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 | 1,330 | 10 |
First | 1,174 | 8.8 |
Second | 1,320 | 9.9 |
Third | 1,303 | 9.8 |
Fourth | 1,331 | 10 |
Fifth | 1,252 | 9.4 |
Sixth | 1,188 | 8.9 |
Seventh | 1,046 | 7.8 |
Eighth | 1,058 | 7.9 |
Ninth | 617 | 4.6 |
10th | 688 | 5.1 |
11th | 592 | 4.4 |
12th | 465 | 3.5 |