Flexible Scheduling: Implementing an Innovation

Table 1: School Characteristics

Public/ private

Grades

Socioeconomic or other relevant descriptor

No. of students

No. of classroom teachers

No. of SLMSs

Support staff
time

School A
Public

K-5

Primarily middle to high

560

19

1.0

1.3

School B
Public

K-6

Mixed; over half low to middle

n/a

22

1.0

1.0

School C
Private

PreK-8 (data collected regarding PreK-5 only)

Gifted students

310

17

1.0

2.0

School D
Public

K-5

Low to middle

220

10

0.5

0.5

School E Public

K-4

Middle to upper; middle

600

26

1.0

1.5

School F Public

K-6

Mixed

700

29

1.0

0.0