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 |