San Diego City Wire

Pershing Middle School had 255 seventh-grade students during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the California Department of Education.

Alternative Education-San Joaquin High School had the most seventh-grade students enrolled in California with 1,046.

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 did not view the financial resources their local public school was getting as adequate.

Rank	School	Attendance
1	Alternative Education-San Joaquin High School	1,046
2	Rancho del Rey Middle School	859
3	Clark Intermediate	779
4	Washington Academic Middle School	771
5	Eastlake Middle School	753
6	Reyburn Intermediate	744
7	Alfred B. Nobel Charter Middle School	713
8	George Ellery Hale Charter Academy	698
9	River Springs Charter School	697
10	South Junior High School	690
11	Turlock Junior High School	689
12	Thomas Starr King Middle School Film and Media Magnet	686
13	Alta Sierra Intermediate	685
14	Sycamore Junior High School	670
15	Katherine L. Albiani Middle School	663
16	Thornton Junior High School	648
17	Toby Johnson Middle School	647
18	Jurupa Middle School	646
19	Paul Revere Charter Middle School	632
20	T.R. Smedberg Middle School	617
20	Arroyo Seco Junior High School	617
22	La Paz Middle School	613
23	Harden Middle School	611
24	Kastner Intermediate	606
24	River Heights Intermediate	606
26	Dr. Augustine Ramirez Intermediate	604
27	Lexington Junior High School	602
28	Granite Ridge Intermediate	598
29	Ranchero Middle School	597
30	Edward Harris Jr. Middle School	594
31	Hesperia Junior High School	586
32	Inspire Charter School - Kern	582
33	Sutter Middle School	577
33	Gaspar De Portola Middle School	577
35	Washington Middle School	574
35	Stephen M. White Middle School	574
37	El Rancho Charter School	571
38	Sierra Vista Junior High School	566
38	Stonecreek Junior High School	566
40	Harriet G. Eddy Middle School	558
41	Rancho Santa Margarita Intermediate	557
41	Rosemont Middle School	557
43	Rudecinda Sepulveda Dodson Middle School	556
44	John Burroughs Middle School	555
44	Kraemer Middle School	555
46	Walter Reed Middle School	554
47	El Sausal Middle School	550
48	Cedar Middle School	544
49	Canyon Hills Junior High School	543
50	Santiago Middle School	542
50	Cesar E. Chavez Middle School	542
50	San Elijo Middle School	542
53	James Madison Middle School	541
53	Robert A. Millikan Affiliated Charter & Performing Arts Magnet Middle School	541
53	Rio Norte Junior High School	541
56	John M. Horner Junior High School	540
57	Culver City Middle School	538
58	Thompson Middle School	536
59	Tommie Kunst Junior High School	535
60	Lakeside Middle School	533
61	E.O. Green Junior High School	530
62	Dale Junior High School	526
62	Washington Intermediate	526
64	South Gate Middle School	525
65	William G. Jehue Middle School	524
66	Robert O. Townsend Junior High School	518
66	Serrano Intermediate	518
68	Wilmington Middle Science Technology Engineering Arts Mathematics (STEAM) Magnet	510
68	Eleanor Murray Fallon School	510
70	Granite Oaks Middle School	508
70	Marshall Middle School	508
70	Oak Valley Middle School	508
73	Frank Augustus Miller Middle School	507
74	Richard Henry Dana Middle School	506
74	Toro Canyon Middle School	506
76	Hillsdale Middle School	503
76	El Roble Intermediate	503
78	Mountain View Middle School	502
78	Sequoia Middle School	502
78	Thomas Jefferson Middle School	502
81	Henry T. Gage Middle School	500
82	Isaac Fesler Junior High School	499
83	Citrus Hills Intermediate	498
83	Joe Walker Middle School	498
83	Placerita Junior High School	498
86	Bernardo Heights Middle School	495
87	Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School	494
87	Mayfair High School	494
89	La Colina Junior High School	493
89	Matthew Gage Middle School	493
89	Chipman Junior High School	493
92	Hughes Middle School	492
93	Gonzalo Felicitas Mendez Fundamental Intermediate	490
