Kern County Times

Out of 18,621 students enrolled in Panama-Buena Vista Union School District, 13 percent were in kindergarten during the 2018-2019 school year, according to the California Department of Education.

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	2,422	13
First	1,962	10.5
Second	2,038	10.9
Third	2,061	11.1
Fourth	1,977	10.6
Fifth	2,107	11.3
Sixth	1,881	10.1
Seventh	2,093	11.2
Eighth	2,080	11.2