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 | 547 | 7.6 |
First | 502 | 7 |
Second | 445 | 6.2 |
Third | 477 | 6.6 |
Fourth | 464 | 6.5 |
Fifth | 565 | 7.9 |
Sixth | 547 | 7.6 |
Seventh | 595 | 8.3 |
Eighth | 586 | 8.2 |
Ninth | 591 | 8.2 |
10th | 633 | 8.8 |
11th | 587 | 8.2 |
12th | 638 | 8.9 |