Out of 349 students enrolled in SVUSD Virtual Academy (Alternative), 8.9 percent were in first-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 10.9 percent of all students.
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 | 24 | 6.9 |
| First | 31 | 8.9 |
| Second | 28 | 8 |
| Third | 33 | 9.5 |
| Fourth | 19 | 5.4 |
| Fifth | 18 | 5.2 |
| Sixth | 27 | 7.7 |
| Seventh | 27 | 7.7 |
| Eighth | 32 | 9.2 |
| Ninth | 19 | 5.4 |
| 10th | 38 | 10.9 |
| 11th | 25 | 7.2 |
| 12th | 28 | 8 |
