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 | 244 | 9.1 |
First | 226 | 8.4 |
Second | 229 | 8.6 |
Third | 229 | 8.6 |
Fourth | 227 | 8.5 |
Fifth | 235 | 8.8 |
Sixth | 195 | 7.3 |
Seventh | 235 | 8.8 |
Eighth | 213 | 8 |
Ninth | 174 | 6.5 |
10th | 178 | 6.6 |
11th | 127 | 4.7 |
12th | 165 | 6.2 |