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 | 22 | 2.5 |
First | 20 | 2.3 |
Second | 24 | 2.8 |
Third | 14 | 1.6 |
Fourth | 15 | 1.7 |
Fifth | 18 | 2.1 |
Sixth | 37 | 4.3 |
Seventh | 59 | 6.8 |
Eighth | 53 | 6.1 |
Ninth | 72 | 8.3 |
10th | 121 | 13.9 |
11th | 182 | 20.9 |
12th | 232 | 26.7 |