San Diego City Wire

Out of 249 students enrolled in Old Town Academy K-8 Charter School, 10.8 percent were in first-grade during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the California Department of Education.

The grades with the highest concentration of students were fourth, fifth, sixth and eighth-grade, each with 11.6 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	23	9.2
First	27	10.8
Second	27	10.8
Third	28	11.2
Fourth	29	11.6
Fifth	29	11.6
Sixth	29	11.6
Seventh	28	11.2
Eighth	29	11.6