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 | 42 | 5.2 |
First | 44 | 5.5 |
Second | 52 | 6.5 |
Third | 55 | 6.9 |
Fourth | 46 | 5.7 |
Fifth | 60 | 7.5 |
Sixth | 60 | 7.5 |
Seventh | 74 | 9.2 |
Eighth | 68 | 8.5 |
Ninth | 55 | 6.9 |
10th | 70 | 8.7 |
11th | 72 | 9 |
12th | 104 | 13 |