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 | 44 | 3.5 |
First | 45 | 3.6 |
Second | 33 | 2.6 |
Third | 41 | 3.3 |
Fourth | 47 | 3.8 |
Fifth | 44 | 3.5 |
Sixth | 40 | 3.2 |
Seventh | 57 | 4.6 |
Eighth | 48 | 3.8 |
Ninth | 169 | 13.5 |
10th | 308 | 24.7 |
11th | 297 | 23.8 |
12th | 75 | 6 |