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 | 127 | 16.4 |
First | 109 | 14 |
Second | 102 | 13.1 |
Third | 98 | 12.6 |
Fourth | 98 | 12.6 |
Fifth | 96 | 12.4 |
Sixth | 63 | 8.1 |
Seventh | 41 | 5.3 |
Eighth | 42 | 5.4 |