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 | 256 | 9.7 |
First | 240 | 9.1 |
Second | 275 | 10.4 |
Third | 258 | 9.7 |
Fourth | 251 | 9.5 |
Fifth | 239 | 9 |
Sixth | 221 | 8.3 |
Seventh | 226 | 8.5 |
Eighth | 209 | 7.9 |
Ninth | 153 | 5.8 |
10th | 130 | 4.9 |
11th | 119 | 4.5 |
12th | 71 | 2.7 |