High School Student to Mentor ratio

[Mark McLeod]

I'd say:
~3 students per adult mentor is the typical average at one of the schools I help at.

At a second school it's about 5 students per mentor.

At a third school it's probably 12 to 1

It seems to be directly proportional to the amount of school administration support the robotics team receives. Some schools throw a lot of support behind the FIRST program, demonstrated through both financial and teacher resources while other teams have only a single teacher dedicated to robotics.

It's so very hard for a lone teacher to manage a program of this magnitude, as well as recruit parents and local industry to the cause. My hats off to you dedicated teachers who can make a team happen.

[Tyler Olds]

We have 18 mentors and around 28 students.

[Jay H 237]

We have just under 30 students on our team and about a dozen mentors. The ratio flucuates slightly since not all the students or mentors make it to the meetings everyday.