93	Vista Heights Middle School	490
95	Mary R. Stauffer Middle School	489
96	James Rutter Middle School	487
96	Centerville Junior High School	487
98	Gerald P. Carr Intermediate	484
98	Walker Junior High School	484
100	Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School	482
100	Shivela Middle School	482
100	Horace Ensign Intermediate	482
100	Ladera Ranch Middle School	482
104	William Hopkins Junior High School	481
105	Samuel Jackman Middle School	480
105	Palm Desert Charter Middle School	480
105	Dorothy McElhinney Middle School	480
108	Ysmael Villegas Middle School	479
108	La Mesa Junior High School	479
108	Robert Frost Middle School	479
108	Palms Middle School	479
112	Chester W. Nimitz Middle School	478
112	Elizabeth Pinkerton Middle School	478
114	Pinacate Middle School	474
115	Chaboya Middle School	472
115	Norris Middle School	472
115	Southeast Middle School	472
118	Griffith Middle School	471
118	Eleanor J. Toll Middle School	471
120	Sequoia Middle School	470
120	Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts	470
120	Barbara Worth Junior High School	470
123	Kings Canyon Middle School	467
124	Earl Warren Junior High School	466
125	Wayne Ruble Middle School	464
126	Raymond A. Villa Fundamental Intermediate	463
126	Folsom Middle School	463
128	Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School	462
128	Lennox Middle School	462
130	Sutter Middle School	461
130	Manhattan Beach Middle School	461
130	Abraham Lincoln Middle School	461
133	Canyon Middle School	459
133	John Muir Middle School	459
135	Willis Jepson Middle School	458
136	Brookhurst Junior High School	457
136	Pacific Trails Middle School	457
138	Wendy Lopour Doty Middle School	456
138	Ramona Middle School	456
140	Vista Middle School	449
141	Brea Junior High School	448
142	Amelia Earhart Middle School	447
143	Sunnymead Middle School	446
143	Valley View Middle School	446
143	Ernest Lawrence Middle School	446
143	Serrano Middle School	446
143	Glacier Point Middle School	446
148	Evelyn Hanshaw Middle School	445
148	D. Russell Parks Junior High School	445
148	Sierra Middle School	445
148	El Cerrito Middle School	445
152	Valley Oak Middle School	443
152	Hilltop Middle School	443
152	Robert E. Peary Middle School	443
152	University Heights Middle School	443
156	Imogene Garner Hook Junior High School	442
157	Gordon Griffiths Middle School	441
157	Etiwanda Intermediate	441
159	Cerro Villa Middle School	439
160	Cope Middle School	438
160	Bella Vista Middle School	438
162	Ball Junior High School	437
163	Chemawa Middle School	435
164	Alexander Fleming Middle School	433
165	Jack G. Desmond Middle School	431
166	Colton Middle School	430
166	Scandinavian Middle School	430
168	San Gorgonio Middle School	429
169	Rincon Valley Middle School	428
169	Quimby Oak Middle School	428
171	Lynwood Middle School	426
172	Itliong-Vera Cruz Middle School	425
172	Thomas A. Edison Middle School	425
172	South Pasadena Middle School	425
172	William Mulholland Middle School	425
176	Arrowview Middle School	424
176	Hollenbeck Middle School	424
176	Lodi Middle School	424
179	Menifee Valley Middle School	423
179	Bonita Vista Middle School	423
179	Los Banos Junior High School	423
182	Kenilworth Junior High School	422
182	Olive Vista Middle School	422
182	California Middle School	422
182	Orangeview Junior High School	422
186	Edison Computech School	421
186	Joseph Kerr Middle School	421
188	Oak Avenue Intermediate	419
189	Charles Drew Middle School	418
189	Richard E. Byrd Middle School	418
189	Oakdale Junior High School	418
189	Creekside Junior High School	418
193	El Sereno Middle School	417
193	Ridgeview Middle School	417
193	California Virtual Academy @ Los Angeles	417
196	Woodrow Wilson Middle School	416
197	Rutherford B. Gaston Sr. Middle School	415
197	Ethan A. Chase Middle School	415
199	Terrace Hills Middle School	413
200	Francisco Sepulveda Middle School	412