ South
--Really nice library @ North
--Plasma screen TV's and Projector screens in every classroom in the district.
--They're getting turf fields soon, b/c the schools we play in Westchester have really nice ones, and they just got some money. </p>
<p>The ones up in Westchester are really nice though.</p>
<p>My school has 4000+ students. But, luckily, we have split campuses so that freshman and sophomores go to one campus and juniors and seniors go to another. It's still kind of crowded, anyway.</p>
<p>I personally dislike my huge high school and I applied to several LACs that were as small or even a bit smaller than even my "small" graduating class (900 kids, the smallest class at my high school). I came from a Catholic elementary school where there was about 400 kids though, so going to a school that was over ten times that number was a bit of a shock to me. I can do well in either environment and both have its benefits and drawbacks, but to be honest, I really miss the small school feel.</p>
<p>My school has 4100+ students grades 9-12 in a building that's smaller than most schools (The Building is like fit for 1800 students or so) and we hardly have as much electives like those rich schools. It's a poor NYC public school =.='</p>
<p>my school has about 1,700 kids. I think it's a pretty good size. We have a fair amount of ECs to choose from and lots of AP and honors classes, but not as many as at the huge schools you guys are describing. I also like how there are plenty of people I don't know, but it still dosn't feel to big.</p>