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 | 10 | 4.3 |
First | 10 | 4.3 |
Second | 13 | 5.5 |
Third | 27 | 11.5 |
Fourth | 15 | 6.4 |
Fifth | 11 | 4.7 |
Sixth | 16 | 6.8 |
Seventh | 19 | 8.1 |
Eighth | 13 | 5.5 |
Ninth | 17 | 7.2 |
10th | 20 | 8.5 |
11th | 26 | 11.1 |
12th | 38 | 16.2 |