The public middle schools with the highest student-to-teacher ratios in the United States
Across the United States, 13,523 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by the most students per teacher, a proxy for larger classes. Woolfolk Middle School leads the list at 44.1:1, against a median of 14.9:1 across the ranked schools.
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