The grades with the highest concentration of students were 11th and 12th-grade, both with 16.5 percent of all students.
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 | 5.5 |
First | 4 | 3.1 |
Second | 2 | 1.6 |
Third | 7 | 5.5 |
Fourth | 8 | 6.3 |
Fifth | 3 | 2.4 |
Sixth | 2 | 1.6 |
Seventh | 7 | 5.5 |
Eighth | 12 | 9.4 |
Ninth | 16 | 12.6 |
10th | 17 | 13.4 |
11th | 21 | 16.5 |
12th | 21 | 16.5 |