The median high school size in the U.S. is about 600 students. Of the 26,400 public high schools, there might be a thousand with more than 2,000 students and a few hundred with more than 3,000.
Despite coming with challenges, some communities choose big schools for some of the advantages they offer. And hundreds of those big suburban schools across the country are innovating to personalize learning and connect youth to meaningful postsecondary pathways.
October 22, 2019