[ISLMA-Share] "Average" size collection for 420 student middle school

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During my library certification classes, we were told a ration of 20:1 is
appropriate for a school library. So, with your student population, you
would want to be right about 8,600 books. Hope that helps!


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> Our school has just over 11,000 books and we have almost 1,000 students.
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> On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 3:37 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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>> Hi all!
>>
>> My library got renovated during the summer and today the company came to
>> put all my books back on the shelves. Lo and behold, there are not enough
>> shelves! We are 26 shelves short! Which led the project manager on the
>> business end to ask me if I am perhaps a bit "heavy" on books?
>>
>> Can anyone tell me what your collection number is for a middle school
>> with around 430 students? I have 10,000 books.
>>
>> Thank you for any advice.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Lori McGreal
>> Library Media Specialist
>> Lincoln Hall Middle School
>> 6950 N. East Prairie Road
>> Lincolnwood, IL 60712
>> Phone: 847-745-3843
>> lmcgreal at sd74.org
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