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 | 91 | 8.6 |
First | 65 | 6.2 |
Second | 73 | 6.9 |
Third | 76 | 7.2 |
Fourth | 67 | 6.3 |
Fifth | 52 | 4.9 |
Sixth | 70 | 6.6 |
Seventh | 74 | 7 |
Eighth | 84 | 8 |
Ninth | 84 | 8 |
10th | 93 | 8.8 |
11th | 117 | 11.1 |
12th | 110 | 10.4 |