Wine Country Times

Out of 154 students enrolled in Potter Valley Elementary School, 18.2 percent were in sixth-grade 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	21	13.6
First	28	18.2
Second	18	11.7
Third	17	11
Fourth	19	12.3
Fifth	23	14.9
Sixth	28	18.2