The grades with the highest concentration of students were sixth, seventh and 12th-grade, each with 9.1 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 % |
---|---|---|
Kindergarten | 12 | 5 |
First | 19 | 7.9 |
Second | 16 | 6.6 |
Third | 17 | 7.1 |
Fourth | 16 | 6.6 |
Fifth | 20 | 8.3 |
Sixth | 22 | 9.1 |
Seventh | 22 | 9.1 |
Eighth | 20 | 8.3 |
Ninth | 20 | 8.3 |
10th | 17 | 7.1 |
11th | 18 | 7.5 |
12th | 22 | 9.1 |