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 | 7 | 1.7 |
First | 10 | 2.4 |
Second | 6 | 1.4 |
Third | 12 | 2.9 |
Fourth | 6 | 1.4 |
Fifth | 5 | 1.2 |
Sixth | 14 | 3.4 |
Seventh | 31 | 7.5 |
Eighth | 55 | 13.3 |
Ninth | 48 | 11.6 |
10th | 77 | 18.6 |
11th | 66 | 15.9 |
12th | 78 | 18.8 |