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 | 950 | 13.1 |
First | 802 | 11 |
Second | 842 | 11.6 |
Third | 829 | 11.4 |
Fourth | 810 | 11.2 |
Fifth | 791 | 10.9 |
Sixth | 761 | 10.5 |
Seventh | 742 | 10.2 |
Eighth | 736 | 10.1 |