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 | 4,629 | 8.8 |
First | 4,292 | 8.2 |
Second | 4,190 | 8 |
Third | 4,238 | 8.1 |
Fourth | 3,978 | 7.6 |
Fifth | 4,093 | 7.8 |
Sixth | 4,191 | 8 |
Seventh | 4,277 | 8.1 |
Eighth | 4,017 | 7.6 |
Ninth | 3,888 | 7.4 |
10th | 3,769 | 7.2 |
11th | 3,540 | 6.7 |
12th | 3,504 | 6.7 |