Out of 2,624 students enrolled in Laguna Beach Unified School District, 5.7 percent were in third-grade during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the California Department of Education.
The grade with the highest concentration of students was 10th-grade with 11.1 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.
| Grade | Number of students | Total % |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 136 | 5.2 |
| First | 150 | 5.7 |
| Second | 161 | 6.1 |
| Third | 150 | 5.7 |
| Fourth | 153 | 5.8 |
| Fifth | 182 | 6.9 |
| Sixth | 202 | 7.7 |
| Seventh | 216 | 8.2 |
| Eighth | 222 | 8.5 |
| Ninth | 273 | 10.4 |
| 10th | 292 | 11.1 |
| 11th | 258 | 9.8 |
| 12th | 229 | 8.7 |
