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 | 1,524 | 13 |
First | 1,182 | 10.1 |
Second | 1,160 | 9.9 |
Third | 1,127 | 9.6 |
Fourth | 1,001 | 8.6 |
Fifth | 747 | 6.4 |
Sixth | 749 | 6.4 |
Seventh | 933 | 8 |
Eighth | 863 | 7.4 |
Ninth | 472 | 4 |
10th | 484 | 4.1 |
11th | 545 | 4.7 |
12th | 892 | 7.6 |