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 | 252 | 11.2 |
First | 249 | 11 |
Second | 227 | 10 |
Third | 222 | 9.8 |
Fourth | 199 | 8.8 |
Fifth | 192 | 8.5 |
Sixth | 166 | 7.3 |
Seventh | 162 | 7.2 |
Eighth | 166 | 7.3 |
Ninth | 136 | 6 |
10th | 104 | 4.6 |
11th | 94 | 4.2 |
12th | 91 | 4 |