Out of 178 students enrolled in Paradise eLearning Academy, seven were in seventh-grade during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the California Department of Education.
The grade with the highest concentration of students was 12th-grade with 24.2 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 | 5 | 2.8 |
| First | 6 | 3.4 |
| Second | 5 | 2.8 |
| Third | 2 | 1.1 |
| Fourth | 8 | 4.5 |
| Fifth | 8 | 4.5 |
| Sixth | 2 | 1.1 |
| Seventh | 7 | 3.9 |
| Eighth | 12 | 6.7 |
| Ninth | 27 | 15.2 |
| 10th | 22 | 12.4 |
| 11th | 31 | 17.4 |
| 12th | 43 | 24.2 |
