Comparing to Your Target — Not a Fixed Standard
This is the step where Lesson 1’s work pays off. The template evaluates each result against the target ratio you set for that classroom, not against a single fixed number. A classroom that runs below the COMAR ratio by design is not overstaffed — it is staffed exactly the way your program intends. The question this analysis answers is not “are we above the state minimum,” but “are we staffed the way we meant to be.”