Year after year, parents rank small class sizes as their No. 1 priority in the annual FOM survey. Depending on the number of District provided teachers in any particular school year, FOM funds about 2 additional, full time credentialed teachers, resulting in smaller class sizes – as low as 17-25 students in Kinder-Grade 3 and 27-31 students in Grades 4-5 – that rival or surpass private school numbers.