Out of 2,089 students enrolled in Golden Valley Unified School District, 8.8 percent were in eighth-grade during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the California Department of Education.
The grade with the highest concentration of students was seventh-grade with 9.2 percent of all students.
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 didn’t view the financial resources their local public school was getting as adequate.
| Grade | Number of students | Total % |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 166 | 7.9 |
| First | 144 | 6.9 |
| Second | 148 | 7.1 |
| Third | 164 | 7.9 |
| Fourth | 136 | 6.5 |
| Fifth | 150 | 7.2 |
| Sixth | 148 | 7.1 |
| Seventh | 192 | 9.2 |
| Eighth | 184 | 8.8 |
| Ninth | 176 | 8.4 |
| 10th | 166 | 7.9 |
| 11th | 175 | 8.4 |
| 12th | 140 | 6.7 |
