Chico Times

Achieve Charter School of Paradise Inc. had 19 sixth-grade students during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the California Department of Education.

Alternative Education-San Joaquin High School had the most sixth-grade students enrolled in California with 1,188.

According to the National Center for Education Services, California is expected to see public and secondary school enrollment decrease three percent 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 expected 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 did not view the financial resources their local public school was getting as adequate.

Rank	School	Attendance
1	Alternative Education-San Joaquin High School	1,188
2	Alfred B. Nobel Charter Middle School	728
3	George Ellery Hale Charter Academy	674
4	River Springs Charter School	660
5	Thomas Starr King Middle School Film and Media Magnet	657
6	Paul Revere Charter Middle School	642
7	Inspire Charter School - Kern	613
8	Gaspar De Portola Middle School	550
9	Eleanor Murray Fallon School	546
10	Robert A. Millikan Affiliated Charter & Performing Arts Magnet Middle School	540
10	Culver City Middle School	540
12	John M. Horner Junior High School	536
13	Oak Valley Middle School	523
14	Walter Reed Middle School	522
15	Richard Henry Dana Middle School	520
16	James Madison Middle School	507
17	Rudecinda Sepulveda Dodson Middle School	505
18	Stephen M. White Middle School	502
19	Thompson Middle School	494
19	South Gate Middle School	494
21	John Burroughs Middle School	490
22	Robert Frost Middle School	489
23	Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate	485
24	Wilmington Middle Science Technology Engineering Arts Mathematics (STEAM) Magnet	476
25	Bernardo Heights Middle School	475
26	Hillsdale Middle School	469
26	San Elijo Middle School	469
28	Hughes Middle School	468
28	San Gorgonio Middle School	468
30	William G. Jehue Middle School	461
31	John Muir Middle School	455
31	E.O. Green Junior High School	455
33	Sutter Middle School	452
34	Marshall Middle School	446
35	Ethan A. Chase Middle School	445
36	Chester W. Nimitz Middle School	444
37	Cope Middle School	443
38	Lennox Middle School	440
39	Dorothy McElhinney Middle School	439
40	Palm Desert Charter Middle School	438
41	Douglas MacArthur Fundamental Intermediate	437
42	Canyon Middle School	435
43	Gordon Griffiths Middle School	434
44	Ramona Middle School	433
45	Ysmael Villegas Middle School	430
45	Shivela Middle School	430
47	Palms Middle School	426
47	Bella Vista Middle School	426
49	Ladera Ranch Middle School	423
50	Barbara Chilton Middle School	421
51	Wendy Lopour Doty Middle School	419
52	Highlands Elementary School	417
53	Manhattan Beach Middle School	416
54	Etiwanda Intermediate	415
55	Menifee Valley Middle School	414
56	Richard E. Byrd Middle School	411
57	Wayne Ruble Middle School	409
58	Raymond A. Villa Fundamental Intermediate	408
59	Vista Heights Middle School	407
59	Ralston Intermediate	407
61	George K. Porter Middle School	402
62	Stanford Middle School	401
63	Ernest Lawrence Middle School	400
64	Heritage Intermediate	399
65	Clement Middle School	398
66	A.P. Giannini Middle School	397
67	Mary R. Stauffer Middle School	395
67	Visions In Education	395
69	Gerald P. Carr Intermediate	394
69	McKee Middle School	394
71	Woodland Park Middle School	389
71	Vista Middle School	389
73	Folsom Middle School	388
73	Meadowbrook Middle School	388
75	Thomas S. Hart Middle School	387
75	Franklin Classical Middle School	387
77	Mountain View Middle School	386
78	Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School	385
78	Willow Glen Middle School	385
80	William B. Bristow Middle School	383
81	Balboa Middle School	382
82	Bell Mountain Middle School	381
82	Griffith Middle School	381
82	Heartland Charter School	381
85	Marco Forster Middle School	380
86	Itliong-Vera Cruz Middle School	379
87	Day Creek Intermediate	378
88	Harvest Park Middle School	376
88	Joaquin Miller Middle School	376
