What is a microschool? Inside the tiny class trend that’s taking off in Florida and beyond

Private schools with class sizes of just three or four students are sprouting up across the country—including in Florida, where curriculum has been under attack. Here’s what to know.

A new education model for K through 12 schools is emerging across the United States. In at least 36 states, microschools—schools with a student body of around 14 or so children and class sizes of sometimes even just three or four—have started to sprout.