Wireless AP load

i'd like to know on how many number of users can a 1130 AP support (i know by default the threshold is set to 12) if i have 24 users connected connected to 1 AP, will the users experience poor signal and experience connectivity issues? what is the best practice when it comes to number is users per Cisco AP (1130)

Thanks a lot Mat
i now understand...
but then you can you be able to explain this for me: i'd like to know what this mean in detail, so that i can be able to pin point when there is a problem, also how can i resolve the FCSerrors ?
TxFragmentCount................................ 2172956
MulticastTxFrameCnt............................ 67506
FailedCount.................................... 1092546
RetryCount..................................... 2725219
MultipleRetryCount............................. 0
FrameDuplicateCount............................ 8774
RtsSuccessCount................................ 27219
RtsFailureCount................................ 107477
AckFailureCount................................ 2617742
RxFragmentCount................................ 0
MulticastRxFrameCnt............................ 0
FcsErrorCount.................................. 6147335
TxFrameCount................................... 39254268
WepUndecryptableCount.......................... 4870
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