Wareham Public Schools' class size report for 2017 to 2018 was released Wednesday, revealing some classes have grown slightly since last year.

Elementary school class sizes range from an average of 17.7 students in first grade to 22.2 students in kindergarten. In middle school, the grades average 20.62 students per classroom.

The numbers are fairly consistent with last year’s, though kindergarten shows the most marked increase in numbers. Last year, kindergarten classes averaged 17.3 and this year, that number is up to 22.2. There are four full-time paraprofessionals assisting in the kindergarten, Superintendent Kimberly Shaver-Hood said.

At Minot Forest Elementary School, grade 3 has an average of 19.5 students, with classrooms ranging from 19 to 22 students. In grade 4, the average is 24.4 students, with a range of 23 to 26 students to a classroom. The fourth grade classes are higher this year, said Principal Joan Seamans.

In the Wareham High School, some electives have been cut because of a lack of student interest, said Principal Scott Palladino. There typically must be a minimum of 10 students interested in a class to move forward with it. This year, there were 25 classes that some students were interested in that didn’t run at the high school.

Palladino said the high school also has several options for online learning, so if a student is really interested in a class they can still find a way to make it work.

High school teachers have a caseload of 80 to 125 students and some teachers have stepped up to teach a sixth period instead of just five classes. The extra class keeps class size down, makes education more individualized and allows the high school to offer more electives, Palladino said.