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 | 21 | 2.1 |
First | 42 | 4.1 |
Second | 47 | 4.6 |
Third | 54 | 5.3 |
Fourth | 51 | 5 |
Fifth | 59 | 5.8 |
Sixth | 67 | 6.5 |
Seventh | 65 | 6.3 |
Eighth | 81 | 7.9 |
Ninth | 66 | 6.4 |
10th | 92 | 9 |
11th | 70 | 6.8 |
12th | 309 | 30.2 |