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 | 9 | 3.1 |
First | 10 | 3.4 |
Second | 13 | 4.5 |
Third | 11 | 3.8 |
Fourth | 15 | 5.2 |
Fifth | 21 | 7.2 |
Sixth | 19 | 6.5 |
Seventh | 22 | 7.6 |
Eighth | 31 | 10.7 |
Ninth | 26 | 8.9 |
10th | 37 | 12.7 |
11th | 36 | 12.4 |
12th | 41 | 14.1 |