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 | 11 | 3.1 |
First | 11 | 3.1 |
Second | 15 | 4.2 |
Third | 12 | 3.4 |
Fourth | 9 | 2.5 |
Fifth | 11 | 3.1 |
Sixth | 6 | 1.7 |
Seventh | 7 | 2 |
Eighth | 20 | 5.6 |
Ninth | 42 | 11.8 |
10th | 80 | 22.4 |
11th | 73 | 20.4 |
12th | 60 | 16.8 |