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 | 383 | 9.2 |
First | 290 | 7 |
Second | 297 | 7.1 |
Third | 300 | 7.2 |
Fourth | 329 | 7.9 |
Fifth | 381 | 9.1 |
Sixth | 327 | 7.8 |
Seventh | 323 | 7.7 |
Eighth | 307 | 7.4 |
Ninth | 319 | 7.7 |
10th | 303 | 7.3 |
11th | 306 | 7.3 |
12th | 303 | 7.3 |