Out of 4,521 students enrolled in Benicia Unified School District, 8.6 percent were in kindergarten during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the California Department of Education.
The grade with the highest concentration of students was 12th-grade with 9 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 | 387 | 8.6 |
| First | 309 | 6.8 |
| Second | 301 | 6.7 |
| Third | 295 | 6.5 |
| Fourth | 320 | 7.1 |
| Fifth | 292 | 6.5 |
| Sixth | 336 | 7.4 |
| Seventh | 368 | 8.1 |
| Eighth | 331 | 7.3 |
| Ninth | 384 | 8.5 |
| 10th | 396 | 8.8 |
| 11th | 394 | 8.7 |
| 12th | 408 | 9 |
