Out of 3,227 students enrolled in Lemoore Union Elementary School District, 12.2 percent were in fourth-grade during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the California Department of Education.
The grade with the highest concentration of students was sixth-grade with 12.4 percent of all students.
According to the National Center for Education Services, California is expected to see public and secondary school enrollment decrease three percent 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 expected 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 | 360 | 11.2 |
| First | 293 | 9.1 |
| Second | 338 | 10.5 |
| Third | 344 | 10.7 |
| Fourth | 393 | 12.2 |
| Fifth | 362 | 11.2 |
| Sixth | 399 | 12.4 |
| Seventh | 386 | 12 |
| Eighth | 352 | 10.9 |
