How many cadets are in your squadron?

[Bryce7454]

How many cadets are on the roster? How many show up normally? I ask this because I would like to hear how big certain squadrons are. My squadron has 20 cadets on the roster by not too many show up every meeting. I'm just wondering.

[Holding Pattern]

Too many and not enough.

Number ranges between 20-30, with a relatively high attendance rating except during holiday weeks.

We actually maintain a 1:1 ratio of SMs to Cadets year after year, which surprises me.

[SarDragon]

None. 

[TheSkyHornet]

Composite squadron.

17 cadets on the roster.
5 are not active (2 just graduated high school and are off doing adult stuff, 3 dropped and never returned, waiting for their memberships to expire)
I'd say 8 are regularly at most if not all meetings/events. The others are usually the twice-a-month crowd or less, but show face at least once each moon rise.

Not nearly where I'd like things to be.

[NC Hokie]

Composite squadron with 21 cadets on the roster as of this morning.

[C/Cool]

We have 10 on the roster. 4 of these have pretty much dropped out. 2 more of us have started college so we can't attend much anymore. That leaves about 2-3 regular cadets per meeting. I think we are the second smallest squadron in the whole wing, but I am not entirely sure.

[The Infamous Meerkat]

Composite Squadron, 46 on the roster right now. We have between 20 and 30 in attendance each meeting.

[MSG Mac]

51

[Bryce7454]

51

Jesus thats alot. How many show up regularly?

[MSG Mac]

30-35

[MSG Mac]

51

Jesus thats alot. How many show up regularly?

30-35

[NIN]

about 65 or 70 right now, about 50-55 showing up regularly.

BTW, here's a pop quiz: How many CAP units have less than 15 cadets in them?

[MacGruff]

Composite Squadron with more SMs on the roster than cadets!  27 cadets with 12-17 showing up weekly.

[Holding Pattern]

about 65 or 70 right now, about 50-55 showing up regularly.

BTW, here's a pop quiz: How many CAP units have less than 15 cadets in them?

I'm praying it is under 10%.

[Huey Driver]

about 65 or 70 right now, about 50-55 showing up regularly.

BTW, here's a pop quiz: How many CAP units have less than 15 cadets in them?

I'm praying it is under 10%.

No way. Just looked at last year's Quality Cadet Unit Award data - out of 1035 squadrons with cadets, 393 have less than 15 cadets... so 38% or call it 2 out of every 5 squadrons.

[Tim Day]

We have 76 cadets and normally have at least 40 show up. To me the biggest factors encouraging participation are:

1. A meaningful schedule addressing (but not too bound by) contact hours, known by cadets and parents. A predictable weekly rotation of focus (PT/CD, AE, Leadership, Ops) has been very beneficial to us.
2. Strict adherence to Cadet Program grade guidelines for cadet duty positions.
3. Communications with parents.

[Airplane girl]

My squadron is tiny. There are 10 cadets on the roster. Two are leaving to go to college this year. I haven't heard from two of the other cadets in months, and I don't think they're coming back. 5 or 6 cadets show up at a good meeting, but sometimes it's just me and one other cadet. We're going to start a recruiting program soon.

[NIN]

about 65 or 70 right now, about 50-55 showing up regularly.

BTW, here's a pop quiz: How many CAP units have less than 15 cadets in them?

I'm praying it is under 10%.

No way. Just looked at last year's Quality Cadet Unit Award data - out of 1035 squadrons with cadets, 393 have less than 15 cadets... so 38% or call it 2 out of every 5 squadrons.

As of the end of June, there were 995 cadet and composite squadrons.

323 had less than 15 cadets. Over 200 had less than 12 cadets. With an anecdotal participation rate of about 65 to 75% of roster strength, well you can do the math. This means that there are 200 to 300 units who aren't putting more than six or maybe ten cadets at a meeting at a time.

More concerning is the number of units that have less than five senior members. 41.

There were two units that had only one senior member assigned.  How does that even work?

[TheSkyHornet]

about 65 or 70 right now, about 50-55 showing up regularly.

BTW, here's a pop quiz: How many CAP units have less than 15 cadets in them?

I'm praying it is under 10%.

No way. Just looked at last year's Quality Cadet Unit Award data - out of 1035 squadrons with cadets, 393 have less than 15 cadets... so 38% or call it 2 out of every 5 squadrons.

As of the end of June, there were 995 cadet and composite squadrons.

323 had less than 15 cadets. Over 200 had less than 12 cadets. With and anecdotal participation I'm about 65 to 75% of roster strength, well you can do the math. This means that there are 200 to 300 units who aren't putting more than six or maybe ten cadets at a meeting at a time.

More concerning is the number of units that have less than five senior members. 41.

There were two units that had only one senior member assigned.  How does that even work?

I think you'd have to consider location, funding, resources (which I guess, in turn, comes from funding), leadership (who's running it, and what skills do they have, as well as their availability to be dedicated to their squadron).... a lot of factors that can cause issues with active participation

Sure, we have some cadets who just don't feel like participating as much as they used to, which can be a retention issue as well as them learning that as they get older, they have other priorities than just CAP. But we've long had an issue with leadership driving people away, including senior members.

[Thonawit]

We have 9 Cadets, 2 are in-active, 1 is in College leaving us with 6 active cadets. We have 2 potential Cadets and 2 that are waiting until they are 12.
Typically we have 5 or 6 of the "Active" Cadets show up at meetings.