HCPSS MPIA Request #2025-144

Requestor
Barb Krupiarz
Requested Information
I am requesting the number of current HCPSS classes with 10 or fewer students. Please provide the class name, grade, class size, and school.
Date Received
Status
Complete
Responsive Documents
Responsive to this request, please find attached an available report showing current classes systemwide with less than 10 students enrolled. This report reflects total students in an academic (non-homeroom) classroom/with the same teacher at any one time based on school identified schedules, and indicates the courses in which those students are enrolled. Where a grade is applicable to a course, it will be reflected in the Section ID. HCPSS must protect against the potential disclosures of personally identifiable information about students as required by both the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA), which restricts access to student records, and MPIA GP § 4-313, which prevents disclosure of school district records pertaining to individual students. In accordance, HCPSS follows the Maryland State Department of Education and the National Center for Education Statistics’ guidelines for protecting student privacy in public reporting and suppresses the following from responsive records: populations that fall below 10; percentages that are less than or equal to 5, or greater than or equal to 95; categories directly related to specific student records; and/or information that can reasonably identify an individual student or reveals information from an individual student’s record or could do so when combined with other publicly accessible data. HCPSS has made substantial efforts to ensure the accuracy of this information; however, data collection and reporting is consistently subject to change. Please be mindful when comparing data as many variances can occur between reports based on date pulled, parameters used, categories included, etc.

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