Out of 24,207 students enrolled in Saddleback Valley Unified School District, 6.7 percent were in second-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 9.6 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 | 1,676 | 6.9 |
| First | 1,690 | 7 |
| Second | 1,625 | 6.7 |
| Third | 1,635 | 6.8 |
| Fourth | 1,672 | 6.9 |
| Fifth | 1,654 | 6.8 |
| Sixth | 1,683 | 7 |
| Seventh | 1,868 | 7.7 |
| Eighth | 1,909 | 7.9 |
| Ninth | 2,132 | 8.8 |
| 10th | 2,164 | 8.9 |
| 11th | 2,172 | 9 |
| 12th | 2,327 | 9.6 |
