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 | 549 | 12.4 |
First | 449 | 10.2 |
Second | 428 | 9.7 |
Third | 408 | 9.2 |
Fourth | 372 | 8.4 |
Fifth | 354 | 8 |
Sixth | 319 | 7.2 |
Seventh | 309 | 7 |
Eighth | 323 | 7.3 |
Ninth | 170 | 3.9 |
10th | 137 | 3.1 |
11th | 318 | 7.2 |
12th | 279 | 6.3 |