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Out of 14,356 students in Chico Unified School District, 8 percent were in seventh-grade during 2018-2019 school year

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Out of 14,356 students enrolled in Chico Unified School District, 8 percent were in seventh-grade during the 2018-2019 school year, according to the California Department of Education.

The grade with the highest concentration of students was kindergarten with 8.4 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.

Chico Unified School District grade breakdown
GradeNumber of studentsTotal %
Kindergarten1,2098.4
First1,0677.4
Second1,0627.4
Third1,1337.9
Fourth1,0517.3
Fifth1,0187.1
Sixth1,1077.7
Seventh1,1468
Eighth1,0097
Ninth1,1247.8
10th1,1337.9
11th1,1227.8
12th1,1758.2

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