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 % |
---|---|---|
Third | 1 | 0.2 |
Fourth | 2 | 0.3 |
Fifth | 2 | 0.3 |
Sixth | 9 | 1.4 |
Seventh | 23 | 3.5 |
Eighth | 44 | 6.6 |
Ninth | 42 | 6.3 |
10th | 145 | 21.8 |
11th | 171 | 25.8 |
12th | 225 | 33.9 |