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 | 539 | 8.1 |
First | 487 | 7.3 |
Second | 431 | 6.5 |
Third | 504 | 7.6 |
Fourth | 506 | 7.6 |
Fifth | 515 | 7.7 |
Sixth | 437 | 6.6 |
Seventh | 503 | 7.6 |
Eighth | 490 | 7.4 |
Ninth | 582 | 8.7 |
10th | 579 | 8.7 |
11th | 548 | 8.2 |
12th | 538 | 8.1 |