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Out of 18,540 students in Newport-Mesa Unified School District, 8.4 percent were in eighth-grade during 2020-2021 school year

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Out of 18,540 students enrolled in Newport-Mesa Unified School District, 8.4 percent were in eighth-grade during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the California Department of Education.

The grade with the highest concentration of students was 12th-grade with 9.7 percent of all students.

According to the National Center for Education Services, California is expected to see public and secondary school enrollment decrease three percent 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 expected 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.

Newport-Mesa Unified School District grade breakdown
GradeNumber of studentsTotal %
Kindergarten1,2116.5
First1,1636.3
Second1,1976.5
Third1,2386.7
Fourth1,3517.3
Fifth1,3267.2
Sixth1,3597.3
Seventh1,4147.6
Eighth1,5528.4
Ninth1,6388.8
10th1,6048.7
11th1,6889.1
12th1,7999.7

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