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 | 37 | 11.1 |
First | 27 | 8.1 |
Second | 32 | 9.6 |
Third | 41 | 12.3 |
Fourth | 44 | 13.2 |
Fifth | 40 | 12 |
Sixth | 29 | 8.7 |
Seventh | 27 | 8.1 |
Eighth | 38 | 11.4 |
Ninth | 11 | 3.3 |
10th | 1 | 0.3 |
11th | 3 | 0.9 |
12th | 4 | 1.2 |