San Diego City Wire

Out of 113 students enrolled in National University Academy 1001 STEAM, 15 percent were in seventh-grade during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the California Department of Education.

The grade with the highest concentration of students was eighth-grade with 23 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 %
Sixth	12	10.6
Seventh	17	15
Eighth	26	23
Ninth	12	10.6
10th	19	16.8
11th	13	11.5
12th	14	12.4