Central OC Times

Out of 35,255 students enrolled in Irvine Unified School District, 7.7 percent were in eighth-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 8.1 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	2,809	8
First	2,665	7.6
Second	2,665	7.6
Third	2,718	7.7
Fourth	2,702	7.7
Fifth	2,743	7.8
Sixth	2,836	8
Seventh	2,864	8.1
Eighth	2,720	7.7
Ninth	2,723	7.7
10th	2,646	7.5
11th	2,619	7.4
12th	2,545	7.2