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 | 1,176 | 9.8 |
First | 1,015 | 8.4 |
Second | 1,075 | 8.9 |
Third | 1,009 | 8.4 |
Fourth | 967 | 8 |
Fifth | 1,018 | 8.5 |
Sixth | 932 | 7.7 |
Seventh | 942 | 7.8 |
Eighth | 848 | 7 |
Ninth | 832 | 6.9 |
10th | 805 | 6.7 |
11th | 748 | 6.2 |
12th | 673 | 5.6 |