San Diego City Wire

Out of 42 students enrolled in San Diego County Special Education, 42.9 percent were in 12th-grade during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the California Department of Education.

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 %
First	4	9.5
Second	2	4.8
Third	1	2.4
Fourth	2	4.8
Fifth	1	2.4
Seventh	3	7.1
Eighth	3	7.1
Ninth	2	4.8
10th	2	4.8
11th	4	9.5
12th	18	42.9