Out of 22,228 students enrolled in Hayward Unified School District, 8.1 percent were in kindergarten during the 2019-2020 school year, according to the California Department of Education.
The grade with the highest concentration of students was second-grade with 8.1 percent of all students.
According to the National Center for Education Services, California is expected to see public and secondary school enrollment decrease three percent 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 expected 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 | 1,792 | 8.1 |
| First | 1,629 | 7.3 |
| Second | 1,806 | 8.1 |
| Third | 1,714 | 7.7 |
| Fourth | 1,738 | 7.8 |
| Fifth | 1,722 | 7.7 |
| Sixth | 1,770 | 8 |
| Seventh | 1,639 | 7.4 |
| Eighth | 1,779 | 8 |
| Ninth | 1,706 | 7.7 |
| 10th | 1,662 | 7.5 |
| 11th | 1,636 | 7.4 |
| 12th | 1,635 | 7.4 |
