Out of 23,234 students enrolled in Murrieta Valley Unified School District, 9.4 percent were in ninth-grade 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 | 1,596 | 6.9 |
| First | 1,430 | 6.2 |
| Second | 1,503 | 6.5 |
| Third | 1,517 | 6.5 |
| Fourth | 1,528 | 6.6 |
| Fifth | 1,621 | 7 |
| Sixth | 1,726 | 7.4 |
| Seventh | 1,870 | 8 |
| Eighth | 1,900 | 8.2 |
| Ninth | 2,195 | 9.4 |
| 10th | 2,096 | 9 |
| 11th | 2,087 | 9 |
| 12th | 2,165 | 9.3 |
