The grade with the highest concentration of students was eighth-grade with 15.5 percent of all students.
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 | 14 | 3.1 |
First | 9 | 2 |
Second | 22 | 4.8 |
Third | 26 | 5.7 |
Fourth | 19 | 4.1 |
Fifth | 32 | 7 |
Sixth | 48 | 10.5 |
Seventh | 48 | 10.5 |
Eighth | 71 | 15.5 |
Ninth | 37 | 8.1 |
10th | 35 | 7.6 |
11th | 50 | 10.9 |
12th | 47 | 10.3 |