Small class size equals better health.

A study from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and the Virginia Commonwealth University shows that a student graduating from high school after attending smaller-sized classes gains an average of 1.7 quality-adjusted life-years and generates a net $168,431 in lifetime revenue. “Higher earnings and better job quality enhance access to health. Peter A. Muennig, MD, MPH, assistant professor of Health Policy and Management at the Mailman School says,. “Regardless of class size, the net effect of graduating from high school is roughly equivalent to taking 20 years of bad health off of your life." More cost effective than direct health care