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 | 3,730 | 7 |
First | 3,456 | 6.5 |
Second | 3,610 | 6.8 |
Third | 3,635 | 6.8 |
Fourth | 3,715 | 7 |
Fifth | 3,834 | 7.2 |
Sixth | 4,152 | 7.8 |
Seventh | 4,238 | 8 |
Eighth | 4,608 | 8.7 |
Ninth | 4,268 | 8 |
10th | 4,552 | 8.6 |
11th | 4,611 | 8.7 |
12th | 4,790 | 9 |
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