In 1973, there were 56 one- and two-room elementary schools in Prince Edward Island (Canada). As part of a descriptive survey of these schools, now closed by consolidation, researchers visited each school in 1973 and recorded details of the buildings, facilities, and school organizations. Teachers from 47 schools and their 737 students in grades 4-8 completed questionnaires assessing their opinions of the learning environment in their schools. Most schools were one story, wooden structures on concrete foundations, located in the countryside near villages and heated by oil space heaters or furnaces. Only 22 had cold running water and only 16 had telephones, whereas 9 lacked electricity. Playgrounds were relatively undeveloped, with little equipment. Most teachers were women and had qualifications equal to provincial averages; over half were below age 40 and had at least 10 years experience. Teachers treated the small school as superior to larger schools in the areas of student learning, interpersonal relationships, and classroom discipline, and inferior in the areas of instructional resources and extracurricular activities. Students rated their classrooms as high in social cohesiveness and competition. The document asserts that the results disprove many preconsolidation claims made against small schools by the provincial Department of Education. The report includes one vision of the ideal three classroom school, and 76 references. (SV)