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 | 716 | 11.3 |
First | 575 | 9.1 |
Second | 597 | 9.4 |
Third | 598 | 9.5 |
Fourth | 535 | 8.5 |
Fifth | 589 | 9.3 |
Sixth | 610 | 9.6 |
Seventh | 572 | 9 |
Eighth | 499 | 7.9 |
Ninth | 282 | 4.5 |
10th | 271 | 4.3 |
11th | 267 | 4.2 |
12th | 213 | 3.4 |