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 | 724 | 16.2 |
First | 512 | 11.5 |
Second | 436 | 9.8 |
Third | 426 | 9.5 |
Fourth | 382 | 8.6 |
Fifth | 401 | 9 |
Sixth | 381 | 8.5 |
Seventh | 370 | 8.3 |
Eighth | 270 | 6 |
Ninth | 179 | 4 |
10th | 154 | 3.4 |
11th | 115 | 2.6 |
12th | 116 | 2.6 |