Fresno Leader

Out of 403 students enrolled in Sierra Charter School, 18.9 percent were in 12th-grade during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the California Department of Education.

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	6	1.5
First	13	3.2
Second	10	2.5
Third	11	2.7
Fourth	7	1.7
Fifth	11	2.7
Sixth	18	4.5
Seventh	37	9.2
Eighth	49	12.2
Ninth	59	14.6
10th	49	12.2
11th	57	14.1
12th	76	18.9