Out of 4,328 students enrolled in Capistrano Connections Academy, 10 percent were in ninth-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 15.4 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 | 146 | 3.4 |
| First | 174 | 4 |
| Second | 190 | 4.4 |
| Third | 213 | 4.9 |
| Fourth | 215 | 5 |
| Fifth | 207 | 4.8 |
| Sixth | 279 | 6.4 |
| Seventh | 349 | 8.1 |
| Eighth | 434 | 10 |
| Ninth | 434 | 10 |
| 10th | 490 | 11.3 |
| 11th | 531 | 12.3 |
| 12th | 666 | 15.4 |
