Central OC Times

Out of 51,444 students enrolled in Santa Ana Unified School District, 8.2 percent were in ninth-grade during the 2018-2019 school year, according to the California Department of Education.

The grade with the highest concentration of students was seventh-grade with 8.3 percent of all students.

According to numbers provided by the National Center for Education Services, California is expected to see a decrease of three percent in public elementary and secondary school enrollment from 2017-2029. The state expected to see the largest drop in enrollment is New Mexico with a projected 12 percent decrease, while Washington D.C. is projected to see a 14 percent increase over the same time period.

In a survey conducted by the Public Policy Institute of California, seven percent of respondents said large class sizes was the biggest issue facing California's K-12 schools. In the same survey, 50 percent of the respondents said they didn’t view the financial resources their local public school was getting as adequate.

Grade	Number of students	Total %
Kindergarten	4,043	7.9
First	3,617	7
Second	3,626	7
Third	3,574	6.9
Fourth	3,691	7.2
Fifth	4,045	7.9
Sixth	3,840	7.5
Seventh	4,258	8.3
Eighth	4,231	8.2
Ninth	4,239	8.2
10th	4,116	8
11th	4,042	7.9
12th	4,122	8