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 | 96 | 15.2 |
First | 78 | 12.3 |
Second | 81 | 12.8 |
Third | 60 | 9.5 |
Fourth | 64 | 10.1 |
Fifth | 62 | 9.8 |
Sixth | 61 | 9.7 |
Seventh | 54 | 8.5 |
Eighth | 76 | 12 |