Out of 6,657 students enrolled in Paso Robles Joint Unified School District, 6.7 percent were in second-grade during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the California Department of Education.
The grade with the highest concentration of students was ninth-grade with 9.6 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 | 500 | 7.5 |
| First | 422 | 6.3 |
| Second | 449 | 6.7 |
| Third | 476 | 7.2 |
| Fourth | 482 | 7.2 |
| Fifth | 469 | 7 |
| Sixth | 476 | 7.2 |
| Seventh | 495 | 7.4 |
| Eighth | 495 | 7.4 |
| Ninth | 637 | 9.6 |
| 10th | 577 | 8.7 |
| 11th | 605 | 9.1 |
| 12th | 574 | 8.6 |
