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 % |
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Kindergarten | 2,028 | 7.2 |
First | 1,945 | 6.9 |
Second | 1,921 | 6.8 |
Third | 1,988 | 7.1 |
Fourth | 2,080 | 7.4 |
Fifth | 2,080 | 7.4 |
Sixth | 2,197 | 7.8 |
Seventh | 2,249 | 8 |
Eighth | 2,280 | 8.1 |
Ninth | 2,264 | 8.1 |
10th | 2,302 | 8.2 |
11th | 2,295 | 8.2 |
12th | 2,434 | 8.7 |
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