text: do you think our children would learn more if less classmates were in each class? my daughter is 15 this may.  in 8th grade.  in each of her classes is no less than 28 children and even in one of the clsses is 42!  her science class suffers a great deal.  don't you think that if each class had less students, our children would learn more? i would agree with you that having less students in a class would mean more time for the teacher with the students.  some school districts have a limit on how many kids can be in a class.  check with yours.