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 % |
---|---|---|
Fifth | 69 | 0.6 |
Sixth | 104 | 1 |
Seventh | 808 | 7.4 |
Eighth | 736 | 6.8 |
Ninth | 2,359 | 21.7 |
10th | 2,381 | 21.9 |
11th | 2,199 | 20.2 |
12th | 2,217 | 20.4 |