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For the classroom portion I usually like 6-10 and that depends on personalities. I had a class of 15 once and that was a challenge. Not that anything went wrong, it just seemed a little too big to have real interaction. I'm a HS teacher and I can say that anything much over 12 in a class and one teacher struggles to have meaningful interactions. Again, the personality of the class has a lot to do with that also. (Now consider the classes that have 25-30 kids in them...sheesh...but we're saving money...Sorry I digress and that's a whole different topic)

At the range I usually only have 5 or fewer on the line. I might sneak an extra one if the numbers don't work or if I know the person well.

When I did my instructors qualifying the DPS had one officier for every 5 shooters. I figured that was good enough for me. I tend to hover around a student that may be having problems while monitoring the rest of the line. I have any extra students also watch for problems. Some here may take exception to that but an extra pair or two of eyes is always good as far as I am concerned.