88	Nick G. Parras Middle School	376
88	Los Alisos Middle School	376
92	Twin Peaks Middle School	375
92	Granada Middle School	375
94	R.J. Frank Academy of Marine Science & Engineering	374
95	James B. Davidson Middle School	373
96	John Glenn Middle School of International Studies	371
97	William Mulholland Middle School	370
97	Windemere Ranch Middle School	370
99	G.M. Walters Junior High School	368
100	Patrick Henry Middle School	365
100	Fontana Middle School	365
100	Isbell Middle School	365
103	East Whittier Middle School	364
104	Beattie Middle School	363
105	Adams Middle School	362
106	Robert E. Peary Middle School	360
106	Virgil Middle School	360
108	Sunnymead Middle School	359
108	Chaparral Middle School	359
108	Rialto Middle School	359
111	Herbert Hoover Middle School	358
111	Ethel Dwyer Middle School	358
113	Black Mountain Middle School	357
113	Oliver Wendell Holmes Middle School	357
113	Alexander Fleming Middle School	357
113	Burlingame Intermediate	357
117	Shadow Hills Engineering and Design Magnet Academy	355
117	Park Middle School	355
119	Mesa Verde Middle School	354
119	Sierra Vista Elementary School	354
121	South Pasadena Middle School	353
121	Sam H. Lawson Middle School	353
121	Erle Stanley Gardner Middle School	353
124	Gale Ranch Middle School	352
124	Southeast Middle School	352
126	Charles Blackstock Junior High School	351
126	California Virtual Academy @ Los Angeles	351
128	Creekside Middle School	350
128	Dana School	350
128	David Starr Jordan Middle School	350
131	Newhart Middle School	349
131	M.H. Stanley Middle School	349
133	Weaver Middle School	348
134	Adams J. Douglas Middle School	346
135	James Workman Middle School	344
135	Badger Springs Middle School	344
137	Kolb Middle School	343
137	Cupertino Middle School	343
139	Suzanne Middle School	342
140	Terra Cotta Middle School	341
141	Leon H. Ollivier Middle School	340
141	Union Middle School	340
143	El Monte Middle School	339
144	Moore Middle School	338
144	Jefferson Leadership Academies	338
146	Acacia Middle School	336
146	Benicia Middle School	336
148	Tomas Rivera Middle School	335
148	Pine Valley Middle School	335
150	Nellie N. Coffman Middle School	334
151	Pleasanton Middle School	333
152	Sharon Christa McAuliffe Middle School	332
152	Oak Middle School	332
152	Sunnyvale Middle School	332
155	Jefferson Middle School	331
156	Castillero Middle School	330
157	Aviara Oaks Middle School	329
157	Los Angeles Academy Middle School	329
157	Pacoima Middle School	329
160	James L. Day Middle School	328
160	Cesar Chavez Middle School	328
160	Francisco Sepulveda Middle School	328
160	Edward A. Sussman Middle School	328
160	Walnut Creek Intermediate	328
160	Bear Valley Middle School	328
166	Iron Horse Middle School	327
166	Frisbie Middle School	327
168	Medea Creek Middle School	326
168	Raymond J. Fisher Middle School	326
168	Summit Intermediate	326
168	Pacific Coast Academy	326
168	Desert Willow Fine Arts Science and Technology Magnet Academy	326
173	American Canyon Middle School	325
173	Palm Middle School	325
173	Presidio Middle School	325
176	Loma Vista Middle School	324
177	Park View Middle School	323
177	Elsinore Middle School	323
177	Rancho Viejo Middle School	323
180	Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School	322
181	Bowditch Middle School	321
182	Ethel Kucera Middle School	320
182	La Merced Intermediate	320
182	Diamond Valley Middle School	320
185	Inspire Charter School - South	319
186	Dartmouth Middle School	318
186	Herbert Hoover Middle School	318
188	Nicolet Middle School	317
188	Elizabeth Ustach Middle School	317
188	David G. Millen Law and Government Magnet Academy	317
191	Olive Vista Middle School	315
191	Richard Henry Dana Middle School	315
191	Standard Middle School	315
194	Vista Verde Middle School	314
194	iLEAD Hybrid School	314
196	Bret Harte Middle School	313
196	Lewis Middle School	313
198	Sequoia Middle School	312
198	Isaac Newton Graham Middle School	312
198	Katherine Edwards Middle School	312