Out of 2,779 students enrolled in Laguna Beach Unified School District, 9.2 percent were in 12th-grade during the 2019-2020 school year, according to the California Department of Education.
The grade with the highest concentration of students was ninth-grade with 10.4 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 | 177 | 6.4 |
| First | 159 | 5.7 |
| Second | 160 | 5.8 |
| Third | 158 | 5.7 |
| Fourth | 184 | 6.6 |
| Fifth | 203 | 7.3 |
| Sixth | 209 | 7.5 |
| Seventh | 209 | 7.5 |
| Eighth | 273 | 9.8 |
| Ninth | 290 | 10.4 |
| 10th | 261 | 9.4 |
| 11th | 240 | 8.6 |
| 12th | 256 | 9.2 |
