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Out of 1,024 students in Special Education, 2.1 percent were in kindergarten during 2020-2021 school year

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Out of 1,024 students enrolled in Special Education, 2.1 percent were in kindergarten during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the California Department of Education.

The grade with the highest concentration of students was 12th-grade with 30.2 percent of all students.

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.

Special Education grade breakdown
GradeNumber of studentsTotal %
Kindergarten212.1
First424.1
Second474.6
Third545.3
Fourth515
Fifth595.8
Sixth676.5
Seventh656.3
Eighth817.9
Ninth666.4
10th929
11th706.8
12th30930.2

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