Out of 460 students enrolled in Contra Costa School of Performing Arts, 21.1 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 22.4 percent of all students.
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 % |
|---|---|---|
| Sixth | 85 | 18.5 |
| Seventh | 103 | 22.4 |
| Eighth | 97 | 21.1 |
| Ninth | 77 | 16.7 |
| 10th | 39 | 8.5 |
| 11th | 35 | 7.6 |
| 12th | 24 | 5.2 |
