Central Alameda News

Out of 11,227 students enrolled in Alameda Unified School District, 8.4 percent were in kindergarten during the 2018-2019 school year, according to the California Department of Education.

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	948	8.4
First	838	7.5
Second	808	7.2
Third	825	7.3
Fourth	789	7
Fifth	773	6.9
Sixth	944	8.4
Seventh	867	7.7
Eighth	852	7.6
Ninth	901	8
10th	908	8.1
11th	865	7.7
12th	909	8.1