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 | 525 | 11.3 |
First | 464 | 10 |
Second | 481 | 10.3 |
Third | 460 | 9.9 |
Fourth | 433 | 9.3 |
Fifth | 428 | 9.2 |
Sixth | 381 | 8.2 |
Seventh | 364 | 7.8 |
Eighth | 355 | 7.6 |
Ninth | 247 | 5.3 |
10th | 202 | 4.3 |
11th | 192 | 4.1 |
12th | 129 | 2.8 |