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 | 26 | 8.5 |
First | 17 | 5.5 |
Second | 20 | 6.5 |
Third | 22 | 7.2 |
Fourth | 23 | 7.5 |
Fifth | 15 | 4.9 |
Sixth | 19 | 6.2 |
Seventh | 21 | 6.8 |
Eighth | 23 | 7.5 |
Ninth | 20 | 6.5 |
10th | 14 | 4.6 |
11th | 12 | 3.9 |
12th | 75 | 24.4 |