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 | 66 | 7.1 |
First | 60 | 6.4 |
Second | 71 | 7.6 |
Third | 43 | 4.6 |
Fourth | 72 | 7.7 |
Fifth | 59 | 6.3 |
Sixth | 97 | 10.4 |
Seventh | 85 | 9.1 |
Eighth | 104 | 11.1 |
Ninth | 70 | 7.5 |
10th | 71 | 7.6 |
11th | 75 | 8 |
12th | 61 | 6.5 |