San Jose Standard

Out of 10,740 students enrolled in Alum Rock Union Elementary School District, 12.5 percent were in eighth-grade during the 2018-2019 school year, according to the California Department of Education.

The grade with the highest concentration of students was sixth-grade with 12.6 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	1,204	11.2
First	1,010	9.4
Second	1,076	10
Third	1,057	9.8
Fourth	1,059	9.9
Fifth	1,310	12.2
Sixth	1,353	12.6
Seventh	1,325	12.3
Eighth	1,346	12.5