Tulare Times

Out of 576 students enrolled in Oak Valley Elementary School, 13.5 percent were in kindergarten during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the California Department of Education.

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	78	13.5
First	55	9.5
Second	61	10.6
Third	56	9.7
Fourth	70	12.2
Fifth	76	13.2
Sixth	64	11.1
Seventh	53	9.2
Eighth	63	10.9