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 | 1,364 | 8.9 |
First | 1,090 | 7.1 |
Second | 1,085 | 7.1 |
Third | 1,094 | 7.2 |
Fourth | 1,144 | 7.5 |
Fifth | 1,095 | 7.2 |
Sixth | 1,173 | 7.7 |
Seventh | 1,264 | 8.3 |
Eighth | 1,156 | 7.6 |
Ninth | 1,233 | 8.1 |
10th | 1,203 | 7.9 |
11th | 1,243 | 8.1 |
12th | 1,127 | 7.4 |