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is reporting that teachers at .-managed schools may be responsible for as many as 275 students. The company manages taxpayer-funded virtual schools in more than 30 states, including Colorado Virtual Academy, the state’s largest online K-12 school.

the higher per pupil funding is, the lower student/teacher ratios are at K12 Inc.-managed schools. StateImpact writes:

StateImpact asked K12 Inc. spokesman Jeff Kwitowski if the ratios in the memo were correct, he wrote in a statement:

The topic of whether . According to school records, class sizes were as high as 240 students per middle school English teacher in 2010. High school teacher loads were even larger, with as many as 267 students per teacher in 2010. Both numbers came from first semester COVA records.

Right now there is no measuring stick for appropriate teacher staffing at virtual schools. Colorado state law does not set limits on student teacher ratios.

Many virtual school advocates discourage comparing brick and mortar numbers with those of virtual schools. Making matters even more complicated in Colorado is how the state Department of Education calculates student teacher ratios. CDE divides the —creating a ratio that doesn’t always reflect the reality of the classroom.

For the March KUNC investigation, records and teacher loads were requested directly from .

K12 Inc. is in violation of state law. It’s also for poor student performance and oversight. In Colorado, online K-12 schools came under fire last fall

Below is a sampling of the student to teacher ratios referenced in a .

K-8

·         60:1 – $4,000 per student

·         65:1 – $3,000 to $3,999 per student

·         72:1 – $2,000 to $2,999 per student

High School

·         225:1 – $4,000 per student

·         245:1 – $3,000 to $3,999 per student

·         275:1 – $2,000 to $2,999 per student