https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:41:43 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-large-is-your-towns-school-system#post-2633545 Fri, 07 Oct 2016 08:39:11 +0000 travellingbee 2633545@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs Green Grass: wait, ours says it is the 7th largest, lol. Maybe they are tied :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-large-is-your-towns-school-system#post-2633544 Fri, 07 Oct 2016 08:38:32 +0000 mrsjazz 2633544@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamaof2: We have a Chancellor that oversees the entire system under the Mayor and a panel of education leaders, then a ton of deputy chancellors, then superintendents for each of the districts -- there are 33 or 34 districts that make up the entire NYC Dept. of Ed. It's huge but there are a lot of people at the top. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-large-is-your-towns-school-system#post-2633541 Fri, 07 Oct 2016 08:36:14 +0000 travellingbee 2633541@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our city has more than one district. The main district HISD has 287 schools. It is the 7th largest in the country. My family is zoned to a smaller district within city limits though. Our "small" district has 26 elementary schools, 7 middle schools, and 4 high schools.</p> <p>I grew up in a small town with I think 6 Elementary schools, 2 middle and 1 high school. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-large-is-your-towns-school-system#post-2633522 Fri, 07 Oct 2016 08:10:17 +0000 looch 2633522@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our school districts are by towns, so each town in the county has its own super.</p> <p>19 schools. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-large-is-your-towns-school-system#post-2633515 Fri, 07 Oct 2016 07:56:43 +0000 Mrs. Lion 2633515@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Periwinkle: I taught in a small district that did this too! It was okay, but having the kids constantly switching schools was stressful and omg dismissla of 1000 k-2 students at once was insane haha :) bit it had its benefits too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-large-is-your-towns-school-system#post-2633505 Fri, 07 Oct 2016 07:45:36 +0000 Mamaof2 2633505@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: @mrsjazz: I cant imagine 1 superintendent having control over that many schools - sounds chaotic!</p> <p>Ours has:<br /> 15 Elementary<br /> 5 middle<br /> 3 high schools </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-large-is-your-towns-school-system#post-2633461 Fri, 07 Oct 2016 01:25:55 +0000 SugarplumsMom 2633461@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>City wide, our district is big. But my little town only has 3 elementary schools, and no high school. It does seem to have quite a few pre-schools. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-large-is-your-towns-school-system#post-2633440 Thu, 06 Oct 2016 22:50:05 +0000 skinnycow 2633440@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're in a large suburb with 40 elementary schools. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-large-is-your-towns-school-system#post-2633417 Thu, 06 Oct 2016 21:41:33 +0000 DesertDreams88 2633417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Periwinkle: as a teacher I think that's so awesome!!</p> <p>Here in Phoenix, most districts are broken into K-8 districts and High School districts. In my district, we have a variety of K-8s, K-3s, and 4-8 schools. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-large-is-your-towns-school-system#post-2633406 Thu, 06 Oct 2016 21:12:15 +0000 Periwinkle 2633406@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our district is quite larger and breaks up the schools by grade:</p> <p>1 K-2<br /> 1 3-4<br /> 1 5-6<br /> 1 7-8<br /> 1 High School</p> <p>I have never seen a district break up the grades like this into different buildings! The district in which I grew up had 1 elementary school and then 1 regional middle school and high school. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-large-is-your-towns-school-system#post-2633321 Thu, 06 Oct 2016 19:22:57 +0000 Foodnerd81 2633321@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Small- 3 elementary, 1 middle, 1 high school. Elementary schools are broken up by grade, not location, so like PK-1, 2-3, 4-5. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-large-is-your-towns-school-system#post-2633319 Thu, 06 Oct 2016 19:21:54 +0000 Alba4 2633319@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>1 elementary, 1 middle, 1 high. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-large-is-your-towns-school-system#post-2633315 Thu, 06 Oct 2016 19:17:06 +0000 Bao 2633315@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2 elementary schools, 1 middle, 1 high. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-large-is-your-towns-school-system#post-2633305 Thu, 06 Oct 2016 19:06:38 +0000 avivoca 2633305@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A lot. I don't know how many, but it's the biggest County in the state. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-large-is-your-towns-school-system#post-2633297 Thu, 06 Oct 2016 18:59:33 +0000 Andrea 2633297@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>4 elementary, 1 middle, 1 high school </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-large-is-your-towns-school-system#post-2633292 Thu, 06 Oct 2016 18:58:24 +0000 Finfan 2633292@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>8 elementary schools, 2 middle schools and 2 high schools. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-large-is-your-towns-school-system#post-2633266 Thu, 06 Oct 2016 18:34:39 +0000 mrsjazz 2633266@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>largest school district in the United States!</p> <p>ETA: just looked up how many schools -- the website says over 1,800 schools and serves 1.1 million kids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-large-is-your-towns-school-system#post-2633255 Thu, 06 Oct 2016 18:28:13 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 2633255@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>7th in the nation...super diverse from well off to poor to refugees. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-large-is-your-towns-school-system#post-2633254 Thu, 06 Oct 2016 18:27:59 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2633254@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours is enormous. 700+ schools.</p> <p>Growing up there were a bunch of elementary schools but only three high schools. Now my hometown only has two high schools. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-large-is-your-towns-school-system#post-2633250 Thu, 06 Oct 2016 18:25:52 +0000 sorrycharlie 2633250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not including any charter or privately funded schools.</p> <p>Our public school system has five elementary schools (one of which has the early learning center), two middle schools and one high school.</p> <p>I grew up in a town with 4 elementary schools. The one DDs will attend has only two classes per grade. That surprised me! Ours had 4 growing up. Smaller city, too. </p>