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 | 66 | 14.8 |
First | 55 | 12.4 |
Second | 56 | 12.6 |
Third | 44 | 9.9 |
Fourth | 50 | 11.2 |
Fifth | 38 | 8.5 |
Sixth | 46 | 10.3 |
Seventh | 35 | 7.9 |
Eighth | 16 | 3.6 |
Ninth | 17 | 3.8 |
10th | 12 | 2.7 |
11th | 7 | 1.6 |
12th | 3 | 0.7 |